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A recovered archive, still unfolding. These are historical entries from 2015–2020, preserved for Nick’s review.

55 storiesNEWEST MEMORIES FIRST

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 21, 2019DAY 0

Christmas Wrapping

I end each year on my actual birthday with the obligatory Christmas favorite, since every year around the holidays, while everyone seems to be celebrating, the music of the season is also the music of my…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 20, 2019

DAY 1

Sweet Child O' Mine

Ending the year’s countdown the day before my birthday with a special dedication to someone who hates being the center of attention and who hates being called out for anything wonderful she’s ever done, so…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 19, 2019DAY 2

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Clearly one of the happiest songs of my lifetime (and that’s a long span of time, people!), the duet of Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Sir Elton and pop-pal Kiki Dee is a song for the ages. This is a…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 18, 2019DAY 3

Wonderwall

Not sure how this song squeaked past and didn’t make it into previous countdowns, but here it is today: Wonderwall by Oasis, a decade-defining masterclass in pop rock. Music changed so drastically so fast…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 17, 2019DAY 4

We Belong Together

I remember exactly where I was the first time I’d ever heard the unimaginably golden voice of Mariah Carey: I was on the BQE heading home to Long Island with someone I used to know (long story) and Vision…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 16, 2019DAY 5

Photograph

Let’s rip the band-aid off today’s song quick: Photograph by Nickelback. People tend to make fun of this band, me included, but there’s something about this specific song that resonates. The lyrics don’t…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 15, 2019DAY 6

Be With You

Hooray for Erasure, am I right? They provided so many songs to the soundtrack of my twenties. They were the band my Vincent loved best. You might remember that Erasure tied for the number seven spot on my…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 14, 2019DAY 7

What It Feels Like For A Girl / Make You Feel My Love

What was never one of my favorite songs by the Material Girl turned out to be one of my very favorite cover recordings by the boys in the New Directions Glee Club on Glee. Obviously, it made bittersweet…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 13, 2019DAY 8

Alive And Kicking

Thankfully switching gears from yesterday’s sobfest, I present to you Alive And Kicking by Simple Minds, best known for their genre-defining hit from the film The Breakfast Club, Don’t You Forget About Me.…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 12, 2019DAY 9

Time

Get ready, mi gente. This is going to be a sob story, so if you’re not feeling like reading one of those, move along. Today’s is probably the saddest song I have ever heard: Time by the Alan Parsons Project…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 11, 2019DAY 10

Private Idaho / Strobe Light

So, we all know I love the ultimate party band, B52s. Like, duh. But I’ve loved them since the very start, when irreverent songs like this were uncommon. Just watching this video reminds me of every single…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 10, 2019DAY 11

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Carole King music is classic and spellbinding. She wrote songs for other people that you never knew she wrote, but the ones she recorded for herself are timeless and unique. Take Will You Love Me Tomorrow;…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 9, 2019DAY 12

Against All Odds

So at the start of this year’s countdown we spoke about the most romantic song of all time, but today let’s agree that Against All Odds, Phil Collins’ breakout solo hit from the mid-80s, is perhaps the most…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 8, 2019DAY 13

Under The Bridge

From the first few guitar picks of Under The Bridge you are transported into a melancholy land of loneliness. Fittingly, it’s a song about the connection between addiction and hope. It starts as a ballad…

Fifty-Four to 54Dec 7, 2019DAY 14

No Scrubs

Yesterday’s song was one that reminded me of my brother, and today’s is one for his kids, Angela and Mike. I bring you No Scrubs by nineties pop sensation TLC. Now, how does a song about a broke-ass…

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