{"id":4223,"date":"2013-05-13T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T03:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2013-05-13T22:41:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T03:41:06","slug":"lovesong-eli-braden-and-the-crunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/lovesong-eli-braden-and-the-crunge\/","title":{"rendered":"LoveSong – Eli Braden and The Crunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, there’s a relatively new feature at The AV Club called HateSong<\/a>, where people (often musicians, but not always) pick one song to soak in their dripping bile and contempt. \u00a0The songs range from classic Christmas tunes<\/a>\u00a0to recent-ish hits<\/a>, from hard rock<\/a> to sacred cows<\/a>. \u00a0Many of these hate songs are usually beloved by at least some segment of the population.<\/p>\n

I like the feature just fine. \u00a0Some people give long, entertaining arguments, while others are just boringly pissy for a few paragraphs about a piece of music they don’t like.<\/p>\n

The overall tone of the feature is (surprise, surprise) negative.<\/p>\n

I thought it might be nice to invert the feature, and ask people to talk about a song they love that might not be popular with a lot of folks — take the hate for a song, and replace it with love, I suppose.<\/p>\n

And so, we come to the first installment of LoveSong!<\/p>\n

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The lover:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eli Braden<\/a>\u00a0is a writer, musician, and comedian living in Los Angeles, California. \u00a0He is a frequent contributor to The Howard Stern Show. He has written for Jimmy Kimmel Live, Upload With Shaquille O’Neal, and Fashion Police With Joan Rivers. He frequently posts jokes to Twitter at @elibraden<\/a>. \u00a0His most recent album,\u00a0Elevator in the Brain Hotel<\/a>, is available on iTunes.<\/p>\n

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The loved: Led Zeppelin, \u201cThe Crunge\u201d (1973)<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n