Dev is famous primarily for being the one who “sings” the chorus of Far East Movement’s “Like a G6.” The chorus, however, is actually from…
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I promised in T40Phil: v. 1, that I’d do more rock and hip-hop for the Volume 2, so let’s do one of the only rap…
Top 40 Philosophy: Charlie Brown vs. The Muppets, “Christmas Time Is Here” vs. “It Feels Like Christmas”
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The second classic Christmas Special on TIME’s list of the “10 Greatest” specials is “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” So, for today, let’s talk about Vince…
Top 40 Philosophy: Three Days Grace, “I Am Machine”
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One more day of Rawk. Song #5 on Billboard’s “Mainstream Rock Songs” chart — when I started this post (the new charts are released on…
Top 40 Philosophy: Pentatonix, “Mary, Did You Know?”
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We spent the first week of Advent on the Beatles, which is not exactly appropriate. But it was the 50th Anniversary of Beatlemania, and we…
Top 40 Philosophy Flashback: Boston, “More Than a Feeling”
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Kurt Cobain thought of “Smells Like Teen Spirit’s” chord progression as a rip-off of Boston’s “More Than a Feeling.” Nirvana even introed “Smells Like Teen…
Top 40 Philosophy Flashback: Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
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Yesterday we discussed heroes and the Foo Fighters. Today, let’s jump back even further in time to the song that introduced the world to the…