The Album of My Life

Here's 10 songs that would be on my favorite songs album:

1. "Blue In Green" - Miles Davis

*My absolute, most favorite jazz song ever. The album, Kind of Blue, is his magnum opus, if not the magnum opus of the modern jazz movement of the 60s. This is my favorite on that CD.

2. "End Theme" - Zero 7

*It's mellow, it's upbeat, it's digital and analog all in one. Zero 7 kind of caught that whole high off their track on the Garden State soundtrack (Waiting Line), but this song represents their whole underrated and unnoticed thing. 

3. "Genesis" - Justice

*I fell in love with this song long before it was being used on Caddilac CTS commercials. The lead track from their CD "Cross," Genesis is a power rock techno song. Perfect, as the commercial utilizes, for night driving.  

4. "Get Well Soon" - Reggie and the Full Effect

*I'm not going to pretend that I know this Swedish band really well. Ted (of the TK Daily) introduced me to this song several years ago. It's campy, and not much sticks out about it except the knowledge that the synth player is certainly head banging during his opening solo. Still it's so catchy that I love it. 

5.  "Friends In Low Places" - Garth Brooks

*If you don't know the lyrics to this song, learn them. 

6. "Birth and Death of the Day" - Explosions In the Sky

*EITS is my favorite band, and this song from their latest studio effort is epic. Who am I kidding, all of their music is epic. I almost went to one of their shows on a Tuesday night Freshman year, but Seth and I both had tests that week. We studied, and I wept.

7. "September" - Earth, Wind, and Fire

*If you went to the GHS Man Show '06, you know that I really dig this song. EWaF knows how to put a groove in my soul, and this one is the epitome of that. 

8. "The Distance" - Cake

*This song is like all Cake songs... a bit different than your usual rock song. The opening lines "Reluctantly crouched at the starting line..." is iconic and known by many.

9. "Higher Ground" - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

*My favorite song by the legendary RHCP. Also a Stevie Wonder cover, so it earned bonus points.

10. "Throw It Up" - Pastor Troy, Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boys

*This song is the best pump-up song ever. Completely explicit lyrics? Yes. Overly violent? You bet. Unnecessary yelling? Oh yeah. The locker room at the Garland Feildhouse before a home game wasn't right without this song.

RP