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4 votes
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Thomas Dolby - Close But No Cigar (1992)
4 votes -
Vienna Teng - Level Up (2013)
5 votes -
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (1986)
12 votes -
Loreen - Love Me America (2017)
4 votes -
‘Right now I’m into Libyan reggae’: The music label delving into the Arab world's back catalogue
6 votes -
Blind Channel – Dark Side (2021)
3 votes -
TIX – Fallen Angel (2021)
3 votes -
Bleachers - Dream of Mickey Mantle (2017)
3 votes -
Zara Larsson: ‘The more hate I got, the louder I became’
5 votes -
Crying Day Care Choir – Dance It Out (2021)
5 votes -
Taylor Swift - Love Story (Taylor’s Version) (2021)
7 votes -
MIKA - Dear Jealousy (2019)
3 votes -
Ququ - Ququ (2021)
3 votes -
Zara Larsson – Hooked On A Feeling (2021)
4 votes -
Christine and the Queens - People, I’ve been sad (2020)
4 votes -
SUGR? - Back With You (2021)
3 votes -
SOPHIE has died
26 votes -
Arlo Parks - Hope (2021)
5 votes -
Miley Cyrus: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
3 votes -
Julia Adams – Jag Ska Bli Bättre (2020)
3 votes -
CHIVVY – Red Water (2020)
3 votes -
Anna Leone – Once (2021)
4 votes -
Zara Larsson feat. Young Thug – Talk About Love (2021)
3 votes -
Wax - Right Between the Eyes (1986)
3 votes -
ABBA - Happy New Year (1980)
6 votes -
Von Wegen Lisbeth - Bitch (2016)
7 votes -
HENRIKES – Vintage Love (2020)
4 votes -
Laurel - Appetite (2020)
3 votes -
Black Death - A historically accurate cover of "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani
7 votes -
MARINA - Man’s World (2020)
4 votes -
1500 strangers sing Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" - Pub Choir
11 votes -
Christine and the Queens - Tilted (live)
4 votes -
Mickey Guyton: NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
3 votes -
Honorary Astronaut - EP. 001 (2020)
4 votes -
Khruangbin - Christmas Time is Here (2019)
7 votes -
Stereophonics - Dakota (2005)
5 votes -
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling (2016)
6 votes -
Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)
8 votes -
Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is (1987)
6 votes -
Anna Ran – All I Wanted Was You (2020)
4 votes -
Elton John - Honky Cat (1972)
7 votes -
Godley and Creme - Cry (1985)
4 votes -
Roxette – Let Your Heart Dance With Me (2020)
7 votes -
Future Islands - Balance (2011)
4 votes -
Cee Lo Green - F*ck You (2010)
10 votes -
How Dagny's luminous pop battles Norway's endless nights – Strangers/Lovers emerges as one of 2020's most assured debuts
5 votes -
Melt - Sour Candy (2017)
5 votes -
Compare and Contrast: Split Enz "I Got You"/"I See Red"
So I thought I'd try a little experiment here. Here are 2 songs I like from the same band. They're very different songs, and here's why I like them: I Got You - This is a song about infatuation....
So I thought I'd try a little experiment here. Here are 2 songs I like from the same band. They're very different songs, and here's why I like them:
I Got You - This is a song about infatuation. It conveys that feeling I had when I was smitten with someone as a teenager. It feels very intimate to me, like the singer's directly expressing his innermost feelings to the person he's infatuated with. Or perhaps thinking of what he would say if he had the guts. It's very much a new wave pop song, and is probably the most well-known of Split Enz songs, at least where I live in the US.
I See Red - This is very much a song of rage. To me it's about a guy who's been dumped, or maybe who was infatuated with someone, and now they're with someone else. Whereas "I Got You" was very poppy, this is more punky. (I mean it's still pop, but with a punk flavor.) Putting it together with the previous song makes a lot of sense to me, even though they have such different tone. It's like the 2 songs together tell a story. I also love the phrase "down the drain like molten toothpaste." There's just something so illustrative about "molten toothpaste."
Anyway, just thought I'd share these random thoughts.
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Half Man Half Biscuit - A Country Practice (1998)
3 votes