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5. Scott McKenzie: “San Francisco (ensure to put on some flowers in your hair)”
Written by John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas to drum up enthusiasm for the 1967 Monterey Worldwide Pop Pageant, this track by people musician Scott McKenzie shortly turned an epoch-defining anthem – though the Coachella Generation appears to have heeded his sartorial recommendation too.
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6. Lengthy stay Riff Raff: “Rhododendron”
Alynda Segarra shouts out some inventive flora names – “rhododendron, night-blooming jasmine, lethal nightshade” – on this enjoyable monitor from her 2022 LP “Life on Earth.” (If you happen to like this track and are new to Segarra’s undertaking Long live Riff Raff, I arrange one entire playlist in your honor earlier this 12 months.)
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7. Radiohead: “Lotus Flower”
Sure, that is the Radiohead track with that video of Thom Yorke dancing. And do not get me fallacious: Dancing Thom Yorke eternally. However I feel this extremely memeable video makes folks overlook how good this track is – slinky, hypnotic and clearly a spotlight of the band’s 2011 album, “The King of Limbs.”
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8. Billie Eilish: “Wildflower”
An ex haunts a present relationship in probably the most subdued and transferring tracks on Billie Eilish’s new album, “Hit Me Laborious and Gentle.” “I see her behind my thoughts on a regular basis,” sings Eilish, buying and selling her signature low-key, chilly self for a extra passionate supply. “It appears like a fever, such as you’re burning alive.”
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9. Jamila Woods performing duendita: “Tiny Backyard”
I feel I’ve beneficial this track earlier than, however so be it – it at all times places a smile on my face. On this single from her 2023 album “Water Made Us,” musician and poet Jamila Woods compares residing and loving to the continued work of tending a small backyard. Her vitality is so vivid that the music itself feels like nourishing sunshine.
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10. Outkast: “Roses”
And eventually, we have now probably the most downbeat pop songs ever named after a flower. Most love songs take as a right that roses odor candy, however in Stankonia they odor like… nicely, you already know.
