Seven Little Pieces of My Heart
Merlin really likes music, and he has a delightfully economical way to share it with you.
I love music more than pretty much anything, so it's probably not surprising that I also enjoy making playlists.
One of my favorite kinds of functional playlists is illustrated in a series that I do called "Gentle Introductions."
I explained this concept in more detail on a recent episode of Roderick on the Line, but the idea is to see if I can get somebody interested in a band I love (or sometimes even one specific aspect of a band I love) by curating a playlist of seven and only seven songs.
The number seven is an almost entirely arbitrary constraint (which also doesn't mean the same thing as "several," by the way). But, remember that my sole ambition here is to help you decide for yourself whether this could be a band that you also love. And that gesture oughtn't arrive rejoined with detailed homework, byzantine editorializing, or even good old-fashioned brow-beating.
Just seven really good songs that might help you fall in love too.
âNo More Than a Thoughtâ - A Gentle Introduction to Old 97âs
âStick in Your Spokesâ - A Gentle Introduction to Superchunk
âAlways Talking to Myselfâ - A Gentle Introduction to The Police
âA Million Heartstringsâ - A Gentle Introduction to Tobin Sprout
âIn a Nutshellâ - A Gentle Introduction to Michael Penn
âFit Them Where They Belongâ - A Gentle Introduction to Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
âA Little Dazzledâ - A Gentle Introduction to XTC
âThe Switchback Will Make You Crazyâ - A Gentle Introduction to Richard Thompson
âDecember Boys Got It Badâ - A Gentle Introduction to Big Star
âLonely is Only a Placeâ - A Gentle Introduction to Cheap Trick