Every Word Is A Knife In My Ear (New Version) by The Bravery

Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear

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We Used To Vacation by Cold War Kids
We Used to Vacation

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If everything has gone according to plan, I was married last Saturday and am now spending time with my wife in Cozumel, Mexico.  We decided that the H1N1 virus couldn’t scare us from our original plans.  I’ll let everyone know whether or not that was a sound decision.

1. Matt Kearney – Nothing Left to Lose: “Undeniable”
2. Yellowcard – Paper Walls: “Fighting”
3. Lost Prophets – Start Something: “Sway”
4. Dierks Bentley – Long Trip Alone: “Trying to Stop Your Leaving”
5. Elton John – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: “Tiny Dancer”
6. Daniel Powter – Daniel Powter: “Song 6”
7. 30 Seconds to Mars – 30 Seconds to Mars: “Year Zero”
8. Snow Patrol – Eyes Open: “Shut Your Eyes”
9. Augustana – All the Stars and Boulevards: “Marie [Bonus Track]”
10. Frank Sinatra – “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)”

Matt Kearney is a pretty good way to start this list: something all genders can enjoy.  Or something along those lines . . .

Fighting is a great running song, and one of my favorites from Paper Walls.

What am I fighting for?

There must be something more.

For all these words I sing,

Do you feel anything?

As far as I’m concerned Dierks Bentley can do no wrong.  There I said it.  Long Trip Alone is a terrific country pop album, full of songs about losing your girl/dog/job while still sounding upbeat.

Tiny Dancer is on of my wife’s favorite songs.  It probably has something to do with her years spent in ballet.  Or her love of sequins. Or her appreciation of large glasses.

I know how some of you feel about 30 Seconds.  You’re wrong.

I don’t like it when one of the best songs on an album is a “bonus track.”  Bonus tracks should be things like remixes, b-sides, or acoustic versions, especially when the bonus track could have replaced any of the non-bonus songs and made a better album to boot.

The bookends seem appropriate enough.

What is on your list for June 5th 2009?

1. The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks: “Shattered”
2. Divit – Punk Goes Metal: “Breakin’ the Law”
3. A Static Lullaby – Faso Latido: “Cash Cowbell”
4. 30 Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie: “[Untitled Hidden Track]”
5. Ray Charles – Definitive Ray Charles: “Mess Around”
6. Simple Plan – Still Not Getting Any: “Me Against the World”
7. Hoobastank – The Reason: “The Reason”
8. Barenaked Ladies – Stunt: “Who Needs Sleep?”
9. Bowling for Soup – Let’s Do It for Johnny!: “Scope”
10. Hinder – Extreme Behavior: “By the Way”

I’m not all that pumped about my list this week, but I’m not really sure why.  Oh well a random list can’t work every week. Whats on your list today?