jake zavracky

Who will it be? Which person soon to cross your path will sneeze in your direction, and thus, like Death himself, touch you with a bony finger? Coronavirus is going to get you, and you are going to get it. It will probably kill you. Be afraid. How will you spend your last days on Earth? Over here, we're talking about the hits! We're studying pop music going back 50 years here, starting with this week's top ten chart from the Billboard Hot 100 and working our way backward through the charts from this week in 2010, 2000, 1990, 1980, and 1970, analyzing each separately. My special guest this week is an amazing singer, my bff and former bandmate: Amanda Khiri! She performs regularly at the legendary 55 Bar in the West Village and she also sang with our pal Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, in his band, touring the world and slaying audiences. Prior to that she'd been slaying audiences on a significantly smaller scale in our band Z&A , which I still think was criminally u...

I am going to start writing about the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 charts again, and I imagine there will be much rejoicing. I'll bet people will be excited to hear my many witticisms. I'm also going to compare/contrast the current top ten with the top ten this week in 1970, 80, and 90, in order to give a sense of perspective. You will find that below the current top ten. TOP TEN SONGS FROM THIS WEEK IN 2020 1. CIRCLES by Post Malone 2. MEMORIES by Maroon 5 3. THE BOX by Roddy Rich 4. SOMEONE YOU LOVED by Lewis Capaldi 5. ROXANNE by Arizona Zervas 6. GOOD AS HELL by Lizzo 7. DANCE MONKEY by Tones and I 8. HIGHEST IN THE ROOM by Travis Scott 9. 10,000 HOURS by Dan And Shay With Justin Bieber 10. LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME by Selena Gomez I really like Selena Gomez' angelic LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME. I especially dig the sort of unison choir at the end, it reminds me of Kate Bush. :: Not even a slick, glossy coating of the Biebs can rescue 10,000 HOURS from me...