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• Song of the Day #654: ‘If I Were a Boy’ – Beyoncé

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  Once in awhile (for purely artistic reasons) I’ll watch a Beyoncé video or two on YouTube. ‘Single Ladies‘ is definitely a favorite, and ‘Crazy in Love‘ has yet to disappoint. I’ve made the distinction before between live artists and album artists, citing Rihanna as a fine example of the latter. [...]
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• Song of the Day #653: ‘So Cruel’ – U2

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  One of these days I might get around to a theme week on U2. I feel about U2 the way I feel about Bruce Springsteen… appreciative of their status as legends, and a big fan of much of their work, but not a big enough fan to number them among [...]
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• Song of the Day #652: ‘Landed (a cappella version)’ – The Yale Spizzwinks(?)

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  One of the things I love about Ben Folds is how fully he embraces new ideas in his music. While Ben Folds Five was still together, he put out his first solo album under the moniker Fear of Pop. The album, Volume One, relied heavily on samples, electronica, spoken word [...]
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• Song of the Day #651: ‘You’re a Big Girl Now’ – Bob Dylan

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  Blood on the Tracks is, obviously, the fifth member of my Dylan Six — the six Dylan albums I consider his true untouchable masterpieces. (On a side note, every time I write Dylan Six I’m reminded of the Dylan Four in Battlestar Galactica… the four crew members who discovered they [...]
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• Song of the Day #650: ‘Tangled Up in Blue’ – Bob Dylan

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  In 1975, nine years had passed since the release of Bob Dylan’s last undisputed masterpiece, Blonde on Blonde. During those nine years he had released seven studio albums, two greatest hits collections and a live album. He had matched his pre-1966 output but it would be hard to argue that [...]
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• Song of the Day #649: ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’ – Rockwell

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  Here’s a song that came out a couple of years later than the rest of this week’s selections, in 1984. But I still associate it more with my elementary school days than with the 80s songs I counted down last year. I remember the video as much as the song [...]
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• Song of the Day #648: ‘Pac-Man Fever’ – Buckner & Garcia

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  1982′s ‘Pac-Man Fever’ is an important touchstone for me because, at 10 years old, I was a chronic sufferer of the ailment described by the song. My friends and I used to play Pac-Man at the Sav-a-Step convenience store a mile or so from our school, walking there as soon [...]
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• How to Train Your Dragon

  Dreamworks Animation has thrived as a smart-ass, pop culture savvy alternative to more innocent kiddie fare. Many of the jokes in films such as Shrek and Madagascar are designed to fly right over children’s heads and get a few chuckles out of the adults forced to accompany them to the [...]
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• Date Night

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  I haven’t written about Date Night since seeing it for one simple reason: I agree entirely with just about every review of it I’ve read. Here we have two of our funniest, most interesting and appealing actors paired up with a script that is only occasionally worthy of their talents. [...]
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• Song of the Day #647: ‘Ya Mama’ – Wuf Ticket

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  1981′s ‘Ya Mama’ by Wuf Ticket is the first rap song I ever remember hearing. I was 9 years old at the time, which would put me in 4th or 5th grade. My friends and I learned this song by heart and sang it together after school. I particularly remember [...]
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