Beautiful Song Of The Week

September 3

Week 121: “We’re Going To Be Friends” by The White Stripes

The playground at my elementary school was enormous. Two horseshoe-shaped hills, connected by bridges, encircled…

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August 27

Week 120: “Three To Get Ready” by Dave Brubeck

Everything about the album Time Out is fascinating to me. For starters, it was barely…

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August 20

Week 119: “At Last” by Etta James

The opening bars of “At Last” are as recognizable as any opening bars to any…

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August 13

Week 118: “UWM (feat. Leland Whitty)” by BadBadNotGood

Everything about BadBadNotGood seems designed to freak out old people. Their Bandcamp page proclaims that…

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August 6

Week 117: “Second Hand” by errunriv

I’ve always been interested in song titles. When I first heard this song, I assumed…

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July 30

Week 116: “You Only Live Twice” by Nancy Sinatra

This time last year, I recommended clearing your schedule and watching all the James Bond…

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July 23

Week 115: “Midnight Feast” by Mr. Scruff

About ten years ago, I was mindlessly sprawled in front of the television eating something…

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July 16

Week 114: “Orchestral Suite #3 in D, Air” by Johann Sebastian Bach

This is one of those pieces of music that everybody knows. If you’ve ever been…

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July 9

Week 113: “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa

The first few months of 2012 were pretty strange for Christopher Stopa. A baker with…

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July 2

Week 112: “July Flame” by Laura Viers

Where I live, the seasons are so extreme that when you’re in the middle of…

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June 25

Week 111: “Stare and Stare” by Curtis Mayfield

I’ve searched high and low for an analysis of the lyrics to this great tune,…

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June 18

Week 110: “Funk For Joy” by The Extremities

One of the best things about the mp3 age is the phenomenon of iPod serendipity.…

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June 11

Week 109: “Solitude” by Thelonious Monk

Like most Duke Ellington classics, this song has been recorded by just about every notable…

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June 4

Week 108: “Teardrop” by Massive Attack

I discovered this song while on a YouTube tangent recently. It was a long and…

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May 28

Week 107: “She Went Quietly” by Charlie Winston

When I was six, I had a girlfriend named Natalia. Of course, when you’re six,…

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May 21

Week 106: “Up on the Roof” by The Drifters

Life in an apartment building has its pros and cons. During my four-year tenure in…

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May 14

Week 105: “Wishery” by Pogo

Pogo, aka Nick Bertke, makes music that burrows into your ear, opens the part of…

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May 7

Week 104: “Never Can Say Goodbye” by The Jackson 5

Having only been alive for about 6 months during the 1970s, I can’t really say…

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April 30

Week 103: “Symphony No. 9, II: Largo” by Antonin Dvorak

At some point, as the 1800s became the 1900s, the lion’s share of the world’s…

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April 23

Week 102: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel

I’m not the type to complain about the state of popular music, or claim that…

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