Reselect Music Writing Archive

This archive contains blog posts originally written by Dave Gershman between 2011 and 2020. They are presented in as close to their original format as possible and include their original publication dates. As of July 2026, the archive is being rebuilt, with new articles added daily.

ABBA

• "S.O.S."

Alice Cooper

• "No More Mr. Nice Guy"

The Apples in Stereo

• "The Rainbow"

The Association

• "Wantin' Ain't Gettin'"

Badfinger

• "No Matter What"

Lou Barlow

• "Round-N-Round"

The Beatles

• "I'm So Tired"
• "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

The Bee Gees

• "Lonely Days"

Jorge Ben

• “Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma)”

Brendan Benson

• "Metarie"

Chuck Berry

• "No Particular Place to Go"

The Buzzcocks

• "What Do I Get"

The Byrds

• "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"

Cake

• "I Will Survive"

Camper Van Beethoven

• "We're a Bad Trip"

Neko Case

• "Duchess"
• "Hold On, Hold On"

Cat Power

• "He War"

Cheap Trick

• "Downed"

The Clash

• "Spanish Bombs"

Ry Cooder

• "Goodnight Irene"

Elvis Costello

• "Town Cryer"

Cream

• "Badge"

The Creation

• "Making Time"

Creedence Clearwater Revival

• "Effigy"

The Cure

• "Just Like Heaven"
• "The Lovecats"

Deee-Lite

• "Groove is in the Heart"

Deerhoof

• "Siriustar"

The Detroit Cobras

• "Mean Man"

Neil Diamond

• "Solitary Man"

Elastica

• "Connection"

The English Beat

• "Sugar and Stress"

The Flying Lizards

• "Money (That's What I Want)"

Foster the People

• "Pumped Up Kicks"

Fountains of Wayne

• "Hackensack"

Ace Frehley

• "New York Groove"

Game Theory

• "Here It Is Tomorrow"

PJ Harvey

• "Dress"

Heart

• "Love Alive"

Bert Jansch

• "Blackwaterside"/"Angie"

The Kinks

• "Powerman"

Komeda

• "It's Alright, Baby"

The La's

• "Timeless Melody"

Led Zeppelin

• "Houses of the Holy"

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

• "Bottled in Cork"

Let's Active

• "Every Word Means No"

Lilys

• "Can't Make Your Life Better"

Los Lobos

• "Wake Up Dolores"

Shelby Lynne

• "Life is Bad"

Aimee Mann

• "4th of July"

Mary's Danish

• "O Lonely Soul, It's a Hard Road"

Dave Mason

• "Only You Know and I Know"

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions

• "We're a Winner"

Mazzy Star

• "Fade into You"

Minutemen

• "I Felt Like a Gringo"

The Modern Lovers

• "Roadrunner"

Modest Mouse

• "Polar Opposites"

Harry Nilsson

• "Driving Along"

Nirvana

• "About a Girl"

Olivia Tremor Control

• "Jumping Fences"

The Pixies

• "Alec Eiffel"
• "Debaser"
• "Gigantic"
• "Motorway to Roswell"
• "U-Mass"

The Pretenders

• "The Wait"

Public Enemy

• "911 is a Joke"

R.E.M.

• "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)"
• "Crazy"
• "New Test Leper" / "Nightswimming"

Emitt Rhodes

• "Really Wanted You"

Roxy Music

• "Out of the Blue"

Todd Rundgren

• "Couldn't I Just Tell You"

The Sadies

• "Loved on Look"

The Shins

• "New Slang"

Nina Simone

• "To Love Somebody"

Sloan

• "Money City Maniacs"

Sly & the Family Stone

• "Family Affair"

Soul Asylum

• "Something Out of Nothing"

Spoon

• "Jonathon Fisk"

Bruce Springsteen

• "Spirit in the Night"

Squeeze

• "Annie Get Your Gun"

The Starlight Mints

• "Brass Digger"

Sufjan Stevens

• "Chicago"

The Sugarcubes

• "Birthday"

Television

• "See No Evil"

Throwing Muses

• "Juno"

Thunderclap Newman

• "Something in the Air"

Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane

• "My Baby Gives It Away"

The Corin Tucker Band

• "Doubt"

Urge Overkill

• "Positive Bleeding"

Veruca Salt

• "Seether"
• "Volcano Girls"

The Verve

• "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

Tom Waits

• "Jockey Full of Bourbon"

Gillian Welch

• "Look at Miss Ohio"
• "Revelator"

Wilco

• “Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway(again)”

Amy Winehouse

• "You Know I'm No Good" (In Memoriam)

Stevie Wonder

• "I Wish"

XTC

• "Yacht Dance"

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

• "Gold Lion"

Warren Zevon

• "Keep Me in Your Heart"