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Arcade Fire – Crown of Love
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[Verse 1] / They say it fades if you let it / Love was made to forget it / I carved your name across my eyelids / You pray for rain, I pray for blindness / [Chorus 1] / If you
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Ezra Furman – Crown of Love (The Arcade Fire)
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[Verse 1] / They say it fades if you let it / Love was made to forget it / I carved your name across my eyelids / You pray for rain I pray for blindness / [Chorus] / If you still
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Arcade Fire – Wake Up
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The 7th track and the 5th and final single from Arcade Fire’s debut album, Funeral, “Wake Up” is one of Arcade Fire’s most popular songs, and the song that the band has typically
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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
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“Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” is a sumptuously theatrical opener– the gentle hum of an organ, undulating strings, and repetition of a simple piano figure suggest the discreet
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Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
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The penultimate song on Funeral remains one of Arcade Fire’s best-loved anthems. As on many of the album’s songs, Win Butler adopts the persona of a defiant child, rebelling
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Arcade Fire – Haiti
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Chassagne’s evocative illustration of her homeland on “Haiti”, the country her parents fled in the 1960s is both distantly exotic and starkly violent, perfectly evoking a nation in
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Arcade Fire – In the Backseat
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This song describes the singer’s sudden thrusting into control of her own life after the death of her mother Alice. She describes her life before her mother’s death as “being in
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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)
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[Verse 1: Win Butler] / Alexander, our older brother / Set out for a great adventure / He tore our images out of his pictures / He scratched our names out of all his letters / [
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Arcade Fire – Une année sans lumière
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“Une année sans lumière,” a French phrase translating to “A Year Without Light” in English, is the calm before the storm of the album’s next track, “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out
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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
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Perhaps the most understated of all of the “Neighboorhood” tracks from Funeral, “7 Kettles” is Butler’s reflection on the inevitable passage of time. The ‘watched pot’ in the
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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
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“Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” is set in the North American economic boom of the ‘80s and ‘90s. It has been suggested that there was a blizzard in '98 that may have inspired this
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Duncan Laurence – Arcade
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“Arcade” by Duncan Laurence is the winning song of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Tel Aviv, Israel, where the singer represented The Netherlands. The victory was the
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Arcade Fire – Black Mirror
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Neon Bible is, in some ways, an unwelcome and very welcome departure from Arcade Fire’s predominately indie and cathartic songs from before. The first line, if you’ve heard this
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Ezra Furman – Devil's Haircut (Beck)
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[Verse 1] / Something's wrong cause my mind is fading / And everywhere I look / There's a dead end waiting / Temperature's dropping at the rotten oasis / Stealing kisses from the
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Kendrick Lamar & Taylour Paige – We Cry Together
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On “We Cry Together,” Kendrick and Taylour Paige take opposite sides in a couple’s ugly dispute that sees them hurling insults at one another for nearly six minutes. Another
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Buffalo Madonna & Champagne Champagne) – Kings
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“Kings” is the fifth track off of The VS. EP. The song alludes to history and to religion (surprise, surprise with Mack), and the nature of being adored or worshipped, like a king
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Jan Misali – How do we know what's mainline?
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[Verse 1] / Game & Watch, Donkey Kong / DK again except it's wrong / Electrocuting baby apes / Arcade game wasn't fire / Hours stomping Koopas / Baby monkey algebra / Pesticide
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Katy Perry – Unconditionally
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“Unconditionally” is a soaring ballad about accepting one’s lover, both his virtues and flaws. The song was released as the second single of Prism, and Katy Perry’s favorite song
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Ezra Furman – Androgynous (The Replacements)
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Here come Dick, he's wearing a skirt / Here comes Jane, y'know she's sporting a chain / Same hair, revolution / Same build, evolution / Tomorrow who's gonna fuss / [Chorus] / And
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Hozier – Take Me to Church
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“Take Me to Church” is the debut single by Irish recording artist Hozier. It has become an international hit, reaching #1 in 12 countries, and has been certified five times
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Ezra Furman – The Good Book (Melanie)
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This track was originally the title track for Melanie’s 1971 album. The album had a top 40 hit with “Nickel Song” and also featured the track “Birthday of the Sun” which Melanie
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Sia – Elastic Heart
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“Elastic Heart” is the third single from Sia’s sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear. The song’s music video features actor Shia LaBeouf and “Dance Moms” star Maddie Ziegler
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Band of Skulls – Embers
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Whoa, whoa, whoa / Take me to the place that we met, babe mmm / We could even go back some more / Not a single thing to regret, babe mmm / That you are them all, yeah / It's not
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J. Cole – 9 5 . s o u t h
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J. Cole begins The Off-Season with “9 5 . s o u t h,” a commanding track that finds him expressing his opinions on the rap game and boasting about his life, experiences, and career
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gentlecoo
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I enjoy music and the playing of said music.
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KB – Rebel Rebel 88
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“Rebel Rebel 88” is KB declaring he has always been a rebel from his birth in 1988. He used to rebel against God, but instead is now rebelling against the sinful world systems and
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Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
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“24K Magic” is a braggadocious party anthem described by Bruno Mars as an “invitation to the party” of his third album of the same name. It combines modern-referencing lyrics (like
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The Crown (Band) – Back from the Grave
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Feel the presence of me, risen from behind death / Invoked by lovers' touch, seduced temptating lust / Pulled back into this world, in that, their breathtaking flesh / Take form in
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Ezra Furman – I Can Change (LCD Soundsystem)
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[Verse 1] / Tell me a line make it easy for me / Open your arms / Dance with me until I feel all right / It's good in the dark, good in the dark / But into the lover's light / Here
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Linkin Park – BURN IT DOWN
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“Burn It Down” is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was released to radio stations as well as a digital download on April 16, 2012, as the lead single from their
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Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem & Sam Dew – Savior
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On “Savior,” Kendrick teams up with Sam Dew and Baby Keem to inform his listeners about the brokenness of society. The song comes directly after “Savior (Interlude),” which Baby
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Lauv & Troye Sivan – i'm so tired...
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“i’m so tired…” is Lauv’s collaboration with Australian-South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. In the track, both artists complain about how tired they are of love songs and
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Wiz Khalifa) – Payphone
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“Payphone” is a song by Maroon 5, featuring guest vocals from American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Overexposed. The song
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Billie Eilish – TV
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On June 7, 2022, just twelve days after stating that she was “just now starting to think about the next [album]” on The Ellen Show, Eilish performed an unreleased song at her
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Trinidad Cardona – Love Me Back
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[Verse 1] / Alright, why'd she gotta lie straight to my face? / Tell me you want me and then don’t stay / If you gon walk, then walk my way / But I can’t watch from just one place
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Gang Starr – Moment of Truth
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Probably one of the most influential Gang Starr songs, Guru spits lyrical genius over a–needless to say–genius Premo beat.
DJ Premier said the following about the track:
The
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