For the debut episode of Variations on a Theme, I went with a theme of Beginnings, appropriately enough.
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Arcade Fire - "Ready to Start" - The Suburbs (2010)
of Montreal - "So Begins Our Alabee" - The Sunlandic Twins (2005)
R.E.M. - "Begin the Begin" - Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)
The Stills - "In the Beginning" - Without Feathers (2006)
The Gerry Alvarez Odyssey - "End Is Beginning" - Omega Tea Time (2010)
Van Morrison - "Starting a New Life" - Tupelo Honey (1971)
Jill Barber - "Starting to Show" - For All Time (2006)
Counting Crows - "Anna Begins" - August and Everything After (1993)
Kevin Drew - "When It Begins" - Spirit If... (2007)
Ass Ponys - "Nothing Starts Today" - Lohio (2001)
The Velvet Underground - "Beginning to See the Light" - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Cardigans - "Starter" - Gran Turismo (1998)
Tracy Chapman - "New Beginning" - New Beginning (1995)
