Benjamin Kassel
The soft but captivating "Wicked Game" set the stage for the modern 'love song'
Few songs haunt like Chris Isaak's signature hit and the unavoidable attraction it describes.
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Benjamin Kassel
Oct 16, 20214 min read
Behind the ultra-80s pop of "Love Is a Battlefield" is a powerful message on the reality of romance
Why does it feel like so few songs even remotely touch on the theme of working through relationships?
Benjamin Kassel
Oct 13, 20214 min read
As we're often painfully reminded, "Time" only moves forward
Alan Parsons and company tenderly embrace this fact in a song that can soundtrack the end of many things.
Benjamin Kassel
Oct 7, 20214 min read
"Glory Days" and why it shouldn't be played at baseball games
...ehh, who cares? Enough people have already misheard it that it doesn't even matter.
Benjamin Kassel
Sep 30, 20215 min read
You know the song from that Allstate commercial? It's "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"...
...and you probably aren't hearing it correctly, because a celebration of capitalism it most definitely is not.
Benjamin Kassel
Sep 23, 20214 min read
"Fast Car" isn't the feel-good track some people think it is... or is it?
Tracy Chapman speaks of lost potential, but there might just be a light at the end of the tunnel.
Benjamin Kassel
Sep 10, 20216 min read
"Never Tear Us Apart" is a beautiful song on its own...
...but the INXS gem becomes even more special in the context of one Australian rules football team, who will hear it at home tonight.
Benjamin Kassel
Sep 6, 20216 min read
"I Wanna Be Adored" drew me into a theological self-inspection
Shanah Tovah! ...This time of year never sits quite right with me, and The Stone Roses of all bands helped capture my feelings today.
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