What was the “Song of the Summer” the Year You Were Born?
I honestly don’t remember this “song of the summer” stuff being such a big deal until a few years ago. Someone somewhere in the music industry decided that this was some kind of
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Song of the Summer
Random Music News for Monday, May 22, 2017
It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated to offer up some music news for May 22. Chris Cornell’s funeral has
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Random Music News for Friday, July 29, 2016
My parents are visiting. Mom sure loves her zinfandel. And now, music news. Justin Bieber was reportedly offered $5 million to perform at the Republican National Convention. He turned it down. Wise. Bruce
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If You’re Tracking This “Song of the Summer” Nonsense…
I hate it when someone tells me what song should be associated with a certain event, time period or experience. Yet chart nerds are always ready to tell us what song most exemplifies
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Time for the Tiresome Handicapping for the “Song of the Summer”
When did this “song of the summer” thing become, you know, a thing? It wasn’t that long ago when summer songs were a highly personal thing, a track that you–and you alone–came to identify
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A Final Word on the Song of the Summer Nonsense
While I (and others) maintain that there was no proper Song of the Summer in 2015, that hasn’t stopped people from doing some deep dive analyses to name one–especially when clients like Google
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Why Having a Song of the Summer Isn’t Always a Good Thing
Now that we’re in September, we can probably agree that there was no dominant song of the summer for 2015. But as Bloomberg points out, this might be a good thing for someone.
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Why Is There No “Song of the Summer” This Year?
I’ve never been party to this whole mania of declaring a track to be the “song of summer” until now–and that’s because for 2015, there isn’t one. To qualify, a SotS has to
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Science Comes Up with a Formula for the Perfect Summer Song
It’s that time of year again when the silliness over naming The Song of the Summer begins. I don’t care, if I’m honest. But plenty of people–including a group of data miners–are emotionally
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Random Music News for Friday, May 1, 2015
On this day in 1930, Pluto was named Pluto. The dwarf planet, I mean. Matthew Good, Tomi Swick and Madison Violent have been added to the big Unison Jam next week as part
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Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 71: Come and Get Your Red Hot Show Notes!
A busy week for both geeks and fans of beats, what with the Apple announcements and U2’s surprise album release. And of course we talked about that–but there were many other things discussed,
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