I like music....so glad to see this. One of my favorite things to do is randomly find the most beautiful songs I can, and put them on a cd for someone......usually it's some artist no one has ever heard of, which is what makes it great. So here is a top ten list/play list.
Right now I am listening to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.....and it's awesome!
ok, I told myself ten....oh well. In no particular oder, btw. And yes, it's pathologically eclectic. But they are all beautiful. Check them out with samples on amazon or yahoo, myspace, etc....
1. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth (5:43)
2. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (4:22)
3. John Prine - Paradise (3:12)
4. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) (5:10)
5. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood 4 (7 Kettles) (4:49)
6. Arcade Fire - Intervention (4:19)
7. Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine (8:17)
8. Neutral Milk Hotel - The King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1 (2:00)
9. Pinback - Penelope (4:46)
10. Sigur Ros - Takk (1:57)
11. The Get Up Kids - Impossible Outcomes (3:31)
12. Syd Matters - Obstacles (3:28)
13. Syd Matters - Celesta (4:07)
14. The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (4:18)
15. Bloc Party - Banquet (Dance Remix) (5:26)
16. Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything (4:34)
17. Hem - Half Acre (3:23)
18. Loney, Dear - I Am John (3:30)
19. Martha Wainwright - BMFA (3:12)
20. Neko Case - Maybe Sparrow (2:37)
21. Patty Griffin - No Bad News (4:02)
22. Sufjan Stevens - In The Devil`s Territory (4:57)
23. Regina Spektor - Us (4:48)
24. Straylight Run - Existentialism On Prom Night (4:01)
25. James Kochalka Superstar - Britney's Silver Can (3:59)
26. Los Abandoned - Van Nuys (3:24)
27. Wilco - whatlight (3:35)
28. Christine Fellows - Phantom Pains (3:00)
29. Cracker - Euro-Trash Girl (Bonus Track) (8:04)
30. Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon (Duet With Ja (3:49)
31. Loretta Lynn - Miss Being Mrs (2:51)
32. Lily Allen - Ldn (3:10)
33. The Donnas - Get Rid Of That Girl (1:40)
34. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (2:31)
35. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun (2:32)
36. The Five Stairsteps - Ooh Child (3:16)
37. Sam And Dave - Hold on I'm Coming (2:37)
38. Sam And Dave - Soothe Me (2:35)
39. Brian O`Donnell - Bad News (5:58)
40. Weeds - The Be Good Tanyas - The Litt (4:09)
41. Weeds - The Mountain Goats - Cotton (3:26)
42. John Williams - Suo Gan (2:21)
43. Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came (2:32)
44. Gomez - See the World (4:03)
45. Alexi Murdoch - Orange Sky (Album Version) (6:18)