Be gentle—we’re listening to songs about arguments this week, and trying to figure out the strange pleasure of them. Send your song suggestions to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
Programming note: Francophile that I am, I will be taking the month of July off, but I’ll be using the opportunity to replay some of my favorite shows from the first year of this program. So if you’re subscribed to the Mixcloud feed, you should receive the encore presentations like any other episode. If you listen on the Front Porch Republic website, you’ll see posts as usual. See you with new episodes in August!
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Black Eyed Sceva, “Ryan’s Driveway” (5 Years, 50,000 Miles Davis, 1996)
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6:10
George Harrison, “Wah-Wah” (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
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12:03
Reading: T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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13:28
Feist, “How Come You Never Go There” (Metals, 2011)
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16:52
Case/Lang/Veirs, “Why Do We Fight” (Case/Lang/Veirs, 2016)
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19:25
The Decemberists, “This Is Why We Fight” (The King Is Dead, 2011)
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25:35
Reading: John Updike, “Giving Blood”
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29:22
Madison Cunningham, “Our Rebellion” (Revealer, 2022)
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32:27
Womack and Womack, “Love Wars” (Love Wars, 1983)
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38:21
U2, “One” (Achtung Baby, 1991)
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44:28
Mission of Burma, “Academy Fight Song” (single, 1980)
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47:34
Bernard Cribbins, “The Hole in the Ground” (single, 1962)
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49:44
Reading: Aesop, “The Man, the Boy, and His Donkey”
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53:04
Jim O’Rourke, “Life Goes Off” (Insignificance, 2001)
