{"id":4055,"date":"2014-12-18T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T13:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2024-09-06T20:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T00:35:01","slug":"favorite-songs-of-2014-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2014\/12\/18\/favorite-songs-of-2014-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Songs Of 2014, #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLights Out\u201d &#8211; Angel Olsen<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Angel Olsen Performs &quot;Lights Out&quot; - City of Music\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MPUJpT0yMh0?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>I\u2019ll write more about my favorite albums of the year next week, but this comes from one of my absolute favorites. And it stands out on a disk full of fine songs. Most of <em>Burn Your Fire For No Witness<\/em> is focused on pain and loneliness and longing to heal.<\/p>\n<p>While this song certainly matches the tone of its album-mates, the lyrics set it apart. Rather than singing about the pain, Olsen is exhorting someone in deep pain not to give up. It\u2019s a simple, touching moment of telling someone you care about that while things might seem bad, there is always a reason to look forward to better times.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nJust when you thought you would turn all your lights out it shines<br \/>\nSome days all you need is one good thought strong in your mind\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously:<br \/>\n20 &#8211; \u201cBlack And White\u201d &#8211; Parquet Courts<br \/>\n19 &#8211; \u201cI Got Knocked Down (But I\u2019ll Get Up)\u201d &#8211; School Of Seven Bells<br \/>\n18 &#8211; \u201cWe Only Come Out At Night\u201d &#8211; Sugar Stems<br \/>\n17 &#8211; \u201cToo True To Be Good\u201d &#8211; Dum Dum Girls<br \/>\n16 &#8211; \u201cMilwaukee\u201d &#8211; The Both<br \/>\n15 &#8211; \u201cNew Skin\u201d &#8211; Torres<br \/>\n14 &#8211; \u201cSeasons (Waiting On You)\u201d &#8211; Future Islands<br \/>\n13 &#8211; \u201cFall In Love\u201d &#8211; Phantogram<br \/>\n12 &#8211; \u201cSpinners\u201d &#8211; The Hold Steady<br \/>\n11 &#8211; \u201cRent I Pay\u201d &#8211; Spoon<br \/>\n10 &#8211; \u201cTeenage Wasteland\u201d &#8211; Wussy<br \/>\n9 &#8211; \u201cGoshen \u201997\u201d &#8211; Strand Of Oaks<br \/>\n8 &#8211; \u201cLazaretto\u201d &#8211; Jack White<br \/>\n7 &#8211; \u201cHoney Do\u201d &#8211; Beverly<br \/>\n6 &#8211; \u201cHead Underwater\u201d &#8211; Jenny Lewis<br \/>\n5 &#8211; \u201cRun Forever\u201d Emma Ruth Rundle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLights Out\u201d &#8211; Angel Olsen I\u2019ll write more about my favorite albums of the year next week, but this comes from one of my absolute favorites. And it stands out on a disk full of fine songs. Most of Burn Your Fire For No Witness is focused on pain and loneliness and longing to heal. While this song certainly matches the tone of its album-mates, the lyrics set it apart. Rather than singing about the pain, Olsen is exhorting someone in deep pain not to give up. It\u2019s a simple, touching moment of telling someone you care about that while things might seem bad, there is always a reason to look forward to better times. Just when you thought you would turn all your lights out it shines Some days all you need is one good thought strong in your mind Previously: 20 &#8211; \u201cBlack And White\u201d &#8211; Parquet Courts 19 &#8211; \u201cI Got Knocked Down (But I\u2019ll Get Up)\u201d &#8211; School Of Seven Bells 18 &#8211; \u201cWe Only Come Out At Night\u201d &#8211; Sugar Stems 17 &#8211; \u201cToo True To Be Good\u201d &#8211; Dum Dum Girls 16 &#8211; \u201cMilwaukee\u201d &#8211; The Both 15 &#8211; \u201cNew Skin\u201d &#8211; Torres 14 &#8211; \u201cSeasons (Waiting On You)\u201d &#8211; Future Islands 13 &#8211; \u201cFall In Love\u201d &#8211; Phantogram 12 &#8211; \u201cSpinners\u201d &#8211; The Hold Steady 11 &#8211; \u201cRent I Pay\u201d &#8211; Spoon 10 &#8211; \u201cTeenage Wasteland\u201d &#8211; Wussy 9 &#8211; \u201cGoshen \u201997\u201d &#8211; Strand Of Oaks 8 &#8211; \u201cLazaretto\u201d &#8211; Jack White 7 &#8211; \u201cHoney Do\u201d &#8211; Beverly 6 &#8211; \u201cHead Underwater\u201d &#8211; Jenny Lewis 5 &#8211; \u201cRun Forever\u201d Emma Ruth Rundle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-4055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14125,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions\/14125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}