popquizkid:

in-backyards:

Regina Spektor, “Loveology”

This was my first Tumblr post four years ago yesterday, but, well, today.

porcupine-ology, antler-ology, car-ology, bus-ology, train-ology, plane-ology, mama-ology, papa-ology, you-ology, me-ology, love-ology, kiss-ology, stay-ology, please-ology

This song is still the most beautiful.

electrichoney:

Rilo Kiley- “A Better Son/Daughter”

And sometimes when you’re on, you’re really fucking on
And your friends they sing along and they love you
But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
And it teases you for weeks in its absence

But you’ll fight and you’ll make it through
You’ll fake it if you have to and you’ll show up for work with a smile
You’ll be better and you’ll be smarter and more grown up
And a better daughter or son and a real good friend
And you’ll be awake, you’ll be alert, you’ll be positive though it hurts
And you’ll laugh and embrace all your friends
You’ll be a real good listener, you’ll be honest, you’ll be brave
You’ll be handsome and you’ll be beautiful
You’ll be happy

oldfilmsflicker:

Sam Cooke // You Send Me

No. 1 rule of Tumblr: ALWAYS reblog Sam Cooke.

i12bent:

OK, this is a guilty pleasure, but I just love the way the Big O comes in with his eerie high baritone and really lifts the song: I’m so tired of being lonely…

…and I love it nearly as much how much the Bobster comes in immediately afterwards and wrecks it, completely off key…

Traveling Wilburys: Handle With Care, 1988 - last record released before Orbison’s death…

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I don’t see how this is a “guilty” pleasure.

awordoraline:

The Rolling Stones - Shake Your Hips

Don’t move your lips,
Just shake your hips.

5ivegearsinreverse:

Gloria - Patti Smith

Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine

popquizkid:

nottoolong:

27rpm:

“I Got You” – Split Enz (1980)

For the past few months, whenever I can’t sleep, this song gets stuck in my head. It’s so random. I have no idea what started it.

I shared this on Facebook, and now I’m reblogging it.

BECAUSE I LOVE IT.

i12bent:

This was Sam Cooke’s second hit single following the success of his first release, You Send Me, b/w Summertime. The A-side of that one was an instant no. 1, and the flip side also charted. I’ll Come Running Back to You was a no. 1. song on the R&B lists and a top twenty on the pop chart…

Sam Cooke: I’ll Come Running Back to You, 1957

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i12bent:

What a doo-wop masterpiece!

Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops, 1958

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nevver:

Etta James, “Nobody Loves You Like Me”