1. Eels - Blinking Lights and other Revelations
Nothing like driving home from the folks' house after my mother's birthday party to bring on a melancholy mood. Especially when "Up" was on the tube when I left and had just played a touching and sad moment. I had just been to the most memorable and familiar place in my life, so I was feeling a bit reminiscent. What better album to listen to than "Blinking Lights and other Revelations"? None better, that's what. "Blinking Lights (for me)", "Railroad Man", "Hey Man", "Ugly Love", "Things the Grandchildren Should Know", and "I'm Going to Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart" are songs that are so near and dear to everything that I love about life, joy, sadness, love, and grief.
2. CCR - Chronicle
Everything. Everything good about this world can be summed up in any CCR song. I don't understand how this band keeps getting forgotten. VH1's list and Rolling Stone's list of the greatest musical artists both have forgotten the beauty of CCR. I think it's a thing where they are so ingrained within our subconscious that we completely take them for granted. I mean really! "Lodi", "Fortunate Son", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Susie Q", "Down on the Corner", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", etc, etc, etc. I don't get it.
3. Led Zeppelin - II
"What is and What Should Never Be". That is all that needs to be said.
4. AWOL One - Only Death Can Kill You
My roommate and I spent a good half hour laughing at the ridiculously stupid lyrics of AWOL One. This white rapper has a gruff voice that resembles Tom Waits' growls, but his lyrics are absolutely inane. And I love it! If somebody raps: "Even the old lady/ She used to be babies"or "Keepin' the faith/ Like it's the faith that you're keepin'", then you know you're in for some pretty stupid stuff. But seriously, this album is the perfect nice day driving music, besides "Village Green Preservation Society" by the Kinks. Check that one out too.
That's about it. I gotta go to bed.
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