Dopamine Hits #1: No Surrender Gasoline Dreams

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This is a just a pet project and playlist. Back in the early weeks of this hellish administration, like early February, I started posting daily dopamine hits on Facebook, little blasts of music to make myself feel good. Some of them have overt rebel-resist vibes, a lot of them were just things I felt like hearing that day. Some have obvious topicality related to the artists — obituaries in some cases, news events in others. No real rules except they should be songs I'm always happy to hear, and so far anyway I haven't repeated any artists. I've been compiling a Spotify list as I've gone, and it has served its stated purpose. I can put it on shuffle and will generally improve my mood within a few songs.

Anyway, I've hit 100 on the playlist, so I thought it'd be a dumb fun poll. Breaking it up into 4 and then will face off for the Grand Dopamine Champion. Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/17W3WaXIGGuhLRH8K0dQ9r?si=f5e506b9b40d4ee7

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Bra" — Cymande	3
"Justified & Ancient" — The KLF	3
"Going Underground" — The Jam	3
"Gasoline Dreams" — OutKast	2
"Bring the Noise" — Public Enemy	2
"I'm Talkin' to You" — T.I.	2
"No Surrender" — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	1
"Gasolina" — Daddy Yankee	1
"Freakin Out" — Death	1
"Mountain Song" — Jane's Addiction	1
"Switch Over" — Horsegirl	1
"Mind Your Own Business" — Delta 5	1
"Police on My Back" — The Clash	1
"Meet De Boys on the Battlefront" — The Wild Tchoupitoulas	1
"Hanging Around" — Charli xcx	0
"Ciega, Sordomuda" — Shakira	0
"Fire" — Mother's Finest	0
"Ring the Alarm" — Beyoncé	0
"Trash" — New York Dolls	0
"Work Until I Die" — S.G. Goodman	0
"Don't Worry Baby" — Ronnie Spector	0
"King Kunta" — Kendrick Lamar	0
"Victim of Circumstance" — Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	0
"Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" — Ramones	0
"We're Not Gonna Take It" — Twisted Sister	0

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 July 2025 20:52 (four months ago)

Bra is such a jam

― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 8 July 2025 21:05 (four months ago)

"No Surrender" — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
"Police on My Back" — The Clash
"Going Underground" — The Jam
"Gasoline Dreams" — OutKast

Between these. Maybe feeling the OutKast the most right now.

― cryptosicko, Tuesday, 8 July 2025 21:54 (four months ago)

"bra" is one of my all-time favs

― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Tuesday, 8 July 2025 22:11 (four months ago)

I've never heard "Bra"!

― hungover beet poo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 July 2025 22:15 (four months ago)

you're in for a treat. david mancuso loft classic.

― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Tuesday, 8 July 2025 22:16 (four months ago)

you've almost certainly heard it

― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 8 July 2025 22:20 (four months ago)

Where I first heard "Bra":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXI8YSFjm3U

― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 July 2025 04:34 (four months ago)

I never even noticed that! Cool.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 10 July 2025 04:54 (four months ago)

i learned about so much cool music from the samples on that record. it's not like nowadays with smartphones and algorithms. young people these days don't know the pleasures of real digging. it's sad. wait a minute, wait a minute ... this isn't facebook

― budo jeru, Thursday, 10 July 2025 15:21 (four months ago)

I used to listen to that T.I. track to get a rush, the beat is so dirty and grimy and it just goes

― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 10 July 2025 15:27 (four months ago)

The beat is great and I love the way T.I. builds from slow syrupy drawl to double-time spitting by the last verse, just an MC masterclass.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 10 July 2025 17:40 (four months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 12 July 2025 00:01 (four months ago)

Lots of great one here, but this is an easy choice. Bring the Noise.

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 12 July 2025 00:21 (four months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 13 July 2025 00:01 (four months ago)

I woulda voted PE. I liked Going Underground until it was deconstructed/eviscerated hilariously in front of my eyes on ilm in… in a long-ass time ago.

I still kinda like that kiddo voice going “IT’S COMING!” at the start. I think that’s the song that has that.

― bloozmonica noodling inc. (Hunt3r), Sunday, 13 July 2025 05:40 (four months ago)

Absolutely love that SG Goodman song, never heard of her before.

― nate woolls, Sunday, 20 July 2025 20:37 (four months ago)

I really like her, but that song stands out yeah. I love how angry it is.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 20 July 2025 21:30 (four months ago)

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