The Slickers - "Johnny Too Bad"

I can't pretend to understand Johnny Too Bad. But this singer doesn't understand him either, that's for sure. This song would never get through to Johnny. It's like a cloud come down from a bright blue sky to just relax on an old lawn chair in front of a roti shop, before heading back up for the rest of the day. It's like that grinning head-shake that says no-no-no but means yes-yes-yes, go-man-go. If anything, it's enabling Johnny. This is a song sung after Johnny is long gone, long lost, it's an expression of grief. But perhaps that's all we can do for Johnny. Eulogize him. Johnny, you're too bad. [buy]

Destroyer - "Canadian Lover/Falcon's Escape"

In my backyard it's 1999, and this is the best song that's ever been written. It plays loud into the air thick as cake batter, it plays the sun right out of the sky, it plays the take-off to another night in August-and-a-half. It plays like proof, pudding, prayer. [buy Thief from Misra]

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