here they are:
"Everybody's Coming to My House" by David Byrne: From his distinctive vocals to his odd lyrics (the song opens with, "I wish I was a camera/I wish I was a postcard") and the eclectic mix of seemingly disparate musical elements as jazz, electronica, and rock, you can tell from the get-go that "Everybody's Coming to My House" is a David Byrne song! The Talking Heads frontman was last heard collaborating with the equally mysterious and eclectic musician, St. Vincent, and it appears that their collaboration together has had somewhat of an impact on him musically. The jazz/electronica fusion on this song was also present on Byrne's album with St. Vincent, "Love This Giant". "Everybody's coming to my house and we're never gonna go back home", sings Byrne during the chorus. He sounds paranoid and overjoyed all at once. Even into his mid 60's, Byrne is just the same as he ever was decades ago, and that's just the way we like him!
"Get It While You Can" by Robert Finley: The name of this song is not to be confused for the Janis Joplin song of the same name, but it sure maintains the fiery R & B style Janis had! Jazzy R & B musician Robert Finley has actually been alive for quite a while (he is 63 years old) and has been a musician for a long time as well, but he did not release any albums until two years ago. His debut album was fittingly titled "Age Don't Mean A Thing", and on his first big song, "Get It While You Can", he shows that age really doesn't mean a thing, as he pours his heart out into the catchy, spirited soul song with reckless abandon and fervor to make something that sounds both retro and modern all at once. Like Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles before him, Finley is blind, which makes his dedicated musicianship all the more powerful. His song might be called "Get It While You Can", but you can get the earthy, expressive passion of this song any time you want!
"Like A Motherless Child" by Moby: After famously attempting to add a rock/alternative flavor to his previously electronic music in the late '90s and into the early 21st century, Moby has decided to return to the electronica sound that first put him on the map with his latest song, "Like A Motherless Child". The title of the song, adapted from black folksinger Odetta (who is also lyrically sampled on Moby's "Run On"), is frigidly chanted almost entirely in monotone by Raquel Rodriguez during the song's chorus, which both opens and closes it. Moby "sing-speaks", also in monotone, during the verses with lyrics that revolve around the struggle between the sacred and the profane, further adding to the icy chill the song already gives off before he joins in vocally. To feel "like a motherless child" probably means to feel lonely, like something is missing, so Moby does a good job of emulating how that feels in the context of this song!
