Blog: The Pop View

As I do every year, here are two final songs for New Year's. I tend more to mournful dirge than raucous celebration, since the end of the year tends to be a time to reflect back on things not accomplished (again) and people who have passed. I guess I really ought to focus on the renewal of hope part. We artificially divide one year from another and create this sense of rebirth. Start all over again. Make resolutions. Take this crummy year and stick in a drawer. They're giving out new ones! [...]

• Dan Wilson - What A Year For A New Year
• Drums and Tuba - Auld Lange Syne