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).
2000 Great Songs #1174: Rock Star. Hole's 1994 breakthrough LP seems a little lost to history, buried amongst the Courtney Love baggage. But it shreds throughout, as highlighted by this comically cathartic album-closer.
My Top 2000 Songs #1174: Rock Star
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
2000 Great Songs #1174: Rock Star. Hole's 1994 breakthrough LP seems a little lost to history, buried amongst the Courtney Love baggage. But it shreds throughout, as highlighted by this comically cathartic album-closer.
2000 Great Songs #1173: Bandit. One of Neil Young's few post-millennial tracks to meet the high standards set by his legendary 70s work, the tune transcends its context in an otherwise convoluted concept album, somber and captivating.
My Top 2000 Songs #1173: Bandit
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
2000 Great Songs #1173: Bandit. One of Neil Young's few post-millennial tracks to meet the high standards set by his legendary 70s work, the tune transcends its context in an otherwise convoluted concept album, somber and captivating.
Sunday morning, and the prog comes out…
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sunday morning, and the prog comes out…
2000 Great Songs #1172: Blind Man's Penis. Long before AI could create fake music, you could send a check for $79.95 to some shady company advertising in a tabloid and they'd turn your insane stoner poem into a faux country song. So this guy did.
My Top 2000 Songs #1172: Blind Man's Penis
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
2000 Great Songs #1172: Blind Man's Penis. Long before AI could create fake music, you could send a check for $79.95 to some shady company advertising in a tabloid and they'd turn your insane stoner poem into a faux country song. So this guy did.
2000 Great Songs #1171: Santa Monica. The Everclear guilty pleasure sounds like everything I hated about 90s alt.rock, yet for some reason I kinda dig it. The rare song you can enjoy and still have zero interest in hearing anything else by the artist.
My Top 2000 Songs #1171: Santa Monica
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
2000 Great Songs #1171: Santa Monica. The Everclear guilty pleasure sounds like everything I hated about 90s alt.rock, yet for some reason I kinda dig it. The rare song you can enjoy and still have zero interest in hearing anything else by the artist.
2000 Great Songs #1170: Rikki Don't Lose That Number. While I've only partially stepped back from my childhood disdain for Steely Dan, I've come to accept this song as inarguably enjoyable and comfortably nostalgic. (The rest, still not so much.)
My Top 2000 Songs #1170: Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
2000 Great Songs #1170: Rikki Don't Lose That Number. While I've only partially stepped back from my childhood disdain for Steely Dan, I've come to accept this song as inarguably enjoyable and comfortably nostalgic. (The rest, still not so much.)
This nonsense again…
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This nonsense again…
2000 Great Songs #1169: Purr. Arguably @thesonicyouth.bsky.social's most straightforward rock & roll song, blazing hot & catchy as hell, still incorporating the band's trademark guitar wonkery but tethered to a rousing punked-up riff-rocker.
My Top 2000 Songs #1169: Purr
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
2000 Great Songs #1169: Purr. Arguably @thesonicyouth.bsky.social's most straightforward rock & roll song, blazing hot & catchy as hell, still incorporating the band's trademark guitar wonkery but tethered to a rousing punked-up riff-rocker.
2000 Great Songs #1168: Blank Space. While the college radio music nerd within me still recoils instinctively from most mainstream pop music, I'll make an exception for Taylor Swift's 1989 LP. A good pop song is a good pop song.
My Top 2000 Songs #1168: Blank Space
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2000 Great Songs #1168: Blank Space. While the college radio music nerd within me still recoils instinctively from most mainstream pop music, I'll make an exception for Taylor Swift's 1989 LP. A good pop song is a good pop song.
New Releases: The latest from Sharp Pins is a fun one-man home-recording project, jangly lo-fi pop songs equally indebted to the British Invasion and Guided By Voices, raggedy yet full of catchy hooks.
New Releases: Sharp Pins
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New Releases: The latest from Sharp Pins is a fun one-man home-recording project, jangly lo-fi pop songs equally indebted to the British Invasion and Guided By Voices, raggedy yet full of catchy hooks.
2000 Great Songs #1167: America Is Waiting. Back in 1981, David Byrne & Brian Eno's experimental blending of electronic funk and found-sound samples was a little out there; today it feels almost normal, a wicked dance groove with a dose of weirdness.
My Top 2000 Songs #1167: America Is Waiting
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
2000 Great Songs #1167: America Is Waiting. Back in 1981, David Byrne & Brian Eno's experimental blending of electronic funk and found-sound samples was a little out there; today it feels almost normal, a wicked dance groove with a dose of weirdness.
We're 2/3 of the way through the 1100s on the Top 2000... Here's a playlist for #1101-1166 to help kick off your December!
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We're 2/3 of the way through the 1100s on the Top 2000... Here's a playlist for #1101-1166 to help kick off your December!
2000 Great Songs #1166: Hitchin' A Ride. Back to the Guilty Pleasures file for this nugget of pure bubblegum, perfect AM radio pop from (mostly) one-hit-wonders Vanity Fare. Hear that recorder hook once, it's in your head for life.
My Top 2000 Songs #1166: Hitchin' A Ride
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
2000 Great Songs #1166: Hitchin' A Ride. Back to the Guilty Pleasures file for this nugget of pure bubblegum, perfect AM radio pop from (mostly) one-hit-wonders Vanity Fare. Hear that recorder hook once, it's in your head for life.
Today’s soundtrack for a cold and foggy Sunday morning…
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today’s soundtrack for a cold and foggy Sunday morning…
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.