This was my second year at The Morton Report. I wrote 50 columns this year which included approximately 500 songs to offer up to you, my precious readers. The following 25 songs got the most comments and emailed appreciations from all of you out there. I am glad to be able to offer you great music that you are probably too busy (or lazy) to search out yourselves and I hope my percentage of ringing your bells is quite high.
With the new year ready to knock the door down momentarily, I am excited in 2013 to start right at the edge; hopefully a year from now it will be twice as difficult to pick the best of 2013. To make my life easier as I hope I have made yours, all I ask is that when you find a new favorite that gets to you like they did in the old days, please take a moment and write a comment about it (the comments section is at the end of each column). On the other hand, if you feel my taste is terribly wrong, I don’t mind hearing that either because we all hopefully have the capacity still left to learn a little something every day.
Okay then. Everyone say a little prayer that somehow the world situation will get better or you'll be lucky enough to get a ticket on board Noah’s Second Great Voyage. I hear that Jay Z and Beyoncé will be playing the entire journey and that they also own the boat (you should see their daughter's stateroom!).
Happy New Year and don’t OD on your medical marijuana!
1. "Dust It Off" (3:23) — The Do
And a special bonus video:
2. "Time (Brings About a Change)" (3:57) — Keite Young
3. "S.O.T." (2:58) — Danny Barnes
4. "Summer's Coming" (2:57) — Sean Watkins
5. "Hold On 2 Me" (3:25) — Theresa Andersson
6. "Ohio" (2:54) — We Are Augustines
7. "U Will Know" (2:49) — Black Men United
8. "Jealous Guy" — (3:48) — Frankie Miller
9. "Good Vibrations" (3:43) — Wilson Phillips
10. "What the Hell Is Goin' On" (3:30) — Paul Thorn
11. "A Woman" (2:57) — JJ Grey & Mofro
12. "Call Off the Dogs (Day 2 Day)" (3:18) — Jeffrey Foucault
13. "Brown Eyes" (3:47) — Andy Davis
14. "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (3:16) — George Jones
15. "Won't Find Better Than Me" (2:32) — The Kit-Kats
16. "Enough" (3:08) — The Autumn Film
17. "Can You Hear Me Now" (3:00) — The Styletones
18. "Painted My Dream House Blue" (3:24) — Jeb Loy Nichols
19. "Get Up Get Out" (3:01) — Rhett Walker Band
20. "Something U Got" (4:21) — Jerry Douglas
21. "When You're Around" (3:27) — Cris Cab
22. "Back to Blue Some More" (4:58) — Valerie Carter
23. "The Weight" (3:10) — Rotary Connection
24. Violets of Dawn" (Live) (3:18) — Blues Project
25. "Man's Temptation" (4:35) — The Impressions
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