Best love song:
"Our Love is Here to Stay"—George and Ira Gershwin. There's just something so sweet and obviously timeless about this.
Best song from 1969:
"Gimme Shelter"—Rolling Stones. Kind of a safe choice I guess, but it's a great song.
Best song that starts with the letter Z:
"Zombie"—Fela. I'm willing to bet I'm not the only person who is going to nominate this defining afrobeat song here. Great, groovy stuff.
Best song that falls under the shoegaze genre:
"Give Us Moon Rocks!"—The Swirlies. Honestly I don't listen to much shoegaze but I do love this track, even if I think the singer is an asshole.
Best song by a band that had only one studio album:
"Xerox My Hand"—Kill Me Tomorrow. Possibly the best track off of what is probably my favorite album of the 00s. They've released some other things here and there but never another LP unfortunately.
Best song by a post-rock band from the 2000s or later:
"I Want It All"—Trans Am. These guys probably aren't even considered post rock anymore because of how the genre has changed in the past decade, but they were considered post rock back when I started listening to them and this song kicks ass, so there.
Best song by a prog band where the prog band's name can't include a color and must be more than one word*:
Soft Machine—"Facelift". The only prog band I could think of that didn't violate the name rules here. Anyway, this is a pretty good song, though I'm not sure if prog purists would consider it prog or not.
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