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Daniel Brody

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Counting down the 1000 greatest rock and roll songs of all time and making other lists of my favorite tunes and albums. Rock and roll is my favorite genre but I truly like a little bit of everything, from classical and cumbia to honky-tonk and highlife.

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 3h

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 1h

Don't know if Wildflowers is considered Tom Petty's best album but it came out when I was really getting into rock and roll, and may get a turbo boost in my ranking based on that nostalgia alone. Though obviously the one for the lead sarcophagus is Greatest Hits, which came out around the same time.

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 2h

Tropicalia continuing to dominate Georgia, amazing

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 3h

A lot is going to change when Millennials are finally in charge, it's not going to be easy or happen overnight but I am optimistic about that.

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 3h

735/1000 Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Take Five" - Getting a cool jazz instrumental on the pop charts rewarded Brubeck with a broad & deep influence even on the rock music he uneasily coexisted with. Prog and blues rock wouldn't be the same without the possibilities this tune opened up. #brodystoprock1000

Dave Brubeck - Take Five

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 14h

Finally saw that Nickelback doc on Netflix, and you can see why music snobs persist in disliking them despite a few catchy tunes. They barely talk about their influences or the stories behind why they wrote their biggest songs. The music is incidental to the lifestyle brand and smug tasteless jokes.

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 21h

The Devo doc was great, the spotlight it shone on all the cultural detritus that inspired them was a blast. Not their fault, but it's also depressing considering that the political context that jolted them out of complacency is basically repeating itself now, down to the National Guard deployments.

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 21h

Brexit-ass blues list

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 1d

Top 10 Favorite Tom Petty Songs

1 Listen to Her Heart
2 I Won’t Back Down
3 The Waiting
4 Don’t Come Around Here No More
5 I Need to Know
6 American Girl
7 Even The Losers
8 You Don’t Know How It Feels
9 Free Fallin’
10 Walls (Circus)

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 1d

736/1000 Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama" - The lyrics are a political muddle, even amongst the band members who have given different interpretations to their meaning over the years. But the song is pure southern bubblegum. They're no Mr. Young, but he was rarely this catchy. #brodystoprock1000

Sweet Home Alabama

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 2d

737/1000 Dion, "The Wanderer" - Dion didn't have hits until rock & roll's first wave crashed and burned, and a lot of post-Private Elvis, pre-Beatles songs get dismissed as lightweight. But there's a darkness to this tune about a street tough that has fun but also goes nowhere. #brodystoprock1000

The Wanderer

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 4d

Would have dismissed this as my parents’ lame and limp music when I was a teenager, now I find that the collection of 70s lite fm gathered in this @fluxblog.bsky.social playlist is hitting me somewhere between nostalgia and middle-aged relaxation. Feels weird!

60 soft rock masterpieces from the 70s by Matthew Perpetua on Apple Music

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t call Liam Donovan a Trump supporter though

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

It’s funny that Rolling Stone recreated the “David Fricke gives a Mick Jagger solo album 5 stars” dynamic, but poptimistly.

Taylor Swift Conquers Her Biggest Stage Ever on 'The Life of a Showgirl'

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' combines new, exciting sonic turns with incisive storytelling.

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Or worse waste valuable time attempting to report based on obvious bullshit lines when they could be investigating something that is actually true

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Did you treat it like a lie? You hem and how here and essentially buy his denial here.

Trump disavows would-be allies

The campaign may not use its hiring database, an aide says.

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Who gave you those bad tips and do you still get tips from them?

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Evan Rytlewski @evanryt.bsky.social · 5d

I ranked my top 50 rap albums, and wrote a bit about that Pitchfork list and all the rap I used to dutifully consume but am happy to probably never listen to again floweragain.substack.com/p/my-50-favo...

My 50 Favorite Rap Albums of All Time

On some rap records I love, some ones I maybe never did, and the satisfaction of challenging your own canon

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

“It was so savvy of Republicans to lie to reporters like us” is the worst type of political coverage and the targets can’t get enough of it

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Songs I primarily identify with hearing on 120 Minutes in the late 90s, way past the show’s and indie/alternative genre’s peak in that decade but an important part of my musical awakening and near and dear to my heart anyway.

120 Minutes, Late 90s by Daniel Brody on Apple Music

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Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Why re-open the government at all while he’s president unless Trump capitulates? Or just let them try to go nuclear.

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Was Dave Weigel saying Trump’s Project 2025 denials were convincing to voters at the time or is he pretending he knew they were at the time after the results come in like he does with every other election

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

NYT doesn’t understand real New Yorkers

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

We just need to keep repeating it

Daniel Brody @danielwbrody.bsky.social · 5d

Conservatives actually think the president should program the Super Bowl halftime show, and that the NFL of all organizations still followed the money even if it makes MAGA mad is a relief