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Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy Jr.
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For this song, Sufjan tells the tale of John Wayne Gacy Jr. who was an American serial killer and rapist, born in Illinois, who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage
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Heather Hammers – John Wayne Gacy Jr.
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[Verse 1] / His father was a drinker / And his mother cried in bed / Folding John Wayne's t-shirts / When the swingset hit his head / The neighbors they adored him / For his humor
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McDJ – Gasey
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(His father was a drinker / His father was a drinker / His father was a drinker / His father was a drinker / His father was a drinker) / *laughs* / [Sufjan Stevens & Shara Nova
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Underneath the Floorboards
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[instrumental]
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Angie Hart – John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
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[Verse 1] / His father was a drinker / And his mother cried in bed / Folding John Wayne's t-shirts / When the swingset hit his head / The neighbors they adored him / For his humor
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Sufjan Stevens – Riffs and Variations on a Single Note
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[Full Title: Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King Of Swing, to Name a Few] / [Instrumental]
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Sufjan Stevens – Jacksonville
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This song is about Jacksonville, Illinois and poetically explores the past and present of the town, from it being named after Andrew Jackson to the schools for the deaf and blind
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Sufjan Stevens – The Black Hawk War
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A powerful instrumental, “The Black Hawk War” represents the struggle between indigenous Americans and the European colonizers.
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Sufjan Stevens – The Seer's Tower
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The 19th song on Sufjan’s magnum opus, The Seer’s Tower explores Christian themes of the Apocalypse, similar to the title track of Seven Swans, another of Sufjan’s albums.
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Sufjan Stevens – To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
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The 11th track off of Sufjan Stevens album, “Illinois.” The title, in reference to the Rock River Valley region, references the harsh working conditions, corrupt city politics, and
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Sufjan Stevens – Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run
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The name of this song is based on several Bible references, for example, it refers to how God saved the Israelites from Egypt and Matthew 10:14:
“Whoever does not receive you, nor
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Sufjan Stevens – Prairie Fire That Wanders About
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Peoria! Destroy-a! / Infinity! Divinity! / For Lydia, Octavia! / And Jack-of-Trades! / The Cubs hooray! / The Opera House / Where Emma sang! / America! Oh will it play? / And Santa
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Sufjan Stevens – A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
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True to its name, “A Conjunction of Drones” is one of the most simplistic tracks on the album, consisting of 20 seconds of pure synth chords.
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Sufjan Stevens – Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
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Illinois opens with piano and flute on Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois. Background singers Katrina Kerns and Shara Worden enter the song at just the right
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Sufjan Stevens – Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
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This song is a duet with Matt Morgan until “Denominator, go Decatur, go Decatur” where the Illinoise Maker Choir joins in. After this part, Elin and Daniel Smith provided vocals
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Sufjan Stevens – A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
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Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (1818 – 1882) was the First Lady when her husband, Abraham Lincoln was President from 1861 until 1865. At the age of twenty, Mary Todd moved to Illinois where
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Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
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Just as Chicago is the most important city in Illinois, “Chicago” is the center of Sufjan Stevens' Come on Feel the Illinoise album. More autobiographical than the other songs on
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Sufjan Stevens – The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
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“Predatory Wasp” chronicles Sufjan’s romantic relationship with a male friend during a Methodist summer camp he attended in his youth.
In a 2017 interview with Salon, he described
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Sufjan Stevens – The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
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The title of this track makes an obvious reference to DC Comic’s Superman, a superhero who watches over the fictional town of Metropolis, and is featured on the cover of the album
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direhit
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I produce music and listen to a lot of dumb rap songs.
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Macmillerstan - 5 songs on shuffle part 2
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https://genius.com/Macmillerstan-5-songs-on-shuffle-part-2-annotated
this time it was 2000s songs and all the songs were really fuckin good. and now i used links and shit
thoughts?
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Sufjan Stevens – Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
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Bushnell is a town about four hours outside of Chicago. At the 2000 census the population was 3,221. The most notable person from Bushnell is Earl Sheely, 1920s first baseman for
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Sufjan Stevens – The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier — Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now)
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The title of part 2 of this song, “Come to Me Only with Playthings Now”, is a reference to the first line of Carl Sandburg’s poem “Murmurings in a Field Hospital”. This isn’t the
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Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
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This song features additional vocals from the Illinoisemaker Choir and Craig Montoro. The strings were played by Rob Moose, Julianne Carney, Marla Hansen and Maria Bella Jeffers.
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Sufjan Stevens – One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" for the Pullman
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Pullman, a planned community that was once heralded as one of the best combinations of labor and capital during the industrial period in US history where the company provided great
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Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day
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This song details the events that surround the death of the narrator’s female friend, and the crisis of faith that it triggers for the narrator.
Some read this as chronological
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Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
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Sufjan Stevens celebrates two of Illinois' proudest moments: The World’s Fair of 1893, and their native son, Carl Sandburg.
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Sufjan Stevens – In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
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The title of this hymn-like interlude (track #18) comes from the inscription over the Lincoln Memorial, which states, “In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he
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