Sara Bareilles - Fairytale.

This song made my entire weekend. I don't know how many times I listened to it on Sunday, but when Pandora queued it up and the song began, it didn't take long before I was absolutely hooked. Within the course of a day, I'd bookmarked her myspace page, visited her website, listened to all the songs and clips available on both sites, bought tickets to her upcoming Dallas concerts, and introduced several friends to her music, convincing them to buy tickets to her concerts as well.

This song operates on a philosophy vaguely remniscent of Ani Difranco's Not a Pretty Girl, changing up the classic paradigm of the helpless female and suggesting that such patriarchal values are not only obsolete but rather annoying.

The line in this song that won me over was the simply stated tale of Rapunzel: "I'd have cut it myself if I'd known men could climb hair. I guess I'll find another tower somewhere and stay away from the window."

Do yourself a favor and check her out.