Looking to Louie

“Looking at the Sun,” Matthew Sweet (Girlfriend)

“(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night,” Shawn Colvin (Cover Girl)
“Lose You,” Pete Yorn (Music for the Morning After)
“Loser,” Beck (Mellow Gold)
“Loser,” Cracker (Kerosene Hat)
“Losin’ It,” Vigilantes of Love (V.O.L.)
“Losing Hope,” Jack Johnson (Brushfire Fairytales)
“Lost and Found,” The Kinks (Think Visual)
“Lost Cause,” Beck (Sea Change)
“Lost Outside the Tunnel,” Aztec Camera (High Land, Hard Rain)
“Louie Louie,” The Kingsmen (Louie, Louie)

Listening to the truly great Kinks songs, I’ve never found myself thinking, “What this needs is more keyboards — more of an ’80s feel.” But I still love “Lost and Found” because I remember the near-miss of Hurricane Gloria. The song captures a bit of what that felt like, the next morning — Olly olly oxen free! and second chances all around.