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greatest song everThe Fiery Furnaces - Tropical Ice-LandThis may be the greatest song ever recorded (at least for today), and can be quite earwormy.
I wish I was cool enough for this to be my theme songThis may be the greatest song ever recorded (at least for today).
It's called "off Road" - you can find it and mildly odder tracks on United Future Organization's self titled 1994 album
April Smith and the Great Picture Show "Colors"This may be the greatest song ever (at least for today). Seriously, there is nothing wrong with what April Smith and the Great Picture Show do on this thing. You know when you get an earworm, and no matter how much you normally dig it, you really want it to go away? That does not apply to "Colors." It gets stuck in my head, and I'm okay with it; it makes my day better. I love the old-timey style, the accordion, the strangely makeshift sounding percussion, and even kazoo. On their album Songs For A Sinking Ship
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in a slightly different form - less electronic and a bit mellower - but this version is from the 2005 release, 
at a significantly more listenable sample rate.
, it's easy to see how they can cite The Beatles, Queen, Edgar Allen Poe and Wes Andersen as influences: there's a darkness in their wit, and cleverness in their gloom, all with something strangely upbeat supporting their sound.