What's your favorite song about friendship?

What song do you associate with your favorite book or movie?

I don't know if I have a favorite book, but Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon is up there on the list. This song by Mark Knopfler was inspired by the sprawling novel, but is a bit tidier.

What song makes you feel nostalgic for a time you never lived through?

I was born a few years after this concert film and live album came out. I would have loved to be around to see this band with Bernie Worrell on the synths at the height of their powers. Thank goodness for motion pictures.

Share a song that captures the moment when seasons change.

What song makes you feel like you're floating?

Scrolling through my previous Crucial Tracks to make sure I haven’t shared this one already. I think we’re good.

This one is a jam.

I guess I have to put some text in this field.

Happy Dad Rock Day.

This is one of my favorite protest songs. I first encountered this song and the artist Bill Fay through an excellent cover version by Jim O’Rourke and Glenn Kotche.

While I think I prefer O’Rourke’s version, alas, it is not on Apple Music. But the rest of Bill Fay’s album is wonderfully apocalyptic.

Share a song that feels like it was written specifically for you.

This is a song about someone living with depression, and the anxieties that come with being a parent, facing one’s inevitable mortality, but somehow finding it possible to live in the moment. Happy Father’s Day!

What's your favorite opening line from any song?

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine