30 Day Song Challenge, Day 23: A Song You Want Played At Your Wedding
I got married 10 years ago this October, one month after I defended my dissertation, so I think that this question is more historical than speculative: there were songs played at my wedding…not like I remember what they were. We…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 22: A Song You Wish You Had Written
Surprise surprise, I like to break songs down more than I like to write them; analysis is more my thing than composition. I’ve been thinking about this question for days, and, honestly, I keep coming up with null set. Like,…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 21: A Song That Is Best Heard Live
So, for me, the point of seeing live music is social–listening and dancing with other people. This is probably because the music I like most generally sounds better when recorded: there’s a lot of subtle details that just don’t always…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 20: A Song To Listen To While You’re Angry
I made a Beats playlist titled “Fed Up”–it’s full of songs to listen to when I’m angry. But, there are a lot of different kinds of anger–some more seething, some more immediately aggressive. Whatever kind of anger I’m feeling, I…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 19: A Song Bar Bands Should Stop Playing
Ok, in sticking with yesterday’s substitution of “DJ” for “Bar Band,” I’ll pick a song DJs should stop playing in their sets. I’m really tempted to say something like “All songs by VNV Nation,” but as with all the ‘dislike’ challenges…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 18: A Song Every Bar Band Should Know
Sooooo…mainly because I think more like a DJ and less like a person in a band, I’m just changing this to “A song that should be in every DJ’s set.” Bar bands and DJs are both in the business of…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 17: A Song You Hear Often On The Radio
Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye, “Blessings” I actually do listen to terrestrial radio when I’m driving around in my car. It’s one way I keep up with new pop music. I flip between the two Top 40 stations, the…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 16: A Song You Used To Love But Now Hate
This was hard. There are plenty of songs I used to like but now don’t like as much, or feel generally indifferent toward…but HATE? Actually, the first 45 single I ever owned all to myself, so probably the first song…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 15: A Song That Could Be The Theme Song To Your Life
So obviously to answer this question I gotta say something about my life first so that the song choice makes sense. Let me begin with an image of a (fictional) woman also named Margaret (my middle name): This image, from…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 14: A Song No One Would Expect You To Like
I think people generally know I like frivolous pop and that most rock genres really really aren’t my thing. So, I think people might not expect me to like: Guns ‘n’ Roses, “Welcome To The Jungle” This song has, unequivocally, the…
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