Winter 2009

I know I just posted one within the hour, but it was kind of a cheap cop out. I'll leave it up because, man, those songs are good. However, I'm rescinding it as this week's playlist. Instead, how about this beautiful, mellow playlist that I have creatively decided to title "Winter, 2009." I tend to make a couple of different playlists that reflect the music that I like to listen to in the various seasons.

So, these songs reflect the type of music that I have been into this winter. I typically mellow out for the Fall & Winter.Then, when the sun starts to shine & the temperature starts to warm, I get a littler peppier and more upbeat.

The Day I Lost My Voice - Copeland
Heavy Hearts - The Morning Benders
Panic & The Should Attacks - Nico Stai
Marigolds - Ryan Auffenberg
I Saw - Matt Nathanson
I'd Rather Be With You - Joshua Radin
When You Come Back Down - Nickel Creek
12:59 Lullaby - Bedouin Soundclash
The Animals Were Gone - Damien Rice
Near to You - A Fine Frenzy
Serpent-in-claw - Gary Jules
Keep Breathing - Ingrid Michaelson
I Am Still Running - Jon Foreman
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Market Iglova (from the movie, Once - awesome)

Rose Colored Glasses

I'm an optimist. I like seeing problems as opportunities. I think that good can be found in nearly everything. I have no problem being considered somewhat of a Pollyanna. I prefer to believe the best about people until they've given me reason not to do so. This doesn't make me any less intelligent or mature than others; it just makes me hopeful. So, in the spirit of optimism, I've created this playlist. Of course, it's entitled "Rose Colored Glasses" due to the sunny side up nature of the songs!

Beautiful World - Tim Myers
Be Gentle With Me - The Boy Least Likely To
Brand New Day - Joshua Radin
Hope for the Hopeless - A Fine Frenzy
Dream - Priscilla Ahn
Buildings and Mountains - The Republic Tigers
Charmed Life - Leigh Nash
All in All - Lifehouse
Soundtrack for Our Movie - Mae
In The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Brighter than Sunshine - Aqualung
Hold Me Now - The Polyphonic Spree

I'm calling it "Moving"

I'm starting this Playlist a week blog because I would like to find a new way to discover and organize all the music on my iPod. Also, I go through so many phases of what I feel like listening to that I can never keep track without some sort of record keeping process. I've looked back on some of my older blogs and journals and it has been really cool to see what I was obsessing over in the past. Yes, obsessing is the right word. That's how I do music. So this is really a blog for me but if someone else finds it and likes it, that's cool too. I'll try to keep each list between 10-15 songs for brevity and cohesiveness.

This week's playlist is called "Moving". These are all songs that I have heard either intentionally or by putting my iPod on shuffle that for some reason or another I really connected with. It's a really mellow list this week, and a little melancholy. That's cool though.

Matt Nathanson - "The Weight of it All"
Joshua Radin - "The Fear You Won't Fall"
Rufus Wainwright - "Across the Universe" (yes, I know it is a Beatles cover, but it is also outstanding)
Reindeer Section - "You Are My Joy"
Augustana - "Sweet and Low"(the acoustic version, specifically)
Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (when the album Plans came out, I could barely listen to anything else for a month)
Damien Rice - "9 Crimes"
Spill Canvas - "Lullaby"
David Melilo - "Wait For It"
Coldplay - "Fix You" (disclaimer: I don't really even like Coldplay. You'd think I would but I don't. Go figure. This song is beautiful and poignant though)
Atlantic - "Sleep Now" (note: this is my friend Josh's new band. Check them out at www.myspace.com/atlanticonline)
Snow Patrol - "The Planets Bend In Between Us"