Thursday Thirteen: Most Played

ByKristen Koster

 

13 Most Played Songs in My iTunes

 

Below is list of my top 13 played songs on my desktop’s iTunes. Wow. I like really depressing music. I hadn’t realized how dismal the outlook in many of these songs was until I looked up the lyrics for all of them. I think “Flower In A Rocky Land” is the exception.

See the problem is, I can learn all the words to a song, read the lyrics even and not always “get” what the song’s about. DH laughs at me for this all the time. Good thing I was never one for calling in dedication requests. Although I did find it hysterical that people would dedicate the Heart song about finding a baby daddy and having a one night stand with him to their boyfriends. Hunh?? Whatever.

Anyway… here’s what are apparently the songs I listen to the most.

1. Duncan Sheik Barely Breathing (Acoustic version — link isn’t that one)
This poor guy keeps going back for more. He knows the relationship’s a bad deal, and yet he’s still gonna repeat the same old pattern again.

2. Sting Tempted (Live Version, Cover of the Squeeze classic tune — link is to Squeeze video)
Nothing like a little ditty about an affair to liven up the day.

3. Talking Heads And She Was
Phew. Not so depressing, but proof of better living through chemistry. I prefer to think she’s high on life, but hey, this is David Byrne we’re talking bout.

4. Alejandro Escovedo Castanets (link is to a live show in Austin. I miss Austin. The sound’s kinda iffy, but definitely shows off the energy of the song).
Rockin’ tune about a guy who likes her better when she walks away. Why she keeps coming back to him, I don’t know.

5. Billie Myers Kiss the Rain
Another little ditty about the other side of the affair. She’s begging him to go out and stand in the rain instead of cheating on her.

6. Kirsty MacColl In These Shoes?
She doesn’t like to walk, she can’t ride a horse, but the way she dances, it’s a scandal! A real shame we lost this artist’s sense of humor.

7. Amanda Marshall Sunday Morning After
This song always cracks me up. Alcholic blackout episodes shouldn’t be so amusing.

8. Dana Cooper Flower In A Rocky Land
The one truly hopeful song in the bunch. We’ve known Dana for a long time now and he’s an amazing song writer. I couldn’t find a video of this song, but here’s another great song of his, Great Day in the Morning.

9. Emmylou Harris I don’t Wanna Talk About It Now
I had to laugh when I saw the offer for a free ringtone of this song. Too funny.

10. Jack Johnson Drink The Water
Dark, eerie and mesmorizing. I’m still not quite sure what it’s about.

11. Patty Griffin Every Little Bit
Amazing singer/songwriter. Another song about a relationship gone horribly wrong and the haunting memories of it.

12. a-Ha Minor Earth Major Sky
Its all about perspective. How inconsequential we are in the universe.

13. Evanesence Bring Me To Life
Yes, this proves how eclectic my tastes in music truly are. She’s got an amazing voice. This one’s about feeling numb and lost inside and yearning to feel alive again.

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4 Debora Dennis 5 Alice Audrey 6 R.G. Alexander
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29 Comments

  1. I guess I’m first! I think that’s because no one else is awake at 4:30 in the morning. I’m a first time visitor, enjoyed your thirteen although I have to admit I haven’t heard of most of the artists. I do like Sting and Evanescense (sp?) very much!

  4. Interesting list. I can remember the title and author of every book I’ve ever read but can’t tell you the names of the songs I listen to without looking. Goofy selective memory.

  9. I was going to do that, RG, but I didn’t have time last night. I’ll try to dig up links if I have time today, I won’t embed them all.

  17. Thanks for visiting my T-13 at Small Reflections today and leaving the link back here. I’m ashamed to admit I don’t recognize many of these songs … but I’m more into ‘quiet’ these days than music. Once upon a time I would know them all … but not for a long time now.
    Hugs and blessings,

  18. OMG!!! That Amanda Marshall song is SO COOL!!!!!!! Okay, I’ve now added it and I’m going looking for more of her. And Kristy MacColl.
    You and I have similar taste I think.

  23. I don’t know alot of these but adore Evanesence, especially that particular song.

    Thanks for stopping by!

  24. Great list – thanks for stopping by. We came here a year and a half ago from So Cal so part of me misses the poppies and even the purple ‘paint’, but the rest of me loves the new bulbs bursting through the snow remnants as the grass turns green and the trees start to blossom…

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