50 Best Songs of 2012
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Craig Finn, 'Rented Room'
Mark Seliger
The Hold Steady frontman spins a tale about a down-and-out metalhead stuck in a cheap motel after a nasty breakup: "Playing records in a rented room/Hotter Than Hell into Bark at the Moon." But the darkest part of this very dark story is the way Finn makes his guitar toll like a funeral bell.
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