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The past few days have been filled with random bad-music flashbacks. Tonight was no exception:

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does

Sing it, Brett.

I thought I would link to a Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” video, since I would rather remember MJ as the kid full of promise he seemed to be then, rather than the tragic-comic figure he became as an adult. But as I looked through video clips, I saw that his journey to the man he became was already well underway early in his childhood and even the Jackson 5 videos made me sad. So instead, here is an “I Want You Back” cover, sung by my favorite kind of artist, a girl with a guitar. (And it just so happens that this girl with a guitar has the exact same birthday as me!)

ani difranco performs “november 4th 2008”

I love these videos anyway, but this one is made even better by the addition of Do Re Mi. Thanks for sending me this, Alex.

From my YouTube favorites. I have such a soft spot for children singing.

Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema’s top youth orchestra. Wow.