The other day in the car, with the windows down, I was blasting that blessed ditty "Where the Streets Have No Name" and wondering what it was like to pop in the Joshua Tree tape freshly unwrapped from The Wherehouse and hear that opening riff for the first time back in '87. (I wouldn't know; I was listening to Sharon, Lois, and Bram.)
Here are 20 pop songs I haven't gotten tired of yet, aka "windows down, volume up" songs, as requested a while ago by Hannah, the rule being: only one song from each artist, otherwise David Gray and U2 would pretty much cover it. Half of them are from the past 15 years. Most of them are sung by men. Why don't I like many girl singers? I don't know. Topic for another post I guess.
"Babylon II" by David Gray
"Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2
"Super Trouper" by ABBA
"Tropicalia" by Beck
"We Are in Love" by Harry Connick, Jr.
"My Girl" by the Temptations
"I Want You" by Bob Dylan
"Peace Train" by Cat Stevens
"Say It Ain't So" by Weezer
"Ramona" by Guster
"When I'm Sixty-Four" by the Beatles
"Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" by Travis
"Goods" by Mates of State
"Overjoyed" by Stevie Wonder
"Sentimental Guy" by Ben Folds
"Wrapped around Your Finger" by The Police
"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond
"A Cradle in Bethlehem" by Nat King Cole (I could and do put it on repeat all year long.)
"Backdrifts" by Radiohead
"Girl on the Wing" by The Shins
Did I miss anything?
I have a hard time with these lists. I find them uncomfortably limiting. For example, I have an inexplicable attachment to "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones but I feel weird putting that on a favorites list because I kinda hate the Rolling Stones. "Hit the Road, Jack" by Ray Charles is also missing because it's cheesy and I hardly ever listen to it. But secretly I really like it.
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I love "Beast of Burden" too. In fact, when I took Tap for PE credit at BYU my "final" was a tap dance that I choreographed myself to Beast of Burden. We have similar taste, Eliza--that is why you need to fall in love with Robert Plant.
Have you heard much about Raising Sand, his new CD with Alison Krauss? I am intrigued. I have hardly heard any Alison Krauss but I like her voice and she has won about 10,000 Grammys (actually 20 but it turns out that's more than any other lady-singer has ever won). The Washington Post gave it a B+.
I love your lists! It is always fun to see what kind of music other people like. Beast of Burden is liked by most of us who won't easily admit it!!
Eliza, I love your blog.
I love that you love Mates of State.
We apparently have a lot in common because I, too, am interested in Julie Andrews, Ralph Wiggum, and kettle corn. No joke.
And Scrubs and M*A*S*H are two of my all-time favorite shows.
Great list, I would agree with pretty much all of them. There are so many songs I secretly like and would never admit to unless cornered.
I heard Raising Sand online (it's good) and just ordered it from overstock along with the Eric Clapton book and the Pattie Boyd book. (I decided to treat myself for no particular reason.) I assume you know Led Zeppelin. Try the Honeydrippers. Try Tall Cool One. Love him. Google him. Enjoy. He loves Lord of the Rings, by the way.
this is a great mix. I will "I tunes" al the ones I don't have and label it "Sarah Smile: the Essentials part II" wink wink
"When I'm Sixty-Four" is one of the best songs EVER.
Good choice of Abba hits.
I think you are missing Simon and Garfunkle. I never tire of them.
I just made a new mix CD.
I'll have to post the song list sometime.
No Julie Andrews?
Thanks for the recommendations and comments. Tall Cool One, Honeydrippers, I'm on it.
I am also a fan of Simon and the G. I'd probably put "Slip Slidin' Away" if I were to choose one . . . or maybe "America."
Julie Andrews I love, of course. Unfortunately I don't listen to her singing that much outside of The Sound of Music soundtrack, and Mary Poppins.
Super Trouper is definitely not the only ABBA song I can put on repeat. (But it is probably my favorite to blast in the car.) I also never get tired of "The Piper," "Our Last Summer," "Does Your Mother Know?", "Fernando," "Waterloo," and many, many more.
I was thinking of more embarrassing songs that I just really like, and "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton came up. (cue the scene from the White Chicks preview where it comes on in the car and all the white girls scream with joy--one of my favorite preview scenes, never saw the movie)
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