1. "See You Soon" by Coldplay. I found this gem back when I was illegally donwloading music (Ben has now banned me from doing so) and I fell in love with this song.
2."Zero" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The latest and greatest from Karen O and Nick Zinner. Looking forward to their new album coming up in April. First since '06, and I am thrilled.
3. "Wonderwall" by Ryan Adams. the best cover ever made, in my opinion. I listened to this on repeat for about a three month period back in late 2006.
4. "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead. Radiohead is just plain genius and this song changes key about a million times. I kill to hear the key changes.
5. "Heartbeats" by The Knife. Porch Parties at Miaken's house and nights out with the gal pals at the W. It is the ultimate indie dance song.
6. "Time won't let me go" by The Bravery. On Ben's first mix I made him, which later became "the anthem". I fell in love with him listening to this song, not to mention I blasted this from my headphones while cruising down the amazon in Peru. It always takes me back to those places.
7. "7/4 Shoreline" by Broken Social Scene. I just plain love this song. It reminds me of cruising with my windows down in the summer.
8. "Panama" by Van Halen. This one is for Ben. I am NOT a butt rocker by any means, but Ben sure is and he has turned me on to some good butt rock over the past year. This song makes you want to jump around and air guitar like you won't believe.
9. "Ahi Estas Tu" by Chambao. People make fun of me for my love of flamenco, but I don't care. This is a bit of modern flamenco from a group straight out of Malaga. It reminds me of riding the bus to El Palo.
10. "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Repeat on the playlist. Karen O's voice on this song kills it. I remember watching her perform this song on stage and it was mind blowing. If you want to see an amazing performer, hit up one of the YYY's shows and watch KO rock out.
11. "Take It Off" by The Donnas. Though not the greatest lyrical content, this song helps me vicariously live my dreams of being a hard core rock chick. These fine ladies know how to play a rock song.
12. "Sorry I am" by Ani Difranco. I have a special place in my heart for really depressing music. Ani is one who lives out a lot of crappy moments of her life in her songs. It makes for some phenomenal music and we all reap the benefits.
13."The Great Salt Lake" by Band of Horses. This song is appropriate considering my place of residence. Saw them play this live a couple years ago and it was stellar. I see a slide show of my Salt Lake life in my head when I listen to this tune.
14. "Lost Cause" by Beck. A friend I met in Peru played this song for me on a ipod dock in a ghetto hotel in Iquitos. It was an instant player on my playlist.
15. "Nantes" by Beirut. Lead Zach Condon not only does the vocals but he also plays accordian, keyboards, saxophone, clarinet, mandolin, ukelele, horns, glockenspiel and percussion. I find it fascinating.
16. "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" by Death Cab for Cutie. Another depresso song, but I love the lyrics. There is so much truth to this song.
17. "I Feel it All" by Feist. She has a crazy beautiful voice. I love that it is so pure and clean. It seems so incredibly effortless for her. This song never fails to make me smile and want to put on a sundress and dance.
18. "Banquet" by Bloc Party. Another killer dance song. love it.
19. "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzalez. The slower, guitar rich version seen in #5 on this playlist. I would kill to play the guitar like this guy.
20. "Find Love" by Clem Snide. Sweet, simple, unique love song. Listen to it.
More playlists to come. Let me know what you think of this one. Just don't mock my flamenco choices...
3 comments:
Great playlist! I've had "Zero" stuck in my head all morning. I'm a little sad to see that "Sailing on the Pearl Va****" didn't make the cut :)
I can't wait to look all of these up. keep the playlists comin.
Money in the bank.
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