在沒有預設前提下，NPR（美國國家公共電台）在其讀者中征集過去十年最喜歡的歌曲，列出了下麵二十五首之最【1】，這些歌曲在YouTube上點擊播放均上百萬。其中，有耳聽能詳的、如#4，#10，#12，#13，有一些似乎又比較陌生，但對歌曲表達的“意境”多少會熟悉，畢竟，它們帶有某些時代的氣息。如果逐一聽聽這些歌曲，更多會產生一種感覺，即各式各樣的“掙紮”（“struggles”），“負麵”多於“正麵”的感覺，有些令人驚訝，出乎意料。
NPR 25首歌曲清單【1】
1. Bon Iver: "Holocene" from Bon Iver
2. Robyn: "Dancing On My Own" from Body Talk Pt. 1
3. Sufjan Stevens: "Fourth of July" from Carrie & Lowell
4. Lorde: "Royals" from Pure Heroine
5. Kanye West: "Runaway" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6. Beyoncé: "Formation" from Lemonade
7. M83: "Midnight City" from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
8. LCD Soundsystem: "Dance Yrself Clean" from This is Happening
9. Kendrick Lamar: "Alright" from To Pimp a Butterfly
10. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars: "Uptown Funk" from Uptown Special
11. Childish Gambino: "This is America" (Single)
12. Adele: "Rolling in the Deep" from 21
13. Taylor Swift: "All Too Well" from Red
14. Lucy Dacus: "Night Shift" from Historian
15. Carly Rae Jepsen: "Run Away with Me" from E.MO.TION
16. Mitski: "Your Best American Girl" from Puberty 2
17. Frank Ocean: "Self Control" from Blonde
18. Hozier: "Take Me to Church" from Hozier
19. Alabama Shakes: "Hold On" from Boys & Girls
20. Janelle Monáe: "Make Me Feel" from Dirty Computer
21. Lana Del Rey: "Video Games" from Born to Die
22. Brandi Carlile: "The Joke" from By the Way, I Forgive You
23. Radiohead: "Daydreaming" from A Moon Shaped Pool
24. Courtney Barnett: "Depreston" from Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
25. Fleet Foxes: "Helplessness Blues" from Helplessness
過去的時光在心裏留下了什麽？這些歌曲耐人尋味。從25首歌曲中選擇6首如下，其它的不妨找來聽聽，一定有您喜歡的。不難發現，在25首歌曲裏，#15顯得有些“另類”，閃亮、輕鬆。那好，就讓“我和你”一起去遠方吧：“Run Away With Me” 。
感恩節快樂！（11/28/2019）
#1. Bon Iver: "Holocene" from Bon Iver
#2. Robyn: "Dancing On My Own" from Body Talk Pt. 1 (有兩個不同版本：下麵為慢版本）
#4. Lorde: "Royals" from Pure Heroine
#12. Adele: "Rolling in the Deep" from 21
#15. Carly Rae Jepsen: "Run Away with Me" from E.MO.TION
#22. Brandi Carlile: "The Joke" from By the Way, I Forgive You
【1】https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767905185/the-2010s-npr-listeners-pick-their-top-songs-of-the-decade
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