The classically trained pianist's new single is a wickedly baroque paean to decaying classics."It's their own fault forbeing timeless," Spektor charges over chase-scene scales and spitball synths, her fingers secretlycrossed for a Night at the Museum-style revolt.

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“The Pretender”

This song wasn't part of the planned track listing for 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and was put together in a day. "It happened after we recorded a lot of stuff," said Dave Grohl. Yet it ended up as the album opener and the lead single. Grohl called it "a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it." The singer hinted at the lyrics' political overtones: "Everyone's been f---ed over before and I think a lot of people feel f---ed over right now and they're not getting what they were promised."