McSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY'S PATREON
Join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get access to author interviews, content calls, discounts at our store, and more. Help support our writers and keep our site ad-free.
Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook
To celebrate the release of Nick Hornby’s Songbook, several authors wrote in about their favorite songs.
-
April 12, 2004Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: Listen to the Lyrics Or Ronald Reagan and James Lourenco: I’m Just Burning Doing the Neutron Dance
-
March 30, 2004Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: Jonathan Richman, “Roadrunner.”
-
March 10, 2004Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Don’t Worry Baby” by the Beach Boys
-
February 15, 2004Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Everything Is Free” by Gillian Welch
-
February 9, 2004Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “I Never Did Sing You a Love Song” by Maria Muldaur
-
January 12, 2004Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Hello It’s Me” by Todd Rundgren
-
December 7, 2003Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: Richard Marx’s “Hazard.”
-
November 24, 2003Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Inner Meet Me” by The Beta Band
-
November 10, 2003Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: On “Alison.”
-
October 28, 2003Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Fame Throwa” by Pavement
-
October 7, 2003Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Sometimes” by James Just Totally Does It for Me
-
July 31, 2003Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Get Me Away from Here, I’m Dying” by Belle & Sebastian
Trending 🔥
Recently
-
June 19, 2025The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Optimized (Presented in Beta)
-
June 18, 2025I Am Your Body and I Am Done Keeping Score
-
June 18, 2025The Trump Playbook for Brokering Peace Between Israel and Iran
-
June 17, 2025I’ve Figured Out What My Mayoral Run Is Missing: I Need to Start Sexually Harassing Women