{"id":234,"date":"2025-12-06T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/orpheusreview\/?p=234"},"modified":"2025-12-06T22:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:51:08","slug":"staff-playlist-songs-with-long-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/orpheusreview\/2025\/12\/06\/staff-playlist-songs-with-long-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Playlist: Songs with Long Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week we present a list of songs we love that happen to have really long titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Staff Playlist: Songs with Long Titles\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/0IGxicwx38VRFIjmWXohl2?si=690e8eh3Q2SrH-8dzDoMRg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--1 wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You\u201d by Black Kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The epitome of a fun, feel good, mid-2000s dance song. I also appreciate the specificity of the title, as in the song this boyfriend is only referred to as \u201chim.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games\u201d by of Montreal&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If you ever had an Uglydoll as a child, this song feels like what it felt like to play with those.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh\u201d by Say Hi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For when one \u201coh\u201d&nbsp; just isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--2 wp-block-paragraph\">Corinne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI Feel Like The Mother Of The World\u201d by Smog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe folk, sometimes country, Bill Callahan\u2019s album A River Ain\u2019t Too Much to Love is perhaps too genre bending to achieve the widespread success it deserves. \u201cI Feel Like The Mother Of The World\u201d showcases vulnerable lyrics set alongside a sardonic tone. I started listening to Smog before midterms, and Bill knows how to calm you when you\u2019re crashing out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRIP to the Empire State Flea Market\u201d by Frog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">STEREOGUM has called Frog \u201cRemarkable.\u201d Certainly, Frog is remarkably strange. A gem from New Rochelle, the duo scatters innuendos across their discography, towing the line between comedy and sincerity. Their recent album THE COUNT showcases their irreverent charm at its finest. Give them a listen, you won\u2019t regret it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--3 wp-block-paragraph\">Dani<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It\u2019s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat\u201d by Death Grips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">MC Ride opened with this song when I saw him live and everytime it plays I get war flashbacks\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)\u201d by Nina Simone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I actually brought this song up in my college essay! It makes me bawl my eyes out good luck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI Wonder Why My Favorite Boy Leaves Me in the Rain\u201d by The Marshmallow Kisses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cutest song ever and I\u2019ll forever be sad they didn\u2019t release more music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--4 wp-block-paragraph\">Isaac&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOch of wij Uw geboon\u2019 volbrachten\u201d by John Propitius<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is an organ psalm improvisation that I listen to when I can\u2019t fall asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCome Andy Play in The Milky Night\u201d by Stereolab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is my favorite song by Stereolab. The first time I heard it was on the radio, it was playing while I was interviewing for a job. I was worried I wouldn\u2019t be able to find it afterwards, so I took out my phone and shazam\u2019d it during the interview. I&#8217;m glad I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--5 wp-block-paragraph\">Avery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh Me Oh My (I\u2019m a Fool for You Baby)\u201d by Aretha Franklin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Aretha\u2019s voice is of course standalone grand, but this song\u2019s chorus has a soulful, full sound that opens her <em>Young, Gifted and Black <\/em>with a bang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBorderline (An Ode to Self-Care)(feat. Q-tip)\u201d by Solange, Q-tip<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A yummy beat, a long title, and&nbsp; two really great musician-producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEachhoureachsecondeachminuteeachday: Of My Life\u201d by Maxwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A song about a love that is all-consuming. So all consuming that even the spaces between the words in its title\u2013not just time\u2013are gone, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--6 wp-block-paragraph\">Maddy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy Body\u2019s Made of Crushed Little Stars\u201d by Mitski<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s less than two minutes long, but in my opinion, there\u2019s something about this song that accesses the highs and lows of the human experience. It\u2019s like stepping from somewhere warm and contained into the cold night air, except the sensation is either utterly overwhelming or entirely freeing. Unless both are possible at the same time? Mitski can do it. I like to listen to this song when I need to remember that nothing really matters \u2013 I\u2019m just made of crushed little stars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window\u201d by Yoko Ono<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike pretty much anything by Yoko Ono, this song is something you could snap to. It\u2019s a romp across town, and everything about it assumes a jaunty air, even with the dark, ironic lyrics, and the dark, direct title.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDiamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes\u201d by Paul Simon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s impossible to have walking blues while listening to this song. Aside from the brilliant lyricism, it\u2019s pure warmth in a bottle. I may not be walking on diamonds, but with this song in my ear, anything\u2019s possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--7 wp-block-paragraph\">Oona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cborn again freestyle(shed a tear).mp3\u201d by Samba Jean-Baptiste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I tend to think naming songs and instagram handles anything ending in .pdf or .mp3 and other things of that nature is pretty corny but lately I\u2019ve been appreciating the ways art and culture reference the digital world and I really like this song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI Don&#8217;t Want to Be Hurt Anymore\u201d by James Carr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A good classic soul\/blues song. I love those \u201cplease baby baby please\u201d type of songs a lot; I am deeply attached to the idea of pleading in love; I like how you can picture James singing his heart out, the feeling of deep emotion in this song, the vocals, the bluesy instrumentals, and the bassline. The 60s!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo Soy De Aqui\u2026 Ni Soy de All\u00e1\u201d by Jorge Cafrune<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This song has a nice sweet haunting feeling. Its about transience, missing, grieving, moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--8 wp-block-paragraph\">Zephyr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAngel Carver Blues\/Mellow Jazz Docent\u201d by Pavement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This song appears on Westing (By Musket and Sextant), a compilation of early Pavement EPs released the year after Slanted and Enchanted earned the band their first crop of quasi-religious devotees from the indie scene and the year before Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain brought them the mainstream success they\u2019d pretend to begrudgingly tolerate for the ensuing decades. Does Westing\u2019s unique place in Pavement\u2019s history make it the singular perfect expression of the band\u2019s real sound? Do I believe that to be true only because I first encountered the record at the peak of my adolescent Malkmus man-crush? Everybody wants the questions to be asked\/The questions are the answers\/To the questions in themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat Night in Hawaii When I Turned into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn&#8217;t Control &#8230; Sh\u00a5t Was Wild\u201d by Andre 3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This song is ten and a half minutes of experimental ambient flute music. Of all the tracks on Andre 3000\u2019s Grammy-nominated debut solo album, New Blue Sun, TNiHWITiaPaSMTLRPTTICC&#8230;SWW may not be the most accessible, or the most exciting, or the most interesting. There\u2019s no \u2018but\u2019 coming. I\u2019m just warning you. Try listening to this the next time you\u2019re doing homework. It\u2019s like if \u201c10 Hour Lo-Fi Beats to Study To\u201d made you feel like a jaguar in the Amazon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar\u201d by Jonathan Richman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A strange and wonderful song by a strange and wonderful man. My Russian literature professor once said that he feels like Jonathan Richman is his close personal friend. Give this track a listen and I guarantee you\u2019ll know what he means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we present a list of songs we love that happen to have really long titles. Melissa \u201cI\u2019m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You\u201d by Black Kids The epitome of a fun, feel good, mid-2000s dance song. 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