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The Beach Boys – I Know There's an Answer
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“I Know There’s an Answer” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was composed and
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Sonic Youth – I Know There's An Answer
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A soft but noisy Beach Boys cover.
According to sonicyouth.com, Lee Ranaldo has stated:
We had some help from Don [Fleming] and J. [Mascis] on that one. We were all listening to
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The Beach Boys – Hang On to Your Ego
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This is the original version of “I Know There’s an Answer”. Mike Love thought the original to be too much of a “druggie” song, so he changed the lyrics of the chorus so that the
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The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
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“God Only Knows” is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the eighth track on the group’s 11th studio album, Pet Sounds, and one of their most widely recognized songs.
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Pixies – Hang Onto Your Ego
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[Intro] / Hello / Hello? / Hello, hello / Hello hello hello / [?] / [Verse 1] / I know so many people who think they can do it alone / They isolate their heads and stay in their
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The Beach Boys – Wouldn't It Be Nice
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The opening track of Pet Sounds was later released as the albums' third single with “God Only Knows” as its B-Side.
Listen for the rockin' accordions and the ethereal guitars in
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The Beach Boys – That's Not Me
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“That’s Not Me” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the third track on the album.
Mike Love takes the lead vocals
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Prism – Answer
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I'll probably just get hate for making this one and some slander, but this ones for the kids that thought suicides the answer, Fuck the system, the government twisted, I hope these
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The Beach Boys – Kokomo
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“Kokomo” is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip
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The Beach Boys – Caroline, No
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The ultimate song on Pet Sounds, “Caroline, No” was also Brian Wilson’s first (and only) single to be released under his own name on the Capitol label.
The moody ballad epitomizes
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for KING & COUNTRY – God only knows
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[Intro: Joel & Luke Smallbone] / Mm, mm-mm-hmm / Mm, mm-mm-hmm / Mm, mm-mm-hmm / Mm, mm-mm-hmm / [Verse 1: Joel Smallbone, Joel & Luke Smallbone] / Wide awake while the world is
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The Beach Boys – Let’s Go Away for a While
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Tony Asher has explained the esoteric origins of this song:
There was an album out called How to Speak Hip […] a lampooning of the language instruction albums. I played it for
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Animal Collective – College
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A song from Sung Tongs. Only 53 seconds long, it is a reminder that not all people suit higher education.
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The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
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The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson recounted the genesis of the title “Good Vibrations” in his 1995 biopic, I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times, and at other times. When he was a child
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Steve Lacy – Some
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Steve Lacy continues to demolish genre boundaries in this groovy yet soulful track.
Steve desperately croons for the heart of his love interest as he hypes himself and flexes his
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The Beach Boys – You Still Believe in Me
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A dream-like introduction to this song is produced by Brian and Asher. One person was on the keys while someone was holding the strings in the piano, creating the unique sound
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Frank Black – Hang on to Your Ego
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Black Francis' first solo album was going to be a covers album. When he came to the studio to record it, however, he already had composed a number of tracks, so he ended up only
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The Beach Boys – Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
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Brian Wilson called this Pet Sounds number “[o]ne of the sweetest songs I ever sang…The innocence of youth in my voice, of being young and childlike. I think that’s what people
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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The Beach Boys – Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
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[Intro] / When I was a little bitty baby / My mama done rock me in the cradle / In them old cotton fields back home / It was back in Louisiana / Just about a mile from Texarkana
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The Beatles – Here, There and Everywhere
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Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.
A simple love song and Mojo Magazine’s 4th best song ever written, “Here, There And Everywhere
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The Beach Boys – Heroes and Villains
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To some an unfinished masterpiece, to others just unfinished, the Beach Boys' “Heroes and Villains” was to be the centerpiece of the abandoned Smile album.
Consumed by the
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Katy Perry (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – California Gurls
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In 1965 The Beach Boys recorded the original “California Girls.” Their lyrics proclaimed that none of the other girls in the US could top California girls. In Perry’s number one
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The Beach Boys – Here Today
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“Here Today” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released on their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the tenth track on the album. It was later released as the B-side to
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Dion – The Wanderer
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A song that tells the story of a travelling man and his many love interests. The song was ranked #243 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Genesis – Misunderstanding
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“Misunderstanding” is a song detailing the misbelief hopes of someone who has been stood up by their date.
Originally written by Phil Collins during the production of his debut
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Drake – Tried Our Best
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“Tried Our Best” delves into the dynamics of a complex romantic relationship. The lyrics highlight the challenges and conflicts that frequently arise between Drake and his partner
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The Beach Boys – In My Room
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It was a powerful song to choose as a B Side.
In 2008 Mojo’s Mat Snow said of “In My Room”:
“Hearing the music of Brian Wilson [evokes] the decades of breakdown, withdrawal and
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The Beach Boys – California Girls
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“California Girls” is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys, featured on their ninth studio album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (1965). Written by band-members Brian
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The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
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“Sloop John B” is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records.
It was originally a traditional West
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Japanese Breakfast – Kokomo, IN
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This breezy, serene ballad with orchestration that channels Brian Wilson features Michelle singing about the sweet loneliness of teenage love, waiting for your crush to return
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Phoebe Bridgers – I Know the End
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‘'I Know the End’‘ is the metalinguistic closing track of Phoebe’s sophomore album Punisher.
The apocalyptical folk ballad track reclaims the singer-songwriter narrative abilities
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The Beatles – Back in the U.S.S.R.
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Written by McCartney as a pastiche of The Beach Boys, its inspiration came from the Chuck Berry song Back In The USA, from Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s “I’m Backing Britain
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The Beach Boys – I'm Waiting for the Day
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[Verse 1: Brian Wilson] / I came along when he broke your heart / That's when you needed someone to help forget about him / I gave you love with a brand new start / That's what you
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The Beach Boys – Endless Harmony
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[Verse: Bruce Johnston] / Ocean lovers who like to harmonize / They're all cousins friends and brothers / And they make their Mamas cry / They're record-making heart-breaking
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The Beach Boys – Aren't You Glad
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Today could be a lot of fun / And precious one, I'd feel good just to walk with you / Tonight'll be a special treat / You're so sweet, and I feel
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Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
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Perhaps the quintessential Bruce number, this anthemic 1975 song contains many of the lyrical and musical hallmarks that make the band from E Street so justly famous. It is the
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Taylor Swift – the last great american dynasty
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“the last great american dynasty” follows the story of Rebekah Harkness, a patron of the arts, and founder of the Rebekah Harkness Foundation.
In 2013, Swift bought a Rhode Island
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Zach Bryan – Summertime Blues
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[Verse 1] / The sun set so late tonight / I wonder if you saw it too / Wish I still had someone to lose / All I got are these summertime blues / Bet there's a green-eyed, dark-
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Brendon Urie) – ME!
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Taylor Swift teaches listeners a lesson about self-love and confidence with “ME!” featuring Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie. It’s a stark turn from her sixth studio album
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Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
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“I Want It That Way” is about a strained relationship. The lyrical interpretation of this song, however, is notoriously muddled. They don’t necessarily make sense—and this is the
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