Category: Listening
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Lyrics Born: Later That Day…
Song: “Love Me So Bad” I wanted to find a way to let you hear one of his songs, so that you had no choice but to buy the album right now. Do yourself a favor and do it anyway, before you’re kicking yourself later when everybody else is telling you how talented this guy…
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Kanye West: Late Registration
Song: “Gold Digger” I’m a sucker for a well-timed “Unh,” and this track is filled with them. Yesterday I complained about the state of music, but I just spent a buck to have this song on my iPod, because I need to hear it about every hour. I almost got a speeding ticket this morning…
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Beastie Boys: Check Your Head
Song: “So Whatcha Want” We were recapping the VMA’s for TWoP last night, at a certain point, probably in the middle of hearing a Ying Yang Twin shout “Haaaang” or when I’d heard the millionth whistle as a way to keep a beat, I just… I just lost it. I got so sad for music,…
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Zero 7: Sounds Eclectic Too (Various)
Song: “Distractions” I wanted this song at my wedding during the pre-show music Adam played (“So go on mister, make Miss me Mrs you.”), but stee said the lyric right before that, “I can not quite, but nearly / Guarantee, a divorce,” was kind of inappropriate. Point taken. But the way that girl wails “I…
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The White Stripes: Elephant
Song: “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” My iPod loves playing The White Stripes. No matter how random the shuffle, there will be a White Stripes song in there, so I’m glad I like all of their songs. I have ten Beatles albums, six or so Radiohead albums, all the Weezer, but…
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Pete Shelley (and Various Artists): Some Kind of Wonderful Soundtrack
Song: “Do Anything” There are a lot of soundtracks in my music collection. There hasn’t been one replaced as often as this. When I was missing it about a year ago, at least five of you out there offered to burn a copy of your own for me. There’s a bond people have over this…
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Beatles: Help!
Song: “You Like Me Too Much” In the Stones/Beatles debate, if you even say the word “Stones,” you go down so many notches in my book. So many notches. It’s similar to the Violent Femmes/They Might Be Giants debate, but I let the TMBG fans have a little more credit, because I have way too…