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?
Sinister
19 minutes ago
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!)