Floating Fields Of Tough (Singles First Half 2016)

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1. 4minute "Canvas"
2. FAMM'IN "Circle"
3. Aommy "Shake"
4. Tiffany ft. Simon Dominic "Heartbreak Hotel"
5. NCT U "The 7th Sense"
6. Tiggs Da Author ft. Lady Leshurr "Run"
7. BTS "Save Me"

For some reason I'm picking mood pieces here (tracks 1, 2, 5), sound that's atmospheric but with its sleeves up and muscles flexed, floating fields of toughness. Tiffany, tall and lithe (track 4), is in a mood too, ol' r&b sadness, integrity in heartbreak.

Tiggs isn't playing tough. He'd rather do fear, if it's got speed and a beat.

Aommy is cute and hot and fiery, seems working class to me: in the video, power is kicking the people who can kick you, and imagining (imaging it as if) they'll take it as just hard flirting, and so will the viewers — 'cause the woman doing the workout still needs to flirt, her boundaries not really protected, and maybe she wants to flirt as well, or works it well, anyway, and isn't really seeking an alternative. At least, it feels to me as if the video wants to have its cake and eat it too. Or maybe it's just a workout vid with fantasy advice for women getting by in what remains primarily men's space. The coda is good-naturedly inclusive. I don't know Thailand, so these are distant guesses.

Not keeping up, obviously; four of these I scarfed up only this week.

And 4minute are no more, by disagreement, not choice, it seems (reading between lines of the public reportage).

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"We are clearly living in dark times" (Chuck Eddy lists 170 tracks I've never heard plus one I have)

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Chuck Eddy writes (June 28):

Here's a list I just posted on facebook this afternoon. Realized an hour later that I'd accidentally left out "The Pop Kids" by Pet Shop Boys, which would bring the 150 also-rans to 151. [Apparently I added "The Pop Kids" to the list before I cut and pasted it into this email.] Also pointed out on facebook that some of these may well date to late 2015. In fact, some of them might even be ten years old, for all I know. (My usual technique for deciding something is a new single these days is "when it shows up on Rhapsody." And my most common technique for deciding something is a single, period, is that it's streamable separate from the album — in maybe most cases prior to, as a teaser. Not sure whether that's cheating or not.)

20 + 151 Singles I've Liked, First Half of 2016

TOP 20 (So Far)
1. Fred Locks and Sizzla – Black Star Liner Rebirth
2. Azis – Habibi
3. Charles Kelley – Lonely Girl
4. Your Old Droog – 42 (Forty Deuce)
5. Borgore feat. Barrington Levy – Blast Ya
6. El Komander – Tragos de Alcohol (Con Mariachi)
7. Cabbage – Kevin
8. Espinoza Paz – A Veces (En Vivo)
9. Tengger Cavalry – War Horse (2016 Rework)
10. Romeo Santos – Loca
11. Frankie J – Breakin'
12. Mayer Hawthorne – Lingerie & Candlewax
13. Los Rodriguez de Sinaloa – Te Tengo Que Cortar
14. Baauer feat. M.I.A. – Temple
15. DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels – Nobody Speak
16. Scooter – Oi (Extended Mix)
17. Colmillio Norteño feat. Uniko Mondo – El Rápido
18. Maren Morris – Rich
19. Adriel Favela – Tomen Nota (Version Norteña)
20. Essaie Pas – Lights Out

RUNNERS UP
Alex Anwandter – Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón
All Saints – One Strike
Ami – 3 Lucruri
Anderson .Paak – Am I Wrong
AronChupa – Fired Cuz I Was Late
A$AP Ferg – Hungry Ham
A$AP Ferg – Let It Bang
A$AP Ferg – Strive
A Tribe Called Red – All Day (Original Mix)
Avail Hollywood – Until the Morning
Alice Bag – No Means No
Frankie Ballard – L.A. Woman
Kelsea Ballerini – Peter Pan
Azealia Banks – The Big Big Beat
Belanova – Cásate Conmigo
William Bell – The Three of Me
B.J. the Chicago Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar – The New Cupid
Kero Kero Bonito – Lipslap
Bibi Bourelly – Sally
Boys Noize – Overthrow
Brothers Osborne – 21 Summer
Carlinhos Brown – Dois Grudados
Luke Bryan feat. Karen Fairchild – Home Alone Tonight
Candlemass – Death Thy Lover
Regulo Caro – Cicatrillces
Case/Lang/Veirs – Atomic Number
Cd9 – I Feel Alive
Cerrone feat. Manu Dibango – Funk Makossa (Todd Edwards Mix)
Cerrone feat. Tony Allen – 2nd Chance
The Chainsmokers – New York City (Dash Berlin Remix)
Charli XCX – Vroom Vroom
Kenny Chesney – Noise
Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood
Eric Church – Record Year
Brandy Clark – Big Day in a Small Town
Brandy Clark – Girl Next Door
Elizabeth Cook – Methadone Blues
Crematory – Misunderstood
Decoded Feedback – Waiting for the Storm
Devin Di Dakta – Homba Bike
Dion – Visionary Heart
DJ Fresh and High Contrast – How Love Begins
Doctor Krapula – Más Que Bien
The Duchess Jureesa McBride – It Be's That Way Sometimes
Clare Dunn – Tuxedo
Brooke Eden – Daddy's Money
Missy Elliott – Pep Rally
Ensemble Mik Nawooj – California Soul
Essaie Pais – Le port du masque est de riguer
The Faint – Young & Realistic
The Fall – Wise Ol' Man
Far East Movement – Entertain Us
Lesley Flanigan – Can Barely Feel My Feet
Flotsam & Jetsam – Iron Maiden
Fnaïre – Chayeb
Fozzy – Lights Go Out
Frankie J. feat. George Lamond – Let the Music Take Control
Fruit Bats – From a Soon-To-Be Ghost Town
Fuerza De Tijuana – E Popeye
Gappy Ranks – Don’t Trouble Anymore
Gappy Ranks – Maad Sick
Bunji Garlin – Bicycle Ride (Soca Remix)
Bunji Garlin – Television
Kenny Garrett – Backyard Groove
Kenny Garrett – Calypso Chant
Kevin Gates – Kno One
Kevin Gates – 2 Phones
Haley Georgia – Prom Night
Gilberto Gil – As Camélias do Quilombo do Leblon (Ao Vivo)
Grand Magus – Forged in Iron-Crowned in Steel
Vivian Green – Grown Folks Music (Work)
Grupo Exterminador – Que Anda Haciendo el Viejon
Anthony Hamilton – Amen
Anthony Hamilton – Save Me
Hammers of Misfortune – Dead Revolution
Mayer Hawthorne – Cosmic Love
Hexvessel – When I’m Dead
Hooverphonic – Badaboum
HyunA feat. Il Hoon Jung – Roll Deep
Icona Pop – Someone Who Can Dance

"We are clearly living in dark times" (Chuck Eddy lists 170 songs I've not heard plus 1 I have) pt.2

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Jidenna – Extraordinaire
Tarica June – But Anyway
Jwonn – Lord I Need to Talk to You
Katerina – Living a Lie
Charles Kelley – Leaving Nashville
King – The Greatest
Kristin Kontrol – X-Communicate
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Gallo Negro
Kvelertak – 1985
Lady Pank – Milość
Natalie Lafourcade – Mi Lugar Favorito
La Ley – Ya no estás
Lizzo – Good As Hell
Los Inquietos Del Norte feat. Marco Flores Y La Numero 1 Banda Jerez – Requisito Americano
Love Of Lesbian – El Yin y el Yen
Veronica Maggio – Den första är alltid gratis
Massive Attack – Dead Editors
Mavado – In God We Trust
Daniela Mercury – Cicade da Musica
Maren Morris – 80s Mercedes
Maren Morris – My Church
Mr. Lif feat. Del the Funky Homosapien – World Reknown
Mr. Lif feat. Selina Carrera – Let Go
Laura Mvula – Overcome
Mys Niki – Don’t Make Me Do It
Helen Ochoa – A Que Vuelve
Keke Palmer feat. Jeremih – Enemiez
Parquet Courts – Berlin Got Blurry
Pet Shop Boys – The Pop Kids
Pitbull feat. Becky G – Superstar
Pokey Bear – I Got a Root Coming On
Pokey Bear feat. Mystikal – Shake That Money Maker
Popcaan – Never Sober
Puffy AmiYumi – Paffpipoyama
Pylon – Weather Radio (Live)
Corrine Bailey Rae – Been to the Moon
Rae Sremmurd feat. Bob Swae – Over Here
Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris – Hype
Redfoo – Lights Out
Redfoo – Party Train
Alonzo Reid – Hush Money
Riton – Rinse & Repeat
Marcus Roberts – Making America Great Again (All By Myself)
Alexander Robotnick – Maiden Voyage
Sally Shapiro – If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind
Blake Shelton – Came Here to Forget
Shift K3y – Underground
Paul Simon – Cool Papa Bell
Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom
Sizzla – DBM (Dem Bad Mind)
Sizzy Rocket – Thrills
The Skull – The Skull
Ruben Studdard – Can't Nobody Love You
Taylor Swift – New Romantics
Tacocat – I Hate the Weekend
Tacocat – Talk
Tegan and Sara – Boyfriend
Tengger Cavalry – Mountain Side
Therion – L'Amour est blue
The Thermals – My Heart Went Cold
Thompson Square – You Make It Look So Good
TT the Artist – Dig
Underworld – I Exhale
Vektor – Charging the Void
Vektor – Pillars of Sand
The Vision Bleak – The Kindred of the Sunset
Vybz Kartel – Summer
Lamorris Williams – Let Me Know
Y.G. feat. Nipsey Hussle – FDT
Yuna feat. Usher – Crush
!!! – I Feel So Free (Troxler x Moffa Lost Souls of Saturn Remix)

By the way, "Lights Out," "Lights Out," and Lights Go Out" are three entirely different songs. (We are clearly living in dark times.)

Re: "We are clearly living in dark times" (Chuck Eddy lists 170 songs I've not heard plus 1 I have)

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The one I have heard is HyunA's "Roll Deep," which made my top 10 last year.

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Been a somewhat lackluster year for me so far. Big fan of the Rihanna album, mild fan of Baauer and Beyonce, "background" fan (i.e. listen a lot, don't care much) of albums by Gold Panda, Hinds, School of Seven Bells, and King. (List is here: http://cureforbedbugs.com/lists)

Here's my list of singles/songs on Spotify, in playlist order (meaning not order of preference):
https://open.spotify.com/user/cureforbedbugs/playlist/0fN2OAVxov7KGfAAp8GAHu

Erykah Badu - Phone Down
Tiggs Da Author f. Lady Leshurr - Run
Azealia Banks - The Big Big Beat
Fat Joe f. Remy Ma etc. - All the Way Up
O.T. Genasis f. Young Dolph - Cut It
Kamaiyah - How Does It Feel
Jeremih - Oui
Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
DLOW - Bet You Can't Do It Like Me
Future - Wicked
Kent Jones - Don't Mind
Ty Dolla $ign f. E-40 - Saved
Tiesto f. Oliver Heldens and Natalie La Rose - The Right Song
Kiiara - Gold
Ladies' Code - Galaxy
Mamamoo - Taller Than You
Era Istrefi - Bonbon
Kero Kero Bonito - Lipslap
Fifth Harmony f. Ty Dolla $ign - Work from Home
Jason Derulo - Get Ugly
Riton f. Kah-Lo - Rinse & Repeat
Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
99 Souls f. Crookers - The Girl Is Mine (featuring Destiny's Child and Brandy)
Jonas Blue f. Dakota - Fast Car
Kat Deluna f. Jeremih - What a Night
Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids
Mike Posner - I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Hailee Steinfeld - You're Such A
Shide Boss f. Zack Knight - Women
Stormzy - Shut Up
Valentino Khan - Deep Down Low
Mura Masa f. Shura - Love for That
Corinne Bailey Rae - Been to the Moon
Teddyson John - Allez
Carnao Beats - Love You for Tonight
Miguel f. Kasey Musgraves - Waves (remix)
Anderson Paak f. Schoolboy Q - Am I Wrong
ZHU - In the Morning
Red Velvet - One of These Nights
Jonghyun - She Is
Snow Tha Product f. W. Darling - Nights
Luna - Free Somebody
Martin Solveign f. Tkay Mdaiza - Do It Right
Danielle Bradbery - Friend Zone