Some of you may have realized that my life is boring these days. Not boring in the soul-crushing way, but boring in the "not good to blog about" way. I work during the week, and I relax on the weekends. The highlights of this weekend were buying 1GB of new RAM for my computer and having a delicious Korean BBQ meal, both accomplished within three hours on Saturday evening.
As a result, I blog about things that are not my weekly activities. I have been thinking about music and my influences recently, and tonight I put together a list of the 15 songs I think have most influenced me. Perhaps I will write down the reasons for each song in another post, but for now here's the song list. Readers: can you see your influence in any of my choices? If so, you've significantly influenced my musical tastes!
In roughly chronological order:
1. Crash Test Dummies - Superman Song
2. Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News
3. Don McLean - American Pie
4. George Gershwin - Summertime
5. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
6. Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
7. Seussical the Musical - Here On Who
8. Scissor Sisters - Tits on the Radio
9. The New Pornographers - From Blown Speakers
10. Guiseppe Verdi - Va, pensiero
11. Mika - Grace Kelly
12. Coco Love Alcorn - Revolution
13. Damien Rice - Accidental Babies
14. Dan Mangan - Sold
15. Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle - Officer Down
These aren't my favourite songs, nor even songs from a certain point in my life. Instead, they represent the times when someone introduced me to a new artist, genre or source of music, that I then incorporated into my listening or playing - and that have survived to this day. I have (reluctantly) left out many songs I loved in high school that I just don't listen to any more.
Thoughts?
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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Glad to see American Pie on the list. We spent so many evenings in the basement at Doug's going over different variations that I thought you may never want to hear the tune again! And you can't go wrong with Fleetwood Mac!!
ReplyDeleteDad
Coco would be proud! I watched a video of her this morning during a Janis Joplin tribute concert. That baby is ready to pop! I almost didn`t recognized her - until she started to sing of course.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTJ2McxcU04
Also saw a really cool video using one of Christa Couture`s songs I think you`ll like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5lF4cSPg5E
lots of love!
Colleen
Steve,
ReplyDeleteMany good choices like Second Hand News, American Pie and Hallelujah. Can't go wrong with those songs.
Jack
Well i like to think I had something to do with Here On Who as I was the one who convinced you to join Arts Alive!
ReplyDelete-Brianna
I assume I can take credit for Verdi.
ReplyDeleteDo you remember seeing "The Mikado" with your mom and me in Victoria when you were just a boy? You probably remember the comedian more than the music - you laughed like mad.
Love Jampa Grim
Jampa Grim - You are responsible for the Verdi, of course.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do remember seeing the Mikado twice. The first was the one you are remembering, and when I saw it the second time, I was amazed - it was in English! My young childhood memories somehow convinced me that it was all in Japanese!
(I think that as a young child I didn't understand much of it, and so assumed that since it was set in Japan, it must have been in that language. Silly young me!)