Aimee Mann and Susanna Hoffs

 

Aimee Mann has a new album Queens of the Summer Hotel. Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles also has a new album Bright Lights and one of the songs, a cover of a Badfinger song Name of the Game, features Aimee Mann. Great cover from two great musicianss. Both albums can be downloaded from Freegal.

I can't believe Aimee Mann is over 60 years old and she still sounds amazing. I read that she suffered a neurological disorder last year that distorted the way she heard music including her own. As a result she can only listen to Steely Dan songs. She said in an interview

Steely Dan's music have an enormous amount of feeling. The characters are sad, and pathetic, and despairing, and drug addicts, mostly involved in these terrible dead-end relationships. What's not to like? I feel like people have a serious damage and then I always relate to that.

Aimee always has a dark sense of humor IMHO. I own all of her solo and 'Til Tuesday albums, Bachelor No. 2 is still my favorite.