Parsons Playlists: 1 Hour Walk

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Xipeng (class of 2024) and features some walking music.

1 Hour Walk

This playlist is from one of my favorite producers for his one-hour walk in Seoul city. It is also the playlist I listened to when I was taking a walk by the Thames River in London.

Antonio Carlos Jobim – “Arpoador”

Electric Light Orchestra – “Mr. Blue Sky”

Corinne Bailey Rae – “Do You Ever Think Of Me?”

Michael Franks – “All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go”

Jeff Cascaro – “The Sun Is Shining For Our Love”

Jordan Rakei – “Wind Parade”

Deborah Bond – “stride”

Mamas Gun – “This Is The Day”

Light & Salt – “아카시아 아가씨 (Lady Acacia)”

Steely Dan – “My Rival”

Tomita Lab feat. Isono-kun – “Flavor (7+ Version)”

Stevie Wonder – “Never In Your Sun”

D’Sound – “I Can Get Over You”

Andrew Gold – “Never Let Her Slip Away”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexmFFjw0DzFEFRo_13odUcu

Parsons Playlists: Best Band Names (and their best songs)

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Brianna (class of 2023) and features favorite songs from bands whose names she enjoys.

Best Band Names (and their best songs)

This playlist is made up of my favorite songs from the best band names out of the artists I listen to. Some of them are clever, some are funny, some make no sense, but all of them earned a place in my hall of fame. Enjoy!

band names

Peach Pit – “Figure 8”

Hippo Campus – “Ashtray”

Ritt Momney – “Paper News”

The Thing With Feathers – “Figure It Out”

Pearl Jam – “Even Flow”

My Chemical Romance – “Helena”

Nirvana – “In Bloom”

Lime Cordiale – “Country Club”

French Cassettes – “Dixie Lane”

Magic City Hippies – “Champagne on the Rider”

Trash Panda – “Heartbreak Pulsar”

Vista Kicks – “Gimme Love”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zew6vMK6_SANyMQpnfy22MX2

Parsons Playlists: I Can Buy Myself Flowers

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Nicole (class of 2024) and features music by and for independent women.

I Can Buy Myself Flowers

This year has welcomed us with remarkable women in music, stepping up to show how much they are worth and how they don’t need no man! For starters, Miley Cyrus has given a new anthem to all women around the world who have ever been mistreated or underappreciated by their significant other, with her new song “Flowers”. This is a playlist for all the single ladies who have felt the need to roll their eyes at relatives and friends asking if they received any flowers for Valentine’s Day. An independent woman can, in fact, buy herself flowers.

Ashe – “Angry Woman”

Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”

Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”

MARINA – “How To Be A Heartbreaker”

Metric – “Black Sheep”

Naomi Scott – “She’s So Gone”

Sara Bareilles – “Love Song”

Sir Chloe – “Animal”

Sohodolls – “Bang Bang Bang Bang”

Taylor Swift – “Karma”

Taylor Swift – “Vigilante Shit”

SZA – “Kill Bill”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZewT0z-VMddL01-ronFgaSDd

Parsons Playlists: Dhall

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Esther (class of 2025) and features songs for waiting in the UR dining hall affectionately known as Dhall.

Dhall

Songs I don’t understand but keep me happy while I wait for my panini.

D-hall UofR

TRANG x KHOA VŨ – “Ngã Tư Không Đèn”

Jill Barber – “Entre Nous”

Fujii Kaze – “Shinunoga E-Wa”

Emilie-Claire Barlow – “C’est si bon”

Maye – “Tú”

Fujii Kaze – “Matsuri”

Sebastian Romero – “¿A Qué Te Sabe el Café?”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZezBkCEsCXsYg4GBbbWqGSHq

Parsons Playlists: Walks Around The Lake

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Isaac (class of 2025) and features songs he listened to on walks around Westhampton Lake.

Walks Around The Lake

Like most, my first semester of college was a lot rougher than I imagined. I was confused, lonely, stressed, and honestly, I just missed my mom’s cooking. I would take walks around the lake to help ease my mind. Cold or hot, wet or dry, these walks were a necessary part of my routine, and I allowed the music I heard take me where they pleased. A few more semesters in, I’m loving college in a way that shocks me considering how miserable it was at times in the past, but I still take these walks occasionally. Here are some of the songs I listened to on these walks:

Westhampton Lake - University of Richmond

Frank Ocean – “White Ferrari”

Kanye West – “Lowlights”

Billie Eilish – “listen before i go”

Frank Ocean – “Moon River”

James Blake – “Are You Even Real?”

92914 – “Okinawa”

Daniel Caesar – “Japanese Denim

The Killers – “Read My Mind”

G-DRAGON – “Untitled, 2014”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexMxCFtnIPGoHXvLCgdKVyw

Parsons Playlists: Music of March

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Danny (class of 2023) and features music he discovered recently.

Music of March

This playlist consists of all songs I have discovered in March of 2023.

The Raspberries – “Let’s Pretend”

The Raspberries – “I Reach for the Light”

Mt. Desolation – “Too Hard A Stone”

George Harrison – “All Things Must Pass”

Wings – “Band on the Run”

Wings – “Silly Love Songs”

Motel Radio – “Stress”

The Rare Occasions – “Start This Over”

BLÜ EYES – “Who Am I Without You”

Rangga Jones – “On My Own”

JVKE – “This Is What Losing Someone Feels Like”

Glen Campbell – “Southern Nights”

Mike Mains & the Branches – “Briggs”

Goldpark – “Summer In My Head”

VOILA – “Girls Don’t Come With Instructions”

dv4vd – “Worthless”

The Summer Set – “Under the Incluence(r)”

Forrest Nolan – “A Song From Yesterday”

Quarters of Change – “Ms. Dramatic”

Beach Weather – “Pineapple Sunrise”

Yam Haus – “Making Out In Cars”

Blake Rose – “Don’t Stop The Car”

Inhaler – “Valentine”

Wasia Project – “Petals on the Moon”

Mercury – “I Don’t Know You Like I Used To”

Conan Gray – “Lookalike”

The Technicolors – “Tonight You Are Mine”

Friday Pilots Club – “Ms. Supernova”

Watkins Family Hour – “The Late Show”

Joy Oladokun feat. Noah Kahan – “We’re All Gonna Die”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZezoQdpNe4G7m4LGUsMuPXuH

Parsons Playlists: Hopeless Romantic

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Deisy (class of 2024) and features songs for the hopeless romantic.

Hopeless Romantic

hopeless romantic

Laufey & Philharmonia Orchestra – “Let You Break My Heart Again”

Laufey – “Magnolia”

Laufey – “Fragile”

Matt Maltese – “Everybody Adores You (at least I do)”

Eloise – “Trick of the Moon”

Forrest Nolan – “Sinatra”

stories ft. Bruno Major – “My Funny Valentine”

Aspidistrafly – “Landscape With A Fairy”

Dreamer Isioma – “Valentina”

Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone – “A Lovely Night” (from La La Land)

Here’s a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zeyn2L5_xolg0tYL3pPjBsmb

Parsons Playlists: Bollywood on the Block

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Kiran (class of 2024) and features songs presented by UR’s Bollywood Jhatkas and Block Crew in a recent performance on campus.

Bollywood on the Block: The Sequel

Bollywood Jhatkas and Block Crew recently performed their second joint showcase, on March 25th. Here are some of the crowd’s favorite songs/remixes!

Bollywood on the Block dflyer

From Bollywood Jhatkas:

“Dholida” x “Radha Kaise” from Riya Patel Choreography

“Malhari” from Bajrao Mastani

“Garmi” x “Gas Pedal” by UCSC Kahaani

“Oo Antava Mawa … Oo Oo Antava” from Pushpa

“Lungi Dance” by Yoyo Honey Singh

From Block Crew:

“Bia Bia” by Bia

“Kiss Me More” by Doja Cat

“Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars

“N95” by Kendrick Lamar

“Waves” by Normani

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zewq3ffMoV5O2XXN-otBQmGE

Parsons Playlists: Brain Scratch

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Marissa (class of 2025). It’s called “Brain Scratch.”

Brain Scratch

Ever listen to a song that scratches a certain itch in your brain? Or, in other words, a song that no matter how many times you listen to it, you can’t seem to get tired of it? I like to refer to those as “brain scratch songs”. This playlist describes that feeling for me, and I hope it will for you as well.

brain scratch

Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors (Radio Edit)”

Tame Impala – “Borderline”

Declan McKenna – “Brazil”

Kelly Clarkson – “Breakaway”

Edison Lighthouse – “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”

Ariana Grande – “poy”

Hoobastank – “The Reason”

SZA – “Kill Bill”

New West – “Those Eyes”

Ariana Grande – “Honeymoon Avenue”

Ritt Momney – “Put Your Records On”

Engelbert Humperdink – “A Man Without Love”

Grouplove – “Tongue Tied”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEPpzeK8v3s1PzCpE2q1X7ErR5A16lFok

Parsons Playlists: Riot Grrrl

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! To day we feature a collection of Riot Grrrl music curated by Music Library Associate Melanie.

Riot Grrrl

Riot grrrl began in the early 1990s as a DIY, feminist punk movement. Riot grrrl saw girls as a “revolutionary soul force” with the power to disrupt the status quo; rejecting social constructs of how women were supposed to look and behave; and zeroing in on personal and political discussions of sexism, sexuality, sexual violence, female empowerment, racism, ageism, homophobia, fat shaming, and able-bodiedism.

The riot grrrl movement allowed women their own space to create music and make political statements about the issues they were facing in the punk rock community and in society.

This playlist is inspired by the Music Library’s current exhibit: “Girls to the Front: The Riot Grrrl Revolution” which you should come to the library to take a look at should you have the time or inclination.
It features riot grrrl music from the 1990s(ish), and tracks by fellow travelers, antecedents and descendants.

Riot Grrrl

Bikini Kill – “Rebel Girl”

Sleater-Kinney – “Call The Doctor”

Bratmobile – “Cool Schmool”

Excuse 17 – “Watchmaker”

7 Year Bitch – “Dead Men Don’t Rape”

The Runaways – “Cherry Bomb”

Screaming Females – “Glass House”

Bikini Kill – “Double Dare Ya”

Sleater-Kinney – “Be Yr Mama”

Tribe 8 – “Neanderthal Dyke”

Babes In Toyland – “Sweet ’69”

Le Tigre – “Hot Topic”

Slant 6 – “Poison Arrows Shot At Heroes”

Mary Lou Lord – “Some Jingle Jangle Morning”

Emily’s Sassy Lime – “Mr. Moneybag$”

Autoclave – “Go Far”

Bratmobile – “Bitch Theme”

X-Ray Spex – “Art-I-Ficial”

Babes In Toyland – “He’s My Thing”

Lunachicks – “Bad Ass Bitch”

riot covers

PJ Harvey – “50ft Queenie”

Gossip – “Where The Girls Are”

Heavens To Betsy – “Me & Her”

Team Dresch – “Uncle Phranc”

Bratmobile – “Gimme Brains”

Sleater-Kinney – “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone”

Bikini Kill – “Suck My Left One”

Sleater-Kinney – “Dig Me Out”

Bacchae – “Read”

Wet Leg – “Wet Dream”

Riot Grrrl Sessions – “I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast”

Maya Jupiter – “Never Said Yes”

Lady Parts – “Bashir With The Good Beard”

The Linda Lindas – “Racist Sexist Boy”

Honeyblood – “You’re Standing On My Neck”

Tacocat – “Men Explain Things To Me”

BABYMETAL – “Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!”

Kate Nash – “Fri-End?”

7 Year Bitch – “Kiss My Ass Goodbye”

The Linda Lindas – “Oh!”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZezIt5ZNJHN15UP-GdKW3huz

And here it is on Spotify: