Beginnings: March 1, 2011

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)