A ten song playlist and why they are important to me:
1. Everlong (acoustic version) – Foo Fighters
This is my all time favorite song. It’s the song I danced to that one time with that one girl. It’s also the perfect love song. Busting it out acoustically just brings out the heart. I have been known to cry listening to this song. If someday I were to get married, I wouldn’t care about anything else except that this is the first song we dance to. Refusal would be a deal breaker for me.
2. Not Now – blink 182
The first of probably many Blink songs on this list. This one was important in my life because at one point, I thought I was dying of an unknown disease back in the day. This was my song of choice for those 6 months. I hope this song is played at my funeral.
3. Trucker Hat – Bowling for Soup
On a lighter side, this song is just fun. You might think that I picked this song because it reminded me of the girl that wore the trucker had that I crushed on back in the day. However, it reminds me of more than that. It reminds me of a time in my life and a group of friends that I to this day love dearly. It reminds me of my best friends and some of my best memories. Plus you can dance to it.
4. It Hurts – Angels and Airwaves
I could pick any song from this album and feel the same way, but I chose It Hurts because it’s all about the heartache. This album did more for shaping my life than any other piece of music ever. And it existed only because Blink had broken up. It Hurts brings out the sad in me because it said everything that needed to be said about unrequited love. This song is almost torturous now. I can’t help but feel pain when I hear it but in a weird way I still love it.
5. Stuck in A Moment – U2
The ultimate song to have on your Ipod as you’re walking down the street and just people watching. It’s a feel good song for me. Listening to this song just flat out cheers me up. It gives me hope and it helps me see the beauty that is in the world. I feel warm when listening to it.
6. Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy? – Fall Out Boy
I associate too many songs with too many girls. This is yet another one of those songs with another one of those girls. It’s still one of my anthems though. Ladies, there are a lot of assholes out there in the world. There are very few gentlemen. Just remember who we are once your asshole boyfriend starts treating you like shit.
7. Life Less Ordinary – Carbon Leaf
The other song I danced to that one time with that one girl. Also the other song that I will insist on being played at my (hypothetical) wedding. This song takes me back to the one time in my life where I can point to and say, “That was what it was like to be happy.”
8. Stay – Lisa Loeb
I love angry girl rock. This is the song that started it all for me. I had such a huge crush on Lisa Loeb back in the 5th grade. I know she was singing to me in this song. Makes me think of horned rimmed glasses.
9. Mad Season – Matchbox Twenty
The song from my first real crush. I felt stupid. It was a weird thing for me back in 7th grade. This song said it all. It’s actually the song that inspired me to write my first song back in the day. I haven’t listened to it in nearly 8 years. Still one of the most significant songs of my lifetime.
10. Everyday – Buddy Holly
This song reminds me of my childhood. It’s recently become a popular remake commercial jingle for some reason. It doesn’t matter. When I hear this song, I’m instantly back in my dad’s Olds Eighty-Eight listening to his best of Buddy Holly cassette and thinking that this guy really loved rollercoasters.
So there they are. Ten songs that I felt right now needed to be talked about in shaping my life. I’m sure that this concept will be repeated many times in my blog as I am a big fan of music and it’s life changing ability. The best part about these songs is that I can associate every single one of them to a girl I’ve crushed on at one time or another. And none of them are emo songs! Weird.
