Reasons 41 through 50
Some of the lovely sounds that graced my ears this year. Lets get musicaaaal!
41. “Back to Me” by Kathleen Edwards. The best Tom Petty song never written by Tom Petty. Surprisingly, it doesn’t suck.
42. “Tout Doucement” by Feist. There are a lot of reasons to love Fiest. That she delivers this French love ditty variously in a coy trill and a full-throated belt in the space of three minutes is near the top.
43. “Almost” by Sarah Harmer. It’s a 2004 song, but I don’t care. I got into it this year, so it belongs, in my mind, to 2005.
44. “Rich Man’s Spiritual” by Gordon Lightfoot. It’s very early, very raw, and absolutely whistle-able. Seriously. Just try getting this one out of your head after listening to it a few times on a long drive.
45. Revolved by CCC. It’s a brilliant mash-up of the Beatles’ 1966 classic album with everything from Madonna to Dee-Lite to Beck. So fun, so addictive.
46. “Cherry Lips” by Garbage. I drove around damned near half the summer with this baby cranked.
47. “Girl” by Beck. It’s a shiffly-shuffly bouncy-flouncy four minutes of joy. Oh Mr. Hanson, I don’t care that you’re a Scientologist – I’ll be your sun-eyed girl!
48. The soundtrack to “Amelie.” Someone left it at the restaurant I was working at in the fall, and I found ways to play it nearly every shift. Ca, c’est belle.
49. “Personal Jesus” by Johnny Cash. What a dirty, dirty, deliciously filthy cover.
50. “Rain” by The Beatles. Somehow, likely because it was never released on a proper album, I missed this one in my initial three-year bout with Beatlemania about ten years ago. I’d heard it a few times, but it wasn’t until I saw the promo clip (when they’re in a garden, each grinning and likely high and rocking a scruffy pre-Pepper, post-Help mop top) on the Anthology DVD that the song really registered with me. I think it’s great that after a full decade of heavy worship, I’m still finding new things to love about that band.
41. “Back to Me” by Kathleen Edwards. The best Tom Petty song never written by Tom Petty. Surprisingly, it doesn’t suck.
42. “Tout Doucement” by Feist. There are a lot of reasons to love Fiest. That she delivers this French love ditty variously in a coy trill and a full-throated belt in the space of three minutes is near the top.
43. “Almost” by Sarah Harmer. It’s a 2004 song, but I don’t care. I got into it this year, so it belongs, in my mind, to 2005.
44. “Rich Man’s Spiritual” by Gordon Lightfoot. It’s very early, very raw, and absolutely whistle-able. Seriously. Just try getting this one out of your head after listening to it a few times on a long drive.
45. Revolved by CCC. It’s a brilliant mash-up of the Beatles’ 1966 classic album with everything from Madonna to Dee-Lite to Beck. So fun, so addictive.
46. “Cherry Lips” by Garbage. I drove around damned near half the summer with this baby cranked.
47. “Girl” by Beck. It’s a shiffly-shuffly bouncy-flouncy four minutes of joy. Oh Mr. Hanson, I don’t care that you’re a Scientologist – I’ll be your sun-eyed girl!
48. The soundtrack to “Amelie.” Someone left it at the restaurant I was working at in the fall, and I found ways to play it nearly every shift. Ca, c’est belle.
49. “Personal Jesus” by Johnny Cash. What a dirty, dirty, deliciously filthy cover.
50. “Rain” by The Beatles. Somehow, likely because it was never released on a proper album, I missed this one in my initial three-year bout with Beatlemania about ten years ago. I’d heard it a few times, but it wasn’t until I saw the promo clip (when they’re in a garden, each grinning and likely high and rocking a scruffy pre-Pepper, post-Help mop top) on the Anthology DVD that the song really registered with me. I think it’s great that after a full decade of heavy worship, I’m still finding new things to love about that band.
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I gotta go with "Missing" by Beck. And, also "Poster of a Girl" by Metric, "Extraordinary Machine" by Fiona Apple, "Strawberry Wine" by Ryan Adams, "Swimmers" by Broken Social Scene and "Love this Town" by Joel Plaskett.
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