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Day 38/50
Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man (2017)
Just for kicks here's a hit song with infectious bassline, triumphant horn section and ultimate earworm vocal hook.
youtu.be/pBkHHoOIIn8?...
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Day 37/50
Wait for it ...
Do It Again - Röyksopp & Robyn (2014)
It may be simple, but it sounds so good, with slippery and squelchy Röyksopp noises and a breakdown that arrives with mmm-mmm anticipation.
youtu.be/btBSxtKzF6Q?...
Aha.
Well that removes a bit of an advantage for Scotland.
tbf the England and USA ban list barely matters with the only songs released since last appearance at the world cup rule.
Has she released anything since 1998?
New Zealand left off the map again I see.
(Surprised to see Lorde is not banned.)
Can I like this more than once?
I'm gonna bonus this 😍
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Day 36/50
Acapella - Kelis (2010)
Majestic soaring dancefloor anthem evoking Donna Summer.
youtu.be/U8D9xCBcfzw?...
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Day 35/50
See You Again - Tyler, The Creator ft. Kali Uchis (2017)
Dreamy arrangement for lyrics about a dream relationship.
Sorry I have run out of good segues between tracks. Sorry I am a day late. Will catch up at the weekend.
youtu.be/TGgcC5xg9YI?...
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Day 34/50
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift (2012)
A confident, sassy, celebratory, breakup anthem.
youtu.be/WA4iX5D9Z64?...
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Day 33/50
Shut Up Kiss Me - Angel Olsen (2016)
Robust and punchy instrumentation paired with confident, commanding vocals.
youtu.be/nleRCBhLr3k?...
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Day 32/50
Future Me Hates Me - The Beths (2018)
More fondly remembered New Zealand hits. Hook filled power pop with wordsmith lyrics and an infectious energy that takes them beyond simple buzz rock arrangements to something more special.
youtu.be/iVImwSb4EYU?...
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Day 31/50
Green Light - Lorde (2017)
(Continuing with mononymous Kiwi women)
Transfixing euphoric neon pop excellence.
youtu.be/dMK_npDG12Q?...
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Day 30/50
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra (2011)
(Staying in Melbourne).
Hmmm, so I don't really like this song, but I am voting for it because it is a track that my daughter and my late wife bonded over and it has memories.
youtu.be/8UVNT4wvIGY?...
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Day 29/50
Avant Gardener - Courtney Barnett (2013)
Another laid back woman on drugs who appreciates flowers. And paramedics.
youtu.be/bcnIhzaDTd0?...
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Day 28/50
Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves (2018)
Embracing a laid back and mindful lifestyle, taking time to look at the flowers, with LSD contributing to the creative process.
youtu.be/NC7cmWkBoz4?...
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Day 27/50
Soothing - Laura Marling (2017)
Sultry and intimate study of a deliberate, calm and empowered end to a relationship with a wonderful bass-heavy arrangement.
youtu.be/eCS4OTgaHeM?...
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Day 26/50
Bags - Clairo (2019)
From one very young singer to another.
Sparkling bedroom indie-pop about anxiety with confessing an attraction in case it is unrequited.
youtu.be/L9HYJbe9Y18?...
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HM 5/5
Nont for Sale - Sudan Archives (2018)
My strings propagate through space and time.
youtu.be/3kRlBLPSgY8?...
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HM 4/5
Hello - Martin Solveig & Dragonette (2011)
It's okay with me if you don't have that much to say.
youtu.be/LnET4RKXx5k?...
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HM 3/5
Wile Out - DJ Zinc feat. Ms Dynamite (2010)
I wanna know where this crazy cool is about to go.
youtu.be/OKB3hJBvAZY?...
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HM 2/5
Fake ID - Riton & Kah-Lo (2019)
I gotta get loose with the Henny and the Coke.
youtu.be/Lp__a8p0xCY?...
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HM 1/5
Gold Dust - DJ Fresh (2010)
I can't get enough of that sound.
youtu.be/RNuUgbUzM8U?...
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Day 25/50
On the Regular - Shamir (2014)
Wonderful exuberant colourful bubblegum hip-hop with catchy boastful lyrics and androgynous countertenor vocals. He was only nineteen when he released this.
youtu.be/Lp9GgdCgMXk?...
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Day 24/50
Fuck You - CeeLo Green (2010)
Irresistible, feel-good, buoyant and joyful Motown-channeling
epic. Impossible not to smile and sing along. The MVP of my Fuck You playlist (along with Lily Allen of course).
youtu.be/pc0mxOXbWIU?...
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Day 23/50
You Ain't The Problem - Michael Kiwanuka (2019)
Enough of this self-deprecating attitude - its time for some triumphant joyful self-belief.
youtu.be/ivvs_qL6t_c?...
As we approach the halfway point the numbers looked wrong and so I have just realised I missed a track that was supposed to be 4 days ago. Going to have to have a wee reshuffle and slip in a March song next because that missing track doesn't fit in this space.
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Day 22/50
New York Is Killing Me - Gil Scott-Heron (2010)
Coda to a career with sparse finger-popping arrangement and raw and ravaged vocals.
My votes for the normal track but here is a dark ambient remix that loses the finger-popping and adds ominous visuals.
youtu.be/c84Wu3NBOQk?...
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Day 21/50
New York - St. Vincent (2017)
Sticking with the melancholy, this time for the end of a relationship or is it a eulogy for the soul of NYC itself? More Annie Clark vote-splitting but this is my favourite for the personal memories it brings.
youtu.be/4TPqUvy1vYU?...
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Day 20/50
Goose Snow Cone - Aimee Mann (2017)
Inspired by a cat called Goose, this acoustic charmer may be a melancholic rumination on loneliness and isolation from an album called Mental Illness but it's not depressing.
youtu.be/fhThS-PJOFE?...
