{"id":1008451,"date":"2017-08-23T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fnpsites.net\/playlist\/?p=1008451"},"modified":"2017-08-23T11:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:45:29","slug":"celebrity-playlist-zack-willis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnpsites.net\/playlist\/2017\/08\/23\/celebrity-playlist-zack-willis\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Playlist: Zack Willis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1008491\" src=\"http:\/\/fnpsites.net\/playlist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/middlekid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fnpsites.net\/playlist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/middlekid.jpg 240w, https:\/\/fnpsites.net\/playlist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/middlekid-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>We all know and we all love and we all adore <a href=\"https:\/\/frederickplaylist.com\/2017\/02\/22\/middle-kid-yeah-sure\/\">Middle Kid<\/a>. It&#8217;s braintrust is none other than the fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/frederickplaylist.com\/2016\/05\/19\/qa-middle-kid\/\">Zack Willis<\/a>. And it just so happens that the fabulous Zack Willis will bring his fabulous friends to Sky Stage Saturday night to perform along with the bands Milton J &amp; The Leftovers, Joint Operation and Medium. To help spread the word about such an occasion, we caught up with Zack and asked him if he&#8217;d be up for curating a Celebrity Playlist for us to post for you &#8211; yes, you! He said yes. History was made. There&#8217;s some great stuff in here, friends, and you&#8217;ll definitely want to check out what he has to say about said great stuff. The fun begins at 7 p.m. Do it to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Grandpa: &#8220;Teen Challenge&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I saw Great Grandpa recently, opening for Rozwell Kid, and they quickly became one of my faves. It\u2019s hard not to sing along to this song and I love the way Alex Menne does vocal melodies throughout the whole album. Plus, the solo in the middle is super quick and unexpected and it just rips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLQXJpge2Kk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Devine: &#8220;Noose Dressed Like a Necklace&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hardest part of this whole list for me was picking just <em>one<\/em> Kevin Devine song that I loved. I would say that maybe this isn\u2019t my favorite KD song of all time, but it\u2019s up there. Kevin Devine is probably my favorite songwriter of all time and one that I admire greatly. The lyrics focus on these random observations that \u201chave nothing to do with the other,\u201d and yet he manages to weave these mundanities into this overall theme of hopelessness in a work environment. He\u2019s an incredible poet, storyteller, everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bq8kIr_VoRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Albert Bagman: &#8220;Till Death&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I had the incredible privilege of having this band play at my birthday party. Albert Bagman invite you into their world with this music and create this incredible haunting ambience in a way I haven\u2019t seen before. This song is spooky, earnest and just generally lovely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6AU0OK3tqc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Husband: &#8220;Cookie Pie&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think it\u2019s safe to say I hear this song on a daily basis. I picked this song in particular because I think it best exemplifies what Mr. Husband does best &#8211; catchy, beach-y music full of affection. You know when you hear this song that Mr. Husband loves his wife, and that\u2019s just adorable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6scfJlancQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rozwell Kid: &#8220;Michael Keaton&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This song is based around an idea for a screenplay Jordan had in his mind about a group of kids that had a love of Michael Keaton\u2019s Batman in common and went on a trip to tell Keaton how great he is. I would say that the actual song fits even better in a \u201clast semester of high school\u201d movie probably with someone like Justin Long as the down-on-his-luck-but-optimistic main character. How old is he now? 40? Dude can still play high schoolers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PaBx-cuDB8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex G: &#8220;Proud&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alex G is another artist that is really captivating lyrically. He has a way of doing character study lyrics that I find particularly impressive. I\u2019ve always wanted to try to capture the experience of someone outside of myself but have always been generally unsuccessful. I try to learn from songs like this. On top of that, this song is really fun to bop around to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vxOzwDEXv0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ratboys: &#8220;Wandered&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ratboys&#8217; album \u201cGN\u201d was one of my surprise favorites of 2017. I hadn\u2019t listened to them prior, but these slow burn, catchy songs really hooked me in. Julia Steiner\u2019s high-pitched voice against the lower, slowly played notes of the guitar create an incredible lush sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8iLuVTODwM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Smiths: &#8220;The Headmaster Ritual&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think you can learn a lot about someone by their favorite Smiths song (or can you?). \u201cThe Headmaster Ritual\u201d is really quintessential Smiths to me, and on top of that, you get these super bummer lyrics about Morrissey just having the worst time at school, and he writes it in a way that makes you feel like you\u2019re the one getting knocked around and bullied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eQTc4GolJt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloakroom: &#8220;Starchild Skull&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cloakroom is one of my current favorite bands, and they just released a new record called \u201cTime Well\u201d that I have to sit down and listen to. This song does the best job of mixing their gazey, fuzzy sound with something a little more accessible. It gives you time to headbang, but also gives you time to cross your arms and nod in approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uxscvzak0UQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foo Fighters: &#8220;Exhausted&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you know anything about me, you know that my favorite album of all time is the Foo Fighters\u2019 self-titled first record. It\u2019s the fuzziest, catchiest record and, according to Dave Grohl, half of the lyrics make no sense. I\u2019ve always been obsessed with the songs bands pick to end their records on, and this song feels like it was made with that purpose in mind. It\u2019s a slow, static burn full of squealing feedback against the softer verse vocals, and brings the whole thing to a headbanging close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7wmoAm0b3QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know and we all love and we all adore Middle Kid. It&#8217;s braintrust is none other than the fabulous Zack Willis. 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