Playlist: The Jean Goes to College – Part 2

A continuing celebration of my favorite indie, indie rock songs. Updated. Enjoy!

01. The Replacements – “Alex Chilton (Live)” (1989)

02. The Replacements – “Can’t Hardly Wait (The Tim Version)” (1985)

03. Superchunk – “Is It Making You Feel Something” (2025)

04. Superchunk – “Burn Last Sunday” (1997)

05. Superchunk – “If You’re Not Dark” (2022)

06. Pixies – “Motoroller” (2024)

07. DREAMERS – “Wolves (You Got Me)” (2016)

08. Superchunk – “Everything at Once” (2010)

09. Superchunk – “Train on Fire” (2025)

10. Superchunk – “Hyper Enough” (1995)

11. Superchunk – “Here’s Where the Strings Come In” (1995)

12. Superchunk – “Learned to Surf” (2010)

13. Superchunk – “Stuck in a Dream” (2025)

14. Bob Mould – “I Don’t Know You Anymore” (2014)

15. Sebadoh – “Magnet’s Coil” (1994)

16. Jets to Brazil – “You’re Having the Time of My Life” (2000)

17. Sebadoh – “Not a Friend” (1994)

18. Versus – “Crazy” (1994)

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Playlist: The Jean Goes to College – Part 1

A continuing celebration of my favorite indie, indie rock songs. Updated. Enjoy!

Sebadoh

01. Stephen Malkmus – “Jenny & the Ess Dog” (2001)

02. Sebadoh – “Brand New Love” (1991)

03. Dehd – “Bad Love” (2022)

04. Sebadoh – “License to Confuse” (1994)

05. Sebadoh – “Rebound” (1994)

06. Sebadoh – “Skull” (1994)

07. Sebadoh – “On Fire (Acoustic)” (1994)

08. Crooked Fingers – “Sleep All Summer” (2005)

09. Sebadoh – “Willing to Wait” (1996)

10. Superchunk – “Cue” (2025)

11. Mogwai – “God Gets You Back” (2025)

12. Sebadoh – “Not a Friend (Demo)” (1993)

13. Sebadoh – “Magnet’s Coil (Acoustic)” (1994)

14. Sebadoh – “Rebound (Acoustic)” (1994)

15. Migala – “Fade into You” (1997)

16. Migala – “Moon River” (1997)

17. Migala – “Your Star, Strangled” (2004)

18. Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel the Pain” (1994)

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Good Time Boys NOW

Here are some of my Britpop favorites. I regularly update this playlist. Enjoy!

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Playlist: Good Time Boys III

A continuing celebration of my favorite Britpop songs. Updated. Enjoy!

Kula Shaker

01. Travis – “Big Chair” (2007)

02. Arctic Monkeys – “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (2006)

03. The Lemonheads – “Mrs. Robinson” (1992)

04. Radiohead “High and Dry” (1995)

05. The Verve – “Lucky Man” (1997)

06. The Verve – “Sonnet” (1997)

07. The Verve – “Velvet Morning” (1997)

08. U2 – “Beautiful Day” (2000)

09. The Cure – “Friday I’m in Love” (1992)

10. Echo & the Bunnymen – “I Want to Be There - When You Come” (1997)

11. Oasis – “She’s Electric” (1995)

12. Snow Patrol – “Chasing Cars” (2006)

13. Travis – “Closer” (2007)

14. Kula Shaker – “Hush” (1996)

15. The Cardigans – “Lovefool” (1996) 

16. Keane – “Silenced by the Night” (2012)

17. Oasis – “Champagne Supernova” (1995)

18. Radiohead – “Fake Plastic Trees” (1995)

19. Oasis – “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995)

20. Snow Patrol – “Open Your Eyes” (2006)

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Gen X-Mas

For me, the standout tracks remain three wonderful covers by two fellow Canadian singer-songwriters and one former Beatle. Two sacred numbers – “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Silent Night” –  are also stellar.  The one SM original here is okay if holiday heartbreak is your cup of tea (Gord and Joni would approve). A couple of the secular Christmas numbers include what sounds like jazz trumpet which seems out of place and feels very un-Sarah. I prefer her singing about God and Jesus. Merry Christmas! Grade: B+

“Because we could not go to God, God came to us and dwelt among us. As Fr. Canice Egan, SJ, put it, ‘In the silence of the night Love Itself stole down unseen to embrace the hearts of all.’ That the Creator of the universe would deign to take on the nature of his creature and become one of us is so astonishing!” 

—Excerpted from Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2025 by the Irish Jesuits

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Playlist: Christmas Faves III

A continuing celebration of my favorite Christmas songs. Updated. Enjoy!

 

Tammy Wynette

01. Burl Ives – “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” (1965)

02. Martina McBride – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (1998)

03. Elvis Presley & Martina McBride – “Blue Christmas” (2008)

04. Burl Ives – “Happy Birthday, Jesus (A Child’s Prayer)” (1968)

05. Darlene Love – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (1963)

06. Willie Nelson – “White Christmas” (1979)

07. Jimmy Eat World – “Last Christmas” (2001)

08. Cary Grant – “Christmas Lullaby” (1967)

09. Tammy Wynette – “Away in a Manger” (1970)

10. Percy Faith & His Orchestra & Chorus – “We Need a Little Christmas” (1966)

11. Ray Connif and The Ray Conniff Singers – “Jingle Bells” (1959)

12. Ray Connif and The Ray Conniff Singers – “White Christmas” (1959)

13. Tammy Wynette – “One Happy Christmas” (1970)

14. Ray Connif and The Ray Conniff Singers – “Here We Come A-Caroling” (1965)

15. Ella Fitzgerald – “Silent Night” (1967)

16. New Found Glory – “Nothing for Christmas” (2012)

17. Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock” (1957)

18. Henry Mancini – “Carol for Another Christmas” (1966)

19. Nat King Cole – “Deck the Hall” (1960)

20. Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra – “Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town” (1959)

21. Alan Jackson – “Silent Night” (2002)

22. Ella Fitzgerald – “O Holy Night” (1967)

23. Ray Connif and The Ray Conniff Singers – “What Child Is This?” (1965) 

24. Dan + Shay – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (2013)

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Playlist: Adults Only II

A continuing celebration of my favorite adult alternative songs. Updated. Enjoy!

Sixpence None the Richer

01. Pearl Jam – “Alive (2004 Remix)” (1991)

02. Morrissey – “Back on the Chain Gang” (2018)

03. The Killers – “When You Were Young” (2006)

04. Jon Bon Jovi – “Midnight in Chelsea” (1997)

05. Pulp – “Babies” (1994)

06. R.E.M. – “Find the River” (1992)

07. Shed Seven – “Chasing Rainbows” (1998) 

08. Wheatus – “A Little Respect (David Thoener Mix # 1)” (2001)

09. Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly” (1999)

10. R.E.M. – “Leaving New York” (2004)

11. Sixpence None the Richer – “There She Goes (Ben Grosse Mix)” (1999)

12. Sting – “Shape of My Heart” (1993)

13. Crash Test Dummies feat. Ellen Reid – “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” (1994)

14. R.E.M. – “Supernatural Superserious” (2008)

15. James Dean Bradfield – “That’s No Way to Tell a Lie” (2006)

16. Morrissey – “First of the Gang to Die” (2004)

17. Manic Street Preachers – “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” (1998)

18. The Cranberries – “Animal Instinct” (1999)

19. Sheryl Crow – “If It Makes You Happy” (1996)

20. The Beautiful South – “You’re the One That I Want” (2004)

21. The Wallflowers – “Sleepwalker” (2000)

22. Sarah McLachlan – “Angel” (1997)

23. James – “Sometimes” (1993)

24. The Wallflowers feat. Adam Duritz – “6th Avenue Heartache” (1996)

25. The Cranberries – “Just My Imagination” (1999)

26. Ryan Adams – “La Cienega Just Smiled” (2001)

27. Dido – “Here with Me” (1999)

28. Keane – “Is It Any Wonder?” (2006)

29. Ryan Adams – “So Alive” (2003)

30. U2 – “With or Without You” (1987)

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