Anti-Hit List

The Anti-Hit List is a weekly music column by Canadian music critic John Sakamoto.

The column presents a countdown list of Sakamoto's ten favourite non-hit songs of the week. This may include indie rock, mashups, forgotten classics, and other assorted bits of Internet musical culture. Each entry provides a link to a web page where the track can be streamed or downloaded.

The column was originated on Sun Media's CANOE website. It subsequently moved to eye, and currently appears on the Toronto Star's website.

In 2005, Sakamoto and the Star launched an Anti-Hit List podcast.

References

External links

  • Anti-Hit List
  • Anti-Hit List archive from Eye Weekly

  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Hit List

    by: Skyclad

    A list of needs to get me started
    Help me organise my day
    Get up, get dressed and get reminded
    Exactly what I need to say
    Everything is architecture
    Everything's political
    It's all pride and prejudice
    Don't tell me that it's art!
    A cool head for calculation
    These things occupy my mind
    I work better independent
    Deal with one thing at a time
    Buzzwords buzzing through my brain
    Repetition makes the point... again
    Your vile vowel movements, they bother me
    Don't bother to buzz me again
    In the evening when the west light glares
    And the storm beats out to sea
    Can you find you if you sit and stare
    Is your soul lost on the breeze?
    Let's start again and stop pretending
    Forget the furniture of war
    Communication's never ending
    Make things better, know the score
    Everything is architecture
    Everything's political
    It's all pride and prejudice
    Don't tell me what it is!
    A list of needs to get me started
    Evaluate, prioritise
    Certain things must be decided
    Taken one step at a time
    In the evening when the west light glares
    And the storm beats out to sea
    Can you find you if you sit and stare
    Is your soul lost on the breeze?
    (Counterpoint 1):
    All these things I hear could make me live in fear
    Could force me not to care or drive me to despair)
    (Counterpoint 2):
    Everyone lets you down, yes
    (Counterpoint 3):




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