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My boyfriend was like “no not one of the sad sack ones rec Hope and Crown” but this is the song I have the most feelings about off the album. (I had trouble picking here, too the title song is highly amusing, and then there’s “Madam Guillotine”, and - oh, just go find the cast album….)Īll right, let’s contribute some local Aussie stuff to the deluge, because probably nobody else will?ġ.

Now for something completely different: a number from the (IMO) severely underrated Broadway musical of The Scarlet Pimpernel. (The Grooveshark version is from the out-of-print live album, but the song’s still available on the reissue of Stars Fall Home.) Note that McGuire is a multi-talent threat, being a Hugo-nominated novelist as well as a singer.

(I was torn between linking to this one, which emphasizes Tom’s comic genius, or to “A Boy and His Frog”, which is a tribute to Jim Henson and makes me tear up every time I listen.)Ĭountry-rock meets urban legend snark wins. Original folk-rock ballad this time, but based on the true story of Humboldt’s parrot.Īn oldie but goodie from the World’s Fastest (and most versatile) Filker. Mustard’s Retreat: The Wreck of the Julie PlanteĪ lively folk setting of a 19th-century poem that pre-emptively turns the whole “Edmund Fitzgerald” thing inside out. I can’t resist the chance to mention several of my favorite obscure performers. Jake Burns clearly wanted to write a “Everything’s wonderful now” party song, but that wasn’t the reality of the situation, and so we get a much more nuanced track, and it’s all the better for it. The punk intensity, the personal involvement with the subject and the reggae influences all come together to produce a song that is at once hopeful, and worried, inspiring and somewhat downbeat. I first got into SLF at high school, where a teacher was a huge fan and lent me the Hope Street/All The Best CD set, and this is the song that I hold up as the perfect example of their work. But I do think it’s a superior example of mid-90s rock.ĥ. The band played it in the Bronze on an episode of “Buffy”, and the way the drummer held his sticks made me laugh. (The irony here is that Gaughan didn’t write this song, but honestly, Brian McNeill’s original loses a lot in the novelty record-esque music attached to these wise words).Ĥ. As this songs rolls back towards topicality (the Scottish referendum on independence is on September 14th this year), it’s always good to listen to someone who has a fair amount of clarity on what it would actually involve. What he lacks in technical skill is more than made up for here in sincerity and passion.ģ. I put “From Red To Blue” on this list though, partially because I agree with the politics, but more because it is my favourite use of Bragg’s voice. William Bloke, Bragg’s 5th album, is not his best work overall, but it does feature 2 of my all time favourite tracks of his – this one, and “Upfield”. Righteous anger (and amazingly well observed character building – “he’s got a driving ban/amongst some other offences”) tied to some fantastic, kinda minimalist music.Ģ. This always says to me “The Jam if Paul Weller had been born 25 years later”. SECOND EDIT: Locking comments because jeeeeeeeez that’s a lotta songsġ.

KISS ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT LASTFM SOFTWARE

(Even the metal and new-country.)īonus points if you include links to Youtube or Soundcloud or whatever so I can listen to it right away without having to search for it.ĮDIT TO ADD: Just as an FYI, my comment moderation software auto-sorts any comment with multiple links into the “pending approval” folder because of spambots, but rest assured I am checking both the pending folder and the spam folder regularly your comment is not going to disappear into the ether. (WARNING: I am not historically a fan of any metal that can be described as core, and most new-country leaves me cold.) I will listen to them, and then in a subsequent post I will say what I thought of every song that was recommended to me. I am always looking for new music to add to my iPod playlist, so: recommend five songs to me.

Dave Lartigue did this a while back and I thought it was a good idea, so I’m stealing it.

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