CollaborhythmCollabtunes / Tom Jensen · Every song matched to a unique classic · Zero duplicates
| Set List 19 | |||
| 1 | Pretty Gold Bracelet | James Taylor Something in the Way She Moves |
Quiet devotion, love described through gesture not declaration |
| 2 | Still Walking the Earth | Cat Stevens Wild World |
Reverence for someone who walks through life with grace |
| 3 | In the Shape of an Angel | The Beatles Here, There and Everywhere |
The beloved framed as something sacred and close |
| 4 | Big Shoes | Ben Folds The Luckiest |
Belief in partnership — I found the one, we were meant |
| 5 | Forever | Van Morrison Someone Like You |
Eternal bond — love as the only destination that ever made sense |
| 6 | Open and Closed | Paul McCartney Maybe I'm Amazed |
Simple declaration of devotion — live to adore you |
| 7 | Ten Feet Tall | Elton John Your Song |
Voice as guide and anchor — made larger by love |
| 8 | Bird On a String | Bob Dylan Girl from the North Country |
His most prized possession — tender, possessive, poetic |
| 9 | Unwritten and Unsaid | Paul Simon The Sound of Silence |
Unsaid things still straightening the maze |
| 10 | Glass House | Cat Stevens Father and Son |
Reap what you sow — the fragile house of choices |
| 11 | Forget Me Knot | Counting Crows Time and Time Again |
Haunting memories, first wife — lingering ache |
| 12 | After the Fact | James Taylor Fire and Rain |
Left, never came back — quiet grief after the fact |
| Set List 14 | |||
| 13 | Tears of Trust | Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water |
Kindred spirits, like minds — trust as foundation |
| 14 | Paper Thin | Elliott Smith Waltz No. 2 |
Building walls, hiding mirrors — fragile self-protection |
| 15 | Cutie Pie | Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl |
Breath became my air — warm, adoring, specific |
| 16 | Aum... What She Said... Om | Cat Stevens Peace Train |
Spiritual love poem, consciousness as river |
| 17 | Night Light | Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' |
Cry tears of joy — the night light against the dark |
| 18 | Synergy | Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes |
Energy lives inside beings — cosmic connection |
| 19 | Making a Killing | Randy Newman Short People |
Dry comedic warmth — charging a quarter per hug |
| 20 | Monuments | Van Morrison Have I Told You Lately |
Shrine to shared moments — time together as monument |
| 21 | My Garden | Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi |
Watch your future grow — tend what you plant |
| 22 | Happy Place | Paul Simon Graceland |
The place you return to inside yourself |
| 23 | Let It Ride | Bonnie Raitt I Can't Make You Love Me |
Pushing, pulling, retreating — love as letting go |
| 24 | Riding a Wave | Crosby Stills Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes |
Sailing away, finding myself — the journey inward |
| 25 | Only Shared With You | Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat |
Truth within a song — what only two of you know |
| Song List 5 | |||
| 26 | Night Out | Tom Petty Wildflowers |
Half a tank, looking for something — the night as invitation |
| 27 | Worth the Wait | James Taylor You've Got a Friend |
Patient devotion — love as restraint, right person is worth it |
| 28 | In the Pouring Rain | Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm |
The rain as backdrop — you are my shelter |
| 29 | Tonight's Moonlight | Van Morrison Moondance |
Romantic nocturnal energy — tonight everything possible |
| 30 | FrescoSWAPPED | Emmylou Harris Pieces of the Sky |
A man painting a portrait — art as devotion |
| 31 | See This Thru | Fleetwood Mac The Chain |
Two people holding on — commitment to stay |
| 32 | It Could Be You | Billy Joel Piano Man |
Possibility and longing — you could be the one |
| 33 | Dreamland | Mazzy Star Fade Into You |
Drawn into the dream of another — soft, consuming |
| 34 | Warm Shoulder | Etta James At Last |
The comfort of arrival — finally a warm shoulder |
| 35 | Still Thinking of You Tonight | Don McLean Operator |
Alone but not letting go — still thinking of her |
| 36 | What We ShareSWAPPED | Gillian Welch Everything Is Free |
What two people build together — the shared thing |
| 37 | Here I Am | Harry Nilsson Without You |
I am here — simplest declaration, offered with everything |
| Song List 8 | |||
| 38 | Stars | Counting Crows Mr. Jones |
Wanting to be something — the dream of greatness examined |
| 39 | Hall of Fame | Bruce Springsteen Glory Days |
The fantasy of recognition — the hall of fame fantasy |
| 40 | Ripples | Jackson Browne The Pretender |
What we leave behind — the ripples we make |
| 41 | Stranger Then Fiction | Bob Dylan Desolation Row |
Stranger than fiction — the world outdoing imagination |
| 42 | First Class | The Beatles Back in the U.S.S.R. |
First class swagger — confirmed early match |
| 43 | Next in Line | Elvis Costello Pump It Up |
Restless, waiting your turn — the frustrated artist |
| 44 | Gypsy Mamma | Tom Waits Tom Traubert's Blues |
The wandering woman who defines the narrator — mythic |
| 45 | Michelangelo and Marble | Leonard Cohen Suzanne |
Woman as muse who transforms him |
| 46 | Beauties and BeastsSWAPPED | Gillian Welch Wichita |
Two people seeking balance — finding wisdom together |
| 47 | Sunlight | John Denver Sunshine on My Shoulders |
Plain joyful declaration — sunlight makes it better |
| 48 | What I'll DoSWAPPED | Iris DeMent Our Town |
Stepping back for her — quiet love from a distance |
| Song List 9 | |||
| 49 | Fourth Chakra | Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill |
Heart chakra opening — spirit awakening to something larger |
| 50 | Color of Love | Bob Marley Is This Love |
Love as the color through which everything is seen |
| 51 | Prayer for Life's MeaningSWAPPED | Steve Earle Copperhead Road |
Asking the big questions warmly — a prayer not a demand |
| 52 | Flow | Van Morrison Into the Mystic |
Going with the flow toward something spiritual |
| 53 | Thunderstorms | Simon & Garfunkel The Sound of Silence |
The storm between two people — weather as emotional truth |
| 54 | Sure ShoreSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt If I Needed You |
Finding solid ground — the shore that doesn't move |
| 55 | Golden Archer | Neil Young Heart of Gold |
The quest for something golden — the archer as seeker |
| 56 | Summer's the Time | The Beach Boys God Only Knows |
Summer as season of everything good — simple devotion |
| 57 | Within Reach | Damien Rice Volcano |
Almost there — the thing trembling just within reach |
| 58 | Smell the Flowers | John Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads |
Stop and smell the flowers — the plea to slow down |
| 59 | Lyrical Groom and Musical BrideSWAPPED | Nanci Griffith Love at the Five and Dime |
The marriage of words and music — love letter to collaboration |
| Set List 9 | |||
| 60 | We Are the Ones | Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution |
The workers told to get in line — quiet fury |
| 61 | FriendSWAPPED | Kris Kristofferson Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down |
Spreading words, giving what you can — warm generosity |
| 62 | Speak | Marvin Gaye What's Going On |
The plea to speak up — silence as complicity |
| 63 | Applied Faith | Mavis Staples I'll Take You There |
Faith applied to life — the practical spirituality of showing up |
| 64 | Slip Stream | The Doors Break on Through |
The cavern in the mind — dissolution as liberation |
| 65 | Sides | John Lennon Imagine |
No sides, no winners, no divisions |
| 66 | Invisible PrisonSWAPPED | Waylon Jennings Ain't Living Long Like This |
Spirit trapped, free will as the key |
| 67 | Better Than It Seems | Tom Petty I Won't Back Down |
Stubborn insistence — better than it seems |
| 68 | Complicated Subject | Leonard Cohen Bird on the Wire |
Moral inventory, trying to live right in the world |
| 69 | Fate Is a Word | Nick Cave Into My Arms |
Fate as a word — the question of what's written vs. chosen |
| 70 | Believe Me | Elliott Smith Say Yes |
The quiet plea — believe me when I say what I mean |
| Set List 8 | |||
| 71 | Thirty Seconds | Eminem Lose Yourself |
One shot, all in — the moment everything is staked |
| 72 | Pretty Fountains | Rage Against the Machine Bulls on Parade |
Pretty facades concealing the machinery |
| 73 | Playing Chess | Bob Dylan Masters of War |
Life as chess — pawns and generals |
| 74 | Sky and Light | Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees |
Sudden terrifying clarity about one's own life |
| 75 | Discartes | Radiohead How to Disappear Completely |
I don't think therefore I am not — dissociation |
| 76 | I Am | R.E.M. Losing My Religion |
Self-declaration and self-doubt in the same breath |
| 77 | Timeless To Ten | John Prine Hello in There |
Timeless to a few — choosing depth over reach |
| 78 | Listen | Marvin Gaye Mercy Mercy Me |
The command to listen — to what's being ignored |
| 79 | Fear | Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb |
Fear as the wall we hide behind |
| 80 | DownSWAPPED | Lucinda Williams Drunken Angel |
Down and not quite out — the long crawl back |
| 81 | Spinning | Wilco Jesus, Etc. |
Spinning in circles — the anxious mind that can't find stillness |
| 82 | Somewhere | Tom Waits Martha |
Somewhere out there — looking back at a half-lived life |
| Set List 3 | |||
| 83 | AdviceSWAPPED | Guy Clark Desperados Waiting for a Train |
Quiet plea to be seen and heard |
| 84 | F the W | Sublime What I Got |
Cheering up a friend — laid-back warmth underneath |
| 85 | Another | Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town |
Another day of grinding endurance |
| 86 | Night Light | Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle |
Night light in the hall — narrative gut-punch |
| 87 | Dance Floor | David Bowie Fame |
The dance floor as arena — fame from inside |
| 88 | Fences | Roger Waters Another Brick in the Wall |
Fences springing up — division built by power |
| 89 | Stay Big | Eminem Without Me |
Gleeful self-mythologizing with self-awareness |
| 90 | It Doesn't Matter | John Lennon Working Class Hero |
Rejecting the whole frame — it doesn't matter |
| 91 | Blank Pages | Neil Young Old Man |
The blank pages — what an older, wiser self sees |
| Set List 1 | |||
| 92 | Puzzle Pieces | Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues |
Rapid-fire cultural critique — restless observer |
| 93 | Exit the SandmanSWAPPED | Led Zeppelin Going to California |
Sleepless night, nostalgia — late-night confession |
| 94 | Daylight Again | Bruce Springsteen The River |
Trapped, circled by sharks — survival mode |
| 95 | Pen and Paper | Bob Dylan It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) |
Self-inventory of the writer between clarity and conformity |
| 96 | Have NotSWAPPED | Led Zeppelin Tangerine |
The have-nots — sparse, unsentimental, true |
| 97 | Climbing the Ladder | Bruce Springsteen Born to Run |
Always climbing — the American dream moving up |
| 98 | Ex-Poem | Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know |
The ex- as poem — what you write when still burning |
| 99 | Rain | John Denver Rocky Mountain High |
Rain as cleanser — simple, pure, world washed new |
| 100 | Twisting the Knife | Elliott Smith Between the Bars |
Restraint as the most powerful act |
| 101 | My PreciousSWAPPED | The Rolling Stones Wild Horses |
Who decided gold was precious — sincere critique |
| 102 | Monetization | Bob Dylan It Ain't Me Babe |
Silver-tongued operators — he declines |
| 103 | Let Me InSWAPPED | The Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil |
Asking to be let into someone's mind |
| Song List 6 | |||
| 104 | Dead Silence | The National Sorrow |
Dead silence after it ends — louder than sound |
| 105 | Now Boarding | Tom Waits Jersey Girl |
Missed boats — wry self-deprecating narrator |
| 106 | Leaving California | Jackson Browne Running on Empty |
Leaving behind what used to define you |
| 107 | Butterfly | R.E.M. Nightswimming |
The butterfly — transformed self, gentle and hopeful |
| 108 | Nature of Man | Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind |
The nature of man — asked in every direction |
| 109 | Melody of Sorrow | Damien Rice Cannonball |
The melody carrying grief — the ritual of letting sorrow have form |
| 110 | Come For a Ride | Norah Jones The Long Way Home |
Take the scenic route through life |
| 111 | Where I Am From | John Mellencamp Small Town |
Place as identity — the town that made you |
| 112 | How Can You | Alanis Morissette Hand in My Pocket |
The confrontation with a deceiver |
| 113 | Rainy Day Sunshine | Damien Rice The Blower's Daughter |
Lost the woman who could have saved him |
| 114 | Breaking Her HeartSWAPPED | The Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want |
The man who does the damage while still loving her |
| Song List 1 | |||
| 115 | Knowing the Know | Bob Dylan With God on Our Side |
The burden of awareness — history as the teacher |
| 116 | Nevermore | Leonard Cohen Anthem |
Nevermore — the crack where light still gets in |
| 117 | Here and NowSWAPPED | The Who Baba O'Riley |
The fullness of the present moment as spiritual home |
| 118 | Cost of War | The Clash White Man in Hammersmith Palais |
The cost of war — the exhausted political observer |
| 119 | Deep Seeded | John Prine Angel from Montgomery |
30 years plowing same fields — the unlived life accumulating |
| 120 | Visited a PlaceSWAPPED | The Who Behind Blue Eyes |
Environmental destruction through a logger's confession |
| 121 | Fallen Walls | Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' |
Walls built to divide — cycles of power and rebuilding |
| 122 | As for MeSWAPPED | Cream White Room |
The quiet personal declaration of what one stands for |
| 123 | Singer Songwriter | John Prine Spanish Pipedream |
A writer defining himself through questioning |
| 124 | Gift | Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land |
The gift of what was given freely — the commons |
| 125 | All in a Day | The Clash London Calling |
All in a day — historically-informed rage |
| 126 | Fourteen DaysSWAPPED | Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower |
Haven't played in fourteen days — soul slowly lifting |
| 127 | Last Man Standing | Tom Waits Downtown Train |
The last man standing — observer on the margins |
| Song List 3 | |||
| 128 | Last Cup of Coffee | Don McLean American Pie |
September 11 through one person's last morning |
| 129 | Looking for Love | Warren Zevon Poor Poor Pitiful Me |
Looking for love in all the wrong ways |
| 130 | Perfect Imperfections | Leonard Cohen Hallelujah |
The perfect imperfection — the crack where light enters |
| 131 | As I PlaySWAPPED | Jimi Hendrix The Wind Cries Mary |
The musician in communion with what the song asks |
| 132 | Clean Wipe to the Slate | Alanis Morissette Hands Clean |
Starting over — the clean wipe when you finally get honest |
| 133 | Low Down | Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA |
Built up to be knocked down — humiliation as anthem |
| 134 | It Is Your Turn | Tracy Chapman Fast Car |
It is your turn — the person waiting told to take it |
| 135 | Trending | Randy Newman It's Money That I Love |
What's trending — satirical eye on attention vs. what matters |
| 136 | Carry Me | Crosby Stills Nash Carry On |
Carry me — the plea to be held up when you can't |
| 137 | Oasis | Tom Petty Refugee |
The oasis in a desert of noise |
| 138 | End of the Road | Hank Williams I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
End of the road — terminal point with earned resignation |
| 139 | Right Between the Eyes | Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money |
Truth delivered without mercy or warning |
| Song List 4 | |||
| 140 | Fallen Clouds | Led Zeppelin The Battle of Evermore |
Epic mythic imagery — fallen soldiers, elemental forces |
| 141 | Stranded | Tom Waits Cold Water |
Stranded — grim detail turns inward, alone nowhere to go |
| 142 | Coming of FallSWAPPED | Crosby Stills & Nash Helplessly Hoping |
Coming of fall — the wiser self arriving with the season |
| 143 | Breaking the Chains | Bob Marley Redemption Song |
Breaking the chains — emancipation from mental slavery |
| 144 | One Slip of the Knife | Nick Cave The Mercy Seat |
One slip — the thin margin between ordinary and catastrophe |
| 145 | OverratedSWAPPED | Traffic The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
Faking happiness, hollow eyes — intelligent self-deprecation |
| 146 | Maybe SomedaySWAPPED | Cat Power Cross Bones Style |
Maybe someday — grinding endurance that holds onto maybe |
| 147 | First Place | America A Horse With No Name |
First place — the desert of winning when it means nothing |
| 148 | Sleep Walkers | Pink Floyd Brain Damage |
People living unconsciously — nobody truly awake |
| 149 | Pretty Toys | Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side |
Pretty toys — the shiny things the culture dangles |
| 150 | Concrete People | Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad |
Concrete people in concrete lives — the forgotten |
| 151 | Fight for Peace | Public Enemy Fight the Power |
Fight for peace — refusal of blind patriotism |
| Song List 10 | |||
| 152 | Snowflakes | Nick Drake Pink Moon |
Snowflakes — the quiet detail that accumulates into meaning |
| 153 | Harry PatchSWAPPED | Cat Power The Greatest |
Harry Patch — the last WWI vet, war cost in a single life |
| 154 | Old Eli | Tom Waits Gun Street Girl |
Old Eli — the neighborhood elder, witness to everything |
| 155 | Leaving Your RootsSWAPPED | Jeff Buckley Last Goodbye |
Leaving your roots — the guilt and necessity of going |
| 156 | Broken Mirror | Nine Inch Nails Hurt |
Broken mirror — the self seen in pieces, unmakeable whole |
| 157 | PennywiseSWAPPED | Nick Drake River Man |
The penny-wise life — small economies while big things slip |
| 158 | Postcard | Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind |
A postcard — what you say when distance is the medium |
| 159 | House of Shattered Glass | Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way |
The house of shattered glass — what's left after it ends |
| 160 | PendulumSWAPPED | Nick Drake Northern Sky |
The pendulum — swinging between clarity and confusion |
| 161 | BricklayerSWAPPED | Tim Buckley Song to the Siren |
Rejecting money as value — the bricklayer who built it |
| 162 | Absolutely Marie | Carole King It's Too Late |
Absolutely Marie — the specific woman, the quiet acknowledgment |
| 163 | Julia's GardenSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt Tecumseh Valley |
Julia's garden — the thing she tended, now tended alone |
| Song List 2 | |||
| 164 | Dead End | Bruce Springsteen Nebraska |
A friend warning another — ends with the friend dying |
| 165 | Allison's Airplane | Wilco Heavy Metal Drummer |
Allison's airplane — nostalgic wry portrait flying away |
| 166 | Warmer Waters | James Taylor Carolina in My Mind |
Warmer waters — heading somewhere better |
| 167 | Light or the White | The Velvet Underground Pale Blue Eyes |
The light or the white — what blinds vs. what illuminates |
| 168 | SheSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt Waitin' Around to Die |
Woman trapped before she could escape |
| 169 | Curves of Sorrow | Fiona Apple Criminal |
The curves of sorrow — invisible psychological damage |
| 170 | Let Down | Radiohead Creep |
Let down — the outsider looking in |
| 171 | Table for Two | Harry Nilsson One |
Table for two — and then just one, the empty seat |
| 172 | Bottom of The Lake | Tom Waits Blue Valentine |
Bottom of the lake — what sinks and stays |
| 173 | Trash CanSWAPPED | Gram Parsons In My Hour of Darkness |
Burning everything that reminds him of her |
| 174 | Sand Castles | Beach Boys God Only Knows |
Sand castles — what love builds knowing the tide comes |
| 175 | You Can Never Run Away from Yourself | Jackson Browne These Days |
You can't run — the self that follows, patient and exact |
| Song List 7 | |||
| 176 | Blessing in Disguise | The Beatles Let It Be |
The blessing disguised — the loss turning out to be the thing |
| 177 | Frames | Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now |
The frames we use — looking at life from different angles |
| 178 | Unity | Van Morrison Tupelo Honey |
Devotional love — soul mate, eternal bond |
| 179 | Dust to Dust | Johnny Cash Hurt |
Dust to dust — the long reckoning at the end of it all |
| 180 | Water Flesh and BoneSWAPPED | The National Bloodbuzz Ohio |
Should I leave? — love and departure in the same breath |
| 181 | TrainSWAPPED | The National Terrible Love |
Waiting at the station for someone who never shows |
| 182 | Little Bird | Annie Lennox Why |
The little bird — fragile, asking the question no one answers |
| 183 | Half FullSWAPPED | The National Slow Show |
Glass half full — stubborn optimism in the face of damage |
| 184 | Trying Times | Iron & Wine Naked as We Came |
Exhausted reaching for one reason to continue |
| 185 | Used to Be | Fleetwood Mac Landslide |
Used to be — the self that was, the landslide of change |
| 186 | Match Maker | Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover |
The matchmaker's logic — the clean departure forward |
| 187 | Untitled UnlabeledSWAPPED | Arcade Fire Wake Up |
Asking only for friendship — connection without demand |
| Set List 2 | |||
| 188 | Rest In Power | Nine Inch Nails Closer |
Love turned to hate, demons — who you were vs. who you became |
| 189 | B. F. T. | Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype |
Call out the bullshit — the BFT calls it what it is |
| 190 | Hive Mind | Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall |
The hive mind — the collective that flattens the individual |
| 191 | UnwinnableSWAPPED | Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) |
Living between dark and light — honor when no one's watching |
| 192 | Traffic | Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name |
Addiction in gridlock — the repetition IS the argument |
| 193 | Status Quo WoesSWAPPED | Arcade Fire The Suburbs |
When complicity becomes cowardice — still trying |
| 194 | Rival | Dead Kennedys California Über Alles |
Republicans and Democrats — blunt political diagnosis |
| 195 | Violence Is Their SolutionSWAPPED | Bon Iver Skinny Love |
Formal education as insanity — protest with precision |
| 196 | ParadigmSWAPPED | Bon Iver Re: Stacks |
Reshaping humanity one person at a time — earnest idealistic |
| 197 | EntirelySWAPPED | Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
Family tragedy leading to mental unraveling — identity dissolution |
| 198 | Multiverse | Radiohead Paranoid Android |
The multiverse — parallel selves in parallel failures |
| Set List 10 | |||
| 199 | History To Me | The Clash Lost in the Supermarket |
History as personal — institutional vs. what you actually lived |
| 200 | Pushing the ButtonSWAPPED | Bright Eyes Lua |
Fury at trigger-holders — the generals push buttons they don't survive |
| 201 | Heresy Speaks No EvilSWAPPED | Bright Eyes First Day of My Life |
Heresy speaks no evil — the blasphemy of forbidden questions |
| 202 | Obamafication | Gil Scott-Heron B Movie |
Political satire from someone who's been watching since the start |
| 203 | Shadow BoxingSWAPPED | Modest Mouse Float On |
Shattered past, spiral staircase — grim detail turning inward |
| 204 | Picture Something NiceSWAPPED | Built to Spill Car |
Picture something nice — the instruction to imagine better |
| 205 | Call It Fate | Tracy Chapman Mountains o' Things |
Call it fate — the weight of all you've accumulated |
| 206 | Pardon Me | Ani DiFranco Subdivision |
Pardon me — navigating subdivisions of race and class |
| 207 | Birthright | Bruce Springsteen The Promised Land |
Pauper vs. king — working-class fury at the gap |
| 208 | Shades | Bob Marley One Love |
Color of skin as fraction — skin as surface, humanity as truth |
| 209 | Intellectual PropertySWAPPED | Pavement Range Life |
Graffiti, kids on broken tracks — inner city decay |
| 210 | Another History Lesson | Pete Seeger Turn! Turn! Turn! |
Another history lesson — the cyclical return of power |
| Set List 11 | |||
| 211 | Love It or Leave ItSWAPPED | Stevie Wonder Living for the City |
Unapologetic self-declaration — this is what I am |
| 212 | Groovy Gravy | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
Puppet on a string — the slow surrender to the machine |
| 213 | Devil's Friend | Black Sabbath War Pigs |
The devil's friend — generals gathered in their masses |
| 214 | Disciple of DirtSWAPPED | Stevie Wonder Pastime Paradise |
Blind detective in a world of clues — honestly lost |
| 215 | MothSWAPPED | Stevie Wonder Higher Ground |
Drawn to what will consume you — fully aware, going anyway |
| 216 | Insomnia | Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
The insomniac's inventory — 3am, everything wrong amplified |
| 217 | Thick Skin | Fiona Apple Fast as You Can |
Running as fast as you can from what keeps catching you |
| 218 | Time's UpSWAPPED | Marvin Gaye Trouble Man |
Time's up — the bullshit has an expiration date |
| 219 | Kicking the CanSWAPPED | Otis Redding A Change Is Gonna Come |
Kicking the can — endless deferral of what needs facing |
| 220 | Hey WaiterSWAPPED | Al Green Let's Stay Together |
Waiting for a woman strong inside — patience as devotion |
| 221 | Cement | Woody Guthrie Bound for Glory |
Manufacture consent — the propaganda that hardens around us |
| 222 | Fancy Words | Leonard Cohen Everybody Knows |
Fancy words — everybody knows they obscure, sardonic clarity |
| 223 | Dance Floor | David Bowie Let's Dance |
The dance floor as last arena of honest self-expression |
| Set List 16 | |||
| 224 | Hypocrites | Bob Dylan Positively 4th Street |
Hypocrites named — the cold accounting of someone who sees you |
| 225 | Tom's PsalmSWAPPED | Al Green Take Me to the River |
Faith without results — skeptical spiritual questioning |
| 226 | Lost and FoundSWAPPED | Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come |
Finding your way back after every wrong turn |
| 227 | TriangleSWAPPED | Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam |
The triangle — three forces pulling, the chain through it all |
| 228 | Crystal BallSWAPPED | Nina Simone Feeling Good |
The crystal ball — still plays the song tonight |
| 229 | Walking Paradox | R.E.M. Man on the Moon |
Got what he wanted, wants to give it away — the paradox |
| 230 | How and When | Sufjan Stevens Death with Dignity |
How and when — impossible timing questions with grace |
| 231 | KneelingSWAPPED | Aretha Franklin Respect |
Fell down, started kneeling — slow rebuilding, earned |
| 232 | Best Left | Elliott Smith Needle in the Hay |
Best left alone — the thing you should walk away from |
| 233 | ChameleonSWAPPED | Aretha Franklin Natural Woman |
She changes — warm admiration for someone who adapts and stays |
| 234 | Learn From the MastersSWAPPED | Merle Haggard Mama Tried |
The pilgrimage toward what made you — seeking the source |
| Set List 20 | |||
| 235 | Undefeated | Bruce Springsteen No Surrender |
The stubborn refusal to concede when everything says lie down |
| 236 | Dying Day | The Waterboys The Whole of the Moon |
The full vision that most can barely glimpse |
| 237 | Fields of TimeSWAPPED | Willie Nelson On the Road Again |
The Guthrie-level survey of a life across the land |
| 238 | Running Free | Bob Marley Running Away |
Running free — liberation that keeps moving |
| 239 | New Sight | Peter Gabriel Shock the Monkey |
New sight — the sudden vision of what was always there |
| 240 | Right By Sight | Macklemore White Privilege II |
Honest uncomfortable reckoning with what skin color means |
| 241 | Off the Road | Gordon Lightfoot Sundown |
The traveler who stops and sees what the road cost |
| 242 | Rock Star Dreams | Bruce Springsteen Rosalita |
Living for the legacy since seventeen — dream held since youth |
| 243 | PlanktonSWAPPED | Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain |
Small invisible essential — the system running on the unseen |
| 244 | Perfect WorldSWAPPED | George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today |
The perfect world — the imagined place where things are right |
| 245 | LinearSWAPPED | Kris Kristofferson Me and Bobby McGee |
The straight line through a life that keeps curving back |
| Set List 4 | |||
| 246 | Married To Something Else | Townes Van Zandt Pancho and Lefty |
Trapped in marriage to an alcoholic — dignified, sad, unflinching |
| 247 | Watering the WeedsSWAPPED | Dolly Parton Jolene |
Watering the weeds — tending the wrong things |
| 248 | Rest In PeaceSWAPPED | Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You |
House burns down, wife didn't make it — pitch-black domestic humor |
| 249 | Downward SpiralSWAPPED | Television Marquee Moon |
Dark nihilism — genuine bleak delivered plainly |
| 250 | Rat ParkSWAPPED | Patti Smith Because the Night |
Addiction as isolation response — community as cure |
| 251 | RehabSWAPPED | Talking Heads This Must Be the Place |
The system supposed to fix you is what broke you |
| 252 | Something In My Genes | Eminem Rock Bottom |
Addiction catalog — unflinching dark humor intact |
| 253 | Alcohol | Amy Winehouse Rehab |
Personifying substance as toxic lover — going back anyway |
| 254 | Empty Bottle | Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around |
Quit drinking, watching someone else spiral |
| 255 | My Best FriendsSWAPPED | Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime |
My best friends — the ragged crew the world overlooked |
| 256 | Old Friends | Simon & Garfunkel Old Friends |
Old friends — two people on a park bench, still here |
| 257 | Let Me Live the DreamSWAPPED | Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart |
Running from something while running toward something |
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| 258 | Bite Of the AppleSWAPPED | Joy Division Atmosphere |
Reaching toward someone who can't speak — gentle reckoning |
| 259 | Empty EyesSWAPPED | The Cure Boys Don't Cry |
Cold distance from a woman — emotions hidden, candle out |
| 260 | On the RocksSWAPPED | The Cure Disintegration |
Heart gone cold, jilted bride — both people know it's gone |
| 261 | Smitty's AnthemSWAPPED | Echo and the Bunnymen The Killing Moon |
Smitty's anthem — the working-man's refusal to fold |
| 262 | Victim of FateSWAPPED | The Smiths There Is a Light That Never Goes Out |
Victim of fate — running on empty, fate as the road |
| 263 | DoraSWAPPED | The Smiths How Soon Is Now |
Looking back at Dora who wrecked you — darkly funny |
| 264 | Get Outta My House | Le Tigre Deceptacon |
Get out — the break-up as declaration, no apology |
| 265 | Valentine's WoesSWAPPED | Morrissey Everyday Is Like Sunday |
Alone on Valentine's Day — the quiet reality |
| 266 | This Very RoomSWAPPED | Kendrick Lamar Swimming Pools |
This very room — where it happened, still standing |
| 267 | Smiles and FrownsSWAPPED | Kendrick Lamar Alright |
Smiles and frowns — mutual honest dissolution |
| 268 | UnderratedSWAPPED | Jay-Z 99 Problems |
Underrated — the flip of overrated, same self-awareness |
| 269 | Clinical Depression | Fiona Apple Paper Bag |
Clinical depression — the diagnosis that names what was always there |
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| 270 | Can't Have ThatSWAPPED | Nas N.Y. State of Mind |
Peasants vs. leaders — stale bread and raised taxes |
| 271 | Gettin' JuicedSWAPPED | Mos Def Mathematics |
Getting juiced — the machine that feeds on you |
| 272 | Gate KeeperSWAPPED | Common The Light |
The gatekeeper — who decides who gets in |
| 273 | UncashableSWAPPED | Atmosphere Yesterday |
Reality checks can't be cashed — poverty as a tax |
| 274 | Permanent LiesSWAPPED | Eyedea & Abilities Glass |
Permanent lies — the ones that outlast the relationship |
| 275 | Mickey D's | Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised |
Fast food as poison for profit — the revolution named |
| 276 | Poorest ChorusSWAPPED | Aesop Rock No Regrets |
The poorest chorus — watching as the river takes everything |
| 277 | Staking the FlagSWAPPED | Robert Johnson Cross Road Blues |
American history's crimes dressed as righteousness |
| 278 | United We Stand | Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome |
United we stand — the labor anthem, genuine article |
| 279 | Pledge | The Clash Know Your Rights |
The pledge — what we promise, what it actually costs |
| 280 | Sleepless | R.E.M. Everybody Hurts |
Sleepless — everybody hurts, everybody awake at 3am |
| 281 | East Timor | Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning |
East Timor — whose land is this, the historical crime |
| 282 | Steady CalmSWAPPED | Muddy Waters Mannish Boy |
Steady calm — the Cohen-level composure in the impossible |
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| 283 | ShieldSWAPPED | Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' |
The shield — honest inventory of a man who chose safety |
| 284 | Story of My Life | Steve Earle Galway Girl |
Always hesitating — that's the story of my life |
| 285 | Floating HeadSWAPPED | Son House Death Letter |
Floating head — the narrator watching himself not exist |
| 286 | Come To MeSWAPPED | Skip James I'm So Glad |
Come to me — invitation toward spiritual/emotional union |
| 287 | Flim Flam ManSWAPPED | Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time |
The flim flam man — caught in his own scheme |
| 288 | Other TimesSWAPPED | 10,000 Maniacs What's the Matter Here |
Other times — what is NOT said, restraint as most powerful |
| 289 | Solving ProblemsSWAPPED | Suzanne Vega Luka |
Solving problems — the clean logical exit |
| 290 | Messy RoomSWAPPED | k.d. lang Constant Craving |
Messy room — physical evidence of an unlived life |
| 291 | MonarchSWAPPED | Sheryl Crow Strong Enough |
The monarch — looking from both sides, transformation |
| 292 | Heavy Machines | Ministry Thieves |
Heavy machines — Chomskian fury while still clocking in |
| 293 | Chit Chat Chatter | Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson |
Chit chat chatter — surface conversation covering the real |
| 294 | Sign of the Times | David Bowie Changes |
Sign of the times — ch-ch-changes, the observer sees the era |
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| 295 | ExpiredSWAPPED | Liz Phair Supernova |
Mutual honest dissolution — it expired, no drama |
| 296 | Face To Face | Elton John Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word |
Face to face — sorry the hardest word, the real confrontation |
| 297 | Cry Me a RiverSWAPPED | PJ Harvey Down by the Water |
Cold female verdict on absent man — he didn't see it coming |
| 298 | Nothing At All | Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's Alright |
Leaving with kindness — her heart full of gold, eyes cold |
| 299 | Matches To BurnSWAPPED | PJ Harvey Is This Desire |
The matches to burn what remains — the push-pull of shaped love |
| 300 | Heart Strings | Jeff Buckley Hallelujah |
The heartstrings — the sacred and broken on the same instrument |
| 301 | Endless ChorusSWAPPED | Portishead Glory Box |
The endless chorus — late-night, worn down, same refrain |
| 302 | NamelessSWAPPED | Massive Attack Teardrop |
Nameless — damage in what was withheld, eerie dissolution |
| 303 | Below Zero | Counting Crows A Long December |
Below zero — the cold slow aftermath, looking back |
| 304 | He Said She SaidSWAPPED | Tori Amos Silent All These Years |
Two voices barely holding together — both trying, both failing |
| 305 | Half ToldSWAPPED | Tori Amos Cornflake Girl |
Half told — the story never completed, grace to hold half |
| 306 | Jewelry Box | Joni Mitchell River |
The jewelry box — keepsakes outlasting the person who gave them |
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| 307 | Point of ReferenceSWAPPED | Kate Bush Running Up That Hill |
Where exactly did everything go wrong — named coldly |
| 308 | CelloSWAPPED | Kate Bush This Woman's Work |
Cello — the instrument like a voice, earned resignation |
| 309 | That's That | Warren Zevon Excitable Boy |
That's that — deadpan conclusion defying explanation |
| 310 | Beware of the Snoogins | Frank Zappa Bobby Brown Goes Down |
Darkly comic catalog of bad decisions — absurdity as point |
| 311 | Dot Dot SpaceSWAPPED | Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U |
Dot dot space — the outsider's punctuation that doesn't fit |
| 312 | Flyswatter of Love | Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun |
Erratic, twitchy — the relationship that can't stop moving |
| 313 | Times UpSWAPPED | Elvis Presley In the Ghetto |
Time's up — the expiration announced, hype has a deadline |
| 314 | Sunday Morning Sex | The Velvet Underground Sunday Morning |
Sunday morning — the Velvet Underground quiet after the night |
| 315 | Behave | Garbage Only Happy When It Rains |
Behave — the instruction to someone who thrives in the wreckage |
| 316 | Spreading the WordSWAPPED | Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode |
Spreading the word — the gospel impulse, carry and give away |
| 317 | TiredSWAPPED | Little Richard Tutti Frutti |
Tired — the bone-deep exhaustion that has a melody |
| 318 | ActressSWAPPED | Eddie Cochran Summertime Blues |
Actress — the role being played, the mask examined |
| 319 | Empty RoomSWAPPED | Tom Waits Martha [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The empty room — looking at what the room used to hold |
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| 320 | Kayfabe | Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone |
Wrestling's fake truth as America's operating system |
| 321 | Noble Place HateSWAPPED | Wire 12XU |
Noble place hate stripped to its wire — pure signal, no decoration |
| 322 | Bribe the Poor Blackmail the RichSWAPPED | Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The bribe and blackmail — the system's two tools |
| 323 | Before NoahSWAPPED | Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Before Noah — the history preceding the flood narrative |
| 324 | Sun, Moon and TruthSWAPPED | Otis Redding Try a Little Tenderness |
Three things that cannot be hidden — the tenderness that breaks through |
| 325 | StrawmanSWAPPED | Bob Dylan Masters of War [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The strawman — the false argument built to be burned |
| 326 | Keeping CoolSWAPPED | Gang of Four Damaged Goods |
Keeping cool when you're the damaged goods — the post-punk discipline |
| 327 | Unbendable Soldiers | The Doors The Unknown Soldier |
Unbendable soldiers — the Unknown Soldier as counterpart |
| 328 | Don't Shoot | Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues |
Don't shoot — the prayer at the center of the social contract |
| 329 | Catch a Stray | KRS-One Sound of Da Police |
Catch a stray — the police state as ambient condition |
| 330 | One Step Higher | Bruce Springsteen The Rising |
One step higher — climbing toward something after devastation |
| 331 | ContactsSWAPPED | Ani DiFranco Subdivision [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Contacts — navigating the subdivisions, the infrastructure |
| 332 | Find theSWAPPED | Pavement Shady Lane |
Find the — the shady lane as the place you were looking for all along |
| 333 | Some Will Say | Patti Smith People Have the Power |
Some will say — the dismissers, answered by believers |
| 334 | Point My FingerSWAPPED | Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Point my finger — naming it, not performing outrage |
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| 335 | Corey StorySWAPPED | John Prine Angel from Montgomery [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Brains vs. brawn, bad parenting — environment shapes destiny |
| 336 | Daddy Taught MeSWAPPED | Bruce Springsteen Nebraska [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Inhabiting a disturbing narrator — horror in the innocence |
| 337 | Shadow of SmokeSWAPPED | Elliott Smith Needle in the Hay [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Disappearing before you can be touched — identity as illusion |
| 338 | Wheat and ChaffSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt Pancho and Lefty [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Elegy for a friend who burned out — remembered plainly |
| 339 | Midas TouchSWAPPED | Son Volt Windfall |
Midas touch turned windfall — what the universe gives when you stop grasping |
| 340 | Sniper's Song | Nick Cave O'Malley's Bar |
Inhabiting the sniper's narrative — extreme first-person |
| 341 | Quest For Immortality | Nine Inch Nails March of the Pigs |
Barely-contained explosive energy — narrator on the verge |
| 342 | Innocence LostSWAPPED | Tom Petty Wildflowers [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Watching childhood slip away — beauty and loss in the same frame |
| 343 | BetrayalSWAPPED | Nick Cave The Mercy Seat [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The betrayal — sitting with the full weight, dangerous narrator |
| 344 | Cop Asked the Witnesses | Harry Chapin Taxi |
Drunk driver kills a father — a single event unpacking a life |
| 345 | DirtSWAPPED | Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Someone has a secret — wry observational, raised eyebrow |
| 346 | Either Way | The National Abel |
Either way — cold symmetry of a choice that costs you either way |
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| 347 | Gauging TimeSWAPPED | Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Gauging time — how fast it moves, the generational change |
| 348 | War Leonard 19SWAPPED | The Clash White Man in Hammersmith Palais [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
War Leonard 19 — the war generation, name carrying the cost |
| 349 | Battle Cry | Rage Against the Machine Wake Up |
Battle cry — the alarm that won't stop until answered |
| 350 | Free SpeechSWAPPED | Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Free speech — whose speech the wind carries away |
| 351 | BeastSWAPPED | Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane |
The beast — Sweet Jane's slow burn, desire rendered with impossible cool |
| 352 | FlickerSWAPPED | Radiohead Paranoid Android [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The flicker — consciousness that gutters, parallel failure |
| 353 | Hidden EvilsSWAPPED | Bob Dylan Desolation Row [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Panoramic urban decay — character after character |
| 354 | Patching the HoleSWAPPED | Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Patching the hole — the clean practical fix, forward motion |
| 355 | Enemy of This StateSWAPPED | The Clash Know Your Rights [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Enemy of this state — knowing rights as first act of resistance |
| 356 | Building a CastleSWAPPED | The Jesus and Mary Chain Just Like Honey |
Building a castle of noise that is somehow sweet — protection that is also beauty |
| 357 | CliffhangerSWAPPED | Tom Waits Gun Street Girl [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Cliffhanger — the standoff that won't resolve cleanly |
| 358 | Happy Birthday to MeSWAPPED | Harry Nilsson One [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Alone on his birthday — radical aloneness with dark humor |
| 359 | Apocalypse Now, See You LaterSWAPPED | Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Apocalypse now, see you later — the end as casual social plan |
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| 360 | Mic DropSWAPPED | Eminem Without Me [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The fast self-intro, f-you energy — confirmed early match |
| 361 | One Night Stan | Eminem Kim |
One night stan — the morning-after from male narrator's view |
| 362 | Meet Michael HawkSWAPPED | Devo Whip It |
Meet Michael Hawk — the absurd persona with its own complete conviction |
| 363 | There It Goes | Tom Waits Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis |
99% alone — ghost self-portrait, wry not tragic |
| 364 | Living Large | David Bowie Ziggy Stardust |
Living large — the persona fully inhabited, rock star as character |
| 365 | No Thanks BabeSWAPPED | Warren Zevon Poor Poor Pitiful Me [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
No thanks babe — self-deprecating male confession with humor |
| 366 | Look Her UpSWAPPED | Warren Zevon Excitable Boy [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Fell for someone, wondering about the hot friend — dark comic logic |
| 367 | Hideaway | The Doors People Are Strange |
Hideaway — hiding from what's outside and inside |
| 368 | In a Jiffy | Sublime Santeria |
In a jiffy — quick fix, laid-back swagger hiding actual longing |
| 369 | She Don't Come Easy | Ringo Starr It Don't Come Easy |
She don't come easy — nothing worth having does |
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| 370 | ShellSWAPPED | Nine Inch Nails Hurt [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The shell — what's left when everything inside is used up |
| 371 | Ten Percent Tom | Randy Newman Political Science |
Ten percent Tom — the cut taker, named with dry precision |
| 372 | Uh, That's Christmas NanaSWAPPED | Frank Zappa Bobby Brown Goes Down [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The uncomfortable family moment as comedy — fully committed |
| 373 | Man Enough | Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise |
Man enough — what that means, examined from inside a relationship |
| 374 | Never Expect It | Nick Cave Red Right Hand |
Never expect it — the arrival of the unpredictable |
| 375 | My Partner in CrimeSWAPPED | Leonard Cohen Everybody Knows [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
My partner in crime — everybody knows what we are |
| 376 | Hurting Her Knees and Pride | Alanis Morissette Ironic |
The specific physical and psychic damage — named precisely |
| 377 | Dom - Vio | Van Morrison Domino |
Dom-Vio — confirmed parody of Van Morrison's Domino |
| 378 | Fuzzy Math | Feist 1234 |
Fuzzy math — confirmed parody of Feist's 1234 |
| 379 | Every Four Weeks | The Velvet Underground Venus in Furs |
Every four weeks — the cyclical return you can't name politely |
| 380 | Rumours From Heaven | Randy Newman God's Song |
Rumours from heaven — irreverent heaven-as-comedy |
| 381 | VenusSWAPPED | PJ Harvey Down by the Water [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Venus — the goddess submerged, PJ Harvey's dark water |
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| 382 | Another Epic Poem | Bob Dylan A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall |
Another epic poem — the catalog of damage, hard rain listing everything |
| 383 | Stars and Strangers | Paul Simon American Tune |
Stars and strangers — the exhausted traveler who can't remember |
| 384 | Tony's Song | Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road |
Tony's song — the hometown friend's story, road out and back |
| 385 | Kill the SeedSWAPPED | Public Enemy Fight the Power [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Kill the seed — the institutional project of preventing growth |
| 386 | Key To Be FreeSWAPPED | Bob Marley Redemption Song [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The key to be free — emancipation of mind as real liberation |
| 387 | PerfectSWAPPED | Elliott Smith Waltz No. 2 [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Perfect — the impossible standard from inside the person it destroyed |
| 388 | Act FastingSWAPPED | Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Act fasting — the internal struggle, restraint in cold blue light |
| 389 | Groove Back II | James Brown I Got You (I Feel Good) |
Groove back — the return of the feeling after the dark |
| 390 | Closure / AftermathSWAPPED | Radiohead Creep [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Closure / aftermath — the outsider's attempt to end what won't end |
| 391 | My Fan Fiction | The Kinks Lola |
My fan fiction — the narrative the narrator has been writing |
| 392 | Daylight SavingsSWAPPED | The Doors People Are Strange [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Daylight savings — the strange accounting of time and its cost |
| 393 | Diddy Mockumentary Parody | Frank Zappa Broken Hearts Are for Assholes |
The mockumentary parody — complete commitment to the bit as art |
| 394 | Lick My Toes Ho | 2 Live Crew Me So Horny |
Explicit parody — confirmed territory, transgression with wink |
| 395 | Me and Tom CruiseSWAPPED | The Kinks You Really Got Me |
Me and Tom Cruise — the unlikely pairing as the whole joke |
| 396 | Reckless GirlsSWAPPED | Eminem Kim [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Reckless girls — unsentimental accounting, fully committed |
| 397 | Love and My Hand | The Velvet Underground Sister Ray |
Love and my hand — explicit content with VU's matter-of-fact commitment |
| 398 | Wallflower Poop | Jakob Dylan One Headlight |
Wallflower poop — confirmed Jakob Dylan style |
| 399 | RIP CharlieSWAPPED | Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart |
RIP Charlie — the elegy as dark comedy, mourning straight-faced |
| 400 | When You're Hammered | Tom Waits Drunk on the Moon |
When you're hammered — Tom Waits knows this territory |
| Set List 24 | |||
| 401 | Reading I Blow | Weird Al Yankovic Like a Surgeon |
Reading I Blow — parody confirmed, Reading Rainbow as vehicle |
| 402 | I've Been Slappin | James Brown Sex Machine |
I've been slappin — the funk declaration, body as instrument |
| 403 | Alex Jones in a Rabbit HoleSWAPPED | Rage Against the Machine Wake Up [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Alex Jones in a rabbit hole — the wake-up call gone wrong |
| 404 | Four Pills a DaySWAPPED | Nine Inch Nails Closer [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Four pills a day — pharmaceutical reality in clinical darkness |
| 405 | Draining BallsSWAPPED | 2 Live Crew Me So Horny [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Explicit — confirmed X territory with internal logic |
| 406 | Grindr Diaries | The Velvet Underground Sweet Jane |
Grindr diaries — modern hookup culture on VU's knowing cool |
| 407 | Slinging Lines | Tom Waits Heartattack and Vine |
Slinging lines — the street-level hustle, Vine Street address |
| 408 | I'm Bi Ride or Die | Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
I'm bi ride or die — confirmed Marshall Mathers energy |
| 409 | Like an AngelSWAPPED | Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Like an angel — transgressive sweetness, the walk through |
| 410 | Three-Month Girl | Eminem Stan |
Three-month girl — obsessive attachment told from the other side |
| 411 | You're a Whore, Mrs. RobinsonSWAPPED | Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Confirmed as Mrs. Robinson parody |
| 412 | Risk GenesSWAPPED | Nine Inch Nails March of the Pigs [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Risk genes — genetic inheritance of compulsion, barely-contained |
| 413 | Thinking Gets RiskySWAPPED | The Doors Break on Through [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Thinking gets risky — the mind as the place where risk lives |
| 414 | Chick Fillet | 2 Live Crew As Nasty as They Wanna Be |
Confirmed X territory — the provocation fully committed |
| 415 | Why I Like Sex | Frank Zappa Cosmik Debris |
Why I like sex — the full Zappa honesty nobody asked for |
| 416 | Browser HistorySWAPPED | The Velvet Underground Venus in Furs [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Browser history — what the search history reveals, VU inventory |
CollaborhythmCollabtunes / Tom Jensen · Every song matched to a unique classic · Zero duplicates
| Set List 19 | |||
| 1 | Pretty Gold Bracelet | James Taylor Something in the Way She Moves |
Quiet devotion, love described through gesture not declaration |
| 2 | Still Walking the Earth | Cat Stevens Wild World |
Reverence for someone who walks through life with grace |
| 3 | In the Shape of an Angel | The Beatles Here, There and Everywhere |
The beloved framed as something sacred and close |
| 4 | Big Shoes | Ben Folds The Luckiest |
Belief in partnership — I found the one, we were meant |
| 5 | Forever | Van Morrison Someone Like You |
Eternal bond — love as the only destination that ever made sense |
| 6 | Open and Closed | Paul McCartney Maybe I'm Amazed |
Simple declaration of devotion — live to adore you |
| 7 | Ten Feet Tall | Elton John Your Song |
Voice as guide and anchor — made larger by love |
| 8 | Bird On a String | Bob Dylan Girl from the North Country |
His most prized possession — tender, possessive, poetic |
| 9 | Unwritten and Unsaid | Paul Simon The Sound of Silence |
Unsaid things still straightening the maze |
| 10 | Glass House | Cat Stevens Father and Son |
Reap what you sow — the fragile house of choices |
| 11 | Forget Me Knot | Counting Crows Time and Time Again |
Haunting memories, first wife — lingering ache |
| 12 | After the Fact | James Taylor Fire and Rain |
Left, never came back — quiet grief after the fact |
| Set List 14 | |||
| 13 | Tears of Trust | Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water |
Kindred spirits, like minds — trust as foundation |
| 14 | Paper Thin | Elliott Smith Waltz No. 2 |
Building walls, hiding mirrors — fragile self-protection |
| 15 | Cutie Pie | Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl |
Breath became my air — warm, adoring, specific |
| 16 | Aum... What She Said... Om | Cat Stevens Peace Train |
Spiritual love poem, consciousness as river |
| 17 | Night Light | Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' |
Cry tears of joy — the night light against the dark |
| 18 | Synergy | Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes |
Energy lives inside beings — cosmic connection |
| 19 | Making a Killing | Randy Newman Short People |
Dry comedic warmth — charging a quarter per hug |
| 20 | Monuments | Van Morrison Have I Told You Lately |
Shrine to shared moments — time together as monument |
| 21 | My Garden | Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi |
Watch your future grow — tend what you plant |
| 22 | Happy Place | Paul Simon Graceland |
The place you return to inside yourself |
| 23 | Let It Ride | Bonnie Raitt I Can't Make You Love Me |
Pushing, pulling, retreating — love as letting go |
| 24 | Riding a Wave | Crosby Stills Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes |
Sailing away, finding myself — the journey inward |
| 25 | Only Shared With You | Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat |
Truth within a song — what only two of you know |
| Song List 5 | |||
| 26 | Night Out | Tom Petty Wildflowers |
Half a tank, looking for something — the night as invitation |
| 27 | Worth the Wait | James Taylor You've Got a Friend |
Patient devotion — love as restraint, right person is worth it |
| 28 | In the Pouring Rain | Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm |
The rain as backdrop — you are my shelter |
| 29 | Tonight's Moonlight | Van Morrison Moondance |
Romantic nocturnal energy — tonight everything possible |
| 30 | FrescoSWAPPED | Emmylou Harris Pieces of the Sky |
A man painting a portrait — art as devotion |
| 31 | See This Thru | Fleetwood Mac The Chain |
Two people holding on — commitment to stay |
| 32 | It Could Be You | Billy Joel Piano Man |
Possibility and longing — you could be the one |
| 33 | Dreamland | Mazzy Star Fade Into You |
Drawn into the dream of another — soft, consuming |
| 34 | Warm Shoulder | Etta James At Last |
The comfort of arrival — finally a warm shoulder |
| 35 | Still Thinking of You Tonight | Don McLean Operator |
Alone but not letting go — still thinking of her |
| 36 | What We ShareSWAPPED | Gillian Welch Everything Is Free |
What two people build together — the shared thing |
| 37 | Here I Am | Harry Nilsson Without You |
I am here — simplest declaration, offered with everything |
| Song List 8 | |||
| 38 | Stars | Counting Crows Mr. Jones |
Wanting to be something — the dream of greatness examined |
| 39 | Hall of Fame | Bruce Springsteen Glory Days |
The fantasy of recognition — the hall of fame fantasy |
| 40 | Ripples | Jackson Browne The Pretender |
What we leave behind — the ripples we make |
| 41 | Stranger Then Fiction | Bob Dylan Desolation Row |
Stranger than fiction — the world outdoing imagination |
| 42 | First Class | The Beatles Back in the U.S.S.R. |
First class swagger — confirmed early match |
| 43 | Next in Line | Elvis Costello Pump It Up |
Restless, waiting your turn — the frustrated artist |
| 44 | Gypsy Mamma | Tom Waits Tom Traubert's Blues |
The wandering woman who defines the narrator — mythic |
| 45 | Michelangelo and Marble | Leonard Cohen Suzanne |
Woman as muse who transforms him |
| 46 | Beauties and BeastsSWAPPED | Gillian Welch Wichita |
Two people seeking balance — finding wisdom together |
| 47 | Sunlight | John Denver Sunshine on My Shoulders |
Plain joyful declaration — sunlight makes it better |
| 48 | What I'll DoSWAPPED | Iris DeMent Our Town |
Stepping back for her — quiet love from a distance |
| Song List 9 | |||
| 49 | Fourth Chakra | Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill |
Heart chakra opening — spirit awakening to something larger |
| 50 | Color of Love | Bob Marley Is This Love |
Love as the color through which everything is seen |
| 51 | Prayer for Life's MeaningSWAPPED | Steve Earle Copperhead Road |
Asking the big questions warmly — a prayer not a demand |
| 52 | Flow | Van Morrison Into the Mystic |
Going with the flow toward something spiritual |
| 53 | Thunderstorms | Simon & Garfunkel The Sound of Silence |
The storm between two people — weather as emotional truth |
| 54 | Sure ShoreSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt If I Needed You |
Finding solid ground — the shore that doesn't move |
| 55 | Golden Archer | Neil Young Heart of Gold |
The quest for something golden — the archer as seeker |
| 56 | Summer's the Time | The Beach Boys God Only Knows |
Summer as season of everything good — simple devotion |
| 57 | Within Reach | Damien Rice Volcano |
Almost there — the thing trembling just within reach |
| 58 | Smell the Flowers | John Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads |
Stop and smell the flowers — the plea to slow down |
| 59 | Lyrical Groom and Musical BrideSWAPPED | Nanci Griffith Love at the Five and Dime |
The marriage of words and music — love letter to collaboration |
| Set List 9 | |||
| 60 | We Are the Ones | Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution |
The workers told to get in line — quiet fury |
| 61 | FriendSWAPPED | Kris Kristofferson Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down |
Spreading words, giving what you can — warm generosity |
| 62 | Speak | Marvin Gaye What's Going On |
The plea to speak up — silence as complicity |
| 63 | Applied Faith | Mavis Staples I'll Take You There |
Faith applied to life — the practical spirituality of showing up |
| 64 | Slip Stream | The Doors Break on Through |
The cavern in the mind — dissolution as liberation |
| 65 | Sides | John Lennon Imagine |
No sides, no winners, no divisions |
| 66 | Invisible PrisonSWAPPED | Waylon Jennings Ain't Living Long Like This |
Spirit trapped, free will as the key |
| 67 | Better Than It Seems | Tom Petty I Won't Back Down |
Stubborn insistence — better than it seems |
| 68 | Complicated Subject | Leonard Cohen Bird on the Wire |
Moral inventory, trying to live right in the world |
| 69 | Fate Is a Word | Nick Cave Into My Arms |
Fate as a word — the question of what's written vs. chosen |
| 70 | Believe Me | Elliott Smith Say Yes |
The quiet plea — believe me when I say what I mean |
| Set List 8 | |||
| 71 | Thirty Seconds | Eminem Lose Yourself |
One shot, all in — the moment everything is staked |
| 72 | Pretty Fountains | Rage Against the Machine Bulls on Parade |
Pretty facades concealing the machinery |
| 73 | Playing Chess | Bob Dylan Masters of War |
Life as chess — pawns and generals |
| 74 | Sky and Light | Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees |
Sudden terrifying clarity about one's own life |
| 75 | Discartes | Radiohead How to Disappear Completely |
I don't think therefore I am not — dissociation |
| 76 | I Am | R.E.M. Losing My Religion |
Self-declaration and self-doubt in the same breath |
| 77 | Timeless To Ten | John Prine Hello in There |
Timeless to a few — choosing depth over reach |
| 78 | Listen | Marvin Gaye Mercy Mercy Me |
The command to listen — to what's being ignored |
| 79 | Fear | Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb |
Fear as the wall we hide behind |
| 80 | DownSWAPPED | Lucinda Williams Drunken Angel |
Down and not quite out — the long crawl back |
| 81 | Spinning | Wilco Jesus, Etc. |
Spinning in circles — the anxious mind that can't find stillness |
| 82 | Somewhere | Tom Waits Martha |
Somewhere out there — looking back at a half-lived life |
| Set List 3 | |||
| 83 | AdviceSWAPPED | Guy Clark Desperados Waiting for a Train |
Quiet plea to be seen and heard |
| 84 | F the W | Sublime What I Got |
Cheering up a friend — laid-back warmth underneath |
| 85 | Another | Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town |
Another day of grinding endurance |
| 86 | Night Light | Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle |
Night light in the hall — narrative gut-punch |
| 87 | Dance Floor | David Bowie Fame |
The dance floor as arena — fame from inside |
| 88 | Fences | Roger Waters Another Brick in the Wall |
Fences springing up — division built by power |
| 89 | Stay Big | Eminem Without Me |
Gleeful self-mythologizing with self-awareness |
| 90 | It Doesn't Matter | John Lennon Working Class Hero |
Rejecting the whole frame — it doesn't matter |
| 91 | Blank Pages | Neil Young Old Man |
The blank pages — what an older, wiser self sees |
| Set List 1 | |||
| 92 | Puzzle Pieces | Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues |
Rapid-fire cultural critique — restless observer |
| 93 | Exit the SandmanSWAPPED | Led Zeppelin Going to California |
Sleepless night, nostalgia — late-night confession |
| 94 | Daylight Again | Bruce Springsteen The River |
Trapped, circled by sharks — survival mode |
| 95 | Pen and Paper | Bob Dylan It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) |
Self-inventory of the writer between clarity and conformity |
| 96 | Have NotSWAPPED | Led Zeppelin Tangerine |
The have-nots — sparse, unsentimental, true |
| 97 | Climbing the Ladder | Bruce Springsteen Born to Run |
Always climbing — the American dream moving up |
| 98 | Ex-Poem | Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know |
The ex- as poem — what you write when still burning |
| 99 | Rain | John Denver Rocky Mountain High |
Rain as cleanser — simple, pure, world washed new |
| 100 | Twisting the Knife | Elliott Smith Between the Bars |
Restraint as the most powerful act |
| 101 | My PreciousSWAPPED | The Rolling Stones Wild Horses |
Who decided gold was precious — sincere critique |
| 102 | Monetization | Bob Dylan It Ain't Me Babe |
Silver-tongued operators — he declines |
| 103 | Let Me InSWAPPED | The Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil |
Asking to be let into someone's mind |
| Song List 6 | |||
| 104 | Dead Silence | The National Sorrow |
Dead silence after it ends — louder than sound |
| 105 | Now Boarding | Tom Waits Jersey Girl |
Missed boats — wry self-deprecating narrator |
| 106 | Leaving California | Jackson Browne Running on Empty |
Leaving behind what used to define you |
| 107 | Butterfly | R.E.M. Nightswimming |
The butterfly — transformed self, gentle and hopeful |
| 108 | Nature of Man | Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind |
The nature of man — asked in every direction |
| 109 | Melody of Sorrow | Damien Rice Cannonball |
The melody carrying grief — the ritual of letting sorrow have form |
| 110 | Come For a Ride | Norah Jones The Long Way Home |
Take the scenic route through life |
| 111 | Where I Am From | John Mellencamp Small Town |
Place as identity — the town that made you |
| 112 | How Can You | Alanis Morissette Hand in My Pocket |
The confrontation with a deceiver |
| 113 | Rainy Day Sunshine | Damien Rice The Blower's Daughter |
Lost the woman who could have saved him |
| 114 | Breaking Her HeartSWAPPED | The Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want |
The man who does the damage while still loving her |
| Song List 1 | |||
| 115 | Knowing the Know | Bob Dylan With God on Our Side |
The burden of awareness — history as the teacher |
| 116 | Nevermore | Leonard Cohen Anthem |
Nevermore — the crack where light still gets in |
| 117 | Here and NowSWAPPED | The Who Baba O'Riley |
The fullness of the present moment as spiritual home |
| 118 | Cost of War | The Clash White Man in Hammersmith Palais |
The cost of war — the exhausted political observer |
| 119 | Deep Seeded | John Prine Angel from Montgomery |
30 years plowing same fields — the unlived life accumulating |
| 120 | Visited a PlaceSWAPPED | The Who Behind Blue Eyes |
Environmental destruction through a logger's confession |
| 121 | Fallen Walls | Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' |
Walls built to divide — cycles of power and rebuilding |
| 122 | As for MeSWAPPED | Cream White Room |
The quiet personal declaration of what one stands for |
| 123 | Singer Songwriter | John Prine Spanish Pipedream |
A writer defining himself through questioning |
| 124 | Gift | Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land |
The gift of what was given freely — the commons |
| 125 | All in a Day | The Clash London Calling |
All in a day — historically-informed rage |
| 126 | Fourteen DaysSWAPPED | Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower |
Haven't played in fourteen days — soul slowly lifting |
| 127 | Last Man Standing | Tom Waits Downtown Train |
The last man standing — observer on the margins |
| Song List 3 | |||
| 128 | Last Cup of Coffee | Don McLean American Pie |
September 11 through one person's last morning |
| 129 | Looking for Love | Warren Zevon Poor Poor Pitiful Me |
Looking for love in all the wrong ways |
| 130 | Perfect Imperfections | Leonard Cohen Hallelujah |
The perfect imperfection — the crack where light enters |
| 131 | As I PlaySWAPPED | Jimi Hendrix The Wind Cries Mary |
The musician in communion with what the song asks |
| 132 | Clean Wipe to the Slate | Alanis Morissette Hands Clean |
Starting over — the clean wipe when you finally get honest |
| 133 | Low Down | Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA |
Built up to be knocked down — humiliation as anthem |
| 134 | It Is Your Turn | Tracy Chapman Fast Car |
It is your turn — the person waiting told to take it |
| 135 | Trending | Randy Newman It's Money That I Love |
What's trending — satirical eye on attention vs. what matters |
| 136 | Carry Me | Crosby Stills Nash Carry On |
Carry me — the plea to be held up when you can't |
| 137 | Oasis | Tom Petty Refugee |
The oasis in a desert of noise |
| 138 | End of the Road | Hank Williams I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
End of the road — terminal point with earned resignation |
| 139 | Right Between the Eyes | Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money |
Truth delivered without mercy or warning |
| Song List 4 | |||
| 140 | Fallen Clouds | Led Zeppelin The Battle of Evermore |
Epic mythic imagery — fallen soldiers, elemental forces |
| 141 | Stranded | Tom Waits Cold Water |
Stranded — grim detail turns inward, alone nowhere to go |
| 142 | Coming of FallSWAPPED | Crosby Stills & Nash Helplessly Hoping |
Coming of fall — the wiser self arriving with the season |
| 143 | Breaking the Chains | Bob Marley Redemption Song |
Breaking the chains — emancipation from mental slavery |
| 144 | One Slip of the Knife | Nick Cave The Mercy Seat |
One slip — the thin margin between ordinary and catastrophe |
| 145 | OverratedSWAPPED | Traffic The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
Faking happiness, hollow eyes — intelligent self-deprecation |
| 146 | Maybe SomedaySWAPPED | Cat Power Cross Bones Style |
Maybe someday — grinding endurance that holds onto maybe |
| 147 | First Place | America A Horse With No Name |
First place — the desert of winning when it means nothing |
| 148 | Sleep Walkers | Pink Floyd Brain Damage |
People living unconsciously — nobody truly awake |
| 149 | Pretty Toys | Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side |
Pretty toys — the shiny things the culture dangles |
| 150 | Concrete People | Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad |
Concrete people in concrete lives — the forgotten |
| 151 | Fight for Peace | Public Enemy Fight the Power |
Fight for peace — refusal of blind patriotism |
| Song List 10 | |||
| 152 | Snowflakes | Nick Drake Pink Moon |
Snowflakes — the quiet detail that accumulates into meaning |
| 153 | Harry PatchSWAPPED | Cat Power The Greatest |
Harry Patch — the last WWI vet, war cost in a single life |
| 154 | Old Eli | Tom Waits Gun Street Girl |
Old Eli — the neighborhood elder, witness to everything |
| 155 | Leaving Your RootsSWAPPED | Jeff Buckley Last Goodbye |
Leaving your roots — the guilt and necessity of going |
| 156 | Broken Mirror | Nine Inch Nails Hurt |
Broken mirror — the self seen in pieces, unmakeable whole |
| 157 | PennywiseSWAPPED | Nick Drake River Man |
The penny-wise life — small economies while big things slip |
| 158 | Postcard | Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind |
A postcard — what you say when distance is the medium |
| 159 | House of Shattered Glass | Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way |
The house of shattered glass — what's left after it ends |
| 160 | PendulumSWAPPED | Nick Drake Northern Sky |
The pendulum — swinging between clarity and confusion |
| 161 | BricklayerSWAPPED | Tim Buckley Song to the Siren |
Rejecting money as value — the bricklayer who built it |
| 162 | Absolutely Marie | Carole King It's Too Late |
Absolutely Marie — the specific woman, the quiet acknowledgment |
| 163 | Julia's GardenSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt Tecumseh Valley |
Julia's garden — the thing she tended, now tended alone |
| Song List 2 | |||
| 164 | Dead End | Bruce Springsteen Nebraska |
A friend warning another — ends with the friend dying |
| 165 | Allison's Airplane | Wilco Heavy Metal Drummer |
Allison's airplane — nostalgic wry portrait flying away |
| 166 | Warmer Waters | James Taylor Carolina in My Mind |
Warmer waters — heading somewhere better |
| 167 | Light or the White | The Velvet Underground Pale Blue Eyes |
The light or the white — what blinds vs. what illuminates |
| 168 | SheSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt Waitin' Around to Die |
Woman trapped before she could escape |
| 169 | Curves of Sorrow | Fiona Apple Criminal |
The curves of sorrow — invisible psychological damage |
| 170 | Let Down | Radiohead Creep |
Let down — the outsider looking in |
| 171 | Table for Two | Harry Nilsson One |
Table for two — and then just one, the empty seat |
| 172 | Bottom of The Lake | Tom Waits Blue Valentine |
Bottom of the lake — what sinks and stays |
| 173 | Trash CanSWAPPED | Gram Parsons In My Hour of Darkness |
Burning everything that reminds him of her |
| 174 | Sand Castles | Beach Boys God Only Knows |
Sand castles — what love builds knowing the tide comes |
| 175 | You Can Never Run Away from Yourself | Jackson Browne These Days |
You can't run — the self that follows, patient and exact |
| Song List 7 | |||
| 176 | Blessing in Disguise | The Beatles Let It Be |
The blessing disguised — the loss turning out to be the thing |
| 177 | Frames | Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now |
The frames we use — looking at life from different angles |
| 178 | Unity | Van Morrison Tupelo Honey |
Devotional love — soul mate, eternal bond |
| 179 | Dust to Dust | Johnny Cash Hurt |
Dust to dust — the long reckoning at the end of it all |
| 180 | Water Flesh and BoneSWAPPED | The National Bloodbuzz Ohio |
Should I leave? — love and departure in the same breath |
| 181 | TrainSWAPPED | The National Terrible Love |
Waiting at the station for someone who never shows |
| 182 | Little Bird | Annie Lennox Why |
The little bird — fragile, asking the question no one answers |
| 183 | Half FullSWAPPED | The National Slow Show |
Glass half full — stubborn optimism in the face of damage |
| 184 | Trying Times | Iron & Wine Naked as We Came |
Exhausted reaching for one reason to continue |
| 185 | Used to Be | Fleetwood Mac Landslide |
Used to be — the self that was, the landslide of change |
| 186 | Match Maker | Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover |
The matchmaker's logic — the clean departure forward |
| 187 | Untitled UnlabeledSWAPPED | Arcade Fire Wake Up |
Asking only for friendship — connection without demand |
| Set List 2 | |||
| 188 | Rest In Power | Nine Inch Nails Closer |
Love turned to hate, demons — who you were vs. who you became |
| 189 | B. F. T. | Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype |
Call out the bullshit — the BFT calls it what it is |
| 190 | Hive Mind | Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall |
The hive mind — the collective that flattens the individual |
| 191 | UnwinnableSWAPPED | Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) |
Living between dark and light — honor when no one's watching |
| 192 | Traffic | Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name |
Addiction in gridlock — the repetition IS the argument |
| 193 | Status Quo WoesSWAPPED | Arcade Fire The Suburbs |
When complicity becomes cowardice — still trying |
| 194 | Rival | Dead Kennedys California Über Alles |
Republicans and Democrats — blunt political diagnosis |
| 195 | Violence Is Their SolutionSWAPPED | Bon Iver Skinny Love |
Formal education as insanity — protest with precision |
| 196 | ParadigmSWAPPED | Bon Iver Re: Stacks |
Reshaping humanity one person at a time — earnest idealistic |
| 197 | EntirelySWAPPED | Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
Family tragedy leading to mental unraveling — identity dissolution |
| 198 | Multiverse | Radiohead Paranoid Android |
The multiverse — parallel selves in parallel failures |
| Set List 10 | |||
| 199 | History To Me | The Clash Lost in the Supermarket |
History as personal — institutional vs. what you actually lived |
| 200 | Pushing the ButtonSWAPPED | Bright Eyes Lua |
Fury at trigger-holders — the generals push buttons they don't survive |
| 201 | Heresy Speaks No EvilSWAPPED | Bright Eyes First Day of My Life |
Heresy speaks no evil — the blasphemy of forbidden questions |
| 202 | Obamafication | Gil Scott-Heron B Movie |
Political satire from someone who's been watching since the start |
| 203 | Shadow BoxingSWAPPED | Modest Mouse Float On |
Shattered past, spiral staircase — grim detail turning inward |
| 204 | Picture Something NiceSWAPPED | Built to Spill Car |
Picture something nice — the instruction to imagine better |
| 205 | Call It Fate | Tracy Chapman Mountains o' Things |
Call it fate — the weight of all you've accumulated |
| 206 | Pardon Me | Ani DiFranco Subdivision |
Pardon me — navigating subdivisions of race and class |
| 207 | Birthright | Bruce Springsteen The Promised Land |
Pauper vs. king — working-class fury at the gap |
| 208 | Shades | Bob Marley One Love |
Color of skin as fraction — skin as surface, humanity as truth |
| 209 | Intellectual PropertySWAPPED | Pavement Range Life |
Graffiti, kids on broken tracks — inner city decay |
| 210 | Another History Lesson | Pete Seeger Turn! Turn! Turn! |
Another history lesson — the cyclical return of power |
| Set List 11 | |||
| 211 | Love It or Leave ItSWAPPED | Stevie Wonder Living for the City |
Unapologetic self-declaration — this is what I am |
| 212 | Groovy Gravy | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
Puppet on a string — the slow surrender to the machine |
| 213 | Devil's Friend | Black Sabbath War Pigs |
The devil's friend — generals gathered in their masses |
| 214 | Disciple of DirtSWAPPED | Stevie Wonder Pastime Paradise |
Blind detective in a world of clues — honestly lost |
| 215 | MothSWAPPED | Stevie Wonder Higher Ground |
Drawn to what will consume you — fully aware, going anyway |
| 216 | Insomnia | Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
The insomniac's inventory — 3am, everything wrong amplified |
| 217 | Thick Skin | Fiona Apple Fast as You Can |
Running as fast as you can from what keeps catching you |
| 218 | Time's UpSWAPPED | Marvin Gaye Trouble Man |
Time's up — the bullshit has an expiration date |
| 219 | Kicking the CanSWAPPED | Otis Redding A Change Is Gonna Come |
Kicking the can — endless deferral of what needs facing |
| 220 | Hey WaiterSWAPPED | Al Green Let's Stay Together |
Waiting for a woman strong inside — patience as devotion |
| 221 | Cement | Woody Guthrie Bound for Glory |
Manufacture consent — the propaganda that hardens around us |
| 222 | Fancy Words | Leonard Cohen Everybody Knows |
Fancy words — everybody knows they obscure, sardonic clarity |
| 223 | Dance Floor | David Bowie Let's Dance |
The dance floor as last arena of honest self-expression |
| Set List 16 | |||
| 224 | Hypocrites | Bob Dylan Positively 4th Street |
Hypocrites named — the cold accounting of someone who sees you |
| 225 | Tom's PsalmSWAPPED | Al Green Take Me to the River |
Faith without results — skeptical spiritual questioning |
| 226 | Lost and FoundSWAPPED | Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come |
Finding your way back after every wrong turn |
| 227 | TriangleSWAPPED | Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam |
The triangle — three forces pulling, the chain through it all |
| 228 | Crystal BallSWAPPED | Nina Simone Feeling Good |
The crystal ball — still plays the song tonight |
| 229 | Walking Paradox | R.E.M. Man on the Moon |
Got what he wanted, wants to give it away — the paradox |
| 230 | How and When | Sufjan Stevens Death with Dignity |
How and when — impossible timing questions with grace |
| 231 | KneelingSWAPPED | Aretha Franklin Respect |
Fell down, started kneeling — slow rebuilding, earned |
| 232 | Best Left | Elliott Smith Needle in the Hay |
Best left alone — the thing you should walk away from |
| 233 | ChameleonSWAPPED | Aretha Franklin Natural Woman |
She changes — warm admiration for someone who adapts and stays |
| 234 | Learn From the MastersSWAPPED | Merle Haggard Mama Tried |
The pilgrimage toward what made you — seeking the source |
| Set List 20 | |||
| 235 | Undefeated | Bruce Springsteen No Surrender |
The stubborn refusal to concede when everything says lie down |
| 236 | Dying Day | The Waterboys The Whole of the Moon |
The full vision that most can barely glimpse |
| 237 | Fields of TimeSWAPPED | Willie Nelson On the Road Again |
The Guthrie-level survey of a life across the land |
| 238 | Running Free | Bob Marley Running Away |
Running free — liberation that keeps moving |
| 239 | New Sight | Peter Gabriel Shock the Monkey |
New sight — the sudden vision of what was always there |
| 240 | Right By Sight | Macklemore White Privilege II |
Honest uncomfortable reckoning with what skin color means |
| 241 | Off the Road | Gordon Lightfoot Sundown |
The traveler who stops and sees what the road cost |
| 242 | Rock Star Dreams | Bruce Springsteen Rosalita |
Living for the legacy since seventeen — dream held since youth |
| 243 | PlanktonSWAPPED | Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain |
Small invisible essential — the system running on the unseen |
| 244 | Perfect WorldSWAPPED | George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today |
The perfect world — the imagined place where things are right |
| 245 | LinearSWAPPED | Kris Kristofferson Me and Bobby McGee |
The straight line through a life that keeps curving back |
| Set List 4 | |||
| 246 | Married To Something Else | Townes Van Zandt Pancho and Lefty |
Trapped in marriage to an alcoholic — dignified, sad, unflinching |
| 247 | Watering the WeedsSWAPPED | Dolly Parton Jolene |
Watering the weeds — tending the wrong things |
| 248 | Rest In PeaceSWAPPED | Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You |
House burns down, wife didn't make it — pitch-black domestic humor |
| 249 | Downward SpiralSWAPPED | Television Marquee Moon |
Dark nihilism — genuine bleak delivered plainly |
| 250 | Rat ParkSWAPPED | Patti Smith Because the Night |
Addiction as isolation response — community as cure |
| 251 | RehabSWAPPED | Talking Heads This Must Be the Place |
The system supposed to fix you is what broke you |
| 252 | Something In My Genes | Eminem Rock Bottom |
Addiction catalog — unflinching dark humor intact |
| 253 | Alcohol | Amy Winehouse Rehab |
Personifying substance as toxic lover — going back anyway |
| 254 | Empty Bottle | Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around |
Quit drinking, watching someone else spiral |
| 255 | My Best FriendsSWAPPED | Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime |
My best friends — the ragged crew the world overlooked |
| 256 | Old Friends | Simon & Garfunkel Old Friends |
Old friends — two people on a park bench, still here |
| 257 | Let Me Live the DreamSWAPPED | Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart |
Running from something while running toward something |
| Set List 12 | |||
| 258 | Bite Of the AppleSWAPPED | Joy Division Atmosphere |
Reaching toward someone who can't speak — gentle reckoning |
| 259 | Empty EyesSWAPPED | The Cure Boys Don't Cry |
Cold distance from a woman — emotions hidden, candle out |
| 260 | On the RocksSWAPPED | The Cure Disintegration |
Heart gone cold, jilted bride — both people know it's gone |
| 261 | Smitty's AnthemSWAPPED | Echo and the Bunnymen The Killing Moon |
Smitty's anthem — the working-man's refusal to fold |
| 262 | Victim of FateSWAPPED | The Smiths There Is a Light That Never Goes Out |
Victim of fate — running on empty, fate as the road |
| 263 | DoraSWAPPED | The Smiths How Soon Is Now |
Looking back at Dora who wrecked you — darkly funny |
| 264 | Get Outta My House | Le Tigre Deceptacon |
Get out — the break-up as declaration, no apology |
| 265 | Valentine's WoesSWAPPED | Morrissey Everyday Is Like Sunday |
Alone on Valentine's Day — the quiet reality |
| 266 | This Very RoomSWAPPED | Kendrick Lamar Swimming Pools |
This very room — where it happened, still standing |
| 267 | Smiles and FrownsSWAPPED | Kendrick Lamar Alright |
Smiles and frowns — mutual honest dissolution |
| 268 | UnderratedSWAPPED | Jay-Z 99 Problems |
Underrated — the flip of overrated, same self-awareness |
| 269 | Clinical Depression | Fiona Apple Paper Bag |
Clinical depression — the diagnosis that names what was always there |
| Set List 13 | |||
| 270 | Can't Have ThatSWAPPED | Nas N.Y. State of Mind |
Peasants vs. leaders — stale bread and raised taxes |
| 271 | Gettin' JuicedSWAPPED | Mos Def Mathematics |
Getting juiced — the machine that feeds on you |
| 272 | Gate KeeperSWAPPED | Common The Light |
The gatekeeper — who decides who gets in |
| 273 | UncashableSWAPPED | Atmosphere Yesterday |
Reality checks can't be cashed — poverty as a tax |
| 274 | Permanent LiesSWAPPED | Eyedea & Abilities Glass |
Permanent lies — the ones that outlast the relationship |
| 275 | Mickey D's | Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised |
Fast food as poison for profit — the revolution named |
| 276 | Poorest ChorusSWAPPED | Aesop Rock No Regrets |
The poorest chorus — watching as the river takes everything |
| 277 | Staking the FlagSWAPPED | Robert Johnson Cross Road Blues |
American history's crimes dressed as righteousness |
| 278 | United We Stand | Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome |
United we stand — the labor anthem, genuine article |
| 279 | Pledge | The Clash Know Your Rights |
The pledge — what we promise, what it actually costs |
| 280 | Sleepless | R.E.M. Everybody Hurts |
Sleepless — everybody hurts, everybody awake at 3am |
| 281 | East Timor | Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning |
East Timor — whose land is this, the historical crime |
| 282 | Steady CalmSWAPPED | Muddy Waters Mannish Boy |
Steady calm — the Cohen-level composure in the impossible |
| Set List 15 | |||
| 283 | ShieldSWAPPED | Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' |
The shield — honest inventory of a man who chose safety |
| 284 | Story of My Life | Steve Earle Galway Girl |
Always hesitating — that's the story of my life |
| 285 | Floating HeadSWAPPED | Son House Death Letter |
Floating head — the narrator watching himself not exist |
| 286 | Come To MeSWAPPED | Skip James I'm So Glad |
Come to me — invitation toward spiritual/emotional union |
| 287 | Flim Flam ManSWAPPED | Bruce Cockburn Lovers in a Dangerous Time |
The flim flam man — caught in his own scheme |
| 288 | Other TimesSWAPPED | 10,000 Maniacs What's the Matter Here |
Other times — what is NOT said, restraint as most powerful |
| 289 | Solving ProblemsSWAPPED | Suzanne Vega Luka |
Solving problems — the clean logical exit |
| 290 | Messy RoomSWAPPED | k.d. lang Constant Craving |
Messy room — physical evidence of an unlived life |
| 291 | MonarchSWAPPED | Sheryl Crow Strong Enough |
The monarch — looking from both sides, transformation |
| 292 | Heavy Machines | Ministry Thieves |
Heavy machines — Chomskian fury while still clocking in |
| 293 | Chit Chat Chatter | Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson |
Chit chat chatter — surface conversation covering the real |
| 294 | Sign of the Times | David Bowie Changes |
Sign of the times — ch-ch-changes, the observer sees the era |
| Set List 6 | |||
| 295 | ExpiredSWAPPED | Liz Phair Supernova |
Mutual honest dissolution — it expired, no drama |
| 296 | Face To Face | Elton John Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word |
Face to face — sorry the hardest word, the real confrontation |
| 297 | Cry Me a RiverSWAPPED | PJ Harvey Down by the Water |
Cold female verdict on absent man — he didn't see it coming |
| 298 | Nothing At All | Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's Alright |
Leaving with kindness — her heart full of gold, eyes cold |
| 299 | Matches To BurnSWAPPED | PJ Harvey Is This Desire |
The matches to burn what remains — the push-pull of shaped love |
| 300 | Heart Strings | Jeff Buckley Hallelujah |
The heartstrings — the sacred and broken on the same instrument |
| 301 | Endless ChorusSWAPPED | Portishead Glory Box |
The endless chorus — late-night, worn down, same refrain |
| 302 | NamelessSWAPPED | Massive Attack Teardrop |
Nameless — damage in what was withheld, eerie dissolution |
| 303 | Below Zero | Counting Crows A Long December |
Below zero — the cold slow aftermath, looking back |
| 304 | He Said She SaidSWAPPED | Tori Amos Silent All These Years |
Two voices barely holding together — both trying, both failing |
| 305 | Half ToldSWAPPED | Tori Amos Cornflake Girl |
Half told — the story never completed, grace to hold half |
| 306 | Jewelry Box | Joni Mitchell River |
The jewelry box — keepsakes outlasting the person who gave them |
| Set List 17 | |||
| 307 | Point of ReferenceSWAPPED | Kate Bush Running Up That Hill |
Where exactly did everything go wrong — named coldly |
| 308 | CelloSWAPPED | Kate Bush This Woman's Work |
Cello — the instrument like a voice, earned resignation |
| 309 | That's That | Warren Zevon Excitable Boy |
That's that — deadpan conclusion defying explanation |
| 310 | Beware of the Snoogins | Frank Zappa Bobby Brown Goes Down |
Darkly comic catalog of bad decisions — absurdity as point |
| 311 | Dot Dot SpaceSWAPPED | Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U |
Dot dot space — the outsider's punctuation that doesn't fit |
| 312 | Flyswatter of Love | Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun |
Erratic, twitchy — the relationship that can't stop moving |
| 313 | Times UpSWAPPED | Elvis Presley In the Ghetto |
Time's up — the expiration announced, hype has a deadline |
| 314 | Sunday Morning Sex | The Velvet Underground Sunday Morning |
Sunday morning — the Velvet Underground quiet after the night |
| 315 | Behave | Garbage Only Happy When It Rains |
Behave — the instruction to someone who thrives in the wreckage |
| 316 | Spreading the WordSWAPPED | Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode |
Spreading the word — the gospel impulse, carry and give away |
| 317 | TiredSWAPPED | Little Richard Tutti Frutti |
Tired — the bone-deep exhaustion that has a melody |
| 318 | ActressSWAPPED | Eddie Cochran Summertime Blues |
Actress — the role being played, the mask examined |
| 319 | Empty RoomSWAPPED | Tom Waits Martha [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The empty room — looking at what the room used to hold |
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| 320 | Kayfabe | Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone |
Wrestling's fake truth as America's operating system |
| 321 | Noble Place HateSWAPPED | Wire 12XU |
Noble place hate stripped to its wire — pure signal, no decoration |
| 322 | Bribe the Poor Blackmail the RichSWAPPED | Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The bribe and blackmail — the system's two tools |
| 323 | Before NoahSWAPPED | Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Before Noah — the history preceding the flood narrative |
| 324 | Sun, Moon and TruthSWAPPED | Otis Redding Try a Little Tenderness |
Three things that cannot be hidden — the tenderness that breaks through |
| 325 | StrawmanSWAPPED | Bob Dylan Masters of War [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The strawman — the false argument built to be burned |
| 326 | Keeping CoolSWAPPED | Gang of Four Damaged Goods |
Keeping cool when you're the damaged goods — the post-punk discipline |
| 327 | Unbendable Soldiers | The Doors The Unknown Soldier |
Unbendable soldiers — the Unknown Soldier as counterpart |
| 328 | Don't Shoot | Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues |
Don't shoot — the prayer at the center of the social contract |
| 329 | Catch a Stray | KRS-One Sound of Da Police |
Catch a stray — the police state as ambient condition |
| 330 | One Step Higher | Bruce Springsteen The Rising |
One step higher — climbing toward something after devastation |
| 331 | ContactsSWAPPED | Ani DiFranco Subdivision [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Contacts — navigating the subdivisions, the infrastructure |
| 332 | Find theSWAPPED | Pavement Shady Lane |
Find the — the shady lane as the place you were looking for all along |
| 333 | Some Will Say | Patti Smith People Have the Power |
Some will say — the dismissers, answered by believers |
| 334 | Point My FingerSWAPPED | Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Point my finger — naming it, not performing outrage |
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| 335 | Corey StorySWAPPED | John Prine Angel from Montgomery [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Brains vs. brawn, bad parenting — environment shapes destiny |
| 336 | Daddy Taught MeSWAPPED | Bruce Springsteen Nebraska [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Inhabiting a disturbing narrator — horror in the innocence |
| 337 | Shadow of SmokeSWAPPED | Elliott Smith Needle in the Hay [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Disappearing before you can be touched — identity as illusion |
| 338 | Wheat and ChaffSWAPPED | Townes Van Zandt Pancho and Lefty [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Elegy for a friend who burned out — remembered plainly |
| 339 | Midas TouchSWAPPED | Son Volt Windfall |
Midas touch turned windfall — what the universe gives when you stop grasping |
| 340 | Sniper's Song | Nick Cave O'Malley's Bar |
Inhabiting the sniper's narrative — extreme first-person |
| 341 | Quest For Immortality | Nine Inch Nails March of the Pigs |
Barely-contained explosive energy — narrator on the verge |
| 342 | Innocence LostSWAPPED | Tom Petty Wildflowers [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Watching childhood slip away — beauty and loss in the same frame |
| 343 | BetrayalSWAPPED | Nick Cave The Mercy Seat [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The betrayal — sitting with the full weight, dangerous narrator |
| 344 | Cop Asked the Witnesses | Harry Chapin Taxi |
Drunk driver kills a father — a single event unpacking a life |
| 345 | DirtSWAPPED | Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Someone has a secret — wry observational, raised eyebrow |
| 346 | Either Way | The National Abel |
Either way — cold symmetry of a choice that costs you either way |
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| 347 | Gauging TimeSWAPPED | Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Gauging time — how fast it moves, the generational change |
| 348 | War Leonard 19SWAPPED | The Clash White Man in Hammersmith Palais [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
War Leonard 19 — the war generation, name carrying the cost |
| 349 | Battle Cry | Rage Against the Machine Wake Up |
Battle cry — the alarm that won't stop until answered |
| 350 | Free SpeechSWAPPED | Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Free speech — whose speech the wind carries away |
| 351 | BeastSWAPPED | Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane |
The beast — Sweet Jane's slow burn, desire rendered with impossible cool |
| 352 | FlickerSWAPPED | Radiohead Paranoid Android [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The flicker — consciousness that gutters, parallel failure |
| 353 | Hidden EvilsSWAPPED | Bob Dylan Desolation Row [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Panoramic urban decay — character after character |
| 354 | Patching the HoleSWAPPED | Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Patching the hole — the clean practical fix, forward motion |
| 355 | Enemy of This StateSWAPPED | The Clash Know Your Rights [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Enemy of this state — knowing rights as first act of resistance |
| 356 | Building a CastleSWAPPED | The Jesus and Mary Chain Just Like Honey |
Building a castle of noise that is somehow sweet — protection that is also beauty |
| 357 | CliffhangerSWAPPED | Tom Waits Gun Street Girl [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Cliffhanger — the standoff that won't resolve cleanly |
| 358 | Happy Birthday to MeSWAPPED | Harry Nilsson One [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Alone on his birthday — radical aloneness with dark humor |
| 359 | Apocalypse Now, See You LaterSWAPPED | Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Apocalypse now, see you later — the end as casual social plan |
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| 360 | Mic DropSWAPPED | Eminem Without Me [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The fast self-intro, f-you energy — confirmed early match |
| 361 | One Night Stan | Eminem Kim |
One night stan — the morning-after from male narrator's view |
| 362 | Meet Michael HawkSWAPPED | Devo Whip It |
Meet Michael Hawk — the absurd persona with its own complete conviction |
| 363 | There It Goes | Tom Waits Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis |
99% alone — ghost self-portrait, wry not tragic |
| 364 | Living Large | David Bowie Ziggy Stardust |
Living large — the persona fully inhabited, rock star as character |
| 365 | No Thanks BabeSWAPPED | Warren Zevon Poor Poor Pitiful Me [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
No thanks babe — self-deprecating male confession with humor |
| 366 | Look Her UpSWAPPED | Warren Zevon Excitable Boy [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Fell for someone, wondering about the hot friend — dark comic logic |
| 367 | Hideaway | The Doors People Are Strange |
Hideaway — hiding from what's outside and inside |
| 368 | In a Jiffy | Sublime Santeria |
In a jiffy — quick fix, laid-back swagger hiding actual longing |
| 369 | She Don't Come Easy | Ringo Starr It Don't Come Easy |
She don't come easy — nothing worth having does |
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| 370 | ShellSWAPPED | Nine Inch Nails Hurt [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The shell — what's left when everything inside is used up |
| 371 | Ten Percent Tom | Randy Newman Political Science |
Ten percent Tom — the cut taker, named with dry precision |
| 372 | Uh, That's Christmas NanaSWAPPED | Frank Zappa Bobby Brown Goes Down [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The uncomfortable family moment as comedy — fully committed |
| 373 | Man Enough | Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise |
Man enough — what that means, examined from inside a relationship |
| 374 | Never Expect It | Nick Cave Red Right Hand |
Never expect it — the arrival of the unpredictable |
| 375 | My Partner in CrimeSWAPPED | Leonard Cohen Everybody Knows [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
My partner in crime — everybody knows what we are |
| 376 | Hurting Her Knees and Pride | Alanis Morissette Ironic |
The specific physical and psychic damage — named precisely |
| 377 | Dom - Vio | Van Morrison Domino |
Dom-Vio — confirmed parody of Van Morrison's Domino |
| 378 | Fuzzy Math | Feist 1234 |
Fuzzy math — confirmed parody of Feist's 1234 |
| 379 | Every Four Weeks | The Velvet Underground Venus in Furs |
Every four weeks — the cyclical return you can't name politely |
| 380 | Rumours From Heaven | Randy Newman God's Song |
Rumours from heaven — irreverent heaven-as-comedy |
| 381 | VenusSWAPPED | PJ Harvey Down by the Water [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Venus — the goddess submerged, PJ Harvey's dark water |
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| 382 | Another Epic Poem | Bob Dylan A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall |
Another epic poem — the catalog of damage, hard rain listing everything |
| 383 | Stars and Strangers | Paul Simon American Tune |
Stars and strangers — the exhausted traveler who can't remember |
| 384 | Tony's Song | Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road |
Tony's song — the hometown friend's story, road out and back |
| 385 | Kill the SeedSWAPPED | Public Enemy Fight the Power [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Kill the seed — the institutional project of preventing growth |
| 386 | Key To Be FreeSWAPPED | Bob Marley Redemption Song [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
The key to be free — emancipation of mind as real liberation |
| 387 | PerfectSWAPPED | Elliott Smith Waltz No. 2 [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Perfect — the impossible standard from inside the person it destroyed |
| 388 | Act FastingSWAPPED | Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Act fasting — the internal struggle, restraint in cold blue light |
| 389 | Groove Back II | James Brown I Got You (I Feel Good) |
Groove back — the return of the feeling after the dark |
| 390 | Closure / AftermathSWAPPED | Radiohead Creep [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Closure / aftermath — the outsider's attempt to end what won't end |
| 391 | My Fan Fiction | The Kinks Lola |
My fan fiction — the narrative the narrator has been writing |
| 392 | Daylight SavingsSWAPPED | The Doors People Are Strange [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Daylight savings — the strange accounting of time and its cost |
| 393 | Diddy Mockumentary Parody | Frank Zappa Broken Hearts Are for Assholes |
The mockumentary parody — complete commitment to the bit as art |
| 394 | Lick My Toes Ho | 2 Live Crew Me So Horny |
Explicit parody — confirmed territory, transgression with wink |
| 395 | Me and Tom CruiseSWAPPED | The Kinks You Really Got Me |
Me and Tom Cruise — the unlikely pairing as the whole joke |
| 396 | Reckless GirlsSWAPPED | Eminem Kim [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Reckless girls — unsentimental accounting, fully committed |
| 397 | Love and My Hand | The Velvet Underground Sister Ray |
Love and my hand — explicit content with VU's matter-of-fact commitment |
| 398 | Wallflower Poop | Jakob Dylan One Headlight |
Wallflower poop — confirmed Jakob Dylan style |
| 399 | RIP CharlieSWAPPED | Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart |
RIP Charlie — the elegy as dark comedy, mourning straight-faced |
| 400 | When You're Hammered | Tom Waits Drunk on the Moon |
When you're hammered — Tom Waits knows this territory |
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| 401 | Reading I Blow | Weird Al Yankovic Like a Surgeon |
Reading I Blow — parody confirmed, Reading Rainbow as vehicle |
| 402 | I've Been Slappin | James Brown Sex Machine |
I've been slappin — the funk declaration, body as instrument |
| 403 | Alex Jones in a Rabbit HoleSWAPPED | Rage Against the Machine Wake Up [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Alex Jones in a rabbit hole — the wake-up call gone wrong |
| 404 | Four Pills a DaySWAPPED | Nine Inch Nails Closer [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Four pills a day — pharmaceutical reality in clinical darkness |
| 405 | Draining BallsSWAPPED | 2 Live Crew Me So Horny [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Explicit — confirmed X territory with internal logic |
| 406 | Grindr Diaries | The Velvet Underground Sweet Jane |
Grindr diaries — modern hookup culture on VU's knowing cool |
| 407 | Slinging Lines | Tom Waits Heartattack and Vine |
Slinging lines — the street-level hustle, Vine Street address |
| 408 | I'm Bi Ride or Die | Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
I'm bi ride or die — confirmed Marshall Mathers energy |
| 409 | Like an AngelSWAPPED | Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Like an angel — transgressive sweetness, the walk through |
| 410 | Three-Month Girl | Eminem Stan |
Three-month girl — obsessive attachment told from the other side |
| 411 | You're a Whore, Mrs. RobinsonSWAPPED | Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Confirmed as Mrs. Robinson parody |
| 412 | Risk GenesSWAPPED | Nine Inch Nails March of the Pigs [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Risk genes — genetic inheritance of compulsion, barely-contained |
| 413 | Thinking Gets RiskySWAPPED | The Doors Break on Through [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Thinking gets risky — the mind as the place where risk lives |
| 414 | Chick Fillet | 2 Live Crew As Nasty as They Wanna Be |
Confirmed X territory — the provocation fully committed |
| 415 | Why I Like Sex | Frank Zappa Cosmik Debris |
Why I like sex — the full Zappa honesty nobody asked for |
| 416 | Browser HistorySWAPPED | The Velvet Underground Venus in Furs [POOL EXHAUSTED] |
Browser history — what the search history reveals, VU inventory |