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Songs of Desperation
Nov. 20, 2009
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul MacInnes

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

New Dawn Fades

Joy Division

Shoegazer

2

Fireflies

Patti Smith

exodus

3

Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Mnemonic

4

Grudge Fuck

Pernice Brothers

lambretinha

5

Stay With Me

Lorraine Ellison

DarceysDad

6

I Miss You

Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes

ScabbyB

7

Baby Please Don't Go

Them

suzi

8

With or Without You

U2

nilpferd

9

I've Gotta Get a Message to You

The Bee Gees

Marconius7

10

Broke and Hungry

Skip James

steenbeck

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Bury My Hert at Wounded Knee

Buffy Saint Marie

sonofwebcore

2

The Ballad of Hollis Brown

Nina Simone

steenbeck

3

9th and Hennepin

Tom Waits

steenbeck

4

King's Crossing

Elliott Smith

funkatron

5

We Gotta Get Out of This Place

The Animals

Slademan

6

The Message

Grandmaster Flash

gremlinfc

7

The Roof is Leaking

Phil Collins

DaddyPig

8

I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself

Dionne Warwick

nilpferd

9

Karma Police

Radiohead

lambretinha

10

Layla

Eric Clapton

suzi

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