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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana with Courtney Love

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Penguin and the Riddler

Wesley Willis was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1989. He drew these beautiful, hyper-detailed Chicago cityscapes down to the license plate numbers of the cars and he sold them on the street. The vast majority of his songs have a very similar structure. See if you can guess what this song is called. I whooped Batman's ass. And second best soundtrack after Prince. Come for seal. Stay for you too.

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