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    The document summarizes four songs: 1) Radiohead's "No Surprises" which asks for a normal life without surprises through a calm, slow delivery. 2) The Flaming Lips' "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" which tells the story of Yoshimi preparing to battle robots through guitar, drums, synthesizers and a girl's voice. 3) Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" about her past relationship with her mother, maintaining a low, calm voice while repeating "rabbit fur coat". 4) M. Ward's "Chinese Translation" about fixing a broken heart through nature, with a smooth voice and guitar rhythm that slows down for emphasis.

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    The document summarizes four songs: 1) Radiohead's "No Surprises" which asks for a normal life without surprises through a calm, slow delivery. 2) The Flaming Lips' "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" which tells the story of Yoshimi preparing to battle robots through guitar, drums, synthesizers and a girl's voice. 3) Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" about her past relationship with her mother, maintaining a low, calm voice while repeating "rabbit fur coat". 4) M. Ward's "Chinese Translation" about fixing a broken heart through nature, with a smooth voice and guitar rhythm that slows down for emphasis.

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    The document summarizes four songs: 1) Radiohead's "No Surprises" which asks for a normal life without surprises through a calm, slow delivery. 2) The Flaming Lips' "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" which tells the story of Yoshimi preparing to battle robots through guitar, drums, synthesizers and a girl's voice. 3) Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" about her past relationship with her mother, maintaining a low, calm voice while repeating "rabbit fur coat". 4) M. Ward's "Chinese Translation" about fixing a broken heart through nature, with a smooth voice and guitar rhythm that slows down for emphasis.

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    Song Analysis

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    The document summarizes four songs: 1) Radiohead's "No Surprises" which asks for a normal life without surprises through a calm, slow delivery. 2) The Flaming Lips' "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" which tells the story of Yoshimi preparing to battle robots through guitar, drums, synthesizers and a girl's voice. 3) Jenny Lewis' "Rabbit Fur Coat" about her past relationship with her mother, maintaining a low, calm voice while repeating "rabbit fur coat". 4) M. Ward's "Chinese Translation" about fixing a broken heart through nature, with a smooth voice and guitar rhythm that slows down for emphasis.

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    1. Radiohead No Surprises It seems as a very simple song.

    The purpose is to ask for a normal life where nothing out of the ordinary happens. The voice of the singer is very calm during the whole song. He mains a normal volume and a somewhat slow speed in his voice as he sings. In the actual instruments it is the same patter reaping that has no build up or dramatic change.

    2. The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part One The Flaming Lips seem to be telling the story of Yoshimi and how she prepares to battle the pink robots. The song starts with a nice guitar that later gets joined by a drum beat. The voice of the singer goes at a normal but chill pace probably because they are so confided that Yoshimi can protect them from the robots. The synthesizer sounds help with visualizing the robot side of the story. Also the sound of the girl voice in the background also helps with the fact that Yoshimi seems to be a girl.

    3. Jenny Lewis Rabbit Fur Coat Jenny Lewis is telling a story about her past and how it affect her future relation with her mother. During the whole song she maintains a low and calm voice that makes me think that what she is saying is very important and personal to her. The instruments follow a simple repeating patter. She also does this with her lyrics as she keeps repeating rabbit fur coat. At one moment she stops to emphasize a word in her song which probably means its a climax of the story.

    4. M. Ward Chinese Translation The song is telling the story of this young man looking to fix his broken heart. He seems to try this by connecting with nature in many different aspects. The singer has a smooth voice that leads you during the whole son. Also the song starts with a fast rhythm and then slows down that is always accompany with the guitar. The stop before the slowdown helps to emphasize what is coming next so it captures your attention to listen.

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