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"  The winking, slightly-unhinged &amp;quot;bro blog&amp;quot; Holytaco.com has a list of songs that should never be played at a bar, and it&amp;#039;s hard to argue with their scathing critique of songs like &amp;quot;All I Wanna Do&amp;quot; by Sheryl Crow and &amp;quot;The Piano Man&amp;quot; by Billy Joel. But here&amp;#039;s a well-formed argument against this list: they&amp;#039;re wrong about every song. Playing a jukebox song at a bar is a communal activity, and the songs played are, and should be, hymns for the drunk. They should be inoffensive, instantly recognizable, and easily howled over. Try rolling into a dive bar full of neighborhood dudes and playing &amp;quot;Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger&amp;quot; by Daft Punk or &amp;quot;Everyday Is Like Sunday&amp;quot; by Morrissey. There is no doubt that the authors of this list have refined taste in music; the songs listed are either cliche, sentimental, and lacking artistic nuance. Personally, these songs are minor vices. To blare them from a bedroom window is to bring shame down around the entire house. But, really Holytaco.com, &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t Stop Believin&amp;#039;&amp;quot; by Journey? Even the coy, pretentious finale to The Soprano&amp;#039;s couldn&amp;#039;t kill this epic anthem of our times. That song is eternal, our Mozart&amp;#039;s Requiem. It will echo through the centuries, as it gives angelic voice to the inarticulate lonleiness in us all. Ahem. Check it out. Fourteen Songs You Should Never Play In A Bar [holytaco.com]  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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