Fourteen Furniture Songs: A Playlist For Movers

I just moved into a new apartment last week, and finding cheapish furniture has been a chore. Chairs, tables, beds, lamps: There are a lot of things that need go into a house before it stops looking like a hermitage. Since I’ve got domestic wares on the mind, here is a playlist all about the things I’d like to have. The problem? All these silly musicians sing about are “Broken Chairs” and “Torn Blue Foam Couches”—damaged things, I suppose as some kind of metaphor for the fleeting nature of material goods. But I’d like a nice set of Ikea bar stools that aren’t splintered or lop-sided, thank you.

Jimmy Eat World, “Table For Glasses”

Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, “Big Kid Table”

White Rabbits, “Take A Walk Around the Table”

Built To Spill, “Broken Chairs”

Black Prairie, “Red Rocking Chair”

Grand Archives, “Torn Blue Foam Couch”

St. Vincent, “The Bed”

Death Cab for Cutie, “Brothers On A Hotel Bed”

Eels, “Packing Blankets”

Imogen Heap, “Between Sheets”

The Britt Lloyd Band, “Dresser Drawer”

Bishop Allen, “Corazon”

Pete Yorn, “Closet”

Jimi Hendrix, “Burning Of The Midnight Lamp”