The Big Persimmon » Music http://www.little-wings.com/wordpress From DC to Tokyo and Back Again Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:45:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc NPR: Best Music of 2008 http://www.little-wings.com/wordpress/2008/12/21/npr-best-music-of-2008/ http://www.little-wings.com/wordpress/2008/12/21/npr-best-music-of-2008/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:50:43 +0000 Michelle http://www.little-wings.com/wordpress/?p=188 NPR listeners submitted what they thought were the best songs of the year, and NPR compiled the results here: NPR Listeners Pick The Year’s Best Music. You can also see the complete poll results.

Maybe I’m just out of touch with pop culture, but I actually hadn’t heard of a fair number of the songs on this list. Or maybe it’s just that I’m one of those annoying people who contentedly listen to the same ten tracks day in and day out. I have a car mix I’ve been cycling through for the past two months or so — just add or subtract a song every now and and…

Oh, and if you need a little holiday fun, here’s a great rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas from the a capella group Straight No Chaser. Nice.

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I’m constantly amazed with what you can find (by accident) on YouTube. Here is the “The Fast Food Song” by British pop group the Fast Food Rockers. Can you believe the song managed to reach #2 in the UK charts in June 2003? I think it’s hilarious.

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