Following His Lead

This shit deserves more time, but this is right off the top of my head...


A. Top Five Lyrics that Move Your Heart:

- "What would we do about wishfull thinking" - Wilco
- "And she RUNS through the night / As if NOBODY's THERE / she screams and she cries / and ignores all the stares / she wants me to come / but I'm never going there... - GBV
- "Jah show me the way / Everything is gonna be OK / I will fly everyday / bicycle kick my worries away" - Still Flyin'

too hard to think about right now...


B. Top 5 Instrumentals

Green Arrow - Yo La Tengo
The Diamond Sea ending -SY
"Sufficiently Breakfast"
Sparks - The Who
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country - Boards of Canada
The last song on TNT - Tortoise


C. Top 5 Live Musical Experiences

GBV's Last Show Ever - Metro, Chicago
Mind Zap
Stereolab - 40 Watt (dots & loops tour)
Sonic Youth - on my birthday last year
Jay Z / 50 Cent - Lakewood last summer (for reasons involving Matt Bergeron!)
Royal Trux - 40 Watt
Nirvana - The Omni ‘93?
Acid Mothers Temple - EARL ‘04
Michael McDonald / Hall & Oates - Chastain Summer ‘04
Pavement - Masquerade - Spring Break ‘94
Shins - Caledonia (with 10 people there)
Cure - Lakewood summer ‘96 (first time i saw them, played for 3+hrs)
Ludacris - Legion Field


god, forgetting so many


D. Top Five Artists You Think More People Should Listen To

Oneida
Blake Shelton
Steely Dan
Ween (I know a lot of people like them, but a lot dismiss them as a joke band)
Michael McDonald (the world would be a better place)


E. Top Five Albums You Must Hear From Start to Finish

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Captain Beyond S/T
Pick One - Sonic Youth
Each One Teach One - Onedia
S/T - Sam Prekop

F. Top Five Musical Heroes

Thurston Moore
Bob Pollard
Kawabata Makoto
Talib Kweli / Mos Def
Mark Mothersbaugh  ¶ posted by Zazz at 11:30 AM