Many posts here are written with a certain song on repeat, or after a long obsession. Usually those posts quote lyrics.
Here then is a list of songs referenced on inhab.it posts with links to the original material when available on YouTube, the artist, and the referencing post in parenthesis. Some posts mention multiple songs, and some songs are referenced in multiple posts. Artists, as can be seen, repeat, and all of the below are deeply loved.
Ani DiFranco
Long my favorite musician, she is quoted in dozens of posts on this site that reflect her language
Self Evident - quoted in 2008’s Going somewhere
Welcome To: - quoted in 2024’s Welcome to:
Camera Obscura
The song I play most often when traveling, to this day
Let’s Get Out of this Country - quoted in 2010’s Get out of this country
Cat Power
Lived in Bars - quoted in 2009’s Lived in bars
Daughter
Lines I may well one day have written on my skin
Youth - quoted in 2014’s Working to breathe
Everything but the Girl
Truly a soundtrack to the past twenty years
The Future of the Future - quoted in 2021’s The future of the future
Lullaby of Clubland - quoted in 2021’s The future of the future
Low Tide of the Night - quoted in 2021’s The future of the future
Gordi
A voice that echoes in my head
Can We Work It Out - quoted in 2016’s Last days
Nothing as It Seems - quoted in 2016’s Last days
So Here We Are - quoted in 2016’s Last days
The National
A favorite live act and also a frequent hotel room play
I Should Live in Salt - quoted in 2015’s Grey skies and hotel windows
Fireproof - quoted in 2015’s Grey skies and hotel windows
Trouble Will Find Me - quoted in 2015’s Grey skies and hotel windows
PJ Harvey
Two songs that still, in 2024, represent Queens in 2001
This Mess We’re In - quoted in 2023’s You said something
You Said Something - quoted in 2023’s Lights go out
Poliça
The live version of this song remains a must see
Wandering Star - quoted in 2012’s Glimpses of Shanghai and 2016’s Wandering Star
Tina Dico
Zero 7 introduced me to so many voices, few with better solo careers
Parked Car - quoted in 2020’s Parked car
Room with a View - quoted in 2007’s Tokyo, two thousand seven