Thursday, March 26, 2009

Uh oh, what does this say about me?

In response to Antionette's post, here are my current 25 (in no particular order). Odd mix of Spanish, English, instrumental, hip-hop, and singer-songwriter stuff...

1. Your Hand in Mine - Explosions in the Sky
2. Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine
3. Peruvian Cocaine - Immortal Technique
4. Sorry About Your Irony - El Ten Eleven
5. Time Stops - Explosions in the Sky
6. Golpe de Estado - Immortal Techinique
7. My Last Song to Jenny - The Avett Brothers
8. Blink - Blue Scholars
9. The Thing About It - Sweatshop Union
10. Jesus, etc. - Wilco
11. Se Acabo - Welfare Poets
12. A Song - Virginia Coalition
13. North by Northwest - Blue Scholars
14. Jesus the Mexican Boy and/or Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine
15. One of These Things First - Nick Drake
16. La Hermanita - Aventura
17. Central Nervous Piston - El Ten Eleven
18. Colors and/or Night Train - Amos Lee
19. The Luckiest - Ben Folds Five
20. Fiery Crash - Andrew Bird
21. Si Tu No Bailas Conmigo - Juan Luis Guerra
22. Que SerĂ¡ - Diego Torres
23. Blue Collar Ballad - Sweatshop Union
24. Alexandra - Aventura
25. Uncle Sam Goddamn and/or Letter from the Government - Brother Ali

plus a bunch of Alexi Murdoch (All of My Days/Love You More), some random cumbia (Ven Tu y Grupo Nectar), more Immortal Techinique (Open Your Eyes), Blue Scholars, Sweatshop Union, Silent Knight, Explosions in the Sky, El Ten Eleven, Andrew Bird, random 90s alt rock, etc.

Really, I will listen to anything from Aventura anytime. They've been one of my favorite groups since high school. I listen to their current music, which is sometimes reggeton-esque, out of loyalty, but prefer the pure bachata of their early career. The two songs I added to this list are holding the place of all of their music.

All of my hip hop is underground, all of it is social commentary, and most of it is some degree of anti-capitalist. But then again, knowing me, that isn't surprising...

I know I kind of cheated with some of those "and/or" ones... but hey, it's my list.

2 comments:

  1. ok. I was going to put Trapeze down because that is my fav I&W tune. I saw the Avett Bros twoish yrs ago at a bar in Greenville SC. Now I heard their openning for some of U2's shows. I'm kinds suprised you don't listen to Spearhead, it seems so you.

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  2. oooh spearhead, never even heard of them, heading to Pandora right now to check it out...

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