{Day 84. me}
I was going to use this post to tell you a few random facts about me {since day 84 was that super cool selfie}, but then I saw this post on Paige’s blog and decided that I’d rather tell you about 10 songs I’ll listen to for the rest of my life.
It’s taken me like an hour to come up with this list, because there are SO MANY. Some of the songs were no brainers, and others were up against a couple other songs by that artist (DavÃd Garza and John Mayer especially). But this is the list I decided on.
10 Songs I’ll listen to for the rest of my life.
#1. Home by Marc Broussard
This is a perfect open highway song. The first time I ever heard this song, I got goosebumps all over my arms.
#2. Rhymes for Honeys and Beats for Boys by DavÃd Garza
I was torn between this song and Cold World, but I ultimately ended on this one because when I listen to it I think of nobody but DavÃd, and I am so grateful for his creativity and his… self. Plus I really love the way that this song sounds so much like controlled noise. I have no idea why.
#3. Say So by Allen Stone
My friend Allen Stone wrote this song with my other friend Ernie Halter (see # ) and whenever I heard this song at Starbucks I would call Ernie freaking out. He thought I was being chased by a man with a machete. This song is SO FUN and SO CATCHY and basically applies to my life at any given moment. Plus my initials are SO, so I just feel really important. 😉
#4. Pretty the World by Matt Nathanson {When Everything Meant Everything version}
One year Mei-Ling and I drove to Spokane to see Matt Nathanson and on the way back, we listened to this EP on repeat and named days like that – crisp air and blue skies – Matt Days. This song also appears on Beneath These Fireworks, but the BTF version says “show me how pretty the world is ’cause I want something a little bit louder,” and I have always loved the version that says “just a little bit louder.” You know… like my blog name. 😉
#5. You’re the Ocean by Teitur
I wish that I could have put the entire “Poetry & Aeroplanes” album as one song, because it’s all that great. This song has so many great little lyrics. and I love the way he sings the word “ocean.” It’s my go-to Teitur song, and he’s kind of the silent champion of my iTunes library because he’s one of the few artists I can listen to in any mood.
#6. Angel of Mercy by Jonny Lang
I had 9 songs picked out and was downstairs switching over my laundry, trying to figure out a 10th. Then I realized… every morning I wake up and look at the Jonny Lang setlist from the BEST CONCERT EVER OF MY LIFE that is taped to my closet door, and I could not believe I hadn’t picked out a single Jonny Lang song. Most of these songs are at least a few years old, because how can you know if a song will last the rest of your life if you’ve only listened to it for a year? Angel of Mercy has been one of my favorite Jonny Lang songs for 15 years. which is over half my life… and crazy to think about.
#7. Lover, You Should’ve Come Over by Jeff Buckley
This is the song of rainy days. It’s also the song of someone ripping my heart out of my chest and smashing it up right in front of my face. “She’s the tear that hangs inside my soul forever.” WHAT. That kills me. It is one of the most beautiful songs in the whole entire world, ever.
#8. The Heart of Life by John Mayer
So hard to pick just one Mayer song. SO HARD. His music is the soundtrack of my life, no joke. But this is the one that kind of gets me through the really rough times, over and over and over. I see no end to that.
#9. Lighthouse by Ernie Halter
The first time I heard this song was from Ernie’s computer, played in my car, driving from Seattle to Portland at 2:30 in the morning. Written for his friends who have stood by him in the good and the bad. Ernie has been one of my safe people, even when our lives looked radically different from each other’s. Not only is the song itself beautiful, but hearing the words through one of the most familiar, comfortable, loving voices in my life makes it that much more meaningful. It is such a wonderful gift he’s given to his friends in this song.
#10. Fires by David Ramirez
This is the newest song, I only first started listening to David Ramirez last summer, but now I listen to him every night before bed because of that voice. And like so many of these songs… it is so beautiful. I wish I could hang it on my wall and walk my friends to it so they could stare at its beauty with me, and look at the little brush strokes and shadows.
What are 10 songs you will listen to for the rest of your life (if you can get it down to 10)?
Linking up with I am Mrs. K‘s April blog challenge.
