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top 5 records

last nite, before i "decided" to turn my life at a 45 degree angle, i watched high fidelity. it's a much better movie the third time around than the first two times.

i think i'm just like the character john cusack plays in many negative ways. i really could speak about multiple themes in the movie for hours, if anyone ever has the time and has the beer/stuff.

i originally was going to only make a top 5 list but that became apparently impossible...

top 10 personal* favorite songs and explanations (in no particular order):

1. velvet underground - pale blue eyes: the song has the sweetest, gentle guitar playing the entire song. when the solo comes, i sincerely believe it is the sweetest solo ever. it's pure beauty. lou reed sings of love and unhappiness, mixed, which it is in real life. he sings of best friends, references to reincarnation, cheating, dream girl, etc, again all in the context of both love and unhappiness. he sings with a mono-tone voice that is a soothing layer over the guitar melody. both himself and the guitar weep. i could have written this song. i wish i did.

2. cracker - take me down to the infirmary: "i know the whiskey won't soothe my soul and the morphine won't heal my heart. but if you take me down to the infirmary, oh yeah, i won't have to sleep or drink alone." i shouldn't need to say more. that chorus is justice enough. the lead guitar parts and solo is tremendous. i think highly underrated.

3. pearl jam - yellow ledbetter: there's so many great lines in there. there's so many lines that aren't even words, just eddie crooning. it's so emotional. it's hard to tell the lyrics as it's hard to tell the meaning, but i have my set of lyrics and i interpret the song to be of lost love to the point one's heart breaks and wants to just die. the solo is relatively easy and simple but it's perfect that way. the song is so fun to sing to, fun in this instance meaning it frees one soul temporarily of the burden of a broken heart. i'll continue to sing this one even when alone without the music on.

4. pulp - tv movie: i fell in love with this song back in highschool and it was great back then. but then later in college, there was so much more meaning attached to the song after i met someone. it's about missing the one you love. i have always missed her and i always will. the lyrics about missing love are all cleverly tied to television. it's a wonderfully orchestrated song. simple.

5. elliott smith - pitselah: this song is the most depressing song i've ever heard. i enjoy it for those reasons. i feel my pain through elliott's. if you've never suffered then you won't understand how great and powerful this song is. it's about wanting to die because everything isn't okay anymore. the words are so powerful.

6. the beatles - two of us: this song is actually a love song but with a happy mood. just about two people in love doing nothing at all. i've been lucky to experience this type of thing before and so the song is a reminder of it; a reminder of both better times and plans to revisit one day.

7. bob marley: no woman no cry: the lyrics besides the chorus aren't nearly as personal as the others on this list. yet the song reminds "everything's gonna be alright". i used to listen to this song a lot when i didn't believe in such things. the song is also my favorite song ever to dance to. there are so fond memories i have of dancing to this just carefree when carefree was a state i rarely experienced.

8. counting crows - anna begins: insert my voice where adam's is and you have me. it's about love and about uncertainty and neuroticism. it's me. if i was making a list of top songs that reflect myself, this would be ranked #1.

9. mazzy star - halah: i don't like many female lead vocal bands but i love mazzy star. this is my favorite by far. this song is about missing someone one loves and wishing things would work out. it's about trying to win back someone once had. includes misjudging signs, wanting to die, lonliness, blame, denial, all those good things.

10. coldplay - yellow: this is a happy love song. this song was jess and mine for the two years we dated. she was my first true love and the one that worked the best for the longest. she was spectacular. we used to dance to this song. even now, years after we dated, i still think of her and this song. it's a simple song but that's great because love can be that simple. it's a lot about proving how much one loves another. i'm always trying to do such things.


*all the songs i like at all are personal

there are many honorable mentions as i love so much music. however that's my list. i think the majority of those songs will stay on that list for the rest of my life.

posted by fillshe @ 6:34 PM