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

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53 to 53Nov 26, 2018DAY 25

Do You Wanna Funk / Smalltown Boy

Today’s double-shot is dedicated to the movies I saw as a very young gay guy just coming out and trying to find common ground in a world that evidently hated me and my existence. I first discovered a movie…

53 to 53Nov 25, 2018DAY 26

Le Freak / Get Lucky

His name is synonymous with that funky signature bassline. He’s responsible for some of the most amazing disco and funk tracks of our time. He’s worked with and produced music for such legendary artists…

53 to 53Nov 24, 2018DAY 27

What You Won’t Do For Love

I am a sucker for a saxophone solo, or a song that features any kind of saxophone. You should know this about me. Today’s song does NOT disappoint in that department. This is What You Won’t Do For Love by…

53 to 53Nov 23, 2018DAY 28

Everybody Hurts

Some songs in my countdown are as much about the music video (remember those?) as they are about the actual song itself. Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. is one of those songs. The video is a focus on people’s…

53 to 53Nov 22, 2018DAY 29

Forever Young

When the title of a song is literal perfection in describing one’s mental state, you love that song and play the shit out of it when it comes on the radio. Or in this case, SiriusXM channel 33 First Wave…

53 to 53Nov 21, 2018DAY 30

Bluer Than Blue

Back to weepy ballad land with Bluer Than Blue by one-hit wonder balladeer, Michael Johnson. I found this song in a moment, relatively recently in the scheme of things, when loneliness started to creep in.…

53 to 53Nov 20, 2018DAY 31

Easy Lover

Pop star and funk genius band together in the height of the MTV era and magic happens. And if you know me at all, you KNOW I cannot resist a good duet. This one is at the top of my list of favorites. I…

53 to 53Nov 19, 2018DAY 32

You Take My Breath Away

Yesterday’s song spoke of a forever youth, and today’s song makes me feel that way all over again. It’s a beautiful, cheesy ballad sung by a seventies heart throb the likes of Andy Gibb and William Katt,…

53 to 53Nov 18, 2018DAY 33

Good Enough / I Will Remember You

Thanks to her advocacy for Animal Rights, when you hear a song by Sarah McLachlan you might cringe and immediately think of abused shelter animals shivering in the cold. And to that I say, GOOD, do…

53 to 53Nov 17, 2018DAY 34

Silly Love Songs

Living Legend. Rock Icon. Beatle. Paul. Paul Mc Cartney’s music has been, and will likely always continue to be, on all of my best-of lists. Silly Love Songs is this year’s entry and it does not disappoint.…

53 to 53Nov 16, 2018DAY 35

Don’t You Want Me

Her name was Amy and she was a friend who created moments and opened minds. She was the life of the party, but in a good way. She was literally friends with everybody; she could find common ground with…

53 to 53Nov 15, 2018DAY 36

Love Theme from Flashdance

Today’s song isn’t the first instrumental to pop up on the countdowns, punctuating the fact that many times the feeling a song brings me has nothing to do with the lyrics. If I can close my eyes and be…

53 to 53Nov 14, 2018DAY 37

September

Talk about a song that everyone can agree on as a happy, feel-good dance song! It’s the perfect party song, maybe even better than the ultimate wedding party song, Celebration by K&TG. Weirdly I don’t…

53 to 53Nov 13, 2018DAY 38

Jumper

There’s not much to be said about lead singer Stephan Jenkins’ voice, and overall Third Eye Blind’s catalogue of music is pretty mediocre and background filler to the era, but they had one song that…

53 to 53Nov 12, 2018DAY 39

Pale Shelter

And now it’s time for some kick-ass new wave! This is the first song I’d ever heard by Tears For Fears, and it was a sound like not much else I’d ever heard. This fact, coupled with the fact that my Linda…

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