1. The Vines – Highly Evolved: “Autumn Shade”
2. The Killers – Sam’s Town: “When You Were Young”
3. AFI – Sing the Sorrow: “Girl’s Not Grey”
4. blink-182 – Dude Ranch: “Emo”
5. Our Lady Peace – Gravity: “A Story About A Girl”
6. The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: “Bodies”
7. Alabama – For the Record: “Fallin’ Again”
8. Sugarland – Twice the Speed of Life: “Something More”
9. Live – Throwing Copper: “Stage”
10. Coldplay – LeftRightLeftRightLeft: “42”

It seems like this is the only type of post I ever have time to do anymore.  But because of time commitments it will have to do for now.  I like the Killers and “When You Were Young” is my second favorite Guitar Hero song to play after Rise Against’s “Prayer of the Refugee”.  I wish “Girl’s Not Grey” was on the Guitar Hero games that I own.  I’m going to have to look into what AFI songs are available besides “Miss Murder”.

Throwing Copper is a terrific album, and the The Vines were not the second coming of the Beatles but were also not the second coming of The Sundown Playboys either.  Two country songs made the cut this week too.  The first concert I ever went to was Alabama at the Red River Valley Fair in Fargo, ND.  It was awesome even before the laser light show after their set.

What’s on your list for today?

Well lets see what pops up on the ol’ Friday 10 random songs the week before finals:

1. Hot Lava – 2009 Bar/None Records Sampler: “Apple+Option+Fire.”  I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever listened to this song.  Seems a bit above average, I’d give it another listen.  Labels must put the best songs on a sampler, or something like that.
2. Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album): “My Name Is Jonas.” Guitar Hero greatly increased my enjoyment of this song.  Not that I ever didn’t like the song, but I am predisposed to like Guitar Hero songs.  Must be good marketing or something like that. See Rise Against: “Prayer of the Refugee” which became my favorite RA song after playing the game.
3. Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift: “The Outside.”  Damn it. Getting back to my “roots” I guess, or something like that.  Taylor Swift is hilarious for an under aged female country singer so I guess that is a plus.
4. Incubus – Morning View: “Circles.”  I wouldn’t mind if Incubus would pop up more frequently, I also wouldn’t mind a new album.  Are they still together?  I should pay more attention.
5. Bloc Party – Intimacy: “Flux.”  Silent Alarm > Intimacy > . . . > Weekend In the City, or something like that.
6. Live – Throwing Copper: “Selling the Drama.”  Live must be good live.  Its self defining, or well I think you know.
7. Finch – What It Is to Burn: “New Beginnings.”  I wish Finch wouldn’t have broken up so early in their career, I spend a lot of time rocking out to this album.
8. Kenny Chesney – Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair): “Old Blue Chair.” The title track isn’t the best song on this album.  I’m not sure Chesney owns any shirts with sleeves.
9. The Academy Is… – Almost Here: “Classifieds.”  I’m not sure if they’ve dropped the “…” yet.  They need to get on that.
10. John Mellencamp – The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988: “Cherry Bomb.”  Is that really the best John Cougar could do?  Good song to end the list.

What’s on your list today?

1. Fall Out Boy – Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out with Your Girl: “The World’s Not Waiting (For Five Tired Boys in a Broken Down Van)”
2. Fall Out Boy – Folie a Deux: “Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes”
3. Patsy Cline – Classic Country: Early ‘60s: “I Fall to Pieces”
4. Coldplay – Coldplay Unreleased: “See You Soon (acoustic)”
5. Something Corporate – SoCo: “Pluck”
6. Live – The Distance to Here: “Sparkle”
7. Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler: “Handle This”
8. Switchfoot – Oh! Gravity.: “Faust, Midas, And Myself”
9. OK Go – Oh No: “Let It Rain”
10. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better: “Evil and a Heathen”

Not really a rocking list which fits an athletic competition. But hey, when you’re not picking the songs, you don’t decide the mood.   Ben Woodside: OK Go says to “Let Make it Rain!”

The game starts at 12:30 EST.  Boo Kansas!

What’s on your list for today?

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