{"id":12753,"date":"2024-05-17T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=12753"},"modified":"2024-08-28T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:22:19","slug":"friday-playlist-305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/friday-playlist-305\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Friday Playlist 5\/17\/24\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/2TO492vWzn3nTzRonM1xIW?si=cb13b1324aac4fe1&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I See The Light&#8221; &#8211; The Men<br \/>\nJust the thing to shake you awake and start your Friday off right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Baby Bangs&#8221; &#8211; Snarls<br \/>\nThese Ohio kids had my second-favorite song of 2020. Since then, their output has underwhelmed. This is a nice return to form. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pretty Happy Alone&#8221; &#8211; The Love Buzz<br \/>\nI would not have guessed this band is from Cork, Ireland. More proof great music can come from anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Boombox&#8221; &#8211; Morgan Harper-Jones<br \/>\nGen Xers will understand the significance of naming a song about telling someone you love them &#8220;Boombox.&#8221; Yet another tune that feels like it could be a huge hit if we still had normal radio stations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let It Go&#8221; &#8211; American Culture with Midwife<br \/>\nThe story behind this track is wild. Singer, guitarist Michael Stein went missing for several months when his heroin addiction led him down some extremely dark paths. His bandmates and family resorted to asking known drug dealers if they had any clues to where he might be. They eventually found him living in tunnels beneath Las Vegas after he had been robbed for basically everything he owned. American Culture&#8217;s new album is filled with songs where Stein writes about his experience, while bandmate Chris Adolf writes others from the perspective of thinking he has lost his friend. Pretty intense stuff. Throw it over a beat like this and it doesn&#8217;t seem so harrowing, though.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t Be Still&#8221; &#8211; illuminati hotties<br \/>\nSarah Tudzin singing about the physical anxiety we all seem to face every day. Thanks a lot, Steve Jobs. <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9OFpfTd0EIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eyes Without a Face&#8221; &#8211; Billy Idol<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re on the verge of some of the biggest songs of 1984 cracking the chart. The next few weeks contain some real doozies. This track is just a notch below them, the third biggest pop hit of Idol&#8217;s career. It peaked at #4 in July. This was its first week in the Top 40, sneaking in at #39.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I See The Light&#8221; &#8211; The Men Just the thing to shake you awake and start your Friday off right. &#8220;Baby Bangs&#8221; &#8211; Snarls These Ohio kids had my second-favorite song of 2020. Since then, their output has underwhelmed. This is a nice return to form. &#8220;Pretty Happy Alone&#8221; &#8211; The Love Buzz I would not have guessed this band is from Cork, Ireland. More proof great music can come from anywhere. &#8220;Boombox&#8221; &#8211; Morgan Harper-Jones Gen Xers will understand the significance of naming a song about telling someone you love them &#8220;Boombox.&#8221; Yet another tune that feels like it could be a huge hit if we still had normal radio stations. &#8220;Let It Go&#8221; &#8211; American Culture with Midwife The story behind this track is wild. Singer, guitarist Michael Stein went missing for several months when his heroin addiction led him down some extremely dark paths. His bandmates and family resorted to asking known drug dealers if they had any clues to where he might be. They eventually found him living in tunnels beneath Las Vegas after he had been robbed for basically everything he owned. American Culture&#8217;s new album is filled with songs where Stein writes about his experience, while bandmate Chris Adolf writes others from the perspective of thinking he has lost his friend. Pretty intense stuff. Throw it over a beat like this and it doesn&#8217;t seem so harrowing, though. &#8220;Can&#8217;t Be Still&#8221; &#8211; illuminati hotties Sarah Tudzin singing about the physical anxiety we all seem to face every day. Thanks a lot, Steve Jobs. &#8220;Eyes Without a Face&#8221; &#8211; Billy Idol We&#8217;re on the verge of some of the biggest songs of 1984 cracking the chart. The next few weeks contain some real doozies. This track is just a notch below them, the third biggest pop hit of Idol&#8217;s career. It peaked at #4 in July. 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