{"id":2970,"date":"2016-02-06T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2016-01-16T20:17:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T20:17:52","slug":"10-songs-recently-played-on-my-ipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2016\/02\/06\/10-songs-recently-played-on-my-ipod\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Songs Recently Played on My iPod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know, iPod, right? So dated.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Two Lights,&#8221; Five for Fighting<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">The lyrics of this song are hard to grasp without contextual information, but with this information they are candid, without being clich\u00e9, and not so figurative as to draw attention to their poeticality. John Ondrasik\u2019s greatest virtue remains his ability to write meaningful lyrics, especially in the void of 21st century pop.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Bedshaped,&#8221; Keane<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">A stylistic accomplishment, \u201cBedshaped\u201d is a controlled performance of lyrical depth, flawless in its delivery, with an underlying suppleness reminiscent of Coldplay.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Fast Car,&#8221; Tracy Chapman<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">More than just a song to listen to as you\u2019re driving down the highway at night, \u201cFast Car\u201d possesses that narrative quality that songs today lack, while boasting the voice of a singular artist.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;You\u2019re the Inspiration,&#8221; Chicago<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Chicago is an underrated, if overselling, band, and \u201880s Chicago is, in all its sentimentality, my favorite. What makes \u201cYou\u2019re the Inspiration\u201d the biggest hit to come out of the period is the interplay of its voices, the balancing and counterbalancing of melody and harmony. The layering of voices gives the song depth, while Peter Cetera\u2019s lead commands but never overshadows.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Unwell,&#8221; Matchbox Twenty<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">How can you not love the opening motif? The transitions are seamless, and vocal artistry is hardly a problem for Rob Thomas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Sunny Came Home,&#8221; Shawn Colvin<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">The lyrics of \u201cSunny Came Home&#8221; don\u2019t quite match the tenor of the accompaniment, resulting\u00a0in a work that undermines and ironizes itself\u2014which is the brilliance of the song. It\u2019s also a better revenge song than Carrie Underwood\u2019s \u201cBefore He Cheats&#8221; (nothing against Carrie).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Chasing Cars,&#8221; Snow Patrol<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">A minimalist pop song seems like a contradiction, but \u201cChasing Cars\u201d makes it work with its sensitivity to dynamic and layering, and with its sparse, haiku-like lyrics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Hotel California,&#8221; The Eagles<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">An effortless song in every way. Neither overdone nor underdone, \u201cHotel California\u201d represents the best of \u201870s rock and claims impressive staying power.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Drops of Jupiter,&#8221; Train<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">An example of a song with meaningful, if self-consciously grandiose, lyrics. &#8220;Drops of Jupiter&#8221;\u00a0dabbles in metaphor and hyperbole, which works with the its\u00a0charismatic singer and sweeping, orchestral accompaniment. The song, which recalls The Beatle\u2019s \u201cHey Jude,\u201d is more affecting for its compression (I\u2019ve always found the postlude of \u201cHey Jude\u201d protracted), its command of the metaphor, and the earnestness of its delivery, which is never less than convincing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;What a Wonderful World,&#8221; Louis Armstrong<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ol2\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Can you argue with a classic?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know, iPod, right? So dated. &#8220;Two Lights,&#8221; Five for Fighting The lyrics of this song are hard to grasp without contextual information, but with this information they are candid, without being clich\u00e9, and not so figurative as to draw &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2016\/02\/06\/10-songs-recently-played-on-my-ipod\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":318,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[545,118,117],"class_list":["post-2970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-10-songs-recently-played-on-my-ipod","tag-chun","tag-cody"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2971,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970\/revisions\/2971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}