Project 2010: Day 90 - Firsts

Wow. 90 days of listening to my iPod in order of song title, yet I'm only on the F's. Oh well. Here are some comments on some things that I've listened to today, which brought me deep into the "Firsts".

I'll spare you the R.E.M. "Finest Worksong," but that doesn't mean I didn't love listening to it.

"Fire and Rain" is one of those songs that I thought I liked more than I actually like. It's always longer than I think it is, and slower than I think it's going to be. See for yourself:



On the other hand "Fire Island, AK" by The Long Winters gets better every time. Also the lead singer of The Long Winters has been hanging with John Hodgeman, which makes him even cooler in my nerdy mind.



Fireworks is one of my favorite Animal Collective songs that isn't on Merriweather.



I have posted this video before because it is maybe my favorite video in the history of the world to go with a song that I am in love with. Hooray for Bright Eyes!



And yet another song I love came up today- again, I know I've posted about Noah and the Whale before, but today was actually "First Days of Spring" day, which it totally is. Apt. Although I'm not going through a horrifying break up at the moment. Here's hoping!

Project 2010: Day 75- Dreaming and Driving

Today I got to song 1,458 of 6,804 on my iPod. This brought be through Dreaming songs and into Driving songs.

OK. I know. People hate the Dave Matthews Band. I get it. I do. But they have some songs that I really enjoy. Today I got to "The Dreaming Tree" which is one of those songs that I really like. I apologize. I know I'm not supposed to.



I also got to Sufjan's "That Dress Looks Nice on You," which, of course, made me really happy.

I also happen to really like Brandon Boyd of Incubus' voice. I've been hearing a lot of his songs, and every time I've enjoyed it. Today i heard "Drive"



I know I have already documented my R.E.M. love. But today was "Drive." How do I not share that?



Finally, I heard something and had to check to see what the heck it was. I was incredibly surprised at the answer. Like shocked. This is Bright Eyes?

Project 2010: Day 13 - Indie Crush

Today I'm going to talk about one of my indie crushes: Bright Eyes. I absolutely love listening to Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst. I know he's not for everyone, but his lyrics and his melodies just get stuck in my head. He sings about life as many of us live and experience it. He sings about war, love, lust, being drunk, being loved, being caught, being scared, and just plan being young in America right now and the weirdness that all of that means.

With that said, here are a few of my favorites (First Day Of My Life might be one of my favorite music videos ever- did I mention I've been in a really sappy mood, lately?):








Some other observations for today:
Brian Setzer had the first song so far where I just wanted it to end. It couldn't finish soon enough. At all.

I love Dashboard Confessional a little too much. When "As Lovers Go" came on I wanted to belt it out in my cubicle. And I have a terrible voice. It would have been good for no one.

Here's my list for today:
Are We The Waiting - Green Day
Are You A Hypnotist? - The Flaming Lips
Are You Devo - Shelby Sifers
Are You Going To Be My Girl - JET
Are You In? - Incubus
Are You Sad? - Our Lady Peace
Argue - Matchbox Twenty
Ari Are We - Capgun Coup
Arienette - Bright Eyes
Arizona - Kings Of Lean
Armchairs - Andrew Bird
Armies Walk - Nada Surf
Armistace - Phoenix
Arms Of A Thief - Iron & Wine
Army - Ben Folds Five
Army Of One - Phish
Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd
Around The Block - Company Of Thieves
Around The Sun - R.E.M.
Artistic License - The Starting Line
As For Now - Lindsay Rae Spurlock
As Long As I'm Singin' - THe Brian Setzer Orchestra
As Long As You Follow - Fleetwood Mac
As Lovers Go - Dashboard Confessional

Off to listen to more music....