Michael Jackson - Thriller

“'Cause this is thriller, thriller night, and no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike”

The Shins - Australia

“Been alone since you were 21, you haven't laughed since January”

Neil Young - Dead Man

The Beatles - We Can Work It Out

“Think of what you're saying, you can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right, think of what I'm saying”

Talk Talk - It's My Life

“Afraid to lose, I'd tell myself what good you do, convince myself”

The Notwist - Pick Up The Phone

“When life is a loop, you're in a room without a door”

Palace Music - Horses - / - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Horses

“Everybody needs an angel, but here's that devil by my side”

My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday (live)

“From this town, we'd escape, if we holler loud and make our way, we'd all live one big holiday”

Doves - Black and White Town

“Here comes some action, first time in my life”

Phoenix - Too Young

“I got a very good friend who says he can't believe the love I give is not enough to end your fears”

Joseph Arthur - Honey and the Moon (live)

“I think that you came too soon, you're the honey and the moon that lights up my night”

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

“When the routine bites hard, and ambitions are low, and the resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow”

New Order - Ceremony

“Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown, heaven knows, it's got to be this time”

Annie - Heartbeat

“There was a time, everybody was around and I was dancing with you”

Rachel Stevens - So Good

“I made it on my own again, I'll get back on my feet again”

Air - Alone In Kyoto

Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings (Daytrotter Sessions)

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“And if I fall into the drink, I will say your name, before I sink”

Radiohead - There There (live)

“We are accidents waiting, waiting to happen”

Tom Petty - Learning To Fly

“I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings, coming down is the hardest thing”

Brian Eno - Becalmed

Genesis - Many Too Many

“The part was fun but now it's over, why can't I just leave the stage?”

Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School

“We try but we didn't have long, we try but we don't belong”

Doves - Caught By The River

“Don't let it come apart, don't want to see you come apart”

Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care

“I'm so tired of being lonely, I still have some love to give”

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Strange Form of Life (live)

“And the softest lips ever, 25 years of waiting to kiss them, smiling and waiting”

Paul McCartney - Band On The Run (live)

“All I need is a pint a day, if I ever get out of here”

Belle & Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo

“I see a wilderness for you and me, punctuated by philosophy, I'm wondering how things could've been”

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

“I just know that something good is going to happen, I don't know when, but just saying it could even make it happen.”

Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube

“Try to be more assured, try to be more right there, try to be less uptight, try to be more aware”

Calexico - All The Pretty Horses (live)

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“Hush-a-bye, don't you cry, go to sleep you little baby ”

Blur - Caravan

“Yeah I'm a clown, pulling my world down, I believed I was strong, but you are the one”

Sloan - The Other Man

“We've all been in one situation or another we regret”

Daft Punk - Robot Rock

“Rock... Robot Rock!”

Calexico + Iron & Wine - He Lays In The Reins (live)

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“One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl, she's like grace from the earth ”

{- Fortnight's Tale -}

I remember you well, on that cold autumn night,
Round the time summer pulled its last punches,
Though the sky was starlit, you didn't mind the sight,
The thing on your mind was fastening the latches.

We walked in a hurry, on that dreary old night
When you told me of heartbreaks and embers,
While you fought with your shadows, as if struggling for light,
All I could think of was 'another year over'.

And you contemplated whatever it is you contemplate,
I never did get your intentions,
And while you strangled the past, the present, the future,
I got caught in the line of crossfire.

I remember you well, on that cold autumn night,
When the dreams I had dreamt turned to whispers,
Like a leaf falling down, to the ground, with no fright,
I fell deep, though I never did shatter.

We both gazed in silence, on that dreary old night,
Asking why, if one loves, does he lashes,
The marrow of what's worth for to fight,
And will the phoenix still rise from it ashes?

But you ran away, guess that's how the tale goes,
While the loner just dealt with the blow,
And you wondered why stories get tangled in knots,
That's probably why I just missed the plot.

I remember it well, it's only been a fortnight,
Though I'm starting to forget why it started...

- Vincent D. -

Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2

“You got away, I never once heard you say, I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you, and all of that jivin' around”

Peter Gabriel - Come Talk To Me (live)

“Whatever fear invents, I swear it makes no sense, I reach through the border fence, come down, come talk to me”

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

“Even when the sun is shining, I can't avoid the lightning”

The Police - So Lonely (live)

“Now no-one's knocked upon my door, for a thousand years, or more”

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (live)

“But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness, like a heartbeat... drives you mad”

Neil Young - Helpless (live w/ The Band)

“The chains are locked and tied across the door, baby, sing with me somehow”

Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Love

“Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn”

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love

“I've always been a coward, and I don't know what's good for me”

Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

“I come to you defences down, with the trust of a child”

R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (live)

“Go build yourself another dream, this choice isn't mine”

Calexico - Cruel

“Stories break like branches in the cold”

Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On (live)

“That echo chorus lied to me with its "hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on" ”

Johnny Cash & June Carter - It Ain't Me, Babe (live)

“Go melt back into the night babe, everything inside is made of stone”

The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed

“It was crime at the time, but the laws have changed”

Talking Heads - [Stop Making Sense] - Psycho Killer - / - Once in a Lifetime - / - This Must Be The Place

“Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir là, ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir là”

“Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down”

“And you love me till my heart stops, love me till I'm dead”

Röyksopp - Only This Moment

“Stay or forever go, play or you'll never know, we haven't decided, you can’t deny it’s all you’ve been waiting for”

Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay ("Royal Tenenbaums" scene)

“I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet”

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (live)

“Daylight is good at arriving at the right time, it's not always going to be this grey”