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A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 27 Oct 2024 to 2 Nov 2024.

1. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
2. Maneater – Daryl Hall, John Oates
3. One On One – Daryl Hall, John Oates
4. hey rose – Son Little
5. The Way – CeeLo Green
6. Don’t Lie – CeeLo Green
7. People Watching – CeeLo Green
8. Raoul and the Kings of Spain – Tears For Fears

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2024-44

Notes

This playlist was put together because I went down a small rabbit hole of watching live performances on YouTube. I think I was watching some performances of Tears For Fears from the last 5–8 years which would put them in their late 50s or early 60s at the time of recording these performances, and I was simply blown away by the preservation of their quality, and if not, the heightened attunement that comes from experience and mastery. 

I would then remember that the YouTube series, Live from Daryl’s House by Daryl Oates always brought with it the joy of watching some of the very best musicians performing together at a calibre that not many can attain. The control, mastery, restraint, and virtuosity is on full display if you watch any of their performances with their guests. 

That’s also when I realised what a late entrant I am to recognising the virtuosity and talent of CeeLo Green. Green is a vocal chameleon who is able to cover a wide variety of styles, lending everything towards the style or genre yet retaining a timbre or flair that is uniquely his. Just check out how he flits between funk, soul, pop so effortlessly.

• Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Live at SiriusXM, 2022)
• Tears For Fears – Shout (Live at Roskilde Festival, 2019)
• Daryl Hall and CeeLo Green – Crazy (Live from Daryl’s House, 2024 )
• Daryl Hall and CeeLo Green – One On One (Live from Daryl’s House, 2024)
• Daryl Hall and CeeLo Green – I Can’t Go For That (Live from Daryl’s House, 2024)
• Daryl Hall and Aloe Blacc – Maneater (Live from Daryl’s House, 2024)