Abhishek Basnet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing in this world makes me feel as old as the Cowan aux does. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong. They certainly play classics and I have no qualms about it. But a person can do without feeling like they\u2019ve already hit unc status in their freshmen year. I mean, most<\/em> of the music they play comes from the 70\u2019s to 2010\u2019s!<\/p>\n\n\n\n But snark aside, the fine folks at Cowan certainly do know their music and I appreciate that, which is why I\u2019m taking the pain to compile some of their songs into neat little rankings and brief reviews (totally not biased). Note that this solely reflects my subjective opinion, and I am no Anthony Fantano, as will be clear soon enough. I also certainly didn\u2019t feel the whiplash going from \u201cKung Fu Fighting\u201d to \u201cIris\u201d on my re-created Cowan aux playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Billie Jean \u2013 Michael Jackson<\/strong> People Are People \u2013 Depeche Mode<\/strong> I Ran (So Far Away) \u2013 A Flock Of Seagulls<\/strong> Iris \u2013 Goo Goo Dolls<\/strong> Everybody Wants To Rule The World \u2013 Tears for Fears<\/strong> Bring Me To Life \u2013 Evanescence<\/strong> All of the Lights \u2013 Kanye West<\/strong> Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) \u2013 Journey<\/strong> Paradise City \u2013 Guns N’ Roses<\/strong> Dreams \u2013 Fleetwood Mac<\/strong> Young Turks \u2013 Rod Stewart<\/strong> Everlong \u2013 Foo Fighters<\/strong> Owner of a Lonely Heart \u2013 Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9\/10<\/em>: I aspire to be as weird as this song!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Umbrella \u2013 Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)<\/strong> True Love \u2013 Kanye West and XXXTentacion<\/strong> We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) \u2013 Vengaboys<\/strong> The Scotts \u2013 Travis Scott and Kid Cudi<\/strong> Lonely \u2013 Akon<\/strong> Kung Fu Fighting \u2013 Carl Douglas<\/strong> Other Notable Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep On Loving You \u2013 REO Speedwagon<\/strong> Dancing Queen \u2013 ABBA<\/strong> Another One Bites The Dust \u2013 Queen<\/strong> Wake Me Up When September Ends \u2013 Green Day<\/strong> Maneater \u2013 Hall & Oates<\/strong> You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) \u2013 Dead or Alive<\/strong> (Don\u2019t Fear) The Reaper \u2013 Blue \u00d6yster Cult<\/strong> Any Way You Want It \u2013 Journey<\/strong> American Boy \u2013 Estelle (feat. Kanye West)<\/strong> Day N Nite \u2013 Kid Cudi<\/strong> Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Piano Rendition of Buddy Holly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shoutout to the skilled pianist that played an excellent rendition of Buddy Holly by Weezer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Abhishek Basnet Nothing in this world makes me feel as old as the Cowan aux does. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong. They certainly play classics and I have no qualms about it. But a person can do without feeling like they\u2019ve already hit unc status in their freshmen year. I mean, most of the music […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-leisure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8563,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561\/revisions\/8563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>10\/10<\/em>: There\u2019s a reason why MJ is known as the King of Pop and rightly so. It truly is unfair to play this while I\u2019m in the midst of grabbing some food. Makes me want to break out and moon-walk while shouting \u201cBILLIE JEAN\u201d at the top of my lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you ever hear somebody shatter their plate while eating at Cowan, you\u2019d better just know that they played this banger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9.5\/10<\/em>: I truly relate with the message of this song from the bottom of my soul. How come we all don\u2019t get along despite being just \u201cpeople\u201d at the end of the day? Last night, I saw somebody putting peanut butter on their pizza, but it was all good since this song was on the aux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, and there\u2019s a pretty good chance that you can sometimes catch me humming \u201cI can’t understand what makes a man hate another man\u201d at Cowan. Just letting y\u2019all know I\u2019m chill like that\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9.5\/10<\/em>: The statement \u201cI\u2019d never thought I\u2019d meet a girl like you\u201d has led many people to their doom, but what would I know about that? I\u2019m just a humble music reviewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Word of advice: watch out for folks with auburn hair and tawny eyes lest they hypnotize you. You wouldn\u2019t want that, would you now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9.5\/10<\/em>: You know the music goes hard when you see somebody fall down to their knees and start sobbing uncontrollably once it starts playing in Cowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9.5\/10<\/em>: Who cares that an entire generation of kids will grow up associating this song with Skibidi Toilet edits? Tears for Fears will always<\/strong> have a place at my aux, at least. And in the aux of anybody who is anybody. I rest my case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: Watching hundreds of AMVs and edits made me truly appreciate this song. And I\u2019ll unabashedly proclaim that I am fond of it. TO THIS DAY!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: Remember when Kanye assembled the Avengers for this one song? From Elton John to John Legend to Rihanna, don\u2019t let its common status as a \u201cmeme\/hype\u201d song fool you. This song can hold its own against other excellent songs from an equally excellent album (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/em>). In fact, I\u2019d argue that this song surpasses Runaway on the album, but that is a topic for another time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: This song might be overplayed, but I\u2019d be lying if I said it didn\u2019t go hard. Makes me wanna rip out my shirt while cracking open a cold one. HELL YEAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: It\u2019s the guitar, I\u2019m telling you (God bless Slash). But seriously, this song has everything going for it. Powerful vocals. Amazing rhythm. And oh, did I mention Slash\u2019s guitar work again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: This song is the epitome of \u201cpraying that my favorite band has a downfall so they can produce a banger.\u201d If you know, you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: Ah, don\u2019t you just love it when romance is in the air? Here\u2019s to all the couples on campus. Remember that y\u2019all have Rod Stewart and all the time in this world on your side. Let the young hearts be free tonight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sorry to all the single peeps out there. But hey, the music hits hard though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>9\/10<\/em>: I\u2019ve got a soft spot in my heart for \u201cdad rock.\u201d Shoutout to all my fellow uncs and dads out there. Y\u2019all rock!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an honorable unc myself, if nobody got me, I know Foo Fighters got me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>8\/10<\/em>: 10\/10 if it is raining outside and I have an umbrella with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>8\/10<\/em>: Beautiful vocals and sentimental lyrics. Short but sweet. This song gets the job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>8\/10<\/em>: Fun song, but it does feel too gimmicky upon re-listening (and now the beat is stuck in my head).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>7.5\/10<\/em>: Both Travis Scott and Kid Cudi have much better to offer. Granted, it is a very chill song and knowing that Travis Scott idolized Cudi makes this song more endearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Lonely\/10<\/em>: Old banger, but I fear that those Alvin and the Chipmunks brainrot reels on my Instagram feed have permanently warped my brain against anything high pitched. Mom was right. It truly is the damn phone\u2026 Besides, it also feels out of touch (out of vibe?) at Cowan. I\u2019m just trying to eat my food while having a good time with friends, ya feel me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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