Favorite Songs

start wearing purple- gogol bordello
    a bizarro gypsy punk kind of song that's just completely different from anything else. when you listen to it you can't help but start writhing and cheering on the dance floor, heart pumping.

wake up- arcade fire
    this song is the perfect theme song for any situation. running dramatically in the rain? check. white water rafting? check. fierce makeout? check. making breakfast for yourself? check. I want this song to be played during the inevitable slideshow at my inevitable funeral. I want a montage of my life set to this song.

airplanes- local natives
   it was a tossup between this song and sun hands by the same band. I figured that since I spent a week straight with this song on repeat at top volume, that airplanes- as the moodier, less nonsensical of the two- was the winner.

sleepyhead- passion pit
    I don't know a single word to this song aside from "sleepyhead" and yet I keep singing it "wah wah wah wop whoah ah oah!" I think that can stand to show how desperately obsessed I am with it.

sodom, south georgia- iron and wine
    I knew I had to put iron and wine on this list. choosing which one was a difficult decision. I chose sodom, south georgia because it was the first song I listened to after my grandfather died and it's made me cry every time I've listened to it since then. an amazing song with amazing lyrics, and- at least for myself- powerful associations.

no one's gonna love you- cee-lo green or band of horses
    amazing amazing amazing song. I can't even put words to how much I love it. band of horses wrote it originally and I love their version but the cover that cee-lo green (with a voice so beautiful it must heal the sick) did is so good that even band of horses thinks it's better. on a side note, I sang this song at karaoke and got hit on by the most gorgeous man with the most gorgeous voice after. this song is simply magic.

daylight- matt and kim
    an infectiously upbeat song with an adorable music video. I listen to it any time I need a pick me up. just pure joy in musical form.

the gardener- the tallest man on earth
    I had been listening to this song over and over for weeks before realizing that it was about a jealous lover who buries his competition in the garden. ah what a garden I have made.

don't stop believin'- journey
    I can't hear this song and sit still. as soon as those fist chords start, it becomes imperative that I begin to pump my fist and sing along at the top of my lungs.

total eclipse of the heart- bonnie tyler
    there is no way that you can hear this song and not belt along. ridiculously overly melodramatic. perfect.