We’ve got a few firsts this week. There’s the first song from a musical because I apparently forgot Rocky Horror back in 1975, the first cover of a previous Honorable Mention, and a new and novel way…

SAN FRANCISCO — Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul opened their show at the Fillmore on Friday with a cover of Arthur Conley’s “Sweet Soul Music” and didn’t let up from there. Surrounded by…

You know how they say time goes faster and blurs together as you get older? Apparently, they’re right, because that was absolutely the case here. There are a few songs from this list that I…

I couldn’t quite justify putting it in the top five, but I want to give a shoutout to honorable mention “Let Legend Mark Me as the King” by Christopher Lee. Yes, that Sir Christopher Lee.…

One of the complaints I often get about my selections for this column is that I hardly include any pop music. “Danny,” people tell me, “pop is consistently the biggest commercial force in music, with…

We’re getting distressingly close to now, which is making it much harder to pick songs. Time is a fantastic filter. With every year that passes a bunch of mediocre songs are forgotten, so as we…

SAN JOSE — Ghost is great and their show Thursday night at San Jose’s City National Civic Auditorium was amazing, but before we get to that you may need some explanation of what Ghost is. To…

We’ve entered the current decade. I had to double-check whether that was right but apparently it’s November now and there’s less than two months left of 2018. Thanksgiving is soon and everything. We have experts…

SAN FRANCISCO — Objectively speaking, The B-52s did not have a good show on the second night of their two-show stay at the Fillmore. Subjectively speaking? It was still amazing. It took more than an hour after…

I’ll be honest with you, I kinda cheated on this one. Two of the songs are from one of my favorite video game series, two were generously provided by a friend, and one is Lady…