Marc Fagel
@marcfagel.bsky.social
Obsessive music fan, retired securities lawyer, and author of the love letter to rock & roll 𝙅𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙮 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, available on Amazon (http://bit.ly/Jittery).
The world can be such an ugly place… but there’s also this.
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow (Live @ OVO Arena Wembley - London, U.K - 11.25.2025)
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November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The world can be such an ugly place… but there’s also this.
2000 Great Songs #1165: Walk Away From Love. One of those new wave-era synth tracks that captures the vibe of my high school years. Yaz/Yazoo were the sort of band I wouldn't listen to on my own, but would invariably hear at parties; still bangs.
My Top 2000 Songs #1165: Walk Away From Love
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
2000 Great Songs #1165: Walk Away From Love. One of those new wave-era synth tracks that captures the vibe of my high school years. Yaz/Yazoo were the sort of band I wouldn't listen to on my own, but would invariably hear at parties; still bangs.
2000 Great Songs #1164: Comfortably Numb. Torn between "undeniably perfect song from an LP that was a huge part of my teenage years" and "so ground down by a half-century of classic rock radio that I rarely listen to it any more." Which gets you #1164.
My Top 2000 Songs #1164: Comfortably Numb
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
2000 Great Songs #1164: Comfortably Numb. Torn between "undeniably perfect song from an LP that was a huge part of my teenage years" and "so ground down by a half-century of classic rock radio that I rarely listen to it any more." Which gets you #1164.
2000 Great Songs #1163: Kim The Waitress. Mildly psychedelic jangle-pop opus from The Green Pajamas, later given some tougher alt.rock punch by Material Issue. As with most the Pajamas' work, it offers an intriguing blend of lust and magic.
My Top 2000 Songs #1163: Kim The Waitress
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
2000 Great Songs #1163: Kim The Waitress. Mildly psychedelic jangle-pop opus from The Green Pajamas, later given some tougher alt.rock punch by Material Issue. As with most the Pajamas' work, it offers an intriguing blend of lust and magic.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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2000 Great Songs #1162: Something In The Air. These days the Thunderclap Newman chestnut is worn down by classic rock & film soundtrack oversaturation; but it's still a magical late 60s gem when heard without the baggage.
My Top 2000 Songs #1162: Something In The Air
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2000 Great Songs #1162: Something In The Air. These days the Thunderclap Newman chestnut is worn down by classic rock & film soundtrack oversaturation; but it's still a magical late 60s gem when heard without the baggage.
2000 Great Songs #1161: Love Is. Barely 90 seconds, more than enough time for power pop act Myracle Brah to conjure mid-60s John Lennon in a raging swirl of rapid-fire Beatlesque abandon.
My Top 2000 Songs #1161: Love Is
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
2000 Great Songs #1161: Love Is. Barely 90 seconds, more than enough time for power pop act Myracle Brah to conjure mid-60s John Lennon in a raging swirl of rapid-fire Beatlesque abandon.
2000 Great Songs #1160: Brand New Love. A gorgeous/harrowing tale of love & its damage, whether heard in Sebadoh's original lo-fi acoustic recording, Superchunk's rousing punk-pop cover, or Sebadoh's own frenzied remake.
My Top 2000 Songs #1160: Brand New Love
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
2000 Great Songs #1160: Brand New Love. A gorgeous/harrowing tale of love & its damage, whether heard in Sebadoh's original lo-fi acoustic recording, Superchunk's rousing punk-pop cover, or Sebadoh's own frenzied remake.
2000 Great Songs #1159: Working With Fire & Steel. The new wave-era China Crisis single is one of those random very-UK synthpop songs I don't remember entering my life, but instantly makes me feel like I'm back in high school.
My Top 2000 Songs #1159: Working With Fire And Steel
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
2000 Great Songs #1159: Working With Fire & Steel. The new wave-era China Crisis single is one of those random very-UK synthpop songs I don't remember entering my life, but instantly makes me feel like I'm back in high school.
2000 Great Songs #1158: But I Like You. One of my favorite bands of the past decade, South Korea's Say Sue Me draw from post-shoegaze dream pop and 60s girl groups, here arriving at something hypnotically alluring yet relentlessly catchy.
My Top 2000 Songs #1158: But I Like You
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
2000 Great Songs #1158: But I Like You. One of my favorite bands of the past decade, South Korea's Say Sue Me draw from post-shoegaze dream pop and 60s girl groups, here arriving at something hypnotically alluring yet relentlessly catchy.
2000 Great Songs #1157: Stoned Soul Picnic. I avoided singer-songwriter Laura Nyro growing up, finding her balladry didn't gel with my rock/punk sensibilities, but as my tastes have softened in middle age, I've come to love this track like an old friend.
My Top 2000 Songs #1157: Stoned Soul Picnic
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
2000 Great Songs #1157: Stoned Soul Picnic. I avoided singer-songwriter Laura Nyro growing up, finding her balladry didn't gel with my rock/punk sensibilities, but as my tastes have softened in middle age, I've come to love this track like an old friend.
2000 Great Songs #1156: Hanging On The Telephone. Early power pop gem from The Nerves, who only stuck around for a minute & went on to bigger things separately. Blondie made it a monster, but the original already had the winning hooks.
My Top 2000 Songs #1156: Hanging On The Telephone
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
2000 Great Songs #1156: Hanging On The Telephone. Early power pop gem from The Nerves, who only stuck around for a minute & went on to bigger things separately. Blondie made it a monster, but the original already had the winning hooks.
2000 Great Songs #1155: Drawing To A Whole. After a slew of killer early 80s singles that essentially created the entire New Zealand indie scene, The Clean took a sabbatical... then returned in 1990 with some shimmering, slightly-skewed jangle pop.
My Top 2000 Songs #1155: Draw(ing) To A (W)hole
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
2000 Great Songs #1155: Drawing To A Whole. After a slew of killer early 80s singles that essentially created the entire New Zealand indie scene, The Clean took a sabbatical... then returned in 1990 with some shimmering, slightly-skewed jangle pop.
I've spent my life amassing an obsessively large music collection, reveling in my dorky familiarity with the deepest recesses of rock history and indie obscurities.
Yet I've woken up the past few days with The Fate Of Ophelia playing repeatedly in my head. Please help me!
Yet I've woken up the past few days with The Fate Of Ophelia playing repeatedly in my head. Please help me!
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've spent my life amassing an obsessively large music collection, reveling in my dorky familiarity with the deepest recesses of rock history and indie obscurities.
Yet I've woken up the past few days with The Fate Of Ophelia playing repeatedly in my head. Please help me!
Yet I've woken up the past few days with The Fate Of Ophelia playing repeatedly in my head. Please help me!
2000 Great Songs #1154: On The Dark Side. Real-life bar band stands in for a fictitious NJ bar band in a so-so movie, an 80s soundtrack cut that somehow kicks ass, equal parts Springsteen tribute and Jersey Shore anthemic crowd-pleaser.
My Top 2000 Songs #1154: On The Dark Side
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
2000 Great Songs #1154: On The Dark Side. Real-life bar band stands in for a fictitious NJ bar band in a so-so movie, an 80s soundtrack cut that somehow kicks ass, equal parts Springsteen tribute and Jersey Shore anthemic crowd-pleaser.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's time for the annual ritual of starting to pull together my year-end "best of" mix. Updated the running list for 2025 to bring it current; lots of great stuff, eager to see how the year wraps up.
Let The Best Of 2025 Round-Up Begin!
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's time for the annual ritual of starting to pull together my year-end "best of" mix. Updated the running list for 2025 to bring it current; lots of great stuff, eager to see how the year wraps up.
2000 Great Songs #1153: Shoot The Singer. Pavement achieve maximum understated banality (someone took in these pants!) yet rivet you with a spine-tingling twangy bass sound. Plus la-da-dadas galore.
My Top 2000 Songs #1153: Shoot The Singer
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
2000 Great Songs #1153: Shoot The Singer. Pavement achieve maximum understated banality (someone took in these pants!) yet rivet you with a spine-tingling twangy bass sound. Plus la-da-dadas galore.
2000 Great Songs #1152: Mind. One of the earliest moments where Brian Eno pushed the Talking Heads into a trippier, more psychedelic groove, a herky-jerky bassline and Byrne expanding his headspace.
My Top 2000 Songs #1152: Mind
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
2000 Great Songs #1152: Mind. One of the earliest moments where Brian Eno pushed the Talking Heads into a trippier, more psychedelic groove, a herky-jerky bassline and Byrne expanding his headspace.
2000 Great Songs #1151: Brimful Of Asha. The @cornershophq.bsky.social 90s alt.rock hit feels like it should be a relic of a highly specific moment, yet its Bollywood glee layered on top of an infectious 3-chord pop song makes it endlessly endearing.
My Top 2000 Songs #1151: Brimful Of Asha
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
2000 Great Songs #1151: Brimful Of Asha. The @cornershophq.bsky.social 90s alt.rock hit feels like it should be a relic of a highly specific moment, yet its Bollywood glee layered on top of an infectious 3-chord pop song makes it endlessly endearing.
Hey, we're halfway through the 1100's on the Top 2000 songs... Here's a playlist for #1101-1150 to get you through the weekend. Enjoy!
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Hey, we're halfway through the 1100's on the Top 2000 songs... Here's a playlist for #1101-1150 to get you through the weekend. Enjoy!
Imaginary Albums #17: The Rolling Stones. In honor of (or as a replacement for) the new reissue of Black & Blue, the Stones' first post-Mick Taylor record, here's an imagined final Taylor LP, culling the assorted non-album leftovers on which he played.
Imaginary Albums #17: The Rolling Stones (Again)
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Imaginary Albums #17: The Rolling Stones. In honor of (or as a replacement for) the new reissue of Black & Blue, the Stones' first post-Mick Taylor record, here's an imagined final Taylor LP, culling the assorted non-album leftovers on which he played.
I think the worst trend in music has gotta be seemingly every current artist following an album six months later with a "deluxe" edition tacking on a couple outtakes, demos, or live versions. At least the classic rock dinosaurs wait 40 years to do this.
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I think the worst trend in music has gotta be seemingly every current artist following an album six months later with a "deluxe" edition tacking on a couple outtakes, demos, or live versions. At least the classic rock dinosaurs wait 40 years to do this.
Friday morning, a brief reprieve from the rain (back tomorrow!), enjoying coffee with Pugwash (the bastard child of Brian Wilson & XTC).
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Friday morning, a brief reprieve from the rain (back tomorrow!), enjoying coffee with Pugwash (the bastard child of Brian Wilson & XTC).
2000 Great Songs #1150: Mr. Evasion. The 1967 b-side captures the Pretty Things just as they pivot from Kinks-styled British Invasion pop into trippier psychedelia, the wiggy phased vocals in the chorus permanently wedging themselves into my head.
My Top 2000 Songs #1150: Mr. Evasion
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
2000 Great Songs #1150: Mr. Evasion. The 1967 b-side captures the Pretty Things just as they pivot from Kinks-styled British Invasion pop into trippier psychedelia, the wiggy phased vocals in the chorus permanently wedging themselves into my head.
I don’t watch Jeopardy very often, but my wife had it on last night and I was excited to stumble across a question I could answer even quicker than the contestants.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I don’t watch Jeopardy very often, but my wife had it on last night and I was excited to stumble across a question I could answer even quicker than the contestants.