
A-B-C! It’s easy as do-re-mi!
Art Brut – Summer Job from Art Brut vs. Satan (2009)
Bat for Lashes – Moon and Moon from Two Suns (2009)
Battles – Atlas from Mirrored (2007)
Chris Eaton – Don’t Play Games from Vision (1986)
Depeche Mode – Halo from Violator (1990)
Glenn Kaiser Band – Carolina Moon from Carolina Moon (2001)
Michael Been – Worried from On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthough (1994)
Michael Jackson – Human Nature from Thriller (1982)
Pale Forest – Tristesse from Of Machines and Men (2000)
Paul McCartney – My Brave Face from Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Pete Droge – If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself) from Necktie Second (1994)
Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding from Songs of Elvis Costello: Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous (1998)
Television – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction from Live at the Old Waldorf 1978 (2003)
The Dismemberment Plan – Gyroscope from Emergency & I (1999)
The Flaming Lips – Revenge from Dark Night of the Soul (2009)

Fourth of July is, without a doubt, my favorite holiday. Firstly, because it’s not religiously affiliated. Secondly, because it generally involves some combination of the following three items: fire, grilling meat and alcohol. All in the name of patriotism. I’m not sure how our fourth of July traditions evolved to include these potentially disastrous things together, but I’m thankful they did.