2005 Playlist
Every year new songs are discovered—whether they be brand new, a freshly found personal treasure, or a tune that takes on brand new meaning in your life. In High Fidelity, Nick Hornby went on and on about the mixed tape/mixed CD. Now, it’s an ITunes playlist.As a result, here’s my 2005 playlist of songs that had special significance for me last year.
“Bright Lights, Big City” from Bright Lights, Big City
though it advocates a little more of the club-hopping life than I’m into, it captures my restlessness with suburbia
“California” by Phantom Planet
kinda obvious why this would have new meaning for me in 2005
“Cannonball” by Damien Rice
this just haunted me all year—Rice is unheralded in a major way
“Fix You” by Coldplay
by the time that crescendo kicks in, I have to try not to cry or get chills
“If I Didn’t Believe in You” from The Last Five Years
a really insightful song on self-esteem and sexual politics within a relationship
“Move On” from Sunday in the Park with George
“If it comes from you, then it will be new.”—enormous mantra for me recently
“Smart in a Stupid Way” by Jen Crowe and Steven Strait
simple melody, lyrics that are so profound for their obviousness—maybe the least familiar song on this list, but it’s a keeper, believe me
“Soul Meets Body” by Death Cab for Cutie
just made me rediscover Death Cab
“We Used to Be Friends” by The Dandy Warhols
Veronica Mars theme song—‘nuff said
“Whiskey Lullaby” by Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss
drinkin’, leavin’ lovin’, suicide—the stuff of tragedy & country songs
“The Wings” by Gustavo Santaolalla
instrumental piece that says more about profound loss and heartbreak than most lyrics ever could
“You and Me” by Lifehouse
took a while to grow on me, but now it’s just the kind of sappy gooiness that occasionally does it for me
posted by cinegod @ 12:28 PM
3 Comments:
Glad to see Damien Rice and Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss on your 2005 playlist. You should do one of those "meme" things...or at least let me rip off your idea and post my iPod playlist of 2005 :)
Go right ahead. Rip me off, but "meme." What's that?
First discovered the word "meme" on Barbara's blog when someone in her group of friends that blog started an "I confess" meme. It's kind of a "chain letter"...means to replicate, kind of a "tag, you're it"-deal. And the word doesn't sound as lovely as I'd hoped. Apparently the pronounciation is not "meh-MAY" as I'd initially thought, but "MEEM" (rhymes with "dream.") Sounds kinda icky.
But I'm still gonna rip you off:)
Tag, I'm it!
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