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"Get Away"
Victoria Williams
Loose
1994
Time does funny things with our opinions. If I'd done this list ten years ago, this song would have been in the top 100. 15 years ago, probably top ten, with about another 10 Victoria Williams songs in the 500, instead of just the one.
When we watch a movie that we remember enjoying years ago, and we do not enjoy it as much anymore, we blame the movie. It doesn't "hold up". I'm not usually a fan of this argument; if I don't like Short Circuit as much at 36 as I did when I was ten, I'm not sure that's Short Circuit's fault.
Songs are more like old friends. If we haven't hung out for a while, and then we don't have a fantastic time when we catch up, we don't blame each other. We've just grown apart.
It's sad, but it happens.
This part of the list is chock full of songs that at one point I capital-L-loved, and while I'm still fond of them, they don't get all the synapses firing anymore. So if this starts seeming like "Timmy Loves The 90's", I apologize, and promise things will get more varied.
So I guess what I'm saying is that no Living Colour songs made my list.
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