4. God With Us by Mercyme
There was a month or so this year where I was addicted to this song. This is another hit from the Delirious? playlist on pandora that I got so much mileage out of. The lyrics are just masterful. The opening line refers to Psalm 8 where the author praises God for his creation of the Earth and asks "who is man that you would be mindful of us?" or "How could the big awesome creator of everything care about stupid old me?". Psalm 8 is one of my favorites, I first fell in love with it through a cheesy 90s song called GOD by Rebecca St. James. I wore that tape out and was so sad when the actual tape inside the cassette broke. Psalm 8 is very interesting, in the 5th verse it says that he "made us a little below the angels" some translations say heavenly beings but the Hebrew word that the author is comparing us to is Elohim which is Hebrew for GOD.
I don't typically like Mercyme but they nailed this song. The note the lead singer hits when he sings "such a tiny offering" is just unreal. I guess the reason I've always been loathe to listen to Mercyme is because I was inundated with that I can only imagine song they had a few years ago. There are only a few songs that can make me cry, the last verse of Amazing Grace when it goes "When we've been there 10 thousand years...", Every New Day by Five Iron Frenzy, California Love by Tupac and Dr Dre and the aforementioned Mercyme song.. I typically shy away from those emotions and if I get lost in I Can Only Imagine it gets to me a little. I guess I've been avoiding writing about this, I want this to be fun but it's challenging writing about my avoidance of that song because it reminds me of a time I was running away from GOD.
Tomorrow takes us to #3 on this list which is by some God lovin' Aussies. Just kidding about the tupac thing ;)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Top 25 songs of 2010 the final countdown part 1
This week I'll be counting down songs 5 through 1. I'm changing the format up a little bit this week, I'm gonna slow it down a little bit and go one song at a time for the top 5. These songs were the highest rated and most played songs on my iTunes this year. These are all songs that I only found out about this year, in the case of this song I'm about 30 years late to the party.
5. Radio Radio by Elivs Costello
This is the second appearance of Elvis Costello in the top 25 (13. was No Action). I really love the album this song comes from, it's so catchy and energetic. I never really liked Elvis Costello until this year. I'm hoping to find more and more of his stuff that I like but some most of what I've heard has not been as good as the this song. This is a pretty famous song because of the controversy behind it. Apperently Elvis was booked as a replacement for the Sex Pistols on Saturday Night Live and had rehearsed a different song called Less Than Zero but when it came time to actually perform it he played a couple bars and yelled, "Stop, Stop!" and then said to the audience,"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, there's no reason to do this song here." and then he launched into Radio Radio. According to wikipedia there are 3 theories behind him doing that. One theory is that Less Than Zero is some sort of British protest song that is irrevelant to us yanks another reason could have been that he was protesting being controlled by his record label and being pressured into what song he would perform. Elvis later said in an interview that he was paying homage to something similar that Jimi Hendrix had done on a live BBC show. Needless to say he got banned from SNL until 1989. Later on he sabotaged the Beastie Boys while they were performing Sabotage on SNL and played a pretty cool version of Radio Radio.
I love the way he says anesthetize...
Tomorrow's song was stuck on repeat on my iPod for awhile and shares something with the Timbaland song from earlier in the countdown.
5. Radio Radio by Elivs Costello
This is the second appearance of Elvis Costello in the top 25 (13. was No Action). I really love the album this song comes from, it's so catchy and energetic. I never really liked Elvis Costello until this year. I'm hoping to find more and more of his stuff that I like but some most of what I've heard has not been as good as the this song. This is a pretty famous song because of the controversy behind it. Apperently Elvis was booked as a replacement for the Sex Pistols on Saturday Night Live and had rehearsed a different song called Less Than Zero but when it came time to actually perform it he played a couple bars and yelled, "Stop, Stop!" and then said to the audience,"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, there's no reason to do this song here." and then he launched into Radio Radio. According to wikipedia there are 3 theories behind him doing that. One theory is that Less Than Zero is some sort of British protest song that is irrevelant to us yanks another reason could have been that he was protesting being controlled by his record label and being pressured into what song he would perform. Elvis later said in an interview that he was paying homage to something similar that Jimi Hendrix had done on a live BBC show. Needless to say he got banned from SNL until 1989. Later on he sabotaged the Beastie Boys while they were performing Sabotage on SNL and played a pretty cool version of Radio Radio.
I love the way he says anesthetize...
Tomorrow's song was stuck on repeat on my iPod for awhile and shares something with the Timbaland song from earlier in the countdown.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Top 25 Songs of 2010 Part 4 10 - 6
We're counting down to the single digits today!!!!!!!!!! I don't use exclamation points in vain! I'm excited! These are songs 10 through 6 of my top 25 songs of 2010. These are songs that I found out about this year, not songs that came out this year.
After pontificating (big word score!) about secular and Christian music in my last blog post I wanted more songs that would show that contrast in philosophies but today I have 5 secular songs. The last five songs are chock full of Jesus though. I desire to be transparent with this countdown as it's as much a countdown as it is a snapshot of where I am spiritually. My opinion is that there are 3 types of music not just Christian and secular. There are songs that are fun, songs that exhort the body of Christ and songs that glorify God. Today's songs are all for fun.
10. Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash
I've always had a couple of favorite Clash songs. The local pop station KJ103 used to play Should I stay or Should I Go on a semi-regular basis and I think London Calling is one of the best songs of all time. I was surprised when I came across this song because it just doesn't sound like what I always thought was the punk sound. I'm pretty sure that this song's been on lots of commercials too.
9. If We Ever Meet Again by Timbaland (featuring Katy Perry)
Once I heard this song it just wouldn't get out of my head. Usually that's a bad thing but I think this song has a some charm to it. On the surface this is just a throw-away typical Timbaland-produced auto-tune infused pop song and that's really all it is and I like it in spite of that. What is up with the last 30 seconds of this song though... I edited that strange instrumental part out of it when I put it in my iTunes... Who needs that?
8. Kodachrome by Paul Simon
My Dad had oldies music going at a cookout in the summer and I was talking with my family about how I like a lot of the music that my parents grew up with which can be attributed to the cd club my parents joined in the 90s. They got roped into one of those get 10 cds for a penny scams in the Sunday paper and 6-8 weeks later a shipment of classic rock came in the mail. The albums I remember them getting were Bat at of Hell by Meatloaf, Bostons's debut album, Best of Styx, Best of Journey, Best of Pat Benetar, and an AC/DC album. I was like 14 or so at the time and had the only CD player in the house, so these were on constant rotation in my room. My love of classic rock took me to Paul Simon and when one of his songs came on the radio at the cookout I mentioned that I thought there were only like 3 or 4 Paul Simon songs that were good and those 3 or 4 are some of my favorite songs. My sister's boyfried, who is older, had me name of my favorite Paul Simon songs and when I didn't name Kodachrome he suggested I go home and download asap. It's been on constant rotation since, such a great song.
7. Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
I have no cool story about how I found this song this year. It must have been some pandora list or something. I love the mellowness of this song. It's soooo relaxing.
6. Wheels by Cake
I listened to all of the Cake albums on a road trip this year. I came to Cake a little after the party (which seems to be a trend for me) and I had the top hits of theirs on my iPod and I somehow had missed this song. It's got what I would call the typical Cake sound with the fuzzy guitar and trumpet. The first cake song I fell in love with was Frank Sinatra. I used to run a theatre that while I was there had Christian Plays, Christian Stand up Comedy, and local Christian music. At some point a local dance troupe rented out the theater and I stuck around to watch it. There was a girl who did some kind of modern dance routine to the Frank Sinatra Cake song and aside from the awesome song choice I remember two things about her performance; she had angel wing tattoos on the FRONT of her shoulders and she didn't shave her pits. I asked her about the song after the show and went home and downloaded it and I've loved Cake ever since.
Tomorrow is the last day of the countdown with songs 5 through 1. 3 of them are bona fide Christian hits 2 of the christian tunes can be heard at any given church on a Sunday Morning, 1 of them is a video game inspired rap love song that's probably a nerdcore song and number one is from a certain roller derby movie soundtrack.
After pontificating (big word score!) about secular and Christian music in my last blog post I wanted more songs that would show that contrast in philosophies but today I have 5 secular songs. The last five songs are chock full of Jesus though. I desire to be transparent with this countdown as it's as much a countdown as it is a snapshot of where I am spiritually. My opinion is that there are 3 types of music not just Christian and secular. There are songs that are fun, songs that exhort the body of Christ and songs that glorify God. Today's songs are all for fun.
10. Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash
I've always had a couple of favorite Clash songs. The local pop station KJ103 used to play Should I stay or Should I Go on a semi-regular basis and I think London Calling is one of the best songs of all time. I was surprised when I came across this song because it just doesn't sound like what I always thought was the punk sound. I'm pretty sure that this song's been on lots of commercials too.
9. If We Ever Meet Again by Timbaland (featuring Katy Perry)
Once I heard this song it just wouldn't get out of my head. Usually that's a bad thing but I think this song has a some charm to it. On the surface this is just a throw-away typical Timbaland-produced auto-tune infused pop song and that's really all it is and I like it in spite of that. What is up with the last 30 seconds of this song though... I edited that strange instrumental part out of it when I put it in my iTunes... Who needs that?
8. Kodachrome by Paul Simon
My Dad had oldies music going at a cookout in the summer and I was talking with my family about how I like a lot of the music that my parents grew up with which can be attributed to the cd club my parents joined in the 90s. They got roped into one of those get 10 cds for a penny scams in the Sunday paper and 6-8 weeks later a shipment of classic rock came in the mail. The albums I remember them getting were Bat at of Hell by Meatloaf, Bostons's debut album, Best of Styx, Best of Journey, Best of Pat Benetar, and an AC/DC album. I was like 14 or so at the time and had the only CD player in the house, so these were on constant rotation in my room. My love of classic rock took me to Paul Simon and when one of his songs came on the radio at the cookout I mentioned that I thought there were only like 3 or 4 Paul Simon songs that were good and those 3 or 4 are some of my favorite songs. My sister's boyfried, who is older, had me name of my favorite Paul Simon songs and when I didn't name Kodachrome he suggested I go home and download asap. It's been on constant rotation since, such a great song.
7. Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
I have no cool story about how I found this song this year. It must have been some pandora list or something. I love the mellowness of this song. It's soooo relaxing.
6. Wheels by Cake
I listened to all of the Cake albums on a road trip this year. I came to Cake a little after the party (which seems to be a trend for me) and I had the top hits of theirs on my iPod and I somehow had missed this song. It's got what I would call the typical Cake sound with the fuzzy guitar and trumpet. The first cake song I fell in love with was Frank Sinatra. I used to run a theatre that while I was there had Christian Plays, Christian Stand up Comedy, and local Christian music. At some point a local dance troupe rented out the theater and I stuck around to watch it. There was a girl who did some kind of modern dance routine to the Frank Sinatra Cake song and aside from the awesome song choice I remember two things about her performance; she had angel wing tattoos on the FRONT of her shoulders and she didn't shave her pits. I asked her about the song after the show and went home and downloaded it and I've loved Cake ever since.
Tomorrow is the last day of the countdown with songs 5 through 1. 3 of them are bona fide Christian hits 2 of the christian tunes can be heard at any given church on a Sunday Morning, 1 of them is a video game inspired rap love song that's probably a nerdcore song and number one is from a certain roller derby movie soundtrack.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Top 25 Songs of 2010 Part 3 15 - 11
About a year ago Craig Groeschel preached a message centered on what your "One Thing" was going to be for the upcoming year. This was an oppurtunity for many people to pick new year's resolution spirutual type things and I'm sure a lot of people did. My "one thing" was to start listening to more Christian music. I used to only listen to nothing but christian music back in the 90s and the early part of this decade. I think having my cds stolen really set me in a downward spiral. I amassed more cds but then lost them on a road trip somewhere. I listened to christian music in college because I was surrounded by it but after I got married and started working full time I just kind of started listening to whatever was on the radio. The last Christian cd I bought was a By the Tree album (which is funny because I've worked with Chuck Dennie the lead singer of that group for over a year now). I had a few starts and stops in the middle part of this decade but nothing ever took hold. So this year I tried listening to a lot more Christian music, pandora helped a lot and so did my work friends but I'm still not quite where I want to be. I wish there was some music blogs that have similiar taste in music to me that could tip me off to new Christian music since I don't listen to the radio anymore...
15. Dead Man (Carry Me) by Jars of Clay
All that build up was to introduce this song. The first honest to goodness "Christian" song on my top 25. Sufjan Stevens is very open about his Christian faith but a lot of people (Sufjan included) don't consider his music Christian. I heard this tune while listening to a Delrious? playlist and instantly fell in love with it. This song really reminds me of the mid-90s glory years of Christian Alternative when you had the holy trinity of DC Talk, The Newsboys and Jars of Clay pumping out radio single after radio single of catchy uplifting rock.
14. Ali In The Jungle by The Hours
This isn't what you would call a Christian song but it's got a better message than some of the stuff I've heard lately. This song was apparently in a Nike ad a year or two ago but I skip commercials on the TiVo so I missed it. This is a little controversial because in one version of the song the f-bomb is used when referring to Ludvig Van Beethoven's perseverance and how he went deaf and didn't give an "F". The embeded version replaced the f-bomb with the much friendlier but still slightly abrasive "Damn".
13. No Action by Elvis Costello
Wow, I listened to a ton of Pandora this year... This is another Pandora hit. I went through a phase where I was listening to a lot of Clash this year and Elvis Costello kept popping up on my playlist. Initially I would hit thumbs down or skip song but after hearing this song a few times I really came around. This opens up his classic album This Year's Model and is one of about 8 good songs on it. I guess I always hated his voice until recently which is probably attributed to his appearance in an Austin Powers movie.
12. All I Do Is Win by DJ Khaled ft. Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, &
T-Pain
This has got to be one of the most fun songs of the year. I have so many memories of blasting this in the Kia on the way to lunch with all my work friends and all of us raising our hands and "letting them stay there". I hadn't watched the video until just now and I thought about not including it since it has your typical booty shaking that is often found in similar videos but it's got some genuinely entertaining moments. T-pain singing into his phone which is displaying the "I am T-Pain" app is just gold. One line that always stuck out to me was when Snoop Dogg would say "We're like the YOUTH in the 80s" which never made sense to me until now. He's actually saying "We're like the U in the 80s" which is referring to Miami University which makes sense as he's holding a U jersey in the video during that line.
11. Here I Am Send Me by Delirious?
Best lyrics ever. I love the thought of wanting to experience God in the same way that people in the bible did. I also absolutely desire to be "sent" by God to wherever he needs me. This is just a great song about submitting to God's will for your life and experiencing God in a very real way. And guess where I found the song... that's right, the Delirious? playlist on pandora.
What a cool dichotomy of secular and Christian today was. I desire for next year's list to be 75% Christian but I have no problem sharing the non-Christian songs I love with you. My opinion is that some songs are just there for fun, some are there to exhort the people listening and the rest are there to glorify God. And if a song is good enough it can't help but glorify the Creator of all music, God.
Tomorow(ish) I'll be counting down songs 10 through 6. 3 of the songs came out before I was born, 1 of them is from a band named after a desert and only one was a probably played in an honest to goodnees club this year.
15. Dead Man (Carry Me) by Jars of Clay
All that build up was to introduce this song. The first honest to goodness "Christian" song on my top 25. Sufjan Stevens is very open about his Christian faith but a lot of people (Sufjan included) don't consider his music Christian. I heard this tune while listening to a Delrious? playlist and instantly fell in love with it. This song really reminds me of the mid-90s glory years of Christian Alternative when you had the holy trinity of DC Talk, The Newsboys and Jars of Clay pumping out radio single after radio single of catchy uplifting rock.
14. Ali In The Jungle by The Hours
This isn't what you would call a Christian song but it's got a better message than some of the stuff I've heard lately. This song was apparently in a Nike ad a year or two ago but I skip commercials on the TiVo so I missed it. This is a little controversial because in one version of the song the f-bomb is used when referring to Ludvig Van Beethoven's perseverance and how he went deaf and didn't give an "F". The embeded version replaced the f-bomb with the much friendlier but still slightly abrasive "Damn".
13. No Action by Elvis Costello
Wow, I listened to a ton of Pandora this year... This is another Pandora hit. I went through a phase where I was listening to a lot of Clash this year and Elvis Costello kept popping up on my playlist. Initially I would hit thumbs down or skip song but after hearing this song a few times I really came around. This opens up his classic album This Year's Model and is one of about 8 good songs on it. I guess I always hated his voice until recently which is probably attributed to his appearance in an Austin Powers movie.
12. All I Do Is Win by DJ Khaled ft. Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, &
T-Pain
This has got to be one of the most fun songs of the year. I have so many memories of blasting this in the Kia on the way to lunch with all my work friends and all of us raising our hands and "letting them stay there". I hadn't watched the video until just now and I thought about not including it since it has your typical booty shaking that is often found in similar videos but it's got some genuinely entertaining moments. T-pain singing into his phone which is displaying the "I am T-Pain" app is just gold. One line that always stuck out to me was when Snoop Dogg would say "We're like the YOUTH in the 80s" which never made sense to me until now. He's actually saying "We're like the U in the 80s" which is referring to Miami University which makes sense as he's holding a U jersey in the video during that line.
11. Here I Am Send Me by Delirious?
Best lyrics ever. I love the thought of wanting to experience God in the same way that people in the bible did. I also absolutely desire to be "sent" by God to wherever he needs me. This is just a great song about submitting to God's will for your life and experiencing God in a very real way. And guess where I found the song... that's right, the Delirious? playlist on pandora.
What a cool dichotomy of secular and Christian today was. I desire for next year's list to be 75% Christian but I have no problem sharing the non-Christian songs I love with you. My opinion is that some songs are just there for fun, some are there to exhort the people listening and the rest are there to glorify God. And if a song is good enough it can't help but glorify the Creator of all music, God.
Tomorow(ish) I'll be counting down songs 10 through 6. 3 of the songs came out before I was born, 1 of them is from a band named after a desert and only one was a probably played in an honest to goodnees club this year.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Top 25 Songs of 2010 Part 2 20-16
Today I'm continuing my top 25 songs of this year today with songs 20 through 16. I used my iTunes library to pick out these 25 songs by sorting through songs added to my computer after 1/1/2010 that had a star righting over 4 stars or greater with the highest playcounts. Some of these songs may be a year or 2 old but I'm only counting songs that were new to me this year. ON WITH THE COUNTDOWN!!!!!1
20. Power by Kanye West
I'm including the Saturday Night Live version because it's a little cleaner and it's how I first heard of this song. His performance and the visuals were just great. I think that's actually the coolest SNL performance ever since the last time he was on when he had the video wall behind him a couple of years ago. I love the song but I have no idea what's it about. I find myself repeating the first line over and over sometimes "I'm living in the 21st century..."
19. Crash Years by The New Pornographers
I've loved this band ever since I've had an iPod(6ish years or so). My first introduction to them was through A.C. Newman's solo album. I think I played Miracle Drug to death that year... Usually I find myself liking the male vocalist in this band more but this song has some of the best vocals I've heard all year. Also you gotta love the cello part.
18. Frank, AB by The Rural Alberta Advantage
I found this song on a Saddle Creek Sampler from Amazon and just fell in love with it. The vocals sound remarkably similar to Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel fame. This is a great driving song and one of my wife's favorite songs of the year as well.
17. Bottled in Cork by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
First of all you have to watch the video. It is hillarious. One of my favorite comedians is Paul F. Tompkins and when I heard that he did a music video I had to see it. What a bonus it was that the song was just AMAZING! I love how this song has about 20 catchy parts which would be more than enough for most bands for a whole album. I haven't checked out Ted Leo's other stuff but he was on one of my favorite podcasts, Comedy Death Ray Radio, recently and he was just as funny as some of the other comedians.
16. Gimme Sympath by Metric
I have a feeling that I'll be listening to this song for many, many years to come. It has a timeless feel to it that should age like a fine wine. I think the namedrop of the Beatles and Rolling Stones helped me fall in love with this song but it stands on its own as a great example of a quality song that took me by suprise. I can't get my wife to like Metric (the band and measuring standard). I don't know why she doesn't like them, she always make me turn the song when the iPod shuffles over to any of their songs. Maybe she just doesn't like female vocalists as much as I do. Whatever she thinks it still one of my favorite songs of the year.
Tommorow we'll be covering songs 15 - 11. 2 of the songs are from Christian bands, 1 of them was featured heavily in a Nike ad and has the F-bomb in it, 1 of them is over 30 years old from somebody I never thought I would like and 1 of them makes me do hand movements while I'm driving. Be sure to check in tomorrow as the countdown gets down to the nitty gritty.
20. Power by Kanye West
I'm including the Saturday Night Live version because it's a little cleaner and it's how I first heard of this song. His performance and the visuals were just great. I think that's actually the coolest SNL performance ever since the last time he was on when he had the video wall behind him a couple of years ago. I love the song but I have no idea what's it about. I find myself repeating the first line over and over sometimes "I'm living in the 21st century..."
19. Crash Years by The New Pornographers
I've loved this band ever since I've had an iPod(6ish years or so). My first introduction to them was through A.C. Newman's solo album. I think I played Miracle Drug to death that year... Usually I find myself liking the male vocalist in this band more but this song has some of the best vocals I've heard all year. Also you gotta love the cello part.
18. Frank, AB by The Rural Alberta Advantage
I found this song on a Saddle Creek Sampler from Amazon and just fell in love with it. The vocals sound remarkably similar to Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel fame. This is a great driving song and one of my wife's favorite songs of the year as well.
17. Bottled in Cork by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
First of all you have to watch the video. It is hillarious. One of my favorite comedians is Paul F. Tompkins and when I heard that he did a music video I had to see it. What a bonus it was that the song was just AMAZING! I love how this song has about 20 catchy parts which would be more than enough for most bands for a whole album. I haven't checked out Ted Leo's other stuff but he was on one of my favorite podcasts, Comedy Death Ray Radio, recently and he was just as funny as some of the other comedians.
16. Gimme Sympath by Metric
I have a feeling that I'll be listening to this song for many, many years to come. It has a timeless feel to it that should age like a fine wine. I think the namedrop of the Beatles and Rolling Stones helped me fall in love with this song but it stands on its own as a great example of a quality song that took me by suprise. I can't get my wife to like Metric (the band and measuring standard). I don't know why she doesn't like them, she always make me turn the song when the iPod shuffles over to any of their songs. Maybe she just doesn't like female vocalists as much as I do. Whatever she thinks it still one of my favorite songs of the year.
Tommorow we'll be covering songs 15 - 11. 2 of the songs are from Christian bands, 1 of them was featured heavily in a Nike ad and has the F-bomb in it, 1 of them is over 30 years old from somebody I never thought I would like and 1 of them makes me do hand movements while I'm driving. Be sure to check in tomorrow as the countdown gets down to the nitty gritty.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Top 25 Songs of 2010 Part 1 25-21
I love reading the year-end lists that pop up on all the cool blogs so I thought if they're that much fun reading they must be at least 17% more fun creating. So I've decided to share my top 25 songs of 2010. I compiled this list by going through the top rated and heavily played songs in my iTunes library from 1/1/2010 to the present. The release date for these songs is irrelevant as they're all new to me. What's interesting is that I learned about some of these songs from year-end lists from last year but they're that good. So maybe I can pass the (re)gift on to you with my favorite songs this year.
25. Front Row by Metric
I think I heard about this song through pandora on a 6 underground playlist. The similarity between Sneaker Pimps is definitely there but I just love the little hooks that this song has. There are at least 2 different parts that will get stuck in your head aside from the chorus which isn't always a given with any song.
24. All for Myself by Sufjan Stevens
I fell in love with Sufjan's music a few years ago when iTunes had his song Chicago as a free download of the day. His latest album is nothing like what I was used to. Gone is the laid back, quirky indie rock with a prominent banjo part and what replaced it is mind-bogglingly complex electronica. I hadn't listened to any of his latest album before seeing him Live in October but ever since then it's been on constant rotation and this is one of my favorite tracks from the Age of Adz.
23. Secrets by Onerepeblic
I've always kind of liked Onerepublic but this song just cemented them as a guaranteed good listen. I thought the cello part was some famous Bach cantina or something but it's actually composed by the band so props to them. Also I have a weekness (like most of America) for anything Timbaland produces.
22. I Walked by Sufjan Stevens
Here's another good song off of Age of Adz. Sufjan described it as Sade-esque at the concert I attended. I'm not sure if I'd describe it as that but it is a little more sensual than some of his other stuff.
21. Somewhere in the Between by Streetlight Manifesto
Thank you Grooveshark! This was recommended to me by using the Radio function on Grooveshark.com which is kind of like but not as good as Pandora's suggestions. I've always loved Ska, I don't know if I would have found my wife without our mutual appreciation for the band Five Iron Frenzy. So for me to find a somewhat newish ska song I like was a true revelation. I appreciate the meaning behind this song with it's "live life to the fullest" attitude. And I love the lines about idolizing the dead and idealizing the past because I think we all do those things all the time. Just remember the people that did great things in the past were people just like you and me who took the calling they had from God and put it into action. Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. (James 4:17 NLT) So get off your lazy butts and be great, it might help to blare this song in the car to pump you up though!
25. Front Row by Metric
I think I heard about this song through pandora on a 6 underground playlist. The similarity between Sneaker Pimps is definitely there but I just love the little hooks that this song has. There are at least 2 different parts that will get stuck in your head aside from the chorus which isn't always a given with any song.
24. All for Myself by Sufjan Stevens
I fell in love with Sufjan's music a few years ago when iTunes had his song Chicago as a free download of the day. His latest album is nothing like what I was used to. Gone is the laid back, quirky indie rock with a prominent banjo part and what replaced it is mind-bogglingly complex electronica. I hadn't listened to any of his latest album before seeing him Live in October but ever since then it's been on constant rotation and this is one of my favorite tracks from the Age of Adz.
23. Secrets by Onerepeblic
I've always kind of liked Onerepublic but this song just cemented them as a guaranteed good listen. I thought the cello part was some famous Bach cantina or something but it's actually composed by the band so props to them. Also I have a weekness (like most of America) for anything Timbaland produces.
22. I Walked by Sufjan Stevens
Here's another good song off of Age of Adz. Sufjan described it as Sade-esque at the concert I attended. I'm not sure if I'd describe it as that but it is a little more sensual than some of his other stuff.
21. Somewhere in the Between by Streetlight Manifesto
Thank you Grooveshark! This was recommended to me by using the Radio function on Grooveshark.com which is kind of like but not as good as Pandora's suggestions. I've always loved Ska, I don't know if I would have found my wife without our mutual appreciation for the band Five Iron Frenzy. So for me to find a somewhat newish ska song I like was a true revelation. I appreciate the meaning behind this song with it's "live life to the fullest" attitude. And I love the lines about idolizing the dead and idealizing the past because I think we all do those things all the time. Just remember the people that did great things in the past were people just like you and me who took the calling they had from God and put it into action. Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. (James 4:17 NLT) So get off your lazy butts and be great, it might help to blare this song in the car to pump you up though!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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