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• Song of the Day #1,774: ‘Weed Instead of Roses’ – Ashley Monroe

  I’ve bought a handful of albums this year (including Vampire Weekend’s latest a day or two ago) and curiously, four of them are country records. I didn’t plan it that way. Brad Paisley and Pistol Annies released new albums, which I naturally snapped up as a fan of both. Then [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,773: ‘Are We All We Are?’ – Pink

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  Pink’s The Truth About Love was one of last year’s best albums, better even than its predecessor Funhouse, another fine pop-rock record. Pink has quietly (and loudly) become one of the best pop songwriters and performers recording today. She is adept at both pulsating anthems like today’s track and emotional [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,772: ‘Running Out of Ink’ – Barenaked Ladies

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  Today’s Random Weekend selection is a neat little song from the last proper Barenaked Ladies album, Barenaked Ladies Are Men. After this record was released, co-songwriter and co-lead singer Steven Page left the band to pursue a solo career (resulting in one excellent album, Page One, so far). The band [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,771: ‘Back to Black’ – Beyoncé & Andre 3000

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  The most buzzed-about contribution to The Great Gatsby soundtrack is a cover of Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ by Beyoncé and Outkast’s Andre 3000. I guess you can’t have Jay-Z produce your movie’s soundtrack and not hear from his lovely wife. The cover generated some controversy when Winehouse’s father (who [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,770: ‘Over the Love’ – Florence + The Machine

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  Bear with me on this one, but I think Florence + The Machine and Adele are having the same career. Consider: Both acts released debut albums that were decent but unremarkable, notable for one hit single that towered above everything else on the record. Then both dropped sophomore records that [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,769: ‘Kill and Run’ – Sia

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  I’m not familiar with Sia, but Wikipedia informs me that is the stage name of Sia Furler, an Australian pop/jazz singer. Today’s track is similar to the Lana Del Rey track that started off the week — more about mood than melody. I’m not a big fan of songs that [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,768: ‘Love is Blindness’ – Jack White

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  Well, we didn’t wind up seeing The Great Gatsby as planned, so this week of songs from the film’s soundtrack will have to survive without commentary about how each was used in the film (by me, anyway… several commenters have seen the film and can chime in on that front). [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,767: ‘Young and Beautiful’ – Lana Del Rey

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  My wife and I have plans to see Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby tonight. I’m not discouraged by the film’s 48% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes — that seems perfectly appropriate for a love-him-or-hate-him filmmaker like Luhrmann. I’m sure the film will be over the top, even ridiculous, at times, but [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,766: ‘Motel Matches (Live)’ – Elvis Costello

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  From one of the reissues of Elvis Costello’s Goodbye Cruel World comes this live rendition of a standout track from a much better album, Get Happy! In an uncharacteristically brief mention in the album’s liner notes, Costello explains that today’s track — along with a few others — was recorded [...]
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• Song of the Day #1,765: ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’ – U2

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  Best song opening ever. I want to run I want to hide I want to tear down the walls That hold me inside I want to reach out And touch the flame Where the streets have no name I want to feel, sunlight on my face See that dust cloud [...]
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