Justin Jay Wang

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I’m visiting D.C. this weekend, so here’s a playlist featuring mostly artists from there.

  1. Marvin Gaye – “Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1)” (Live at the London Palladium, 1977)
  2. Peaches & Herb – “Reunited” (2 Hot!, 1978)
  3. Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway – “The Closer I Get to You” (Blue Lights in the Basement, 1977)
  4. Marvin Gaye – “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” (How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You, 1965)
  5. Ginuwine – “Differences” (The Life, 2001)
  6. Toni Braxton – “Breathe Again” (Toni Braxton, 1993)
  7. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – “In A Sentimental Mood” (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, 1963)
  8. Gil Scott-Heron – “Washington, D.C.” (Moving Target, 1982)
  9. Marvin Gaye – “What’s Going On” (What’s Going On, 1971)

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Songs that made an indelible first impression.

  1. Belle & Sebastian – “Get Me Away from Here, I’m Dying” (If You’re Feeling Sinister, 1996)
  2. Radiohead – “Airbag” (OK Computer, 1997)
  3. The Evens – “Shelter Two” (The Evens, 2005)
  4. Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, 1998)
  5. Passion Pit – “I’ve Got Your Number” (Chunk of Change, 2008)
  6. The xx – “Crystalised” (xx, 2009)
  7. Kanye West, feat. Pusha T – “Runaway” (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010)
  8. Youth Lagoon – “17” (The Year of Hibernation, 2011)
  9. Lorde – “Royals” (The Love Club EP, 2013)
  10. Miguel – “Adorn” (Art Dealer Chic, Vol. 1, 2012)
  11. HAIM – “Falling” (Days Are Gone, 2013)
  12. Jeremih, feat. J. Cole – “Planez” (Late Nights: The Album, 2015)
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Mixtape: Let’s Stay Together

  1. Al Green – “Let’s Stay Together” (Let’s Stay Together, 1972)
  2. Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs” (The Suburbs, 2010)
  3. Sugar & Gold – “Neighborhood” (Crème, 2007)
  4. The Cure – “Boys Don’t Cry” (Boys Don’t Cry, 1980)
  5. Pavement – “Silence Kid” (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)
  6. Passion Pit – “Little Secrets” (Manners, 2009)
  7. Arcade Fire – “Rebellion (Lies)” (Funeral, 2004)
  8. Simon & Garfunkel – “Mrs. Robinson” (Bookends, 1968)
  9. Kanye West – “Family Business” (The College Dropout, 2004)
  10. Electrelane – “The Greater Times” (No Shouts, No Calls, 2007)
  11. LCD Soundsystem – “I Can Change” (This Is Happening, 2010)
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Songs for driving up to and back from Berkeley.

  1. Yo La Tengo – “Little Honda” (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997)
  2. Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (Neon Bible, 2007)
  3. Phantom Planet – “California” (The Guest, 2002)
  4. Elliott Smith – “Angeles” (Either/Or, 1997)
  5. Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (I Heard It Through the Grapevine, 1968)
  6. Coconut Records – “West Coast” (Nighttiming, 2007)
  7. M83 – “Highway of Endless Dreams” (Saturdays=Youth, 2008)
  8. Led Zeppelin – “Going to California” (Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)
  9. Jackson Browne – “Running on Empty” (Running on Empty, 1977)
  10. Bright Eyes – “A Song to Pass the Time” (Fevers and Mirrors, 2000)
  11. Simon and Garfunkel – “Baby Driver” (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)
  12. Belle & Sebastian – “I Love My Car” (I’m Waking Up to Us, 2001)
  13. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, 1973)
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Soundtrack to the relationship I wish I had.

  1. The Beatles – “Girl” (Rubber Soul, 1965)
  2. Radiohead – “All I Need” (In Rainbows, 2007)
  3. Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life” (I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, 2005)
  4. Iron & Wine – “Naked As We Came” (Our Endless Numbered Days, 2004)
  5. Sufjan Stevens – “The Dress Looks Nice on You” (Seven Swans, 2004)
  6. Sufjan Stevens – “To Be Alone With You” (Seven Swans, 2004)
  7. Smashing Pumpkins – “Perfect” (Adore, 1998)
  8. Belle & Sebastian – “If She Wants Me” (Dear Catastrophe Waitress, 2003)
  9. The Velvet Underground – “She’s My Best Friend” (VU, 1985)
  10. Yo La Tengo – “Autumn Sweater” (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997)
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A mix for playing ping pong in the garage.

  1. Stereolab – “Ping Pong” (Mars Audiac Quintet, 1994)
  2. The Lucksmiths – “Little Athletics” (A Good Kind of Nervous, 1998)
  3. Belle & Sebastian – “It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career” (The Boy with the Arab Strap, 1998)
  4. Cat Power –“The Greatest” (The Greatest, 2006)
  5. Weezer – “In the Garage” (Weezer, 1994)
  6. Yo La Tengo – “My Little Corner of the World” (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997)
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