30 Day Music Challenge, Day 12: Song from A Band/Artist You Hate
Again, this is more interesting if we frame the question as: “In genres that you otherwise like, what artists do you hate?” I’ll offer a new and and old song: New Song: Meghan Trainor, Dear Future...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 13: A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure
I fundamentally reject the concept of “guilty pleasure.” What it says is: “Someone of my status should not enjoy this low status song.” It’s often used in sexist and racist ways. (I wrote about this in...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 15: A Song That Could Be The Theme Song To Your Life
So obviously to answer this question I gotta say something about my life first so that the song choice makes sense. Let me begin with an image of a (fictional) woman also named Margaret (my middle...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 16: A Song You Used To Love But Now Hate
This was hard. There are plenty of songs I used to like but now don’t like as much, or feel generally indifferent toward…but HATE? Actually, the first 45 single I ever owned all to myself, so probably...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 17: A Song You Hear Often On The Radio
Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye, “Blessings” I actually do listen to terrestrial radio when I’m driving around in my car. It’s one way I keep up with new pop music. I flip between the two Top 40...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 19: A Song Bar Bands Should Stop Playing
Ok, in sticking with yesterday’s substitution of “DJ” for “Bar Band,” I’ll pick a song DJs should stop playing in their sets. I’m really tempted to say something like “All songs by VNV Nation,” but as...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 20: A Song To Listen To While You’re Angry
I made a Beats playlist titled “Fed Up”–it’s full of songs to listen to when I’m angry. But, there are a lot of different kinds of anger–some more seething, some more immediately aggressive. Whatever...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 21: A Song That Is Best Heard Live
So, for me, the point of seeing live music is social–listening and dancing with other people. This is probably because the music I like most generally sounds better when recorded: there’s a lot of...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 22: A Song You Wish You Had Written
Surprise surprise, I like to break songs down more than I like to write them; analysis is more my thing than composition. I’ve been thinking about this question for days, and, honestly, I keep coming...
View Article30 Day Song Challenge, Day 23: A Song You Want Played At Your Wedding
I got married 10 years ago this October, one month after I defended my dissertation, so I think that this question is more historical than speculative: there were songs played at my wedding…not like I...
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