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Call Me When You're Sober, Evanescence, 2006 How old are you in your head? One of my favorite journalists posed this question recently on...

Machinehead, Bush, 1994 I saw Bush at the Ryman this past week and my 90s-lovin heart was overjoyed. Wow. I knew I had missed live music...

Hey, Hey What Can I Do?, Led Zeppelin, 1970 I'm so grateful to have this song stuck in my head this morning. It's my favorite, you know....

By Monica Collier Staff Writer Aug 18, 2017 The rain has passed. There's an unseasonably cool breeze on this August evening as Alecia...

Help Me Make It Through the Night, Kris Kristofferson, 1970 Listen. Do you hear that magic? Yeah you do. This is one of the most perfect...

Hurt, Nine Inch Nails, 1995 It's true, Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt is phenomenal. Not only is it so unexpected, it's a...

I Can't Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt, 1991 This song always makes me cry. Sometimes I need to cry. Sometimes it takes the right song to...

Bonesaw, Devora, 2023 Open up wide -- here's a little dose of goth country/outlaw pop this Monday morning. That's right. You heard me....

A Change Would Do You Good, Sheryl Crow, 1996 So, this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are ... good. Sure, there are a few...

Torn Curtain, Television, 1977 I'm sick over Tom Verlaine's death. I was just six years old when Marquee Moon came out. I think I was...

$20, boygenius, 2023 Let's talk about disappointment. Or, maybe, this is a more gentle narrative -- let's talk about managing...

Zitti E Buoni, Maneskin, 2021 Speaking of misheard lyrics, how about a party on the Death Star, y'all? Maneskin's new album, Rush,...

Kill Bill, SZA, 2022 So, yeah. This song speaks to me and I'm not going to overthink what that says about me. I'm so mature. I'm so...

By Monica Collier Staff Writer Originally published in the TimesDaily Mar 5, 2017 The quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are...

Backseat Freestyle, Kendrick Lamar, 2012 I love it when this happens: I woke with the perfect song in my head this morning. On this day...

Frayed Ends of Sanity, Metallica, 1988 If you know me, then you know -- I'm a huge Metallica fan and have been since day one. Along with...

Down By the Water, PJ Harvey, 1995 So, that's weird -- I just woke from a dream where I was painting Jason Isbell's fingernails red and...

I Had Me a Girl, The Civil Wars, 2013 Oh, y'all, can we just talk about The Civil Wars? Thinking about the short-lived, ill-fated...

As It Was, Harry Styles, 2022 I gave up on ranking my favorite songs of the year -- there are just too many great songs to wrangle. Mark...