I have been doing a weekly music feature on this blog for the last four months called “Sometimes The Best Short Story Is A Song.” And now I’ve created a YouTube playlist to go along with it. I’ll be updating the playlist every week as I add a new song.
The series is an exploration of the lyrical narrative in some of my favorite music. Last week I posted my 21st installment about the classic Whiskeytown track “16 Days.” For those of you new to the concept, here’s a complete list of all the songs featured to date starting with the most recent:
- Whiskeytown— “16 Days”
- Nick Cave— “The Mercy Seat”
- Frank Turner— “Photosynthesis”
- Brian Wilson— “Love & Mercy”
- Taylor Swift— “Mean”
- Big Star— “September Gurls”
- Violent Femmes— “Country Death Song”
- Husker Du— “Books About UFOs”
- Wilco— “Misunderstood”
- The Mother Hips— “Gold Plated”
- The Replacements— “Left Of The Dial”
- Jason Isbell— “Elephant”
- Steve Earle— “N.Y.C.”
- Generation X— “Kiss Me Deadly”
- Mr. T Experience— “Sorry For Freaking Out…”
- Warren Zevon— “Carmelita”
- Leonard Cohen— “Suzanne”
- Descendents— “Clean Sheets”
- Jawbreaker— “Bad Scene, Everyone’s Fault”
- Pulp— “Common People”
- Marty Robbins— “El Paso”
S.W. Lauden’s short fiction has been published by Out of the Gutter, Criminal Element, Dark Corners, Dead Guns Magazine, Akashic Books, WeirdBook, Spelk Fiction, Shotgun Honey and Crimespree Magazine. His debut novel, BAD CITIZEN CORPORATION, will be published by Rare Bird Books in October 2015. His novella, CROSSWISE, will be published by Down & Out Books in 2016.
