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Greatest of All Time

It's probably been a good half year since I've posted anything here. With work and all, I feel like I barely have enough time to listen to music, let alone indulge in amateurish music criticism. Still, a song just got released that I can't help but write something about:

Sia - Chandelier

Sia's made a name for herself in the past few years writing slightly odd pop songs for other people (ex. Flo Rida's Wild Ones, David Guetta's Titanium, and Rihanna's Diamonds). Always interesting, sometimes good. None of that's even came close to preparing me how astoundingly good Chandelier is. I'll admit, overall, the song's not perfect, but that chorus could be the greatest 50 seconds of music ever recorded. It is head and shoulders above everything else I've heard in a long time. It's not even close. It's like comparing Chipotle to every other fast casual tex mex chain out there. People can tell you Chipotle's not the best. That's all right. It's a free nation. They're allowed to be wrong, but they're still wrong.

In just 10 days, I've listened to Chandelier 120 times, which beats out all but about 20 songs in my music library. It'll probably be in the top 10 by the end of the month. I haven't felt strongly about a song since Bad Boy came out over 2 years ago. Songs like this are the reason I listen to music.

Oh, also, as an added bonus, the music video is similarly phenomenal. Best I can remember seeing since Tyler, the Creator put out Yonkers.

In other news, here's some comparatively unremarkable songs I've found in the past few months that would nevertheless make my top 200 of all time list, in order from best to least-best:
  1. Younha - Strawberry Days: The sort of pure pop westerners never have the guts to make.
  2. Eric Church - Like Jesus Does: One of the greatest country song of all time sung by a guy who really, really knows how to sing it.
  3. Chvrches - The Mother We Share: OK, this is cheating a bit considering I've known about this song for over a year, but I still keep coming back to that chorus. Also, damn they're good live. Not Eric Church good, but still damn good.
  4. Veronica Falls - Teenage: 90's indie pop mixed with a bit of Saturdays=Youth. The verse melody is perfect.
  5. Waxahatchee - Swan Dive: More ramshackle 90's indie pop-rock perfection.
  6. Dum Dum Girls - Trouble Is My Name: A humble, personal song with arena rock sounds. I'm a sucker for this sort of thing.
  7. Eric Church - Hungover & Hard Up: More country done right.
  8. Eric Church - A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young: A stunning, tender ballad from the only country artist that matters today.
  9. Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - Broadripple Is Burning: Skinny Love, but not boring. This demo version's the only one worth listening to.

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