What public domain Protestant hymns do you find disturbing and/or sublime? I'm looking for songs with any of the following characteristics: grim imagery; interesting/odd/effective use of allegory and metaphor; expressions of doubt; awesome rhetoric. [more inside]
posted by the_bone on Feb 7, 2010 - 29 answers

Upbeat music, dark lyrics, intriguing narrator to whom you can't really relate...help me find more songs like these! [more inside]
posted by mingodingo on Feb 2, 2010 - 63 answers

I'm "THAT" mom - and it's that time of year. It's time to plan the Spring Concert performance for a Kindergarten class, having a "Jungle" theme; and aside from the limitations imposed by circumstances, only one rule applies: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" has been banned after five consecutive years of being performed in every concert no matter what the theme. [more inside]
posted by peagood on Jan 31, 2010 - 11 answers

Which rock songs climax at the very end? [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Jan 28, 2010 - 61 answers

Any recommendations for songs played in open guitar tunings? [more inside]
posted by chelegonian on Jan 20, 2010 - 17 answers

In search of uplifting/inspiring music suitable for lefties. [more inside]
posted by threeants on Jan 20, 2010 - 29 answers

I want to record some songs with me on a mike, my husband on a mike, his guitar on a mike, and maybe my synthesizer on a mike. We tried recording with me, him, and his guitar today with one mike, and the result was muddy. [more inside]
posted by DMelanogaster on Jan 9, 2010 - 13 answers

I want to listen to luscious old (pre 90s) music that sounds fresh and as if it could have been recorded and released today (in terms of production values, instrumentation, orchestration, etc.) Can you recommend some? [more inside]
posted by wackybrit on Jan 8, 2010 - 20 answers

help me ID this song from the 80s: This is a song about a sweater, how it possibly unravels, or involves a boy and a girl, and would have been played on the radio as a new release in the 1980s. Not Weezer's Sweater Song, something different! It was odd (maybe a novelty song?), involving more spoken language than actual singing. King Missile's Detachable P*nis always reminded me of this earlier song for some reason. I've been trying to figure out this song for years, and any searching I do turns up Weezer, and that's not it. I remember it getting a lot of radio play in Knoxville, TN where I grew up, some time during the 1980s.
posted by southpaw on Jan 6, 2010 - 16 answers

Looking for pop/rock songs featuring the vibraphone, requirements... [more inside]
posted by querty on Dec 28, 2009 - 17 answers

ForgottenSongFilter: I am trying to help a friend recall a song, with dismal results (so far). All we know is that it is a hip hop/R&B/radio-pop type song, likely from the mid-1990s, with a female vocal in the chorus. The chorus is something along the lines of "This is the..." with a spelled out phrase following that, likely beginning with the letter L. There may or may not be "party sounds" in the background. HELP!?!
posted by broadway bill on Dec 20, 2009 - 6 answers

There is a song I've heard on Pandora that is clever and funny and about cybersex. One attribute I recall is that the singer (male) rhymes something with the lyrics, "semicolon parenthesis." [more inside]
posted by Nonce on Dec 14, 2009 - 11 answers

What are some amazing virally-disseminated music songs from the internet from 2009? [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Dec 9, 2009 - 27 answers

How can I find out the arrangements of well-known rock songs, so I can learn how to create arrangements myself? [more inside]
posted by DMelanogaster on Dec 6, 2009 - 15 answers

Argh! Please help me figure out this song fragment stuck in my head based on a clue or two. [more inside]
posted by Solon and Thanks on Nov 24, 2009 - 7 answers

Mix CD filter: Suggest stupid/funny songs! [more inside]
posted by dlugoczaj on Nov 19, 2009 - 54 answers

What was the really good music of the fifties and sixties? [more inside]
posted by netbros on Nov 17, 2009 - 35 answers

iTunes won't order/list/play songs in an album in the order of the track number. I have specified the correct track number of the songs in the info thing, but it won't sort according to that field within an album. Is there some way to get around this? [more inside]
posted by bluefly on Nov 12, 2009 - 7 answers

What are some good songs about being on tour? [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Nov 4, 2009 - 93 answers

A lo-fi song with the main lyric "That's My Girl (Hey!)"? [more inside]
posted by meadowlark lime on Oct 30, 2009 - 12 answers

I love the song "Touch Me" from Spring Awakening. Are there more like it? [more inside]
posted by mellifluous on Oct 25, 2009 - 6 answers

Help me find electronic-themed, yet emotionally resonant songs like "Heartbeats" by The Knife & "Teardrop" by Massive Attack. [more inside]
posted by noboru_wataya on Oct 20, 2009 - 49 answers

Songfilter: help me find out what this early 90s era pop song that is stuck in my head is [more inside]
posted by MattMangels on Oct 19, 2009 - 7 answers

Nick Hornby wrote an essay p15 where he compares listening to a new song over and over to figuring out a puzzle. Can you point me towards any other writing about this same idea? [more inside]
posted by martinX's bellbottoms on Oct 9, 2009 - 6 answers

What do you sing to your kids? My six-month-old is thrilled with pretty much any song I sing to him, but "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" gets kinda old after the 500th repetition... [more inside]
posted by zardoz on Sep 29, 2009 - 73 answers

Soundtrackfilter: Please recommend to me mostly-instrumental, sometimes dark, contemplative soundtrack albums (or even compilations or regular albums) in the vein of Michael Andrews' work for Donnie Darko or Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd's soundtrack for Mysterious Skin. [more inside]
posted by Inspector.Gadget on Sep 26, 2009 - 24 answers

What are the canonical "cocksman" blues performances? [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Sep 19, 2009 - 15 answers

What songs are about St. Louis? Is there a list somewhere? [more inside]
posted by AgentRocket on Sep 18, 2009 - 18 answers

I think my question might be too vague to google properly, so I turn to you. I'm looking for a wide variety of songs about cities. Not necessarily about a specific city, but in general. A couple of examples of the type of song I'm looking for is Dread the Day (Ghosts of Lemora) and Take Back the City (Snow Patrol). I don't care about musical genre. I'll listen to just about anything. :)
posted by sandraregina on Sep 17, 2009 - 47 answers

What are some really great "learn by example" music tutorial websites? [more inside]
posted by rongorongo on Sep 15, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm looking for songs in which the singer specifically references listening to another musician, song or album. Please help? [more inside]
posted by Brody's chum on Sep 11, 2009 - 141 answers

I need to update my dance-y indie music selection. My playlist is so 2007. [more inside]
posted by zoomorphic on Sep 10, 2009 - 21 answers

Is there a way to quickly check if a certain song (or artist) is on Pitchfork's list of the top 500 tracks of the decade? I've been Googling to try to see if anyone has posted a plain-text version of the whole list on one page, but I haven't found it. [more inside]
posted by Jaltcoh on Sep 4, 2009 - 13 answers

What are some of your favorite obscure electronic music singles? I'm looking for the kind of stuff where an otherwise unremarkable or unrecognized artist managed to release one perfect song. [more inside]
posted by benzenedream on Sep 1, 2009 - 19 answers

I am charged with finding music for a work party. The theme is "NFL Draft Day" so I need songs relating to American football. The association to football can be pretty loose and tenuous. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by ericthegardener on Aug 25, 2009 - 36 answers

What is that squeak that guitars sometimes make, and where can I hear more of it? [more inside]
posted by jschu on Aug 16, 2009 - 28 answers

Looking for songs about self-reassurance. [more inside]
posted by dlugoczaj on Aug 10, 2009 - 58 answers

Which recording of "Cup of Loneliness" is used at the end of Mad Men season 2 episode 12, "The Mountain King", and where can I get it? [more inside]
posted by teem on Aug 8, 2009 - 3 answers

We made a magazine all about pants. Not a fashion magazine or anything, just people writing/drawing/doing poems abut pants. Now it's time to launch it and I seem to need some pants-related songs for a radio show. Seems like a perfect question for the hive-mind. Any ideas?
posted by MrMisterio on Aug 3, 2009 - 39 answers

What music came out soon (within a year) after September 11 2001 that was uniquely affected, either in perception or creation, by the terrorist attacks? [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Aug 3, 2009 - 60 answers

Hi, I would like to know song's that are similar to Club De Narcisse (some websites display the song name as Club Le Narcisse). This is from Malcolm McLaren's album Paris. By similar I don't mean songs by Malcolm McLaren. By similar I mean songs that have the same musical structure, beat, flow, rhythm and genome attributes. [more inside]
posted by yoitsfrancis on Jul 27, 2009 - 1 answer

I'm putting together this jamband playlist for an overseas trip. Pretty simple, right? [more inside]
posted by Jim On Light on Jul 24, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm compiling a list of the best songs of the 2000s. The ones that aren't just "Ah, that's kinda nice," but that you have to stop yourself from listening to on a repeat loop. The songs you'd make sure to put on a mix CD for a friend who hasn't paid attention to new music in this whole decade and wants to know what they missed. (This is for a blog post.) [more inside]
posted by Jaltcoh on Jul 22, 2009 - 125 answers

Hi, I would like to know song's that are similar to Let's Get Loud. By similar I don't mean songs by Jennifer Lopez. By similar I mean songs that have the same musical structure, beat, flow, rhythm and genome attributes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Music_Genome_Project_attributes). I have no access in Pandora's music service so I need specific answers. Song titles and artist's name will do. Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.
posted by yoitsfrancis on Jul 20, 2009 - 6 answers

Musical mavens of Metafilter, please recommend some upbeat break up songs. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Jul 7, 2009 - 110 answers

I'm giving a friend a copy of Everyday Drinking (an excellent book, belongs in everyone's library) for his birthday and would like to include a mixtape ... Give to me your finest songs about boozes, parties and/or hangovers! [more inside]
posted by doublesix on Jul 6, 2009 - 57 answers

What are some good songs about baseball? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Jun 26, 2009 - 36 answers

Looking for a mother-son dance song for my wedding. [more inside]
posted by condour75 on Jun 23, 2009 - 16 answers

I have a gig coming up, and I need FRENCH SONG suggestions. Simple, classic, famous, even cliche (cheesy) French songs are what I'm looking for. "Je T'aime", etc. [more inside]
posted by chuckdarwin on Jun 15, 2009 - 42 answers

Can anyone recommend songs that sound like "Carol Brown" by Flight of the Conchords? [more inside]
posted by Shesthefastest on Jun 11, 2009 - 4 answers