Four Tracks

Here are four new tracks that I added to my favorites at TheSixty-One.com.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Feb. 15, 2009

Starting this week, Mel's Weekly Top 20 will become a regular part of this blog. I'll feature the list of my favorite current iPod singles ranked in order from #1 to #20. Anyone who wants to listen to the songs of the week need only to press the big button on the Power Tracks player located on the right hand column of this post. I will occasionally also feature a video that is current to the list.

This week's Top 20 for the Week of February 15, 2009.

• 1. Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects - 1
• 2. Lovers In Japan - Coldplay - 3
• 3. Get On Your Boots - U2 - 8
• 4. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson - 10
• 5. The Fear - Lily Allen - 6
• 6. Boys With Girlfriends - Meiko - 2
• 7. The Sun Ain't Shining No More - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - 7
• 8. Just Dance - Lady GaGa - 4
• 9. Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen - 13
• 10. Dont Trust Me - 3OH!3 - 11
• 11. Miles Away - Madonna - 12
• 12. I'd Come For You - Nickelback - 5
• 13. My Lucky Day - Bruce Springsteen - 17
• 14. Still Have My Heart - Caitlin Crosby - 16
• 15. Trouble Is A Friend - Lenka - 9
• 16. Time Lapse Lifeline - Maria Taylor - 18
• 17. Poker Face - Lady GaGa - new
• 18. Take Back The City - Snow Patrol - 14
• 19. Lost+ (with Jay-Z) / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st Grammy Awards) - Coldplay - new
• 20. Everything I Ask For - The Maine - 15

The numbers appearing to the right of each song & artist title indicate the chart position the track was in last week.

This week's featured music video is Bruce Springsteen's "My Lucky Day", from his newest album, Working on a Dream. Sit back, watch and enjoy!

Plannine's Classic Top 30

One of my favorite web chart sites that I go to every week is Plannine's Classic Top 30 page. It is one of the few if not only weekly oldies chart site on the internet. People who visit the site can view the current weekly chart, listen to the chart's song list and vote for their favorite oldies either once in a while or every week.

The weekly list is singles oriented and leans toward popular songs that were on the radio and top 40 charts during the 1950s to the early 1980s.

I usually send a weekly vote of my top 10 oldies and 3 top albums. Here is the most recent list that I sent in:

Top 10 Oldies 2-14-09

1. The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead
2. New Year's Day - U2
3. Boys - The Beatles
4. Beyond the Clouds - The Poppy Family
5. All the Tea in China - Susan Jacks
6. Jennifer Eccles - The Hollies
7. My Hawaii - The Rascals
8. You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
9. Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison
10. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis

3 Top Albums

1. Ram - Paul & Linda McCartney
2. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
3. Abraxus - Santana

I grew up on top 40 radio of the 1960s and 70s, and most of the songs I send in to Plannine are from that era. I'll be writing more about oldies and top 40 radio on this site in the weeks to come.

In the meantime I'll also post Plannine's Finetune player, where you can listen to many of the songs that are posted to his chart. Give it a listen. There are a lot of obscure oldies that you may not have heard in a long time.

Finetune is a music service that I will also be writing about in the near future. You can listen to my finetune player featuring current hits on the right hand column adjacent to this blog post.

New Finds of the Day from The Sixty-One

Here are some new tracks that I added to my growing roster of Sixty-One favorites:










Enjoy!

Playing on The Sixty-One

The Sixty-One is a fairly popular new music website where many unsigned artists publish independent music for people to listen to and vote on. Every song posted to the site is a full length version. All genres are available at The Sixty-One including rock, pop, alternative, jazz, hip-hop, classical, instrumental, country and more.

While there are some very well known songs and artists on The Sixty-One website, most of them are people and groups that you never heard of. Some are very good, others are not. If you are adventurous and want to listen to fresh new music, this is the place to be. Some of my favorite undiscovered artists at the Sixty-One site include The NuRu, Meiko, Chairlift, Joe Sibol, Tegan & Sara, Rebecca Ann and The Nobodies to name a few.

Lastly songs that you discover, listen to, favorite and share are compiled into a point system that are part of a "game" that I really don't keep up with. Some people like the game aspect of The Sixty-One where the only aspect of the game is to pile up points and achieve certain levels of coolness and possibly respect among your peers at the site. I don't go to the site often enough to make my measly collection of points matter.

Besides listening to free streaming music, the features that I like about the Sixty-One are free downloads of some tracks. links to Amazon.com to purchase other tracks, favorite lists and the ability to share tracks on other websites and blogs. I have my own page at The Sixty-One.com as well as a Sixty-One Jukebox page at my music charts page. There is also a Hawaii Ning site where people can go to discuss The Sixty-One and share tracks there too.

Here are a few tracks that you can listen to right now by clicking on the song links below:











I will be featuring more songs on this blog from The Sixty-One.com in the weeks and months ahead. Stop by my Sixty-One page and jukebox to listen to more music.