The “Wow, I’m doing this really early because I can’t sleep again — time for another glass of red wine!” edition.
1. Public Enemy – Fight the Power
2. Franz Ferdinand – Van Tango
3. John Legend – Used to Love U (Yes, I listen to music with the word “U” in the title. What?)
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! – Sunshine and Clouds and Everything Proud
5. Bright Eyes – First Day Of My Life (I’ll admit it, there are one or two Bright Eyes songs that I do actually like. I know. But this is one of them).
6. Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
7. Bjork - Army of Me
8. Joseph Arthur – Favorite Girl
9. Erykah Badu – No Love
10. Pixies – Wave of Mutilation
If I could re-name this list, I think it would be, “I am a lonely and sad person who is deeply afraid that she will never find love but occasionally goes out to crappy bars in an attempt to make a connection with someone, only to fail miserably and end up going home alone to curl up in bed by herself, crying, in the fetal position.”
Which isn’t actually true at all. But my music would really make you think so, huh?
Gotta give you props on the choice of Badu.
Don’t be silly, Jill, only #5 would misdirect somebody as to your station in life like that.
1. Runaway Boys (Stray Cats) / 2. Summer Nights (Van Halen?!) / 3. Prophet 15 (Supergrass) / 4. Proto Culture (Del tha Funkee Homosapien) / 5. Country Blues (Jimi Hendrix Experience) / 6. Wonderful World, Beautiful People (Jimy Cliff) / 7. Act Too [The Love of My Life] (The Roots) / 8. Discotheque CVB (Camper Van Beethoven) / 9. Song and Dance (The Bar-Kays) / 10. Summertime Blues (The Who)
I don’t know what impression you’d get from this list. Definitely scores low on the Emotest 3000.
As long as we’re making embarassing confessions, I too like a couple Bright Eyes songs. Hmm, this is turning into the Emo equivalent of an AA meeting.
“Hi, I’m Dan B, and I’m an Emoholic. It’s been three months since my last pair of chunky black glasses…”
01 Archers of Loaf – Strangled by the Stereo Wire
02 The Decemberists – I Was Meant for the Stage
03 Modest Mouse – Neverending Math Equation
04 Calexico – Quattro (World drifts in)
05 Tom Waits – Calliope
06 Don Cabellero – Don Cabellero 3
07 Low & Dirty Three – Down by the River
08 Buck 65 – Protest
09 Tom Waits – San Diego Serenade
10 The Boy Least Likely To – Fur Soft as Fur
Oh, what the hell:
1) Norah Jones- Come Away With Me
2) Seal- Human Beings
3) White Stripes- Seven-Nation Army
4) Johnny Cash- I Won’t Back Down
5) Lauryn Hill- Everything is Everything
6) Theory of a Dead Man- What You Deserve\
7) James Brown- Say It Loud (I’m Black and Proud)
8) Tori Amos- The Beekeeper
9) The Pixies- Where is My Mind
10) Smash Mouth- Waste (Shut up, I like the song)
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper —Blue Öyster Cult
Amie—Pure Prairie League
Heaven— Los Lonely Boys
Willie McBride—The Malarkey Brothers
Born in the U.S.A— Bruce Springsteen
The Wild Rover—The Dubliners
Tainted Love—Soft Cell
Fanfare for the Common Man—London Symphony Orchestra
Waiting for a Girl Like You— Foreigner
Mystery Train—The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Hmmm, must have been close to static electricity.
There’s not enough “emo” in that list to give me that impression of you.
1. The Wall – Johnny Cash
2. Apple – Atmosphere
3. Honey In My Tea – Old 97s
4. Monkey Wrench – Foo Fighters
5. Brother Down – Sam Roberts
6. Social Suicide – Bad Religion
7. Garbage Grove – Sublime
8. Schism – Tool
9. Dolly Dagger – Jimi Hendrix
10. Fear of Sleep – The Strokes
11. No Feelings – Sex Pistols
12. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Nancy Sinatra
13. Concrete Bed – Nada Surf
14. Losing My Religion – R.E.M.
That last one is for Good Friday.
Actually the only thing that would give anyone that impression would be a list of “How Soon is Now?’ x10.
Don’t forget some Elliot Smith and the cover of “Mad World” by Gary Jules.