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The bit that you skip #306: Faith No More – King for a day
Day 2 of songs that inspired me to write. Back in ’98, I would listen to this album daily. I got it as a Christmas gift in 1997 and I would listen to it daily. The atmosphere, the lyrics, it felt like a perfect album and I still think it’s Faith No More’s finest moment.…
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The bit that you skip #305: Goo Goo Dolls – Name
Day 1 of Nanowrimo month. I’ll be posting about songs that inspired me to write. Like many a Gen-Xer, I first heard of Goo Goo Dolls due to Name’s ubiquitous presence on college radio. A strange guitar tuning, one that easily breaks apart any strings you’ve got. It’s a sweet song, bitter in its aftertaste,…
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The bit that you skip #304: The Ramones – Pet Sematary
My family usually avoided Stephen King. It was a rule -unspoken- that he never wrote anything entertaining, so I never watched IT, Christine or Pet Sematary when they were out, just later along other of his adaptations. We did see Stand by me and after the movie ended, my mom did remark a harsh “oh…
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The bit that you skip #303: Soul Asylum – Misery
Dave Pirner’s vocals have always been the definition of longing. Whether on a straight out rocker like the sharp Somebody to Shove or the unending sadness of their gargantuan hit Runaway Train, his emotional honesty is one of Soul Asylum’s greatest strengths. A spiritual sucessor band of The Replacements, just like the Goo Goo Dolls,…
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The bit that you skip #302: Tears for Fears – Sketches of pain
Raoul and the kings of Spain, the second Roland Orzabal album released under the Tears for Fears banner, never quite reached the heights nor the commercial support of Elemental. I hate to say it, because I love this album, but I understand why. God’s Mistake wasn’t the best choice for a lead single, as it…
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The bit that you skip #301: Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan – Sex beat
Fresh from their solo projects, La Sera and Midnight Carnivore, Katy Goodman (formerly of Vivian Girls) and Greta Morgan released an album of covers. Not the usual fare, but some deep cuts aimed for the discerning aficionado. Wipers, Bad Brains, Buzzcocks, The Misfits and more get a reworking as intimate, indie folk cover versions. Punk…
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The bit that you skip #300: Nine Inch Nails – Just like you imagined
My dad bought me The Fragile in Fall of 1999. He used to travel every six months to the US, as he had to attend conferences, sometimes presenting work from his company, other times just as part of a larger team involved with the oil industry, from an environmental viewpoint. My dad was always a…
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The bit that you skip #299: Billy Joel – Prelude/Angry Young Man
On May of this year (2026), Turnstiles turned 50. One of my fave albums of his, Turnstiles celebrates Joel coming back to New York after a sojourn in California. Understandable, California was THE place to be for many musicians, but Joel seemed dissatisfied with the place. New York State of Mind (my dad’s fave song…
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The bit that you skip #298: Stereophonics – Maybe Tomorrow
A massive single for the Welsh band on their fourth album, Maybe Tomorrow was one of the greatest hits of 2003. I certainly remember hearing it non-stop on BBC Radio Nottingham on that summer, which I spent working laboriously on my MSc project. My project was chelate-assisted phytoremediation of mine spoil polluted land. We tested…
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The bit that you skip #297: Phil Collins – Something Happened on the way to heaven
For the longest of time I swore this was a single in late 88, early 89. It’s from 1990, that strange year of music that gave us pop rap via Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. I’m always conflicted with this song. I love the horn intro, that clockwork snare intro and the slow swelling synth…
