When Winter Break Gets Too Long...

Favorite pump-up song: 1) "Bombs over Baghdad" - Outkast 2) "Seven Years" - Saosin

Favorite exercise song: 1)"She's Hearing Voices" - Bloc Party 2)"Like Eating Glass" - Bloc Party
Favorite late-night drive song: "Chicago(acoustic)" - Sufjan Stevens

Favorite new discovery: "Out Dragging the River" - Mason Proper

Bands that can do no evil (aka anything they produce will be amazing): The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Buckley, Counting Crows, Guster, Jack Johnson, Josh Rouse

Favorite 8am apartment dance song: "I'm Good. I'm Gone" - Lykke Li

Favorite in love song: "The Luckiest"-Ben Folds/"Question"-Old 97's

Favorite broken hearted song: "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley

Favorite nostalgic song: "We're Still Fighting It" - Ben Folds

Favorite "guilty pleasure" band (you wont claim it in public, but you are in love with them): Something Corporate/Jack's Mannequin

Favorite classical piece: "Nocturne In F-Sharp Op. 15, No 2" - Chopin

Favorite band from the 60's: Jimi Hendrix, but Simon & Garfunkel is a close second

70's: Zeppelin

80's: Can I squeeze "Pixies" in here? they were kind of borderline 90's..I guess the same goes for "The Cure." But that's my answer. and Michael Jackson.

90's: Weezer/Jeff Buckley/Counting Crows - take your pick.

2000's: Shins/Jack Johnson

Favorite "who needs love anyway?" song: "Semi-Charmed Life" and "Motorcycle Drive By" - Third Eye Blind (dont ask me why!)

Favorite contemplative song: "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Sufjan Stevens

Favorite foriegn band/singer(non-english speaking): Laura Pausini

Best guitar solo: "One Big Holiday" - My Morning Jacket

Best gangsta' beat: 1)"Through the Wire" -Kanye West 2)"Action Figures" -Cool Kids 3)"Dont Feel Right" -the Roots

Best voice in(or that WAS in) the business: Jeff Buckley

Best lyrics: The Shins

Favorite song about....

California: "Winding Road" - Bonnie Somerville (there are a billion songs about california, and I dont like most of them...this one mentions it and it's an incredible song!)
Utah: 1)"The Great Salt Lake" -Band of Horses 2)"Friend of the Devil" -Counting Crows

Europe: "Holiday in Spain" - Counting Crows

Italy: "Postcards from Italy" - Beirut

Asia:"El Scorcho" - Weezer (that's terrible, I know!)

Blue: I'll put "Dark Blue" by Jack's Mannequin until I find something better

Yellow: 1)"Yellow" - Coldplay 2)"Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows

Green: "Green Eyes" -Coldplay

Trains: "Rise" -Josh Rouse

Airplanes: "Landed" - Ben Folds

Pirates: "The Hook" -Stephen Malkmus

Friday: "Friday I'm in Love" -The Cure

Unrealized love: 1)"Casimir Pulaski Day"-Sufjan Stevens 2)"Fake Plastic Trees"-Radiohead

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