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October 4, 2017
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R.E.M. from Life’s Rich Pageant (1986)
“You’ve had a disproportionate number of message songs on this list so far. Is that a theme?” Peggy said.
“I think that might be a sample size thing. I probably have a disproportionate number of songs that begin with the lette...
October 4, 2017
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The Jackson 5 from Third Album (1970)
“You know what’s interesting?” Peggy said. “This is the second artist on your list already who had his first hits as an adolescent and continued deep into adulthood.”
“You find that interesting?”
“You don’t? How often does it ev...
October 4, 2017
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Simon & Garfunkel from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
“Do you know which word shows up most amongst the titles of the eight thousand songs I have on iTunes?” I said.
“Um, ‘the?’” Peggy said. “‘A?’”
“Other than articles and other super-common words.”
“‘Love?...