Saturday, February 7, 2015

The Top 500 Songs Of 2013 - Part 6 of 50, #450-#441

#450 Foxygen - "San Francisco" from "We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic" - The song called "San Francisco" is a psychedelic throwback to 60's era hippie rock?  You don't say. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdWGGpvY1s

#449 The Uncluded - "Scissorhands" from "Hokey Fright" - As you can imagine, this song is partially about Edward Scissorhands. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhlgHxuJiOU

#448 Camera Obscura - "Break It To You Gently" from "Desire Lines" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFTPtaQf09E

#447 Blood Orange - "You're Not Good Enough" from "Cupid Deluxe" - 80's nostalgia rears it's head in the music video for this song, one of 2013's best. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gtdpnKbT10

#446 The National - "This Is The Last Time" from "Trouble Will Find Me" - The National won the 2013 title for most-represented artist in the countdown with eleven songs, one more than Lorde, Queens Of The Stone Age and Vampire Weekend. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VVp-tKqFNY

#445 Steve Earle - "21st Century Blues" from "The Low Highway" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxDTeoeWZeI

#444 Ministry - "Thanx But No Thanx" from "From Beer To Eternity" - Although the vocals sounds an awful lot like Tom Waits or Nick Nolte, it's actually Sgt. Major sampling William S. Burroughs's poem "A Thanksgiving Prayer". - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq6T9q1TYao

#443 Frank Turner - "We Shall Not Overcome" from "Tape Deck Heart" - "The bands I like, they don't sell too many records, the girls I like, they don't kiss too many boys.  Books I read will never be best sellers, yeahBut come on fellas at least we made our choice, hey!"" - Frank Turner laying out the spirit of indie art in one chorus. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmOZuSyAQnI

#442 Placebo - "Loud Like Love" from "Loud Like Love" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_AJxsdOKo

#441 Jay-Z - "Somewhereinamerica" from "Magna Carta… Holy Grail" - The first of nine Jay-Z songs on the countdown, though only eight were from "Magna Carta… Holy Grail". - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmtgsCMsuVM

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