Song of the Day: 'All I Want' (Four Scores)

 

Well, I'm not sure if any of you enjoyed my week of homophonic Songs of the Day. (I know I did!) But I thought I would end it with a multi-decade number, featuring four great songs by four discrete artists. 

1970s: Featured on Joni Mitchell's "Blue"; later covered by Natalie Merchant

1980s: Featured on Echo and the Bunnymen's "Heaven Up Here"

1990s: Featured on the Lightning Seeds' "Cloudcuckooland"; and later covered by Susanna Hoffs

2000s: Featured on Ronnie Spector's "The Last of the Rock Stars." RIP.  

Song of the Day: 'Lips Like Sugar' by Echo and the Bunnymen

Nearly impossible to pick just one Echo video. But since I always tend to favor their first handful of albums, makes sense to acknowledge this late '80s masterpiece.

Under Blue Moon

I was never half the Echo and the Bunnymen fan my friend Greg and my brother Terence were. But I am kinda mad at myself for not going to see their Radio City Music Hall show this week, during which they played their classic 1984 album, “Ocean Rain,” in full, with an orchestra and "in style." "The Killing Moon" (below) is certainly one of the great songs of the '80s, and when you look back at the band's catalog -- including "Do It Clean, "Rescue," "The Cutter," "Bring on the Dancing Horses" and "Lips Like Sugar" -- plus Ian McCulloch's sexy mouth, I'm beginning to wonder why Echo and the Bunnymen weren't higher on my list back when ...