Song of the Day

**2/15/10

JLS - One Shot

---------------JLS are as familiar with once-in-a-lifetime oppportunities as German figure skating pairs in Vancouver. This British boyband is otherwise known as Jack the Lad Swing (nice choice to abbreviate boys), which was an X Factor finalist this year. The 2010 BackstreetNSYNCOTown group are pop-locking through five-part harmony in their begging to be remixed for clubs hit, "One Shot." Don't get bored by the piano intro - it picks up to the radio-friendly boom-cack just in time. JLS just released their single "Everybody in Love" six days ago, a sweet rocking revolution of mushy gushy love...it's kinda lame. So, skip the bronze medal single and go for the gold with "One Shot."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV_WunW1KR8

Song of the Day

**11/1/09

Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love

-------------I am endlessly intrigued by the dynamics of pop music, who really writes the music, how much is altered, and basically, how much producers are trying to fool you. It's not necessarily a negative thing, but I can see why many believe that all pop music sounds the same. Brit pop singer Cheryl Cole is a multi-threat in the entertainment biz, and her October release 3 Words gave listeners "Fight For This Love," the techno tank that turns a dance floor into a battlefield for love.

It is a perfectly lively and earnest pop song, but every time I listen to it, I can't help but think Mary J. Blige would bring this song that level. The "Fight" writers Wayne Wilkins and Steve Kipner should have passed this one on to Blige, who could pack more soul into this than any other diva behind a mic. Sure Cole's got the pipes and the Maxim Hot 100 status to make her perfectly attractive to her audience, but her presence in "Fight For This Love" fits like a hand in a sock.

Song of the Day

**8/23/09

Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams

---------------It's the cloud-nine doo-wop beat that turns frowns upside-down, cloudy days to sunshine, and Central Park into a broadway stage (at least in movies, that is). "You Make My Dreams" celebrates the flames that new love sparks and rock and roll soul of the act's 1980 hit. The Billboard charts brought this dandy number in at number five in 1981, and while it's been over 25 years since the song was released, a new generation can enjoy the song in perfect context in the movie, 500 Days of Summer. Get "You Make My Dreams" from either (oh, choices!) the 500 Days of Summer soundtrack or the Hall and Oates album, Voices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_I4wtNPv5w

Song of the Day

**7/21/09

Mike Garrigan (Collapsis) - Automatic

------------If anyone ever happens to be passing through Charlotte, North Carolina, check the calanders of Amos' South End, Neighborhood Theatre, or The Evening Muse. Chances are you'll be able to catch Mike Garrigan, a Greensboro guitar man with a heart full of soul and a new album on the horizon. "Automatic" is one of Garrigan's most notable works, which he sang as the former frontman of his band, Collapsis in 2000. "Automatic" reached #28 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts back in the day, and though Collapsis is on hiatus, Garrigan keeps the tough-love apology on his set list. Get it from Collapsis' 2000 album, Dirty Wake.

Song of the Day

**5/6/09

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Stay

----------The song is only a minute and a half, but it doesn't take many words to get the point across. "Stay"sways like a slow samba and pleads with baby-don't-go lyrics. The song is featured in the original Dirty Dancing in the scene where Baby enters the staff lounge, and the grinding and the swaying is more than she bargained for (fan much? don't judge). To this day "Stay" is the shortest song ever recorded to hit Number One on the Billboard charts. Get "Stay" from Dirty Dancing's original soundtrack.