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"Grazing in the Grass" ~ Hugh Mesekala (The Promise of a Future, 1968)

Because it'll make you want four stomachs.

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"Cheerleader" ~ St. Vincent (Strange Mercy, 2011)

Because I never got to be one in the first place.

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"Ramblin' Man" ~ Hank Williams (as Luke the Drifter) (1951)

Because I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... 

...I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could.

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"This Will Be Our Year" ~ The Zombies (Odessey and Oracle, 1968)

Because 2012 better be good.

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"Divine (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)" ~ Sebastien Tellier (Sexuality, 2008)

Because the aliens will be landing shortly.  Happy New Year.

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"You Can't Turn Me Away" ~ Sylvia Striplin (Give Me Your Love, 1981)

Because it's money.

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"The Clapping Song" ~ Shirley Ellis (1965)

Because this dance is required for listening to this song.

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"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" - Michael McDonald (If That's What it Takes, 1982)

Because don't forget to regulate THIS. 

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"Duncan" ~ Paul Simon (Paul Simon, 1972)

Because this weekend I wish I were in New England. 

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"The Man Who Loved Beer" ~ David Byrne (Grown Backwards, 2004)

Because beer goes well with Lambchop. 

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"Madame George" ~ Van Morrison (Astral Weeks, 1968)

Because we lost an hour of light. 

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"I'll Try Anything Once" ~ Julian Casablancas/The Strokes (First Impressions of Earth, 2006)

Because it'll wipe the sleep out of your eyes.

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"Rose Connelly" ~ Elizabeth Butters, with David Goligorsky on the musical saw (Elizabeth Butters Sings Folk Blues for Appalachian Dulcimer and Guitar, 2010)

Because it sounds like the eve after All Hallow's Eve. 

And this gal is great - get her album here: http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Butters-Appalachian-Dulcimer-Guitar/dp/B003W7IA7S

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"Halloween is Black as Night" ~ Jackson C. Frank (Blues Run the Game, 2009)

Because tonight everyone's got little pointed heads and pointed teeth.

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"The Tracks of My Tears" ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Going to a Go-Go, 1965)

Because this one's for all the sad clowns this weekend.

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"Red Right Hand" ~ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Murder Ballads, 1996)

Because one hand washes the other. 

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"Just a Friend" ~ Biz Markie (The Biz Never Sleeps, 1989)

Because watch out for girls named blah-blah-blah.