{"id":3321,"date":"2023-01-11T03:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T23:50:30","slug":"rankstravaganza-my-30-favorite-songs-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2023\/01\/rankstravaganza-my-30-favorite-songs-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Songs of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Never before has my annual insistence on ranking songs felt more like an exercise in Dad Rock and ’90s Nostalgia. It’s not just that Wilco put out a pretty good album in 2022. It’s mostly because my 9-year-old really started listening to the radio this year, developing her own tastes and preferences, and (politely) requesting that we listen to something cooler than her old man’s music all the time. This has, first of all, reminded me that radio is still, in fact, a thing and asserts a big influence over the pop-culture landscape. It also made me much more aware of what the kids are listening to, and that I don’t really hate or love most of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are really only two items on this list got any appreciable airplay, as far as I know. Nor do I have much of anything that could really be classified as hip-hop or modern R&B. Not even Lizzo managed to crack the Top 30! What?! I don’t know if it’s a fluke or because I made a semi-conscious decision to embrace the fact that I just like guitars and melodies or because there happened to be a lot of good guitar-driven, melodic songs this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, enough with the disclaimers and excuses. If you’re a Dad Rock and ’90s Nostalgia aficionado, have I got 30 tunes for you to check out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For your listening convenience, here is a Spotify playlist of (most of) the complete countdown, or if you prefer, you can follow this link to listen on Youtube Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n