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2024 Playlist

an unordered list of favorite singles and favorite tracks from my favorite albums released in 2024 🔀 ▶️ 🔁

@not__exactly

Dec 19, 2024

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BSOAT

This playlist is an ongoing effort and the result of a very complicated alet unsophisticated decision process. It is far from complete. It is not a democratic process I am the sole decider but I do accept suggestions. It’s not just my favorite songs tho—in fact, there are artists on this list whose other songs I like more, but which I don’t think qualify as their “best” songs, on principle (ex. Pixies is one of my favorite bands but though it is far from my fave song it would feel ridiculous to put any song of theirs besides Where Is My Mind? on the “best” songs list). These, as the description suggests, are defined as the best *WRITTEN* songs of all time from a pop writing perspective (though whether they are each strictly “pop” songs is questionable). Points are given to performance and production only in their support of the writing.

@whoisjillblutt

Mar 23, 2025

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The absolut playlist

I‘ve been making this playlist for a year now and it’s comprised of all the songs I like, that I would feel comfortable playing in a social situation. It’s 32 hours long rn and I often refer to it as “all my acceptable songs”. This is a big part of the reason as to why I’m always on aux. enjoy

@cobby

Sep 17, 2024

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It’s intoxicating

@jensplens

Jul 26, 2024

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I guess she’s out there somewhere

There’s an indescribable beauty to this song, ‘Alison’, by Slowdive. Oh, how I wish I could put into words how this song makes me feel. When I first stumbled upon it, and the whole Souvlaki album it belongs to, I was quite lonely. I had friends, but most of my friends had someone in their lives. Someone who was more important to them than me. I was nobody’s priority. That’s how it felt, at least. I was longing to be loved. To be cared for. And that is exactly what Neil Halstead’s vocals on this song bring forth, a feeling of longing, of desperation. He longs for someone so desperately, that he’ll do anything as long as he gets to be with her. He will do whatever it takes so as not to be alone anymore.  “Alison, I’ll drink your wine / I’ll wear your clothes when we’re both high” She’s like an addiction, and he is addicted to her and anything she’ll ask of him. At the time, I would have given anything to overcome the loneliness that overwhelmed my everyday life. A girl could give me the smallest amount of attention, and I would spiral into a rabbit hole of highly unlikely fantasies. Even if I knew they weren’t at all right for me, I made up scenarios in my mind of what it would be like to be with them. For a moment, I would actually feel less lonely. ““Alison”, I said, “We’re sinking” / There’s nothing here but that’s okay” As a soaring guitar fades in and the chorus takes off, I daydream about what could, but probably never will be, and never should. I’m not ready. I have to wait. She has to be somewhere. Softly, carefully, I can already hear her, through Rachel Goswell’s gorgeous echoing vocals, somewhere in space. I just have to wait. “I guess she’s out there somewhere…” She was.

@jensplens

Jul 19, 2024

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The magic of bronski beat’s “smalltown boy”

First and foremost, “Smalltown Boy” is a queer anthem. An anthem about a young man who knows that he will never be accepted for who he is by the people around him. Therefore, he has no choice but to move away and leave the place where he grew up. There is no life for him there, no future. He runs away, as it is the only hope he has of finding some form of acceptance. Some form of freedom. While the lyrics tell this heartbreaking story, it feels like the music is used to portray that feeling of newfound freedom. Melancholy still shines through, and it has to. But happiness and hope are carefully showing their faces. For at least in this moment, we get to be ourselves, unapologetically. And we deserve to be. Maybe that is why “Smalltown Boy” is so universally loved. It evokes a feeling that is universally loved. It allows us to feel hopeful, to feel loved, and to feel free. It is an invitation to be who you want to be. To explore these feelings with the people we love around us while dancing and singing along to this song, is to realise that we must hold on tightly to these ideals. Acceptance is the key to freedom. [category: euphoric songs]

@jensplens

Jun 27, 2024