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(Warning: This article is super biased)

Ashrita Rau

Oct 26, 2016

Tufts University

To tell the truth, I like "Closer" as much as the next person, but by the 700th time I heard it I was pretty much ready for a change. While some songs get to stay in the spotlight a long time, others are quickly forgotten--or never there. It's time we give those songs a chance. Therefore, I have complied a list of songs that you (yes, you) should be listening to right now.

Fair warning: Most of these songs are just my favorites, chosen for no particular reason nor in any particular order (Sorry I'm not sorry). However, there's everything from oldies rock to modern country, so give it a chance--there's something for everyone.

19. "An Act of Kindness"

Band: Bastille

Album: Wild World

Best Line: "Kindness, so many people passed me by / But you warmed me to my core and left me wanting more"

18. "I Wanna Be Yours"

Band: Arctic Monkeys

Album: AM

Best Line:

17. "Ophelia"

Band: The Lumineers

Album: Cleopatra

Best Line: "Heaven help a fool who falls in love"

16. "American Honey"

Band: Lady Antebellum

Album: Need You Now

Best Line: "Get caught in the race / Of this crazy life / Tryin' to be everything/ Can make you lose your mind/"

15. "Je Te Déteste "

Chanteur: Vianney

Album: Idées Blanches

Meilleures Paroles: "Si j'avais pu savoir / Combien tu t'en foutais / J'aurais tué l'espoir / De pouvoir t'emmener"

(Yes, I know it's in French. Give it a chance anyway--it's basically him talking about how much he hates his ex)

14. " River Lea"

Singer: Adele

Album: 25

Best Line: "I should probably tell you now before it's way too late / That I never meant to hurt you or to lie straight to your face / Consider this my apology, I know it's years in advance / But I'd rather say it now in case I never get the chance"

13. " The House of the Rising Sun"

Band: The Animals

Album: The Animals

Best Line: "Oh mother tell your children / Not to do what I have done / Spend your lives in sin and misery / In the House of the Rising Sun"

12. "My Shot"

Musical: Hamilton

Best Line: "I’m past patiently waitin' I’m passionatelymashin’ every expectation / Every action’s an act of creation / I’m laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow / For the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow"

11. "Gasoline"

Singer: Halsey

Album: Badlands

Best Line: "And all the people say / You can't wake up, this is not a dream / You're part of a machine, you are not a human being / With your face all made up, living on a screen / Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline"

10. "I Bet My Life"

Band: Imagine Dragons

Album: Smoke+Mirrors

Best Line:

9. "Youth"

Band: Daughter

Album: If You Leave

Best Line: "And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one / 'Cause most of us are bitter over someone / Setting fire to our insides for fun / To distract our hearts from ever missing them/"

8. "Wasted Time"

Singer: Vance Joy

Album: Dream Your Life Away

Best Line: "I see her talking with her hands / Well I don't think she knows / How she changed all my plans/"

7. "Cell Block Tango"

Musical: Chicago

Best Line: "I guess you can say we broke up because of artistic differences / He saw himself as alive and I saw him dead/"

(For anyone who's slightly traumatized, Chicago is a musical about a bunch of women who killed their husbands/boyfriends. The more you know.)

6. "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"

Band: Arctic Monkeys

Album: AM

Best Line: "Sort of feels like I'm running out of time / I haven't found all I was hoping to find / You said you got to be up in the morning / Gonna have an early night / And you starting to bore me, baby / Why'd you only call me when you're high?/"

5. "Beggin For Thread"

Singer: Banks

Album: Goddess

Best Line: "So I got edges that scratch / And sometimes I don't got a filter but I'm so tired of eatin' all of my misspoken words/"

4. "Things We Lost In The Fire"

Band: Bastille

Album: Bad Blood

Best Line: "Do you understand that we will never be the same again?"

3. "She's So Mean"

Band: Matchbox Twenty

Album: North

Best Line: "She's got a wicked sense of humor; can't believe what she says / She drinks Bacardi in the morning 'till it goes to her head/"

2. "Stressed Out"

Band: 21 Pilots

Album: Blurryface

Best Line:

1. "I've Just Seen A Face"

Band: The Beatles

Album: Help!

Best Line: "I have never known / The like of this, I've been alone / And I have missed things / And kept out of sight / But other girls were never quite like this/"

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(Warning: This article is super biased)

19. "An Act of Kindness"

18. "I Wanna Be Yours"

17. "Ophelia"

16. "American Honey"

15. "Je Te Déteste "

14. " River Lea"

13. " The House of the Rising Sun"

12. "My Shot"

11. "Gasoline"

10. "I Bet My Life"

9. "Youth"

8. "Wasted Time"

7. "Cell Block Tango"

6. "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"

5. "Beggin For Thread"

4. "Things We Lost In The Fire"

3. "She's So Mean"

2. "Stressed Out"

1. "I've Just Seen A Face"

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!