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🗓️ 27 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | All right, it's all songs considered. I'm Robin Hilton. Here is Stephen Thompson. Hey, Stephen. |
| 0:04.2 | Hello, Robin. So we have clawed our way to the year 2015 in this march through the best |
| 0:11.6 | songs, the songs that take us back to those years. And if you haven't been following along, |
| 0:17.0 | just a reminder that these are not the Billboard Hot 100 songs from those years, or necessarily |
| 0:22.0 | even the biggest songs of the year that maybe will take people back. These are songs that |
| 0:27.0 | define the show and that... Yeah, there's absolutely no way to be definitive in summing up any year. |
| 0:34.1 | Where's the folk music, Robin? Where's the? I see no mention of band A, |
| 0:40.4 | but lots of mention of band B. But what's the first thing that you think of when you think of |
| 0:45.1 | 2015? And a reminder also that we're not telling each other what the songs are. We're kind of |
| 0:50.4 | playing name that tune. We're playing a little bit of name that tune. You're going to hit it, |
| 0:54.0 | and then I'm going to try to guess what it is. |
| 0:56.7 | All right, Robin, the first song that jumped to mind when I think of 2015, first of all, pretty good year for music. |
| 1:02.1 | Second of all, this opening rift is the first thing that goes immediately to mind. |
| 1:12.7 | Courtney Barnett. |
| 1:17.7 | I love you, I hate you, I'm on the fence, it all depends whether I'm up, on down, I'm on the men, transcending all reality. |
| 1:25.5 | I like you, despise you, admire you,, what are we gonna do when everything all falls through? |
| 1:31.3 | I must confess I've made a mess of what should be a small success, but I digress. |
| 1:36.3 | At least I've tried, my very best, I guess. |
| 1:38.3 | This and the other, why even bother? |
| 1:41.3 | It won't be with me on my deathbed, but I'll still be in your hands. |
| 1:46.0 | Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you. |
| 1:52.8 | Tell me I'm acceptable. |
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