It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these blog posts. Doing a quick search through my archives, I believe the last glimpse into my music playlist was way back in March 2008. My musical tastes are best described as eclectic, so it’s not surprising that I’ve “discovered” some new tunes since then.
While there has certainly been a Guitar Hero effect in recent years, I’m finding that my musical discoveries have more social in nature lately. I’ll see what’s going on with my Blip.fm friends, as well as places like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and so on.
A quick glance at my current playlist includes the following songs:
- Arcade Fire – Ready to Start: It’s not like I’ve never heard of this band before, but I never really paid any attention to them until I saw the live performance as part of the Grammy Awards. It’s nice that they’re Canadian too. [YouTube, Amazon]
- Lady Antebellum – Need You Now: I’m anything but a fan of country music, but somehow I find myself drawn to this song in particular. I’m not really sure how I feel about that, but there you go. [YouTube, Amazon]
- Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out): Another case of knowing of the band, but never really looking into them. For some reason or another, I seem to be drawn to 90s alternative lately. This song’s a bit of a downer, but I think it’s brilliant. [YouTube, Amazon]
- Smashing Pumpkins – Tarantula: Continuing with the 90s alt-rock trip, here is Billy Corgan and crew. Yes, the video is awfully strange, but so is Corgan. The songs in Rock Band and Guitar Hero are pretty fun to play too. [YouTube, Amazon]
- Sex Bob-Omb – Threshold: This song is originally by Beck, but it was a part of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World official soundtrack. And that movie was just awesome. [YouTube, Amazon]
I’ve always believed that there is a strong connection between music and productivity. Different tunes suit different folks and different purposes, but I find it helps having some music playing when I’m sitting at the computer. What’s on your playlist?
I did a DJ shuffle with my iTunes, and while this is a list of some of the songs I have in iTunes, it didn’t pick one Eddie & Cruisers track, nor any of my Jazz and Asian music.
It did pick my favorite song of all time in Puff the Magic Dragon though.
Running On Empty – Jackson Browne
Can’t Stop Loving – You Phil Collins
I Cross My Heart – George Strait
Picture – Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow
Up on the Roof – James Taylor
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You – James Taylor
Tempted – Squeeze
The Long Run – The Eagles
Puff The Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul & Mary
She’s a Runner – Billy Squier
Humm currently 4000+ songs on my playlist… so way too many to mention, I will say though that out of your list I had only heard of Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins, I think its awesome that I don’t know the others, means i get to explorer a little bit! 🙂
-Jean