Caro's Favorite Songs: Part 4

The Chemical Brothers - The Sunshine Underground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IykWbUVDWL8
To quote a commenter on YouTube: "This song is the best to describe how beatiful life can be!" Yep.
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Incubus - Pardon Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzuDXZwZtI
I went through a brief period wheere I was absolutely obsessed with Incubus. They were one of the best rock bands around in the early 2000s, and this still stands up as a great song 10 years later.
"I've had enough of the world and its peoples mindless games."
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Ben Folds Five - One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrWSkQMWlAY
Ben Folds used to make catchy songs that captured being a dork and a nerd with a self depricating sense of humor. Needless to say, I can relate.
"Kiss my ass goodbye."
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Junip - In Every Direction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwgnU8c32m8
I've mentioned before how much I love Jose Gonzales and his bands, Junip. This is why.
"You're the center and you're always free in every direction."    
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Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGS7vNLhxNA
I'm sure I've talked about this song before. I keep mentioning because I think it's just that good. The way the chorus shoots up to the stratosphere gets me every time.
"We should find a flock of birds big enough to pull us up from the long road."
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Arcade Fire - Wake Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEKC5pyOKFU
I blame the Where the Wild Things Are for making me want to cry every time I hear this song now. "Brings up childhood memories like nothing else. If the children don't grow up, our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up."
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The XX - Shelter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw-eFdb7eVo
The sexiest song in existence.
"Can I make it better, with the lights turned on."
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Coldplay - Shiver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpwW4iraV3Q
You know, before Coldplay became determined to prove with every song that they're the biggest band in the world, they were damn good when they put their minds to it.
"Did you want me to change? Well I changed for good."
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Broadcast - Come On Let's Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5ztuhEat4
Have I mentioned I like the 60s? Because I'm thinking I have. So naturally I love Broadcast because every song is a pop gem that sounds straight out of 1965.
"Stop looking for answers in everyone's face. Come on let's go."
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The Dismemberment Plan - The City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMLiFpecgVg
And I also love the 90s. This is the best band from the 90s you've never heard of.
"The parks lay empty like my unmade bed. The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone."

Caro's Favorite Songs: Part 3

Duffy-Warwick Avenue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkkmQNA_aRs
An old fashioned torch song that sounds straight out of late 60s soul. Somehow the Brits always do American music better than Americans do.
"I'm leaving you for the last time baby. You think you're loving, but you don't love me."
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Goo Goo Dolls-Flat Top
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/wm-A10302B0000120787J/goo_goo_dolls_flat_top_official_music_video/
Have I mentioned I have a soft spot for 90s alt-rock? The Goo Goo Dolls used to be a favorite of mine, and believe it or not, it was hard for me to pick a favorite song of theirs.
"A television war between the cynics and the saints. Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on."
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The Strokes-Take It or Leave It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7KCO_6FGs
Honestly, I'm still somewhat baffled by the hype that surrounded the Strokes' first album. They are (or were) a really great rock band, but no more special than a dozen other garage bands. But then I read somewhere that the album "Is This It?" played like a greatest hits album, and I actually agreed. So they deserved that short lived hype, in a way. This is the greatest of their "greatest hits".
"He's gonna let you down. And gonna break your back, for a chance. And gonna steal your friends, if he can. He's gonna win someday."
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Elliott Smith-Twilight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJthA4l8S5U
Hands down the saddest song I have ever heard. The lyrics themselves are somewhat sad, but the delivery just kills me. You just have to hear it.
"Because your candle burns too bright, well I almost forgot it was twilight."
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Moloko-Fun for Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gvNrYO6Mfw
Goofy and weird to the max. Some of you may have heard of Roisin Murphy, especially if you watch So You Think You Can Dance (Ramalama and Ruby Blue anyone?). This is the band she fronted before her solo songs ended up all over tv.
"I dream I'm at a crossroads no place left to go. I look in each direction a'eenie a'meanie a'miny mo."
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Arctic Monkeys-From the Ritz to the Rubble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEKJAw_tuxg
What else is a London brat to sing about but going out to a club and giving the middle finger to some authority figure?
"So step out the queue He makes examples of you And there's nowt you can say"
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Robert Randolph & the Family Band-Ain't Nothing Wrong with That
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piqZ3vGBswY
This song just makes me happy and dance like a lunatic. Need I say more.
"Red, yellow, black or white (It don't matter) We all gettin' down tonight."
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Santigold-Creator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkWoAhSiZ4
One of the more confident sounding songs to ever have been created. No pun intended. And the percussion kicks ass.
"Tell me no, I say yes, I was chosen. And I will deliver the explosion."
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Patrick Wolf-Accident & Emergency
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHJAIcTzUMQ
This guy is a British, tall, skinny redhead with a thing for feathers and shorts. I love him.
"And then again I'm feeling braver than I've even been. From the skull down to the feet."
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The Verve-Bittersweet Symphony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
Do I really have to say anything??
"And I'm a million different people from one day to the next."