Tom’s Loved Song archive

A complete list of all of @tomcoates' loved songs, randomly posted periodically on Twitter.

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String Quintet in E Major Op 13 III. Minuet (Boccherini) - bit of an embarrassing clanger here (it's a bit of a cliché) but it is pretty fun. https://t.co/ch5O8wD1zy

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Lento Cantabile Semplice (Gorecki) - bit of a more challenging piece of Classical music, but a very very good one https://t.co/zm5x92po85

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Carmen Suite No 2 Habanera (Bizet) - again, it's a bit of a cliché but it's a cliché for a reason, it's a classy little piece of music https://t.co/aIBWCyoE5a

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Requiem in D Minor K626 1. Introitus: Requiem/2. Kyrie (Mozart) - this is another one that you will probably recognize from something. Dark, depressing, death-focused Mozart. Bleak AF. https://t.co/54m0sp4tUv

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Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Op 46 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) - Slightly spoiled by its co-option in recent years by the alt-right, in its original form it's just wonderfully mischievous and playful. https://t.co/p8uAvUJfYX

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Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles - this song is thirty-five years old. I found that totally confounding. https://t.co/rfTbKQXslH

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I Need A Man by The Eurythmics - I love this album, and this song was an early stand out that's faded a bit in comparison to the other songs. But I have to tell you, there's some anger here that I really get on with. https://t.co/HiFa9YyFke

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You & I by Graham Coxon - he didn't have the greatest singing voice, but he was able to put together really great guitar tracks with interesting little tweaks. https://t.co/ur31YAYDFd

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O Superman by Laurie Anderson - I mean this is just a classic of early bizarre electronica. It's so good. https://t.co/aA4TJDbtAD

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What Difference Does It Make by The Smiths - I think this is really the only Smiths song from their first album that I truly love. Plus as ever the sense that it was a song about being gay. https://t.co/3hxQ0ibw4B

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Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - it's undeniably a great song, although it's aged poorly in my opinion https://t.co/BOsskcdEw0

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Mean Mr Mustard by The Beatles - unclear how to post the B-side of Abbey Road since it's all awesome. https://t.co/yBBKlvMmCK

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Temple of Love (1992) by Sisters of Mercy (feat. Ofra Haza) - I mean, it's not their best song, but this later remake layers all kinds of wonderful bizarreness over the sparse original https://t.co/W5ONiKzidn

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The Moth by Aimee Mann - I've probably said this before, but I saw an interview with Mann where she said that the music she creates really has nothing to do with her life, and I found it very hard to understand https://t.co/UaiMRwKguQ

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99.9F° by Suzanne Vega - this was the first Vega album where she really started playing with noise. I was a bit of a fan in the day and it holds up relatively well. https://t.co/xlWP2azFA7

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In For The Kill by La Roux - something odd about these guys. Feels like there's something really great in there in the middle of all the pastiche. But there's something wrong there too. https://t.co/7aMg9iyTVw

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La Disco by Georgio Moroder - sort of perfect disco electronica from the man who basically invented it. https://t.co/b8bf2dNRPT

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The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) by John Adams - Got into this one via @genmon I think. Really interesting piece of music. https://t.co/0VS2EM9vgP

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Hypnotize by the Notorious B.I.G. - just a really fun track honestly - feels like it's dated a little, but it's sufficiently classic that it holds up. https://t.co/6XONIFN5Ee

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HouseQuake by Prince - this album was super weird to me when I bought it, but it's an awesome grower. This song is stripped back, weird funk, and I really love it. https://t.co/VHUg0g8xyU