Best of 2010 - Retribution Gospel Choir to Savoir Adore

I'm sharing my favorite songs discovered in 2010 - 6 songs a day - I'll post the entire set in a YouTube playlist on December 31.

Retribution Gospel Choir - Hide it Away
"You think you have what you own."

Love the band name and love this song.

Runar Eff - Take on Me
"Slowly learning that life is okay."

Heard this one playing in the background of a TV show and had to track it down.  I was a huge fan of the original back in the day - but I think I love this one even more.

Ryan Bingham - Country Roads
"Might have took a few wrong turns, down a few wrong roads."

Ryan Bingham has become a huge favorite of mine this year - mostly for songs like this that make me want to set off on an epic road trip.

Sara Bareilles - King of Anything
"I'm not the one who's lost with no direction."

Sara does no wrong in my book.  This is one of those songs I find myself singing at the top of my lungs as I drive down the road.  If I had put this list together this week - King of Anything may have been replaced by her "Let the Rain."

Sarah Sample - Everytime I Go
"My stomach in the sky, my heart a battle cry."

An up and comer - such a great song.  For someone who spends too much time traveling and away from the people I love, this song really hit home for me.

Savoir Adore - The Garden

Great melody, harmonies and oh, so beautiful. Pin It

Musical Walk Down Memory Lane

Today's post started when I watched last week's episode of Private Practice (don't judge me, I couldn't sleep and it was on.)  I was half-heartedly watching when a song playing in the background caught me attention.  I knew it and yet I didn't.  I kept listening until I placed it and realized it was a cover version of a song by a band I LOVED back in the day, a-ha.

Now I know that for most folks in the US they were pretty much a one hit wonder, but I fell in love with them and even had a German friend who would send me cassette taped recordings of their European hits since I couldn't find their music in the US.  While I was in grad school I was checking out the offerings at a used music store and found an imported CD of their greatest hits.  I snachted it up and loved it.

A few years later I pulled it out to load it into iTunes but the disc wasn't in the case.  I was convinced I'd lost it to a roommate in one of my many moves.  I was sad, since finding it again wouldn't be easy, but I also didn't spend a lot of time looking.  A few months later my lovely sister surprised me at Christmas, she'd tracked down a copy of the import and got it for me.

I tell this story for a couple of reason - to prove how great my sister is, to share what sometimes geeky music taste I have and to introduce an awesome cover version of their one big US hit, "Take On Me." If you like interesting covers - check out Runar Eff's other stuff on YouTube, kind of great!

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