They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore

Nov
19th

Thu

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Lady Gaga
“Bad Romance”

You know you’re in a bad romance when you return to work and find the new AnCo EP and the new Lady Gaga bonus album and you pop on the Gaga disc first.

Nov
18th

Wed

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As long as we’re taking a nostalgia trip?

The Freshman — The Verve Pipe

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caryrandolph:

Backstreet Boys: “I Want It That Way” (via)

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate how our heartbreak was defined in our youth.

Nov
15th

Sun

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faithandbegorrah:

feelgoodhits:

Dusty Springfield - You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me

Besides being the song I most love to sing in the shower, this also has the honor of being the first song to make me cry.

Well, except for that song about the unicorns. Can you blame me? They forgot the unicorns? I remember being so upset the first time I heard that, thinking if only someone remembered the unicorns then we’d have them today and maybe I’d have one for a pet! Then I thought of the unicorns left behind, watching the ark pull away, all their bastard animal friends pointing and waving like “I’M ON A MOTHERFUCKING BOAT!” and then they drowned. That was heartbreaking.

Where was I? Oh, Dusty Springfield. I saw her perform this on tv )back in the time of black and white televisions) and something about it reached into my heart and squeezed it tight. I don’t know if it was the words or the way she sang them or a combination of both. But it made me cry and when I went to bed that night I lay there in the dark with the song playing in my head and I thought, I don’t want to grow up if growing up makes you sing songs like that. Or maybe I do. Crying about love has got to be better than crying about unicorns, right?

And then I grew up and sometimes I didn’t know which one was more mythical, love or unicorns.

Antony and the Johnsons
“Crazy In Love”

Wow. Good on you, Antony (plus Johnsons). You took the familiar formula,

Upbeat Dance Song - Tempo - Enthusiasm + “Emotion” = Crossover Cover Success

and ran all the way with it. You even commissioned a creepy video to go with it. Now all I want to do is give sarcastic plaudits and slit my wrists. Good work! Really. Just keep on doing whatever it is you think you’re doing. God, you make me so happy. Really. Good job. I’m impressed.

If you’ll excuse me (why wouldn’t you? There’s a computer and some tubes and a computer between us) I’m going to go spill my guts Seppuku-style and then hang myself with them.

Nov
12th

Thu

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Silver Jews
“How Can I Love You (If You Won’t Lie Down)”

Fast cars, fine ass
These things will pass
And it won’t get more profound

Nov
11th

Wed

Ra ra ooh la la.

Because sometimes you just want to burn it all down.

Nov
9th

Mon

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hoarr:

Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor

Heard this on XM Radio on the drive back into Austin, and I was reminded how much I loved this song whenever it first started to be played. I tore up my album collection looking for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill only to come up with buckus. Looks like I will be hitting up Best Buy tomorrow for a travel back in time to 1998.

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Ryan Adams - Note To Self: Don’t Die (Live)

Nov
8th

Sun

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Jens Lekman - And I Remember Every Kiss [BUT I WOULD NEVER KISS ANYONE WHO DOESNT BURN ME LIKE THE SUN]

There will be no kisses tonight.
There will be no holding hands, tonight.
Cause what is now wasn’t there before,
And should not be.

[redacted] meh no comment. u get what u pay 4.