When I started Fancy!, I defined it as “Stuff you might need to know, just for today, to stay interested in living.” Today’s Fancy! is that: a playlist to remind you there are still, even today, more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Let’s get right to it, shall we? TURN IT UP!
PLAYS PRETTY FOR BABY by Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer
I don’t want to disappoint you on the first song, like, “I know this song.” I also want you to get up and kill it like you know you can so LET’S DO IT! The song is almost over by the time you love it, just like today, it’s now, it’s never, GO!
MAMA by LunchMoney Lewis
As open-hearted and light as the person you want to be. Call your mother!
CARTOONS AND FOREVER PLANS by Maria Taylor (feat. Michael Stipe)
I really want to give you something you’ve never heard that you’re going to love for the rest of your life. That’s what I’m trying to do here. It’s good to tell people what you’re trying to do sometimes so they can say, “Stop.”
MALAIKA by Miriam Makeba
A gift to me from the woman who’s introduced me to more songs I’ve never heard of than anyone in my life. I hope this song is new to you, too! If it’s not, it’s still not bad to remember how simple and important it is to tell the people you love that you love them. It’s amazing how rarely people say these things!
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