Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Elaine's 45 Most Favorite Song Ever... EVER

The last time I went home to San Antonio to see my parents and my sister, brother in law, and nephews I learned that Justin (Brother in Law) as an iTunes play list of his top 50 favorite songs of all time. I love this. I thought this was genius. I mean what a great way to not only express yourself but to have people learn about you. One of my most favorite reasons I love art is anyone in the world can look at a painting or hear a song and see something or hear something completely different. Yes, we are all viewing Monet's lilies or listening to the Beatles sing about some kid named Jude, but that art speaks to us all differently.

So here is my list and a few explanations. Please don't judge me too harshly...

Elaine's Top 45 Songs Ever - in no particular order
(I decided to save a few for a rainy day...)

Umbrella - Dog's Eye View
High - Feeder
Fortunate Fool - Jack Johnson
Rolling By - Robert Earl Keen (Um, it is really hard to just pick one favorite REK song. Half my list could have been from this man. Others that could have made the list are The Road Goes On Forever, The Back Porch Song, and Shades of Gray)
Love Interruption - Jack White
Summer Romance - Incubus (AKA the "Anti-Gravity" song. Matt introduced me to this song junior year of High School and it has been a top ten ever since then.)
Loving County - Charlie Robinson
The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnyman (I say them perform this live a few years ago at SXSW and it was AMAZING. This is one of the very few songs that no matter how many times I listen to it, if it comes on my iTunes I will never skip over it.)
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Hide Me - Hayes Carl
Next Girl - The Black Keys
Don't Change - INXS
Send In The Clowns - Frank Sinatra (Not only has this been a favorite of mine for more years than I can remember but it's also the favorite of Switters the main character in one of my favorite books)
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
MLK - U2
Yesterday - The Beatles (I'm not a huge Beatles fan - just ask Maria - but I love this song. I used play the violin in a local orchestra in San Antonio. We had monthly concerts and we almost always played Yesterday at every show. Sometimes we would invite a local singer to accompany us and other times it was just us strings. It didn't matter. I always thought it was beautiful.)
Mississippi - Bob Dylan
Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
Graceland - Paul Simon
Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
Knights of Cydonia - Muse (This song is fucking genius. I love it.)
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
Say Yes - Elliott Smith
Lost Cause - Beck
Forget Her - Jeff Buckley (This is either the saddest song ever written or the most perfect I can't decide. Either way Jeff Buckley is amazing and it's a tragedy that he died so young and so sudden.)
Clumsy - Out Lady Piece
Acoustic #3 - Goo Goo Dolls
Light My Fire - The Doors
California Dreaming - The Mamas And The Papas
Elaine - Todd Carey (Look there aren't a lot of songs written about girls named Elaine, but this one is a good one.)
The Dreaming Tree - Dave Matthews Band
Conquest - The White Stripes
Diamonds On Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
Best I Ever Had - Gary Allan
Charles Takes A Walk - Bargain Music (Charles Fischel has such a soulful voice that sets him apart from all the other stoner, Southern California, alternative bands. They might be my favorite band.)
Too Little Too Late - Slightly Stoopid
Be Your Husband - Jeff Buckley
I'm Free - The Who
Black - Pearl Jam
Kissing You - Des'ree (Wow! Simply beautiful.)
Swan Lake Act 1 Scene 2 - Peter Tchaikovsky
To Love You More - Celine Dion
Falling In Love Again - Eagle Eye Cherry
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
Comin' Up From Behind - Marcy Playground

I fully plan on a blog post soon explaining my long absence and my return to the world of having the internet, but I thought this was a more fun to ease my way back into my blog.

Oh, and please don't be too harsh.