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2000 Great Songs #1469: The Rising Tide. Wild Carnation, fronted by Feelies bassist Brenda Sauter, typically offer jangly indie rolk-rock, but crank up the guitars here for a slightly more shoegaze vibe. Cool track needing some more love!

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2000 Great Songs #1469: The Rising Tide

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1468: Ocean. Completing Sebadoh's evolution from lo-fi home-recording project to mid-90s alt.rock radio-friendly pop; I kinda checked out after this chiming little gem, but still a fine perfect-for-mixtapes signifier of its era.

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2000 Great Songs #1468: Ocean

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1467: Absolutely Sweet Marie. While I have great love for Dylan's original, the shout-out here is going to Jason & The Scorchers' howling cowpunk adaptation. Twang & fury in equal doses.

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2000 Great Songs #1467: Absolutely Sweet Marie

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey hey, we're 2/3 of the way through the 1400s on the Top 2000... so here's the playlist for #1401-1466 to spice up your Sunday.

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My Top 2000 Songs (#1401-1500)

Playlist · Marc Fagel · 63 items

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1466: Teenage FBI. In which Guided By Voices bring on the Cars' Ric Ocasek for production, turning their scrappy lo-fi indie pop into glistening synth-abetted new wave power pop--and totally pull it off.

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2000 Great Songs #1466: Teenage FBI

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1465: Instant Karma! John Lennon's first solo single suggests the launching of a massive solo career, so it's tinged with sadness that it didn't quite work out that way. Still sounds exciting despite decades of classic rock saturation.

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2000 Great Songs #1465: Instant Karma

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1464: Crazy For You. Best Coast wraps 60s girl group pop & Beach Boys summer vibes into a post-Jesus & Mary Chain fizzy wall of sound. Maybe it'll help stave off the coming autumn just a bit longer...

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2000 Great Songs #1464: Crazy For You

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1463: My What A Lovely Day It's Been. Below-the-radar mildly-psychedelic sunshine pop from songwriter/producer Mark Wirtz (as one-off studio project Philwit & Pegasus). One of those little late 60s/early 70s lost gems I enjoy digging up.

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2000 Great Songs #1463: My What A Lovely Day It's Been

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1462: Omaha. One of the newer songs on the list, Toronto's Kiwi Jr. faithfully updating the 80s/90s indie vibe of bands like Pavement and the Clean.

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2000 Great Songs #1462: Omaha

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1460: She's A Rainbow. The closest the Stones ever came to Beatlesque psych-pop, but they still leave their imprint on it. Always a good excuse to praise their brief & underrated psychedelic era.

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2000 Great Songs #1460: She's A Rainbow

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1459: Voodoo Lady. Like a lot of Ween, this one teeters between novelty song goofiness and being legitimately awesome. Over time the needle has moved towards the latter for me.

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2000 Great Songs #1459: Voodoo Lady

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1458: Song For Krista. Lo-fi yet hypnotic ambient/goth dream pop, a trippy little track from Midwestern act Arms Of Someone New that's been haunting my dreams for 40 years.

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2000 Great Songs #1458: Song For Krista

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1457: Reviewing The Situation. Not usually my cuppa tea, but I love how 60s British pop singer Sandie Shaw elevates a tune from the Oliver musical into a James Bond-theme worthy bit of slightly psychedelic faux lounge jazz.

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2000 Great Songs #1457: Reviewing The Situation

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1456: She's On Drugs. Fizzy indie pop from the Jazz Butcher; for 35 years, I've been unable to hear someone referred to as being on drugs without starting to sing the chorus in my head. Ooh sha-la-la-la!

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2000 Great Songs #1456: She's On Drugs

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1455: Hanky Panky Nohow. Another gorgeous ballad from John Cale (though I'm equally partial to the Yo La Tengo cover that first turned me on to the song).

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2000 Great Songs #1455: Hanky Panky Nohow

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1454: Sheep. Works more as part of Pink Floyd's Animals concept than as a stand-alone track, but so many insanely cool moments, from the vocal/synth cross-fades to the exuberant, anthemic guitar outro.

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2000 Great Songs #1454: Sheep

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1453: Losin' Yo Head. One-off supergroup Monsters Of Folk, with Jim James of My Morning Jacket delivering the big, boomy rock one would expect but with some added playfulness, winning & catchy as all get out!

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2000 Great Songs #1453: Losin' Yo Head

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1452: Abba Zaba. I tend to file Captain Beefheart under "inventive and important but not something I wanna hear very often." Though on this early track, he hints at the later weirdness while playing fun & funky & almost normal rock.

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2000 Great Songs #1452: Abba Zaba

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1451: The Size Of A Cow. Early 90s proto-Britpop tune from the Wonder Stuff sounds just a tad oh-too-British to register with my sensibilities, but ultimately the whimsy and power pop hooks win me over.

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2000 Great Songs #1451: The Size Of A Cow

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Halfway through the 1400s on the Top 2000... Here's a playlist for #1401-1450 to help jump-start your weekend!

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My Top 2000 Songs (#1401-1500)

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1450: My Heart And The Real World. The Minutemen live up to their name, 60 seconds more than enough time for a catchy riff, some biting if cryptic lyrics, and even a guitar solo.

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2000 Great Songs #1450: My Heart And The Real World

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1449: It Doesn't Matter. Catchy jangle pop from indie supergroup Orange Humble Band (including Mitch Easter and members of the Posies, Someloves, and more). A track that won't change the world but will stick in your brain--and that's all I need!

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2000 Great Songs #1449: It Doesn't Matter

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The sunrise outside my window as I start the day with the latest from wonderful indie jangle band Kiwi Jr.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1448: Autobahn. I've never spent much time with Kraftwerk, but something about this eerie electronic journey feels so strangely familiar, like the song has always been lingering there even if I don't recall when it first crossed my path.

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2000 Great Songs #1448: Autobahn

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1447: Past Lives. Brooklyn indie rockers DIIV conjure something between the Cure's goth-pop and a more psychedelic version of jangle acts like Real estate, a cosmic wash of reverb-soaked dream pop.

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2000 Great Songs #1447: Past Lives

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1446: Ray Of Light. Madonna makes her first (and last) appearance on the list with an electro-pop tune that's much cooler than those 80s hits I remember from high school. Though I only heard it due to a Sex Pistols mash-up.

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2000 Great Songs #1446: Ray Of Light

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1445: Almost Crimes. Canada's Broken Social Scene (feat. Feist) borrow a bit from the emerging early 2000s NY alt.rock scene, helping to usher in an edgy yet arty post-millennium vibe.

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2000 Great Songs #1445: Almost Crimes

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1444: Me In Honey. An insistent riff, soaring guest vocals from the B-52's' Kate Pierson, and some stark relationship-trouble lyrics make this a highlight of R.E.M.'s post-IRS years.

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2000 Great Songs #1444: Me In Honey

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1443: 1-2-3. So many digits! The Professionals (i.e. the non-Rotten half of the Sex Pistols) turn in a respectable fist-pumping pop-punk anthem.

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2000 Great Songs #1443: 1-2-3

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1442: 1234. Feist's charming pop tune seems deliberately designed to be played at a coffee shop or on some Netflix streamer--that's ok!--or as a can't-miss addition to a mixtape you're making for a romantic prospect back in the day.

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2000 Great Songs #1442: 1234

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1441: Away From Home. Police drummer Stewart Copeland follows his muse as Klark Kent, a bit of a goofball lark as his other band grew increasingly serious, merging the offbeat new wave experimentation of Devo & the B-52's with perky ska.

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2000 Great Songs #1441: Away From Home

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Midweek sunrise over the SF Bay, as Willow enjoys a little Olivia Tremor Control (home remake version).

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

2000 Great Songs #1440: Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine. A littler perkier (and dopier) than the more standard Simon & Garfunkel folk rock, a Dylan-goes-electric-styled hoot that was instantly dated, which is a big part of the charm.

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2000 Great Songs #1440: The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1439: Miss Lonelyhearts. A deep cut from Seattle's long-running Young Fresh Fellows, crunchy power pop given Scott McCaughey's usual dose of humor and pathos.

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2000 Great Songs #1439: Miss Lonelyhearts

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Buffy kicking off a sunny Sunday morning with a little Floyd.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1438: About Me. Alicia Witt, the rare actor whose pivot to music is based on musical talent rather than misplaced ego, delivers some rollicking piano and an edgy post-feminist break-up anthem (with a Ben Folds production assist).

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2000 Great Songs #1438: About Me

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1437: Seven Seas Of Rhye. One of Queen's earlier efforts at tethering bombastic hard rock/glam/prog to a catchy pop song, without the baggage of decades of radio overplay.

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2000 Great Songs #1437: Seven Seas Of Rhye

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1436: Run. @neworder were one of my definitive college bands, and I have less attachment to the music they released after my mid-80s college years; but something about this one has always captivated me, one of their sweetest pop songs.

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2000 Great Songs #1436: Run

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1435: Teen Angst. Rising from the ashes of Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker carve out a more straightforward alt.rock sound, a snarky yet driving early 90s anthem that stands respectably alongside that other Teen-themed song of the era.

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2000 Great Songs #1435: Teen Angst

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1434: Breakdown. I'm no fan of the Alan Parsons Project and their often bland FM dial pop hits, but the earworm bass hook and a Hollies guest vocal make this one of those things I heard as a kid and still find myself humming.

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2000 Great Songs #1434: Breakdown

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hey, we're already 1/3 of the way through the 1400s! Here's a playlist for #1401-1433, just in time for the start of the new school year (for me at least).

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My Top 2000 Songs (#1401-1500)

Playlist · Marc Fagel · 31 items

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1433: The Death Of Ferdinand de Saussure. The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt impressively enlists obscure 19th century Swiss linguists and Motown songwriters in service of a strange and slithery new wave-styled love song.

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2000 Great Songs #1433: The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1432: Waldo P. Emerson Jones. Sorry, but writing off fictitious cartoon band The Archies as a one-hit-wonder novelty act means missing out on some truly sublime bubblegum pop.

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2000 Great Songs #1432: Waldo P. Emerson Jones

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1431: Down By The Sea. A epic deep-space jam session from Wooden Shjips, a blend of Krautrock, Yo La Tengo, and psychedelia to fuel your psychic explorations.

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2000 Great Songs #1431: Down By The Sea

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1430: On The Roof. Our third pick from the Feelies' indie jangle landmark The Good Earth, the opening track whose first few notes are all it takes to transport me back to a moment in time that initiated the rest of my life.

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2000 Great Songs #1430: On The Roof

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1429: Violet. Hole will forever feel like a band tied to particular 90s moment, but on the rare occasions I drag out Live Through This I'm immediately reminded of the shocking catharsis of this track.

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2000 Great Songs #1429: Violet

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1428: My Name Is Jack. A highlight of Manfred Mann's mid/late-60s pop-psych phase, some playful bubblegum with the kind of melodic chorus that you'll find yourself incessantly humming the rest of the day.

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2000 Great Songs #1428: My Name Is Jack

Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

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Marc Fagel @marcfagel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2000 Great Songs #1427: Temporary Beauty. As much as I enjoy Graham Parker's earlier, more biting rockers, this gorgeous ballad--still with a bit of bite--is a wondrous sing-along earworm.

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2000 Great Songs #1427: Temporary Beauty

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