my 20 favorite songs
mostly alphabetically, limit 1/artist kinda |
| 1 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
It's Not Up to You. honestly I could've put Unison or Pagan Poetry here too but this song just gives me the biggest smile so here it is. it's one of Bjork's most lush compositions with a beautiful chorale finale of the song's title. |
| 2 |  | The Brave Little Abacus
Just Got Back from the Discomfort - It's Alright
The blah blah blahs. the "it's these ideas that waste all my time" refrain into the opening video game keyboard effect fucking melts me every. time. |
| 3 |  | Burial
Truant/Rough Sleeper
another really tough choice but I think ultimately Rough Sleeper encapsulates everything I love about his work... the crackling vinyl hiss, fragmented and broken melodies that swirl within a nocturnal ambiance, it's all here. sure, it's a multipart suite that doesn't flow as well as Bohemian Rhapsody but it's still a beautiful epic song. imo, Burial is at his best when he's at his most un-Burial... i.e., taking risks and using his style as a foundation to build off rather than the making it the house itself (see 'Raver' or 'Come Down to Us') |
| 4 |  | Danny L Harle
Broken Flowers
this is a fairly new addition. imo, the first 5 min version single he released in 2013 is his best. it's neo pop with FAT synth pads and an infectious repetitive hook |
| 5 |  | The Cure
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
just like heaven. happy cure = best cure imo |
| 6 |  | George Clanton
100% Electronica
Never Late Again. best 80s song not from the 80s |
| 7 |  | Julia Holter
Have You In My Wilderness
Feel You. it's impossible to see... whooooooo I'm waiting forrrrrr in my raaaaaaainnncooooat *climactic strings* |
| 8 |  | mewithoutYou
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright!
underrated album but i think everyone can agree that king beetle is a top 3 mwY song. I've cried to this song on more than one occasion and it has sentimental value to me since it was playing as we drove into the hotel we were staying at on a roadtrip I took with my ex |
| 9 |  | My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
I Only Said. how is this song not more unanimously beloved??? |
| 10 |  | My Bloody Valentine
m b v
okay Im breaking my own rule but Who Sees You is just too damn cool not to be included... gauzy and silky and sexy all at once |
| 11 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
In Limbo a cryptic fractured pop song that descends into absolute madness that is as frightening as it is mesmerizing |
| 12 |  | Slowdive
Souvlaki
Alison. always wanted to date an Alison just so I could play this for her. dream pop of the highest degree |
| 13 |  | Sonic Youth
EVOL
Star Power. Kim has never sounded so confident and sexy. great pop song for Halloween |
| 14 |  | The Tammys
Egyptian Shumba
aaAAAAH AAAAH AAH egyptian shumba e e aaAAH AAAH ehyptian shumba |
| 15 |  | Tears for Fears
Songs from the Big Chair
Everybody Wants to Rule the World. second best song from the 80s and the de facto soundtrack to any John Hughes film this side of Ferris Beuller's Day Off |
| 16 |  | Les Rallizes Denudes
'77 Live
Night of the Assassins. buna, bu buna, bu buna, bu buna buna buna, bu buna, bu buna while a family of amplifiers gets brutually murdered by a japanese ghost |
| 17 |  | Jeff Rosenstock
We Cool?
You, In Weird Cities. just a perfect power pop punk song that tells of juvenile loss and longing that's so relatable it hurts |
| 18 |  | Jeff Buckley
Grace
Grace. there's the moon asking to stay, long enough for the clouds to fly away... such a dark beautiful song that shows Buckley's range. truthfully, his voice can be a little much at times (the end of Mojo Pin, the preceding track, for example) but in this song, no note is extraneous; each seems perfectly placed with reason and intent |
| 19 |  | JANK
Awkward Pop Songs
Kentucky Castle. RIP |
| 20 |  | Alison's Halo
Eyedazzler 1992-1996
Torn. apt title since it tears me in fucking two with its swells and waves of cotton candy guitar |
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