There’s something almost mythological about a boy who’s deaf, dumb, and blind but still beats every challenger…
Elton John
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Few songs manage to feel like a personal tribute, a civic anthem, and a liberation hymn all…
Christmas songs are rarely built for discomfort, but this one is. Buried inside one of the most…
There’s a particular kind of pop song that doesn’t ask anything of you except to show up….
Some songs carry so much cultural weight by the time you hear them that the original feeling…
There’s a particular kind of anger that comes from being told to be grateful for less than…
Some love songs beg. Some demand. This one waits. “Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady Again)” is…
Short songs can be deceptive. At one minute and fifty-one seconds, “Jack Rabbit” barely registers as a…
Some songs on a double album exist to give you a breather between the grand statements, and…