Songs You May Have Missed #856

Peter Wolf: “There’s Still Time” (2010)

Peter Wolf’s “There’s Still Time” is a grown up rock song about reflection and re-centering.

The man who presided over the sweaty house party that was the J. Geils Band sounds like a guy quite a few miles down the road on his 2010 offering, Midnight Souvenirs.

Some rockers don’t know how to settle down or get on with the next phase, and nothing’s sadder than seeing geriatric rockers trying to maintain an image, or songwriting POV, suited to a 25-year-old.

It’s nice to hear one act his age.

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Songs You May Have Missed #855

CéU (with Emicida): “Deixa Acontecer” (2021)

Brazilian singer-songwriter Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças’ 2021 release Um Gosto de Sol (A Taste of Sunshine) featured a tasty take on a song originally done in 2001 by Grupo Revelação.

The chorus translates from Portuguese as:

Let it happen naturally
I don’t want to see you cry
Let love find us
Our story will last forever

Songs You May Have Missed #854

Joe Pesci: “Yo Cousin Vinny” (1998)

From the 1998 album Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just for You, in which Joe Pesci sings as the lead character from 1992’s brilliant comedy My Cousin Vinny.

Pesci’s early life included a stint as a barber, an association with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, connections to the mob, and a bit of a career as a singer and guitar player.

This was Vinny’s first album, but not Pesci’s first foray into singing.

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