Stacy's Mom
Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers
This song cracks me up.
Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol: Eyes Open
Cool song. Captures that feeling of first falling in...
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz: Let Love Rule
One of the two or three anthems of the KA house at UCR.
New Slang
The Shins: Oh, Inverted World
Dig The Shins - this song has an understated, Elliot Smith-style sound to it.
Skin and Bones
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
This is a great song. Could be their best.
Izzo (H.O.V.A)
Jay-Z: The Blueprint
Classic beat.
I'm Bad
LL Cool J: All World
This beat was like our high school sound track - i c-ya caleb.
So Lonely
The Police: Outlandos D' Amour
Sort of rediscovered Outlandos D' Amour - awesome album.
Best of You
Foo Fighters: In Your Honor
Good work-out music.
Snow (Hey Oh)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
First song I actually paid $.99 for on Napster. They got me...great track.
Just Another Day
John Mellencamp: Words and Music
JM has a great way of bringing one into the present in his songs.
Where'd You Go
Fort Minor: The Rising Tide
Life, career, family, it's tough to make it all work.
One Mary J. Blige and U2
Mary J. Blige: The Breakthrough
Man I love her voice. I wish she *sang* more songs.
God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet
"...and what with God there, they asked him questions..." - brilliant ;-)
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
Dig the old school beat.
You Wanted More
Tonic: Sugar
I was watching the movie American Pie for the twentieth time last night on some random cable channel and this song was in the soundtrack - I forgot I liked it.
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana: Nirvana
Frustration.
What Would I Do Without You?
Ray Charles: The Ray Charles Story
My favorite Ray Charles song.
Where Is Maria?
Greg Brown: Further In
Great line: "there'll be one corporation selling one little box it'll do what you want and tell you what you want and cost whatever you got"
Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten
NB has a great voice and an interesting sound. As a new artist I think she is at a crossroads between becoming more funky or more "pop" - I think her music would be better if she went the funky route - but my guess is that the market will drive more into the pop world.
Cows With Guns
Dana Lyons: Cows With Guns
One of my all time favorites.
The One I Love
David Gray: The One I Love
Need to take an antidepressant to listen to this one - but a great song none-the-less.
Vittoria!
Opera Babes: Beyond Imagination
Good skiing music.
Hurt
Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around
There is something generationally transcendent about JC's cover of this song.