Category Archives: song of the day

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Song of the Day #1,894: ‘Ready to Start’ – Tears For Fears

tears_for_fearsTears For Fears has released one album in the past 18 years, and that was nine years ago. Now the band is back in the studio working on a new record, so I guess the ‘once every nine years’ pattern is working for them.

This is actually a great time for new Tears For Fears music, assuming it’s as good, and in the same style, as their 80s hits. Today’s pop music is very much influenced by the 80s and I can imagine songs like ‘Shout’ and ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ succeeding wildly were they released in 2013.

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Song of the Day #1,893: ‘The Fox’ – Ylvis

ylvis_the_foxThe two hottest viral videos of the moment seem to be the girl who set herself on fire while twerking (watch it here) and today’s SOTD, ‘The Fox,’ by the Norwegian band Ylvis.

Tellingly, both are publicity stunts.

The twerking girl was revealed last week to be a gag planned by Jimmy Kimmel in collaboration with a stunt woman. He quietly uploaded it to YouTube a few weeks ago and waited to see if it would, ahem, catch fire.

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Song of the Day #1,892: ‘Hello City’ – Barenaked Ladies

gordon‘Hello City’ is the first song on Gordon, the first Barenaked Ladies album, and it kicks off their professional career in what would become their trademark smart, funny fashion.

A dig at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the Canadian band played an early unsuccessful gig, this song is one of the most enjoyable on that excellent album.

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Song of the Day #1,891: ‘Wandering [Demo]’ – Ben Folds

folds_retrospectiveI have two main points to make in today’s Random Weekend selection.

The first is that Ben Folds is such a great songwriter that even his B-sides can be powerful and moving.

‘Wandering,’ released on Folds’ Speed Graphic EP, and later in demo version on his Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (and I believe on a movie soundtrack originally), is a beautiful, sad portrait of a relationship — it could easily stand alongside the best of his album work.

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Song of the Day #1,890: ‘Out of My League’ – Fitz & the Tantrums

fitz_more_than_just_a_dreamI’m closing out this week of new music with my second Fitz & the Tantrums purchase, the band’s new album More Than Just a Dream. I haven’t heard much of this one, either.

But I really like what little I have heard, including first single (and today’s SOTD) ‘Out of My League’ and ‘Fool’s Gold,’ the song that first caught my wife’s attention.

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