Stream: Buzz Bands LA’s Favorite 101 Songs of 2018
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Presenting Popular With Us — Buzz Band LA’s Favorite 101 Songs of 2018, in countdown fashion, starting with No. 101.
There are songs from Los Angeles artists with zillions of online followers and artists with just a handful. There are songs from artists with vast catalogues and artists with merely a few tunes. There are rock songs, punk-rock songs, soft-rock songs and retro-rock songs. There is pop of almost every stripe, though decidedly lacking in the blatantly commercial variety. There are political songs. There are love songs. There are anti-love songs. There are songs I would have liked in 1973 and songs I couldn’t have imagined in 1973. There are songs you’ve heard on the radio and some you’ll never hear on any radio. There are songs by teenagers and one by a sexagenarian.
And there are songs not on this playlist that are great, too, but when you start with an iTunes folder of 300-plus songs you have to make some agonizing decisions.
As for the song that landed at No. 1, Mara Connor’s “No Fun,” I thought “stone cold classic pop song” the first time I listened to it. And I thought “stone cold classic pop song” the 100th time I listened to it.
Feel free to comment with what I omitted.
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… And No. 1:
No “The Buttertones” in LA? You lost my respect on this list peeps.
One of THE best LA bands going right now.
That’s a swing and a miss.
They are a talented bunch and fantastic live, but I did not feel anything on their 2018 album (except maybe “Baby C4,” which was considered) measured up to the great songs on last year’s “Gravedigging.” But you’re right, I swing and miss sometimes.
One person cannot make a list based on what “he did not feel in 2018” for the entire city of Los Angeles. Maybe you should rename it “MY favorite list”
That’s pretty much what this list is, right? I’m interested in what some of your favorites were, if you’d like to leave a comment. Maybe it’s something I didn’t hear and I’ll learn something. Thanks.
No Wilderado? How about Bundy?
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