As my summer is coming to an end it makes me think about the time I spent with friends and all the fun I experienced. Along with those memories are songs and the music that I listened to. Music is an important element in my life and at times when I can't describe how I'm feeling, there is always a song that captures the emotion. Growing up in a psychotic household music allowed me the escape from my surroundings. I couldn't necessarily tell an adult my true feelings about them, but in my head I could dedicate a song to their well-being.
My playlist this summer contains a mishmash of artists all depending on my mood at a particular moment. The music may or may not describe what I was feeling at the time and sometimes it was lyrics or a beat that resonated with me. In the past I have been known to burn my playlists and give them to people that I think might enjoy the music. Recently it has been brought to my attention that some people may get the wrong idea when I do this because it is considered a "mix tape". When I was told this I rolled my eyes and all I could say is "what the what - seriously!". I don't have enough brain capacity to think about this stuff and am pretty oblivious. Now I'm super paranoid and have a nice little complex. So thanks Palmala and to everyone else that has been teasing me (you all know who you are).
Here are some songs that have some sort of memory or meaning attached to my summer of 2009.
2009 Summer Playlist
Place to Be - Nick Drake (sitting in the car with Susan & sMelza at Sunset watching the sets roll in)
The Trapeze Swinger - Iron and Wine
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus (R.I.P. William Garvey )
Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise) - Alicia Keys
Lonelily - Damien Rice
Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys (woke up one morning with it stuck in my head)
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Y Control - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Home - Depeche Mode (my best concert this summer)
Speed of Sound - Chris Bell
Where Do I Begin - Beth Orton (driving down to Dana Point early in the morning to practice at PAI)
Raise the Roof - Tracey Thorn
Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) - Maxwell (DANC and I at Saint Rocke on Wednesday nights. This girl covered the song and it was so good)
Time to Pretend - MGMT
Young Crazed Peeling - The Distillers
Things Behind the Sun - Nick Drake
A Chance - Maria Taylor
Cape Canaveral - Connor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
Velvet - The Big Pink (I can't tell if the naked person on the cover of this album is a guy or girl. I don't think they are gay, so I'll assume girl)
I Would Die 4 U - Prince ("Purple Rain" was one of the few movies I actually sat through this summer. Such a great movie!)
Birds & Ships - Natalie Merchant
Thinking About Tomorrow (Ben Watt Mix) - Beth Orton (sMelza created a playlist for me and this is one of the songs. Plus the lyrics about habits are so easy to make but hard to break kind of struck a chord with me)
Better Together - Jack Johnson (I always think about surfing when I listen to Jack Johnson. If I had the choice to marry someone, it would be Jack Johnson)
Wild At Heart - Gloriana (concert with Trin and my sis)
Best Days of Your Life - Kellie Pickler (this song and country music is my secret shame)
Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys (tribute to my mom who owned this record)
Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
No One Sleeps While I'm Awake - The Sounds
Please Don't Leave Me - Pink (cruising on the boat with Cola and Rainbow)
Sometime Around Midnight & Wising Well - TATE (my yoga class that i felt the urge to interrupt to find out who these guys were)
Off the Wall - Michael Jackson (need I say more R.I.P)
Pass In Time - Beth Orton (mom's 20 year death anniversary, August 16, 1989)
Out of Control - U2
Joey - Concrete Blonde (Dan the Man)
My Lady's House - Iron and Wine
Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker (a sub for a yoga class i sometimes attend had this on her playlist. we did something really different and cool in class that i had never done before)
The Letter - The Veils
Hyperballad - Bjork (who doesn't think about hurling cutlery and themselves over a cliff?)
Just Like Heaven - The Cure (sometimes I get stuck in a time warp)
Innocence - TATE (driving to Del Mar with mArvin to see these guys)
Answer - Sarah Mclachlan (i sometimes listen to this song to sleep)
I'm a Lady - Santogold (one of my favorite artist that came to town this summer)
Close to Me (Closet Mix) - The Cure
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - U2
Day to Day - Eulogies
I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie (saw them with LA Philharmonic with the mini Roth's. best picnic dinner ever)
New - No Doubt (saw them at Verizon after not seeing them for years with my sis and bro-law)
Electrical Storm - U2 (why not???)
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley (seeing my old friend Celestial)
Against All Odds (cover) - The Postal Service (a summer later i'm still stuck on this song. i blame Starlee Kine)
Blue Mind - Alexi Murdoch (i got stood up for this show, but it all worked out in the end)
P.Y.T - Michael Jackson (i swear that the hamster dance sampled this song)
Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson (Rainbow and I were driving back from Santa Barbara and she played this song. Half jokingly I said that this song changed the world. We both had a good laugh, but I think it really did)
Both Hands - Ani Difranco (saw her play at the Orpheum this summer with Cola & Rainbow. saw the biggest mohawk ever)
My Love For You Is Real - Ryan Adams
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