[video available on spotify] today i’m going to be sharing with you what i think are the greatest songs of all time. music is very polarizing, and i know i might sound pretentious, i might sound cringe, and i might change my mind, but i’m going to share my list anyway. emma's greatest of all time playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0e5h2dp0VY3NFHrDvE4xqK?si=0bea55eb82b641e5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I just had to take some deep breaths because my chest is tight and I have a lump in my throat because I'm frightened of today's episode. I'm deeply frightened. Today, I'm going to be sharing with you what I think are the greatest songs of all time. And this terrifies me for a few reasons. To start, music is polarizing. We adore the music that we love and we despise the music that we hate.
Humans, for the most part, are passionate about music, and that is sort of a beautiful thing, but it's also sort of a terrifying thing. In addition to that, it feels like you can never win. If you like pop music, everyone's like, oh, you're basic. Oh, so you're basic. You don't even have taste. You just listen to what everyone else listens to. Oh, I get it now. You're basic.
If you like alternative music, people are like... Oh, you're a pick me. Oh, my God. You're not like everybody else. You're different because you're an alternative. Oh, you're different. And then if you listen to avant-garde music, everyone's like, oh, so you're a freak. You're a freak. And I should stay far, far away from you because you're a freak.
And then if you listen to country music, everyone's like, oh, so you just like the worst genre ever created. Oh, I get it now. And then if you like, I don't know, well, okay, I ran out of genres off the top of my head, but you get the idea. We can't win. There's like a negative stereotype about every single potential music preference.
And then last but not least, I'm terrified to do this episode because I can't show you the music that I'm talking about. I can't play you the song. No, because I will get sued or something, okay? So instead, I have to describe the songs as best as I can because I also can't describe them on a technical level. I didn't go to music school.
I can't be like, well, so in this song, the baseline is very heavy. And there's this folk undertone with an emphasis on the percussion. Listen, I know these words, but I don't know what the fuck they mean. I can't actually describe how the song sounds.
So I have to literally, to the best of my ability, like try to paint a picture for you about how these songs sound without having basically any words mentioned. to like accurately describe the song. It's a mess. This episode is going to be a fucking mess. Okay. I'm going to probably accidentally sound pretentious at one point. I'm probably going to accidentally sound cringe at another point.
I'm going to describe things inaccurately and incorrectly throughout the episode because I have no idea how to describe music. I'm also terrified of committing to the statements that I'm about to make. I'm about to share with you a list of what I think are the greatest songs of all time, but I know myself. Oh, I know myself. I change my mind all the time. And it's an absolute curse.
It's a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it means that I'm growing and I'm evolving and I'm changing. But it's a curse because I'm constantly sharing my thoughts and opinions on the internet. And then when they change, it's awkward. I'm not a hypocrite. I'm not a liar. I'm not a freak. I just change my mind about things all the time.
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