- Tiny Dancer- Elton John: Now, this little ditty is possibly the best driving song ever. Especially while driving. I have no qualms about making people uncomfortable once that chorus hits. And I also have no qualms about death-staring the S out of the person who tries to be funny and play the Tony Danza car.
- Anything Fleetwood Mac Ever: After seeing Lindsey Buckingham last week on SNL, I immediately listened to Rumours... Three times. Then I listened to The Dance. Then their self-titled album. So much good music.
- Yourself Or Someone Like You- Matchbox Twenty: People say the '90s sucked music wise. I completely disagree. I feel the '90s were packed with great pop and alternative bands and songs. And one of the best examples of that is this album. Regardless of what you feel about Rob Thomas or this band, give it a listen. It is a phenomenal debut album.
- Alexander- Alex Ebert: This is the debut solo album of the lead singer of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, as well as the singer for Ima Robot. It definitely sounds a lot like Edward Sharpe. Maybe a smidge more poppy, but it a great album to listen to on a sunny day.
- Endless Summer- Beach Boys: If there was ever an album, where the title fits it perfectly, it would be this record. You could just play this record on an endless loop all summer and it would fit right in.
- Hurricane- Bob Dylan: My favorite Dylan song. I feel like I am discrediting it by calling it a song. It is really a story. A really, really good story about Ruben Carter aka: The Hurricane. Look him up on Google then listen to this song and then watch the movie Hurricane staring Denzel. Such an amazing story.
- Crash- Dave Matthews Band: In my opinion this is their most beautiful album. Does that make sense? I mean every song on this record is just great and well crafted.
- Apollo (Atmospheres & Soundtracks)- Brian Eno: This album is great to nap to. Not sleep to, but nap to. Because when you nap you are semi-lucid and coherent still. That combined with this album can provide for some utterly fantastic day-dreams.
- Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory Soundtrack: One of the best movie soundtracks ever. Pure Imagination is the soundtrack to any young persons life.
- Far- Regina Spektor: I am going to marry this woman. That is if my marriage with Adele falls through. Or I make both of them fall madly and deeply in love with this Polish stud-muffin, and pose the question that any woman would want to hear... "So, Utah?"... I felt like I took that joke too far.
- Their Satanic Majesties Request- The Rolling Stones: I am not a huge Stones fan. (GASP) But I respect what they have done for music. And this is the only album of theirs that I can say I truly l-o-v-e. I want to learn the piano just to play She's A Rainbow all day and everyday.
- World Cafe EP- The Old Crow Medicine Show: I have learned about/found about quite a lot of bands and artists this year. This band is no different, I heard them for the first time ironically through a band I learned about in August (Mumford & Sons) and I was absolute in awe. I sat and listened to this whole album on my bed, silent. The album was so good I could not move.
- Sweet Baby James- James Taylor: I listened to this before I played pick-up soccer with my friends. Before physical activities/sports I like to listen to mellow music. This shocks people, because usually before sports people listen to in your face/pump-up music. I feel that only works for football. Because listening to Metallica's Kill 'Em All before a baseball game is just a dangerous combo. I would rather go into a sports game calm and at peace rather than ready to judo someone. And this album does that for me.
- Don't Believe The Truth- Oasis: Two days ago I listened to this album for the first time in three years. It was like I was listening to it for the first time. I remembered not liking it way back when, but when I listened to it again, I absolutely loved it. Me three years ago must have been stupid.
- Pieces Of You- Jewel: Not ashamed, nope not one bit. A good album is a good album.
- Sandinista!- The Clash: Listened to this album for the first time ever a week ago. Full on religious experience.
- With The Beatles- The Beatles: After much pondering, I have established that pre-LSD Beatles are much, much better than post-LSD Beatles. Everyone will disagree with that statement. So I will clarify, the song-writing was obviously far superior post-LSD, but they were a better meat and potatoes rock 'n roll band pre-LSD. Just listen to this album all the way through. Then you will pick up what I am putting down.
- Night Light- Au Revoir Simone: I totally got this album because of the cover, I got this '80s electronica vibe from it. And I was right. This is way out of my musical comfort zone, yet I still enjoyed it, for its sheer awesomeness. I definitely recommend it.
And for the '80s video: Billy Joel- It's Still Rock And Roll To Me: Nothing too incredibly cheesy here. But you know how Jeff Foxworthy has his whole "You Might Be A Redneck Thing" Well I am going to establish my own "You Might Be A 1980's Music Video" joke type thing. So as my first joke of this genre:
If you have a saxophone player on set and his name is Rico, you might be a 1980's music video.
I feel like this genre of joke has potential.
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