Top tunes on my iPod in May, 2009

1. Elvis Costello / Radio, Radio
2. Elvis Costello / You Bowed Down
3. Elvis Costello / Pony St.
4. Wendy James / Puppet Girl
5. Wendy James / This Is A Test
6. Elvis Costello / No Action
7. Elvis Costello / The Other Side Of Summer
8. Stevie Wonder / Superstition
9. Paul McCartney / All Shook Up
10. Rufus Wainwright / California
11. Flipper's Guitar / The Chime will Ring
12. Radiohead / Airbag
13. The Script / We Cry
14. Yellow Magic Orchestra / PERSPECTIVE
15. Bach, J.S. / Inventions No.14 in B♭-maj. BWV 785（Takahiro Sonoda）
16. Bach, J.S. / Sinfonias No.14 in B♭-maj. BWV 800（Takahiro Sonoda）
17. Billy Joel / The Longest Time
18. Paul McCartney / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
19. Prince & The N.P.G. / Sexy M.F.

Last month, I realized that I love Pete Thomas's drumming, so I made a playlist of him on my iPod. Consequently, the Top seven tunes and No.10 are tunes he played his drums. My most favorite of the playlist is No.6.

No.7 is the special song that I am attached to among Elvis Costello's works. I have been fond of it since it was released in 1991. Apparently, I have a tendency to love the songs that were inspired by The Beach Boys. For instance, The Beatles / Back in the USSR, Dukes of Stratosphere / Pale and Precious, L<>R / Now That Summer is Here, etc. Costello's song is one of them.

Whenever I hear the word "groove", I remember No.8. There are many tunes that cannot remain the great feeling when they are interpreted to musical scores, this tune is the typical case, I think. This tune's drums, bass, guitar and brass section have awesome "groove" and nobody can't write it down to a musical score.

No.13 is the one which my English teacher (English lady) told me. No.15 is miraculous music: there is merely only one short phrase and it is repeated, that's all. But I feel not boredom but ethereal melody. J.S. Bach's talents made many works like this tune.