Song Du Jour

[Retinend]

On the release of the fine album "Electro De Perfecto" in 2011 Mike Viola gave a candid interview in which he said his ethos for the compositions (I interpret) was to hold onto a young man's attitude rather than to fall into dignified artsiness of a kind songwriters of an advanced stage of their career often appropriate for themselves. Call it the Damon Albarn or Richard Ashcroft syndrome, or conversely an Alex Chilton-like spirit.

I think a lot of guys in my idiom turn to -- and I respect it and I've done it in the past -- but you turn to "chamber music." The chamber pop kind of thing, and you almost justify your "adultness" or something; you start to get more ornate and complex. I don't know what happens [but] it's easy to do that, and a lot of people miss it on this record because it's just guitar and bass and drums. Other people miss the ornate stuff that people do, but I think it would take away from the message, you know. It would kind of slow down the car. It slows down the dynamic.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2011/10/mike_viola_on_electro_de_perfe.php

One of the singles, "Get You Back" is my choice for SDJ. Like Big Star, early Todd Rundgren, and all good rock and roll outside of Power Pop, Viola knows that good Rock music embraces the euphoria of youth never grows up:

Music video for "Get You Back"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4bKUi6Sgh8&list=FLxogz3p48eM6OL5Mz8bLgPw&index=18

[The Masked Unit]

Possibly my favourite track of all time - I'm out of your life by Arnies Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngUQLWCZSDc

And as a bonus, Love you anyway by Cameo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7BTMHsARw

[daf]

Buried in the 2001 'Invincible' album, some lovely late Michael Jackson[nb]from the lovely late Michael Jackson[/nb] -

'Don't Walk Away' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPwxgYYf0

[SteveDave]

For me today it's this-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdkpOTTcMXs

Ike & Velvet-ina Tunderground. That doesn't work as a pun but I'm thinking on my feet here.

[monkfromhavana]

I've had this floating around my head all day:

Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g

[Subtle Mocking]

This one is constantly swelling throughout my head:

Max Richter - Maria, the Poet (1913)