[Edit from Mexico: I'm apparently not good at remembering to schedule posts that I've written. So I'm doing this from a funky Mexican computer. A couple of keys are different on the keyboard which surprised me a bit. Onto the 10. Oh everything went according to plan below.]
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.
- Matt Kearney – Nothing Left to Lose: “Undeniable”
- Yellowcard – Paper Walls: “Fighting”
- Lost Prophets – Start Something: “Sway”
- Dierks Bentley – Long Trip Alone: “Trying to Stop Your Leaving”
- Elton John – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: “Tiny Dancer”
- Daniel Powter – Daniel Powter: “Song 6”
- 30 Seconds to Mars – 30 Seconds to Mars: “Year Zero”
- Snow Patrol – Eyes Open: “Shut Your Eyes”
- Augustana – All the Stars and Boulevards: “Marie [Bonus Track]”
- 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?
freealonzo 1:38 pm on December 4, 2009 Permalink |
1. Conversation — Gary Numan
2. The Murder Mystery — Velvet Underground
3. Fame Throwa — Pavement
4. And I Love Her — The Beatles
5. Mexico City Blues 104 — Jack Kerouac
6. Dig For Fire — Pixies
7. Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon — The Flaming Lips
8. Help — Howie Day
9. This Is Not a Photograph — Mission of Burma
10. Blackbird — Sarah McLaclan
Bonus: One Way Street — Bevery Williams
Rhubarb_Runner 3:04 pm on December 4, 2009 Permalink |
I’m sure my daughter would know your list much better than I would; it’s her finals week next week too, btw. And best of luck to you.
Time to put Pandora back in its box; this week’s random 10 are soundtrack tunes off the extended harddrive.
“Panic” – Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenosaga
“Absinken” – Klaus Doldinger, Das Boot (The Directors Cut)
“Half of Me is Wild” – John Scott, Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan
“Dangerous Woman” – Rick Wakeman, Crimes of Passion
“Laurens, Iowa” – Angelo Badalamenti, The Straight Story
“Chores” – Jerry Goldsmith, Fierce Creatures
“Speargun” – James Newton Howard, Waterworld
“Samwise the Brave” – Howard Shore, Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers
“Treasure” – Trevor Rabin, National Treasure
“The Far Side of the World” – Christopher Gordon, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Big Mak 3:08 pm on December 4, 2009 Permalink |
* Deftones – Passenger – White Pony
* Stone Temple Pilots – Sex and Violence – No. 4
* The Offspring – Nitro (Youth Energy) – Smash
* Black Sabbath – War Pigs – Paranoid
* Tool – Disposition – Lateralus
* Tool – Rosetta Stoned – 10,000 Days
* Atomship – Withered – The Crash of ‘47
* Static X – Otsegolation – Wisconsin Death Trip
* Jimi Hendrix Experience – Castles Made of Sand – Axis: Bold as Love
* System of a Down – Hypnotize – Hypnotize