The L Magazine recently had an article about the greatest songs NOT sung by a band’s lead singer, which included one of my favorites, “Guns of Brixton” by The Clash, sung by bassist (and my one true love) Paul Simonon. You can check out The L’s list here, but it got me thinking about what other songs could be added….
I invariably love any New Pornographers song sung by Dan Bejar, and though the band doesn’t have one strict lead singer, his songs are fewer and farther between. I think my fave is ‘Electric Version’ track “Ballad of a Comeback Kid”:
Quite the opposite, I tend to skip any Arcade Fire song sung by Regine Chassagne, with the exception of total jam “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” on ‘The Suburbs’:
What other songs should be added to the list?
Our office Oscar Pool is heating up, and as Sunday draws near, we wanted to share our predictions for the big winners. Personally, I think it’ll be be one of those historic years where the Best Picture and Best Director won’t go to the same film, but that’s just me. Oh and Tron: Legacy was robbed. On to the Predictions!
