Plethora of Pop’s Rate-A-Record

Rating You, Rating Me

In ways that likely matter

Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash

I’m finishing grading my History of Rock and Soul Literature class’s final projects. We’ve been able to influence each other this semester, my students and I, and it feels good that we all agree on many bands like Smashing Pumpkins (“1979” was the favorite 90’s song!), Slowdive, Massive Attack, Jesus and Mary Chain, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Arctic Monkeys, and one or two others. One of those others is a band cited below that my students keep recommending and for good reason.

So, given that new music has been flowing — and who knows new better than college students? — I thought I’d dedicate a Rate-A-Record to two songs that have climbed our mutually personal charts lately. Give a listen below, write some thoughts down, wait a minute so that your impulses are seasoned with greetings and good cheer! Then…

Make the ghost of Dick Clark-Christmas-Past happy by scoring the two between 35 and 98!

Ready, set, go go go:

First up, that afore-mentioned band my students simply love. Here’s a tune from their latest record, Being Funny in a Foreign Language. Hold on for…