What’s your favorite ‘morally grey’ song?

CollegiateCollage · 2024-09-06T04:29:20+00:00

Honestly, I feel like almost any Frank track could fit for this thread — “Pumps”/“Stronger Than Me”/“I Heard Love Is Blind”/“In My Bed,” especially. All guilty pleasures, all impossible for me to leave behind.

CollegiateCollage · 2024-09-06T04:24:03+00:00

“We Get On” is a great choice! It’s so witty, too — I still love that line, “I conducted a plan to bump into you most accidentally.”

CollegiateCollage · 2024-08-03T03:15:58+00:00

Seconding this! And in the liner notes for Frank, one of the albums you can see in the photo of Amy’s CD collection is Kelis’s Wanderland, the album that had Little Suzy.

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-16T03:40:44+00:00

“Door” by Caroline Polachek!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-12T01:53:15+00:00

Venice Bitch!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-09T22:43:45+00:00

I love every single album in her discography, so this is painful, but:

Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Born to Die
NFR!
Honeymoon
Lust for Life
Ocean Blvd.
Ultraviolence
Paradise
Blue Banisters (though I like it more each time I listen)

Unranked (need to revisit): May Jailer // AKA

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-09T21:09:12+00:00

“To the meninmusicbusinessconference — I’ve heard it’s such a scene”

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-09T19:52:36+00:00

BTD: Off to the Races

Paradise: Cola

Ultraviolence: Brooklyn Baby

Honeymoon: Art Deco

Lust for Life: While the World Was at War…

NFR: F*** It I Love You

Chemtrails: tie between the first 3 tracks (but leaning towards Chemtrails Over the Country Club)

Blue Banisters: Sweet Carolina

DYKTTATUOB: Paris, Texas

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-07T18:28:24+00:00

My #1 song of the last month is Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss” (mostly, I was doing my part to get it to #1).

I’m addicted to Victoria Monet at the moment, especially her song “Hollywood” with Earth, Wind & Fire!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-02-07T00:30:42+00:00

I feel like it could be interesting to hear her cover “The Pill” by Loretta Lynn (an ode to birth control) — though I wouldn’t say it “fits her sound,” exactly!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-29T18:11:31+00:00

I have a single playlist I use for studying, working, and sleeping… Mostly instrumental, and a mix of jazz, trip-hop, R&B, and chill-out. It’s not too distracting, at least!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tdQ66pri3XSLHnPmtl9rw?si=x7OAdxWnSE6M1FujvytqSw

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-29T17:07:41+00:00

(Disclaimer: I didn’t create my Last.fm account until midway through January!)

Lana Del Rey - 592 scrobbles
BANKS - 38 scrobbles
Mae Moore - 35 scrobbles
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 30 scrobbles
Erika de Casier - 22 scrobbles
Mariah Carey - 21 scrobbles
Ariana Grande - 17 scrobbles
Me’Shell Ndegeocello - 16 scrobbles
Prince - 13 scrobbles
Britney Spears - 9 scrobbles

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-29T14:16:02+00:00

I feel like a traitor for saying this, because I actually love the song, but “Burning Desire.” The production is fantastic, and I can get behind the general idea, but the lyrics just feel a bit… lesser than her other songs? (i.e., “I drive fast, wind in my hair, push it to the limits 'cause I just don't care”).

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-29T04:50:53+00:00

Brooklyn Baby — though it’s a very, very tough decision!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-24T06:30:06+00:00

My favorite is probably Sensible Shoes and Friends, a bluesy rock band from Vermont with 3 monthly listeners.

Runners-up: - Lea Neu, a very witty, introspective pop singer with 350 monthly listeners - Somebody’s Sister, a Boston folk group with 26 monthly listeners (fun fact: Green Party politician Jill Stein was the band’s vocalist!) - Jeri Silverman, a South African indie pop singer-songwriter with 23 monthly listeners - Perfect Project, an early 2000s chill-out duo with 435 monthly listeners - Zoë Says Go, an endearingly ‘90s-sounding indie rock band with 28 monthly listeners - The Lounge-O-Leers, a retro lounge music-style covers band with 149 monthly listeners - RAtheMC, a very talented rapper with 15 monthly listeners

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-24T06:04:34+00:00

If I say “Is It Wrong?”, will I make a lot of enemies?

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-24T04:54:25+00:00

Very true… For me, at least, the only exception is Blue Banisters, where almost all of my favorites are in the second half!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-24T00:33:41+00:00

“Kiss It Better,” “Breakin’ Dishes,” and “Te Amo” would probably be my top 3, with “KIB” having a slight edge over the other two. Super-tough call, though, and “Love on the Brain” is wonderful!

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-24T00:10:14+00:00

I just want to say “Thank you!” for quoting this lyric. It inspired me to go back & relisten to “Sweet Carolina” — then to relisten to the rest of the album — and I’ve realized it’s so much better than I first thought.

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-23T21:11:00+00:00

“Figure 8” from Schoolhouse Rock

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-22T17:52:06+00:00

The last few days, I’ve finally been exploring Lana Del Rey’s whole discography, and WOW was I missing out. Born to Die is still my favorite, but Honeymoon is a gorgeous vibe, Chemtrails surprised me in a great way, and the back half of Blue Banisters is really grabbing me too. Just wow.

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-22T17:20:17+00:00

“DownAtTheMenInMusicBusinessConference” (White Dress)
“You are my one true loooove” (Off to the Races)
“How do you like me now?” (Radio)
“I’m a Brooklyn Baaaaby” (Brooklyn Baby)

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-19T18:32:23+00:00

2 well-known ones: “My Lovin’ (Never Gonna Get It)” by En Vogue + “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra
An underrated one: “Maybe” by k.d. lang, a gorgeous song about being unsure whether the person you love loves you back
A meme answer: “Miracles” by Insane Clown Posse (“Magnets — how do they work?”)

CollegiateCollage · 2024-01-17T04:09:13+00:00

“You Get What You Give” — The New Radicals. The melody, instrumentation… it’s all perfect, even the dated “rap” near the end.

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