I may lack what most people would call musical talent, but I do consider myself perfectly capable of being able to judge whether or not a song is “good” (by my standards, of course). And I am fully able to appreciate the fact that music can express what words cannot, and particular songs can capture a feeling and convey it in precisely the right way. My iTunes is cluttered with playlists that are often quite similar, varying by only a handful of songs, but that capture my mood for the day.
Today’s playlist:
- Kevin Rudolf – I Song
- Lovedrug – Spiders
- The Tragically Hip – The Last Recluse
- Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
- Blue Foundation – Eyes on Fire
- Gratitude – Last
- Finger Eleven – One Thing
- The Last Goodnight – This is the Sound
- Sigur Rós – Hoppípolla
- James Morrison – This Boy
I’ll leave off with some lyrics from Lovedrug’s Spiders, a favorite of mine for some time now.
Searching on the wire,
for a wire,
for a piece of mind,
like the spiders in the corners that are never there
To the one,
to the magic sun,
you’re not that bright now, but you will be someday,
soon,
and you will fall in love with the moonlight,
So come on, come on, and say so,
come on, come on and say so
If God was on the radio,
I know he’d say to thee:
Love is spiders on the edge,
and we’re hanging by a thread,
connected to the other end of this
twisted frequency I’ve spun,
But I don’t care,
I’d be happy,
If you’d share,
your web with me
So come on, come on, and say so,
come on, come on and say so
Why don’t you, why don’t you come on, come on and say so?
All in all, good music for a not so happy rainy day, don’t you agree?
