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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I fundamentally reject the concept of “guilty pleasure.” What it says is: “Someone of my status should not enjoy this low status song.” It’s often used in sexist and racist ways. (I wrote about this in my first book!). So…
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