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๐ถ It Stays With You
๐ผ Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest
๐ฟ Somni (2025)
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(28) A song you'll probably love forever
For a prompt like this, hundreds of songs will typically come to mind. You'll just have to tap into your core memories and hope for the best.
๐ฃ The Cranberries
๐ Promises
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๐ถ Silhouettes
๐ผ Floating Points
๐ฟ Elaenia (2015)
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(27) A song you consider a masterpiece
I still feel like the monkey touching the monolith when I listen to TPAB, and this track probably takes the cake for me as the best on that record.
๐ฃ Kendrick Lamar
๐ The Blacker The Berry
You know, whenever I find myself in a conversation with an LLM-driven reply bot that focuses on keeping it going with the key phrase "but what about" to the detriment of basic reading comprehension, I repeatedly tell myself, "Silence is the deepest answer," but I never seem to follow my own advice.
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๐ถ Iambic 9 Poetry
๐ผ Squarepusher
๐ฟ Ultravisitor (2004)
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(26) A song that influenced many artists
Directly influenced many contemporaries and followers, sampled in hundreds of songs (472 songs to be exact, if whosampled.com is to be believed).
That's as influential as you can get.
๐ฃ James Brown
๐ The Payback
This was peak humor for me back then, I was just at the right age. I followed Sir LaJoie's career with great interest since then. Nowadays, he makes pretty neat indie music under the moniker Wolfie's Just Fine.
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๐ถ Space Carnival
๐ผ The Comet Is Coming
๐ฟ Channel the Spirits (2016)
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(25) A song you associate with vinyl
๐ฃ Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
๐ Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes, I Do
Same John Oliver's son, same.
#JazzSky #Jazz #JazzMusic
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It's a good day when one of my favorite alto players working today gets on Tiny Desk.
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๐ถ Boreal Forest
๐ผ Mammal Hands
๐ฟ Shadow Work (2017)
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(24) A song that feels like an apology
"How can I tell you I was wrong?
When I am the proudest man ever born"
๐ฃ Franz Ferdinand
๐ Stand On The Horizon
You also have to know the right lyrics. Michael Stipe recently corrected a bunch of lines, so muscle memory's going to be your enemy if you want to stay updated with the latest version ๐
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๐ถ Line
๐ผ Portico Quartet
๐ฟ Isla (2009)
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(23) A perfect song to sing along to
Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. I'll gladly take the easy choice, then.
๐ฃ Gerry & The Pacemakers
๐ You'll Never Walk Alone
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๐ถ Strings of Light
๐ผ Yussef Kamaal
๐ฟ Black Focus (2016)
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(22) A song you'd choose as your life soundtrack
๐ฃ Dead Can Dance
๐ Rakim
I'm sorry, but this is clearly AI-generated. The song, the video, the text in the video description. All of it.
Here's a list of real Native American musicians you can support:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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๐ถ Actual Proof
๐ผ Herbie Hancock
๐ฟ Thrust (1974)
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(21) A song you discovered by accident
As it turns out, this man is not only one of the funniest people on Earth, but also a prolific musician.
"Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandango."
๐ฃ Matt Berry
๐ The Badger's Wake
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๐ถ Havona
๐ผ Weather Report
๐ฟ Heavy Weather (1977)
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(20) A song that shaped your music taste
Contains, bar none, my favorite moment of the entire hard bop era with Monk shouting "Coltrane! Coltrane!" to wake the sleeping giant who then immediately rips into a solo.
๐ฃ Thelonious Monk Septet
๐ Well You Needn't
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๐ถ Got A Match?
๐ผ Chick Corea Elektric Band
๐ฟ The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)
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(19) A song that feels warm
๐ฃ Incubus
๐ Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)
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๐ถ Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho
๐ผ Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucรญa
๐ฟ Friday Night in San Francisco (1981)
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(18) A song that feels cold
It's a combination of the lyrics, the delivery, the sparse instrumentation, the cover photo and the fact that I was going through one of the toughest winters of my life when I first discovered it.
๐ฃ Noah Gundersen
๐ Family