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  • 1001 Songs Challenge,  2000s,  Music

    1001 Songs Challenge #961: Ain’t No Other Man (2006)

    September 28, 2021 / No Comments

    Having married in 2005, Christina Aguilera was inspired by this union into writing Ain’t No Other Man.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #960: Love is a Losing Game (2006)

    September 27, 2021 / No Comments

    Love is a Losing Game is said to have been written in response to a difficult relationship with Amy Winehouse’s future husband.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #959: Crazy (2006)

    September 26, 2021 / No Comments

    Gnarls Barkley's Crazy seems to be about a form of mental instability, focusing on a feeling of maladjustment with one’s self and the world.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #958: Not Ready to Make Nice (2006)

    September 25, 2021 / No Comments

    #958 of the 1001 Songs Challenge is Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks

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    1001 Songs Challenge #957: We Are Your Friends (2006)

    September 24, 2021 / No Comments

    Justice’s remix of Never Be Alone retains only the chorus from the original, throwing in a dominant amount of drums and synth to flesh it out.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #956: Consolation Prizes (2006)

    September 23, 2021 / No Comments

    Consolation Prizes from Phoenix appears to concern the end of or, at the very least, the breaking down of a relationship.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #955: Hoppipolla (2005)

    September 22, 2021 / No Comments

    Sigur Ros's Hoppípolla translates as hopping into puddles and is sung mostly in Icelandic with some Hopelandic, a made up language.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #954: Best of You (2005)

    September 21, 2021 / No Comments

    Foo Fighters' Best of You was written by Dave Grohl and was inspired by his support for 2004 US Presidential candidate, John Kerry.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #953: Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (2005)

    September 20, 2021 / No Comments

    CSS's Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above manages to cover the song’s contents in the title alone.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #952: Fix You (2005)

    September 19, 2021 / No Comments

    Fix You was written by singer, Chris Martin, and concerns the difficult task of helping a loved one through a dark period of grief.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #951: Welcome to Jamrock (2005)

    September 18, 2021 / No Comments

    Welcome to Jamrock is Damian Marley's commentary on the hardest hit parts of Jamaican society.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #950: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (2005)

    September 17, 2021 / No Comments

    Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor is a testament to young love and what sounds like our teenage years.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #949: Todo cambia (2005)

    September 16, 2021 / No Comments

    Todo Cambia sees Mercedes Sosa take us through a myriad of beautiful imagery as she reflects on her life and experiences.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #948: Chicago (2005)

    September 15, 2021 / No Comments

    In Chicago Sufjan Stevens takes on the role of a narrator who is travelling through the US, seemingly in search of something

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    1001 Songs Challenge #947: Dry Your Eyes (2004)

    September 14, 2021 / No Comments

    Dry Your Eyes focuses on a painful breakup, each verse offering a heart-rending testament to the pain that comes with such a parting.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #946: The Art Teacher (2004)

    September 13, 2021 / No Comments

    The Art Teacher was inspired by a conversation Rufus Wainwright had with a teacher at a gym.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #945: Mein Teil (2004)

    September 12, 2021 / No Comments

    Rammstein's Mein Teil recounts the disturbing tale of Armin Meiwes and Bernd Jurgen Armando Brandes.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #944: Jesus of Suburbia (2004)

    September 11, 2021 / No Comments

    Green Day's American Idiot is a concept album that explored disillusioned American youths in the aftermath of 9/11.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #943: Portland, Oregon (2004)

    September 10, 2021 / No Comments

    Heavily driven by guitar, Portland, Oregon boasts a lovely duet between Loretta Lynn and Jack White.

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    1001 Songs Challenge #941: Take Me Out (2004)

    September 9, 2021 / No Comments

    Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out has multiple interpretations but they generally centre around the same idea.

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