Favorite Live dMb

"All Along the Watchtower" - Dave Matthews Band The Central Park Concert [Disc 3]
"American Baby" - Dave Matthews Band DMB Live Trax Vol. 6 [Disc 3]
"Ants Marching" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Mile High Music Festival 7.20.08 [Disc 3]
"Bartender" - Dave Matthews Band Weekend On The Rocks [Disc 1]
"Corn Bread" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Mile High Music Festival 7.20.08 [Disc 1]
"Crash Into Me" - Dave Matthews Band Listener Supported [Disc 1]
"Dancing Nancies" - Dave Matthews Band DMB Live Trax Vol. 6 [Disc 4]
"Don't Drink the Water" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Piedmont Park [Disc 2]
"Drive In, Drive Out" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 [Disc 2]
"Grace Is Gone" - Dave Matthews Band DMB Live Trax Vol. 6 [Disc 3]
"Granny" - Dave Matthews Band Listener Supported [Disc 2]
"The Idea of You" - Dave Matthews Band DMB Live Trax Vol. 6 [Disc 1]
"Jimi Thing" - Dave Matthews Band The Central Park Concert [Disc 3]
"Lie In Our Graves" - Dave Matthews Band The Gorge [Disc 2]
"Pantala Naga Pampa/Rapunzel" - Dave Matthews Band The Gorge [Disc 1]
"Proudest Monkey" - Dave Matthews Band The Gorge [Disc 2]
"Satellite" - Dave Matthews Band DMB Live Trax Vol. 6 [Disc 1]
"Stay (Wasting Time)" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado [Disc 2]
"Too Much" - Dave Matthews Band The Central Park Concert [Disc 1]
"Tripping Billies" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Mile High Music Festival 7.20.08 [Disc 2]
"Two Step" - Dave Matthews Band The Gorge [Disc 1]
"Warehouse" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Piedmont Park [Disc 1]
"What Would You Say" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Piedmont Park [Disc 2]
"#36" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 [Disc 2]
"#41" - Dave Matthews Band Live at Mile High Music Festival 7.20.08 [Disc 2]

The second of four playlist composed of Dave Matthews tracks in various forms. This one takes a long time to listen to as half of the tracks run over 10 minutes a piece.

Favorite Instrumentals

"Amazing Grace" - Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band Highland Pipes and Drums: Bagpipe Music of Scotland
"American Baby Intro" - Dave Matthews Stand Up
"Back to the Future Overture" - Outatime Orchestra Back to the Future [Soundtrack]
"The Battering Ram/The Kilfenora Jig" -Celtic Fiddle Festival Rendezvous
"Besame Mucho" - CCU Mainstream Jazz An Evening of Jazz
"Bones Theme Song" - The Crystal Method Bones
"Carol Ann" - Michael W. Smith Freedom
"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" - Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve and Other Stories
"Colours" - for the Holiday for the Holiday
"Concerning Hobbits" - Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [Soundtrack]
"Drum and Whamola Solo" - Primus Hallucino-Genetics
"Freedom" - Michael W. Smith Freedom
"Groovin' with Bradley" - CCU Mainstream Jazz CCU 2003 Mainstream Jazz
"House M.D. Theme Song" - Jon Ehrlich and Leigh Roberts House
"I-25 North" - CCU Mainstream Jazz An Evening of Jazz
"Interlude I" - The Fray Live At The Electric Factory: Bootleg No. 1
"Jalapeno Dreams" - CCU Mainstream Jazz CCU 2003 Mainstream Jazz
"Knight Rider" - S. Phillips & G. Larson TV Themes
"Kristyn & Kandance at the Mall" -CCU Mainstream Jazz CCU 2003 Mainstream Jazz
"Letter To Sarah" -Michael W. Smith Freedom
"MacGyver" - Randy Edelman TV Themes
"March of the Toys [Babes in Toyland]" - Victor Herbert A Collection of Holiday Music
"Mission Impossible" - Lalo Schifrin TV Themes
"Moby Stick (live)" -Caroline's Spine Like It Or Not
"Monday Night Football Theme Song" - MNF MNF
"NCIS Theme Song" - NCIS NCIS
"New York Hippodrome" - CCU University Wind Ensemble CCU University Wind Ensemble Chicago
"Ocean" 2:22 Show Musicians 'Ulalena
"The Office Theme Song" 0:36 The Office The Office
"Overture" 3:09 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky A Collection of Holiday Music
"Quicksteps" 2:16 Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band Highland Pipes and Drums: Bagpipe Music of Scotland
"Recado Bossa Nova" 9:49 CCU Music Department Faculty CCU 2003 Faculty Jazz Combo
"The Simpson's Theme" 1:31 The Alf Clausen Orchestra The Simpsons
"Song for Rich [Instrumental]" 1:53 Michael W. Smith Live the Life
"Trepak-Russian Dance" 1:06 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky A Collection of Holiday Music
"The Uruk-Hai" 3:01 Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers [Soundtrack]
"Wizard In Winter" 3:06 Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Lost Christmas Eve
"007 Theme" 1:11 John Barry TV Themes
"2/4 Marches" 2:16 Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band Highland Pipes and Drums: Bagpipe Music of Scotland

This playlist makes great background music. A variety of genres are covered, and there are no words. Some tracks are entertaining, others dark and mysterious. A few theme songs from TV shows or movies, a sprinkle of bagpipe songs, and handfuls of jazz infuse this playlist and can be listened to intensively or just something to put on and not think about.

Diet Dave

"American Baby Intro" - Dave Matthews Stand Up
"Anyone Seen the Bridge?" - Dave Matthews Band DMB Live Trax Vol. 6 [Disc 3]
"Betrayal" - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City [Disc 1]
"Grux" - Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
"Intro to..." - Dave Matthews Band Listener Supported [Disc 2]
"Kit Kat Jam" - Dave Matthews Band Busted Stuff
"Pantala Intro" - Dave Matthews Band Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center [Disc 1]
"Stream" -Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College [Disc 2]
"Watchtower Intro" - Dave Matthews Band Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center [Disc 2]

One of four playlists composed of Dave Matthews tracks in one form or another. These are instrumental tracks from dMb studio, dMb live, Dave as a solo artists, and Dave & Tim live performances. The "Intro to ..." is the intro to "All Along the Watchtower" which is a very different intro than the last track in this playlist.

Current Sounds

"Whataya Want From Me" - Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment
"Airplanes, Part II (ft. Eminem & Haley Williams)" - B.o.B. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
"Shutterbug" - Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty
"Mountain Man" - Crash Kings Crash Kings
"Symphonies (ft. Kid Cudi) [Remix]" - Dan Black UN
"No Surprise" - Daughtry Leave This Town
"Life After You" - Daughtry Leave This Town
"Find Your Love" - Drake Thank Me Later
"Love the Way You Lie (ft. Rihanna)" - Eminem Recovery
"At or With Me" - Jack Johnson To the Sea
"In My Head" - Jason Derulo Jason Derulo
"Young Forever (ft. Mr. Hudson)" - Jay-Z The Blueprint³
"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) [ft. Birdman, Jay Sean &, Lil Wayne]" - Kevin Rudolf To the Sky
"Day 'n' Nite" - Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day
"Pursuit of Happiness" - Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day
"Our Kind of Love" - Lady Antebellum Need You Now
"This Afternoon" - Nickelback Dark Horse
"Can't Stop Partying (ft. Lil Wayne)" - Weezer Raditude

This playlist changes on a weekly basis because it must stay 'current'. Here is the most recent list.

Colors

"Pink" - Aerosmith Nine Lives
"Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn Red Dirt Road
"Yellow" - Coldplay Parachutes
"Perfect Blue Buildings" - Counting Crows August and Everything After
"Black Water" - The Doobie Brothers What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol Classic Rock Gold [Disc 2]
"John Deer Green" - Joe Diffie Honky Tonk Attitude
"Purple Rain" - Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain
"Brown-eyed Girl" - Jimmy Buffett Meet Me in Margaritaville
"Grey Street" - Dave Matthews Band Busted Stuff

This playlist is very new and was inspired by randomness in my head. It wasn't any particular song that prompted this playlist, the idea just came into my head from nowhere. As with all other playlists, I'm open to adding new songs that fit in.

Country? (sample)

"All I Want To Do" - Sugarland Love On the Inside
"All We'd Ever Need" - Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum
"Backwards" - Rascal Flatts Me and My Gang
"Evangeline" - Little Big Town A Place To Land (Deluxe Edition)
"Fascination" - The Greencards Fascination

A few of my playlists are samples, which are just reminders to myself if I ever feel like listening to music by similar sounding artists. For example, here we have a playlist of artists that are classified as country, but also have rock and pop infused into their sound. I have loads of music by the five artists listed above, so to make a playlist that is hundreds of songs is just ridiculous.

There are a few more 'sample' playlists like this one, so keep your eyes open for them in the future. Cowboy up!

Colorado

"Colorado (alternative version)" - The Morrison Brothers The Morrison Brothers
"Colorado" - The Rentals REIGoPlaylist.com
"Colorado" -Stephen Stills Manassas
"Rocky Mountain Way" -Joe Walsh Classic Rock Gold [Disc 1]
"Rocky Mountain High" -John Denver Rocky Mountian High
"Where the Columbines Grow" - Melanie Melanie's Melodies of the Rockies
"Bye-Bye Mile High" - 106.7 KBPI 106.7 KBPI, Bye-Bye Mile High
"I-25 North" - CCU Mainstream Jazz An Evening of Jazz
"Colorado" - The Morrison Brothers The Morrison Brothers

Another very short playlist, but one should always have a playlist dedicated to their state. To quote The Morrison Brothers, "Great place to spend all your time . . . where the skies are always blue and the weather's always fine."

Coffee

"Afternoons and Coffeespoons" - Crash Test Dummies God Shuffled His Feet
"Coffee & Tea" - Josh Allan All the Acoustic Pop You Can Drink
"Coffee Mornin'" - Duke Ellington Member's Edition
"Coffee Shop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute
"Coffee Shop" - Yung Joc Hustlenomics
"The Coffee Song" - Jars of Clay Front Yard Luge
"Expresso 2222" - Gilberto Gil Putumayo Kids Presents: Brazilian Playground
"Folgers Coffee Commercial" - Rockapella Don't Tell Me You Do
"Free Coffee" - Ben Folds Way To Normal
"Smellin' Coffee" - Chris Rice Short Term Memories
"Two Beds and a Coffee Machine" - Savage Garden Affirmation
"Wake Up and Smell the Coffee" - The Cranberries Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

While one of my shorter playlist, Coffee was the very first one. I love the stuff and I can't get ever get enough of it. I guess you could say its one of my very few weaknesses. While I don't really like Folger's and I don't drink coffee in the afternoons and I'm not a tea guy, these songs speak to the one caffeinated beverage that no matter where in the world one is, there it can be found. I'll have a large skinny mocha with extra whip cream steamed to 140 degrees with whole milk, half a shot of expresso, an extra shot of sugar free raspberry vanilla syrup, and sprinkles and maybe a cherry on top, PLEASE! Great quotes on coffee are found here.

By the #'s

"#1" - Nelly Nellyville
"1 Thing" - Amerie Touch
"3x5" - John Mayer Room for Squares
"3 A.M." - Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You
"Testing 1, 2, 3" - Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone
"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" - Coolio Gangsta's Paradise
"1 2 3 4" - Feist The Reminder
"1, 2, 3, 4" - Plain White T's Big Bad World
"4 Minutes" - Madonna Hard Candy
"Next 5" - Minutes Steven Curtis Chapman Speechless
"Smell the Color 9" - Chris Rice Short Term Memories
"7 Days" - Craig David Born to Do It
"10 Days Late" - Third Eye Blind Blue
"17" - Kings of Leon Only By the Night
"20/20" - The O.C. Supertones Loud and Clear
"21 Guns" - Green Day 21st Century Breakdown
"21 Questions" - 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'
"25 Or 6 To 4" - Chicago The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998, Vol. 2
"26 Letters" - Ben Glover Mix This: Extreme Music
"27 Jennifers" - Mike Doughty Golden Delicious
"32 Flavors" - Alana Davis Blame It on Me
"40 Days" - Third Day Come Together
"52-50" - O.A.R. Stories of a Stranger
"Route 66" - John Mayer Cars [Soundtrack]
"High of 75" - Relient K MMHMM
"75 Grains of Sand" - Sarah Masen The Simply Xcellent $1.99 New Music Sampler
"99 Red Balloons" - Nena 99 Luftballons
"99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)" - Brian McComas Brian McComas
"100% (Parracent)" - Jabali Afrika Remember The Past
"360" - Josh Hoge 360
"867-5309 (Jenny)" - Less Than Jake Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand

After looking through many of my songs I discovered that some of them have numbers in the titles, so I went ahead and made a playlist with songs with numbers in their titles. There is no common theme, just #'s. I'm sure the Count von Count from Sesame Street would have loved this playlist!

City to City

"Boston" Augustana All the Stars and Boulevards
"Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" The Beatles Anthology 1
"King of New Orleans" Better Than Ezra Friction, Baby
"Austin" Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
"Indianapolis" The Bottle Rockets Fan-demonium
"Little Rock" Collin Raye Extremes
"Raining in Baltimore" Counting Crows Across a Wire: Live in New York
"Omaha" Counting Crows August and Everything After
"Callin' Baton Rouge" Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
"Welcome to Atlanta" Jermaine Dupri Instructions
"Jackson" Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line [Original Soundtrack]
"Shipmates and Cheyenne" John Denver Windsong
"Walking in Memphis" Marc Cohn Marc Cohn
"Detroit Waves" Matt Nathanson Some Mad Hope
"T.S.O.P (The Sound of Philadelphia)" [ft. The Three Degrees] MFSB Disco Gold
"St. Louie" Nelly Country Grammar
"Hello Seattle" Owl City Ocean Eyes
"I Love L.A." Randy Newman Trouble In Paradise
"Leaving Las Vegas" Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club
"Englishman in New York" Sting Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" Swing City Big Band Tuxedo Junction: Big Band Swing Classics
"Save Me San Francisco" Train Save Me San Francisco
"Cincinnati" Trey Anastasio Bar 17
"Miami" U2 Pop
"Albuquerque" Weird Al Yankovic Running With Scissors
"Nashville Skyline Rag" - Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline
"Manhattan" - Kings of Leon Only By the Night
"Beverly Hills" - Weezer Make Believe

This playlist is dedicated to great American cities. There are a few notes about some of the tracks: "T.S.O.P." is an instrumental track, Counting Crows appear twice on this playlist which goes against a general rule I have about playlists not made for one particular artist or group of artists, and yes, Weird Al Yankovic appears once again in a playlist. A very diverse playlist I must say. I really enjoy listening to this one.

Recent Rhythms (not a playlist)

The Red Jump Suit Apparatus - Entire Lonely Road album. I haven't listened to it yet, but I enjoyed their Don't You Fake It album, so I thought I'd give this one a shot.

Weezer - Complete Make Believe album. I have all of their other major releases, why not one more?

John Ritter - "Southern Pacifica" from So Runs the World Away. A Starbucks freebie.

Built to Spill - I mentioned this band in my last update and I loved them so much, I wound up getting most of their other albums; Ancient Melodies of the Future, There's Nothing Wrong With Love, There Is No Enemy, Perfect From Now On, and You In Reverse.

Relient K - Entire Forget and Not Slow Down album.

Ingrid Michaelson - Complete Girls and Boys album. Ingrid is probably best known for the song "The Way I Am".

Various Artists - Did I call it or what? My wife received the latest soundtrack to the latest Twilight saga; New Moon. It features bands I enjoy; Death Cab for Cutie, Muse, Mute Math, Linkin Park, and Paramore.

Kanye West - I've decided that Kanye is one of my most favorite rappers alongside Jay-Z, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg. I picked up his College Dropout album from back in 2004 when he was just breaking out into a league of his own.

Kid Cudi - "Day 'n' Nite" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day.

Taio Cruz - "Break Your Heart (ft. Ludacris)" from Rokstarr.

B.o.B. - Airplanes, Part II (ft. Eminem & Haley Williams from Paramore) from B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. I have decided that this album may be worth purchasing; we'll see if we can get at least one or two more hits from the album.

Little Texas - "My Love" and "What Might Have Been" from Big Time.

Kevin Rudolf - "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) (ft. Birdman, Jay sean, Lil Wayne)" from To the Sky.

Drake - "Fireworks" and "Find Your Love" from his upcoming release Thank Me Later. I cannot wait for it, Drake is a very creative and unique artist.

Aaron Tippin - "Workin' Man's Ph.D" from Call of the Wild. Old-school country.

Erykah Badu - "Window Seat" from New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh. I'm not sure I like this track, but my brother wanted me to try it out. We'll see . . .

Timbaland - "Say Something (ft. Drake)" from Timbaland Presents: Shock Value II.

That's it for now. I have some others in my mind that I'd like, so don't stay away too long. I should have a new list by the end of next week.

Bromance

"You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker '70s Gold
"You're My Best Friend" Queen Greatest Hits
"Burnin' Up" Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" The Beatles 1
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" Aerosmith Armageddon [Soundtrack]
"T.L.C. A.S.A.P." Alabama Cheap Seats
"I'm Yours" Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
"Heaven is a Place On Earth" Belinda Carlisle '80s Gold
"Take My Breath Away [Love Theme from Top Gun]" Berlin Top Gun [Soundtrack]
"Irresistible" Jessica Simpson Irresistible
"Hero" Enrique Iglesias Escape
"My Heart Will Go On" Céline Dion Titanic [Soundtrack]
"Invisible" Clay Aiken Measure of a Man
"You and Me" Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
"Crush" David Archuleta David Archuleta
"Pour Some Sugar On Me" Def Leppard Hysteria
"We Danced Anyway" Dena Carter Did I Shave My Legs For This
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" (End Title) Elton John The Lion King [Soundtrack]
"The Way You Love Me" Faith Hill Breathe
"You're Beautiful" James Blunt Back To Bedlam
"Your Body Is A Wonderland" John Mayer Room for Squares
"Open Arms" Journey When You Love a Woman/Message of Love
"One Time" Justin Bieber My World
"My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly" Clarkson All I Ever Wanted
"I Need You" LeAnn Rimes I Need You
"Touch My Body" Mariah Carey E=MC2
"Let My Love Open the Door" Pete Townshend Empty Glass
"In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel So
"1, 2, 3, 4" Plain White T's Big Bad World
"Can't Fight This Feeling" REO Speedwagon The Hits
"What I Like About You" The Romantics Poison'd!
"Fall For You" Secondhand Serenade A Twist In My Story
"Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinead O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
"I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany Tiffany
"The Way I Am" Ingrid Michaelson Girls and Boys

This playlist is a total joke and should not be taken seriously even the slightest bit. One of my best friends and I joke that we have a bromance going on, so we made playlist 'dedicated' to each other. I made sure that none of these songs were on playlists that I have made for my wife as not to offend anyone. Again, this playlist and its contents should not be taken seriously at all. It is only as a joke and for good laughs only. I am not, in any way, romantically attracted to men. Reminder: This is only a joke and nothing else.

Beer

"Alcohol" Barenaked Ladies Stunt
"Alcohol" Brad Paisley Time Well Wasted
"Beer Run" Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
"Beer and Bone"s John Michael Montgomery Life's a Dance
"Beer Goggles" Smash Mouth Fush Yu Mang
"Rockin' the Beer Gut" Trailer Choir Off the Hillbilly Hook
"I Love Twins" Coors Light Commercial Coors Light
"Another Drinkin' Song" The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Let's Face It
"Bartender" Dave Matthews Band Busted Stuff
"I Love This Bar" Toby Keith Shock'n Y'All
"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
"Closing Time" Semisonic Feeling Strangely Fine

This playlist is dedicated to a beverage I often enjoy. I hope you enjoy the selections. Bottoms Up!

Battle of the Bands

"The Abby Song" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"All About Jesus" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"Beautiful Eyes" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Bleeding Out" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Consequence" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"Consequences" Fallenshort Freedom
"David Paul Goodrich" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Desert" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"Dreams Forgotten" The Pieces and the Fat Fat Demo
"Freedom" Fallenshort Freedom
"I . . . I . . ." S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"It Was Too Late To Tell You This In Person" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Jellybeans" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"The Last Time" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Make Sense" Fallenshort Freedom
"Missing You" Fallenshort Freedom
"Move On" Fallenshort Freedom
"My Answer to Fear" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"My Best Friend" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"Nothing Else Matters (Breathe)" Fallenshort Freedom
"Now, for Honesty" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Numb" Fallenshort Freedom
"Piano Intro" Fallenshort Freedom
"Pressure Point" Fallenshort Freedom
"Psalm 63" The Pieces and the Fat Fat Demo
"Santiago" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"Somewhere between Springfield and Orlando" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Stunned" Fallenshort Freedom
"Tunnelvision" Fallenshort Freedom
"When you Smile at Me" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"Wishing You Were Mine" Fallenshort Freedom
"23rd Prayer (Live)" Kinetic Minority Kindle

This playlist is unique because it features bands that all played the same stage at a Battle of the Bands competition at Colorado Christian University in the early 2000's. I attended and enjoyed these bands so much, I purchased their albums at the show. Fallenshort and Autumn's Favor are my favorites bands on this playlist. They know how to rock and keep it clean. I'm pretty sure most of these bands are from Colorado, but I'm not sure if all of them are Christian.

Backpacking with Jesus

"The Abby Song" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here"About My Love" Shaded Red Red Revolution
"All" Nameless The Other Side of Forever"All About Jesus" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"All the Hype" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"American Kryptonite" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near
"Anchors Away" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"At Least I'm Not Like All Those Other Old Guys" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near
"At Your Feet" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"Be Still" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story"Beautiful" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"The Best I Have To Offer" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k."Blue Mix" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo"Can't Believe" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"Can I Sit By You" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k.
"Cannonball" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near
"Capital P" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story"Car" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo"Caught" Shaded Red Shaded Red"Collide" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"Consequence" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"Data Stream" One Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home
"Desert" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"Dreamin'" Shaded Red Shaded Red"Endless Summer Days" Shaded Red Red Revolution"Eulogy" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo"Even Now" Foolish Things Even Now
"Faker" Shaded Red Shaded Red"Falling for You" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"Far Away" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"Far, Far Away" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo
"Farenheit" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"Farewell to Arms" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"Farsighted" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo
"Fear Not" Shaded Red Shaded Red"Find Your Way Back" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"Fireworks" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home"The First Lie" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"A Flowery Song" Five Iron Frenzy Propska One"For the Taking" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"Forgive Me" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"Found Someone" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"Four-fifty-One" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"Giants" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"Giver of Life" Nameless The Other Side of Forever"Gloria" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home"Glorious One" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"Greatly to Be Praised" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"Hallelujah" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"Hallelujah What a Friend" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord"Hello" Shaded Red Red Revolution"Here Am I" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"Hey You" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story"Hurricanes" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"I . . . I . . ." S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"I Still Like Larry" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"In Jesus' Name" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k."Independence" Day Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home
"Innocence" Shaded Red Red Revolution"It's Not Home" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"It's Not Unusual" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"It Was Beautiful" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near
"Jaggernaught" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo
"Jellybeans" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"Kamikaze" Five Iron Frenzy Cheeses... (of Nazareth)
"Let It Out" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"Litmus" Five Iron Frenzy Our Newest Album Ever!
"Lon" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k.
"Made Perfect" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k.
"Mama Mia" Five Iron Frenzy Miniature Golf Courses of America
"Man of War" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"Me Oh My" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"Moon Burns" Bright Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home"More Than Anything" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k.
"My Answer to Fear" Kinetic Minority Kindle"My Best Friend" S.o.K. The Counter-Rebellion Begins Here
"My Father's World" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"My Identity" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k."A New Hope" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"New Year's Eve" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"On Distant Shores" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"One Year" Shaded Red Red Revolution
"The Phantom Mullet" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"Plan B" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo"The Presence of the Lord is Here" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord"Prologue" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home
"Promises" Desperation Band Who You Are
"Ransom" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"Rat Race" Shaded Red Red Revolution
"Resistor" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home
"Revolution" Shaded Red Red Revolution"Rhubarb Pie" Five Iron Frenzy Cheeses... (of Nazareth)"Rocketown" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home"Santiago" Kinetic Minority Kindle
"Say Yeah" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k."Second Season" Five Iron Frenzy Our Newest Album Ever!
"See the Flames Begin to Crawl" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near
"Send the Fire" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord
"Shadow of Def" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home
"The Show is Over" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k."Slow Suicide" Shaded Red Red Revolution"So Far, So Bad" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"Solidarity" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"Solidarity (One Voice Remix)" Five Iron Frenzy Take Time To Listen - Volume 5
"Something" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"Something Like Laughter" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"Something to Prove" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k.
"A Song About Nothing" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k."Space Robot 5" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home"Spirit Come" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story"Suckerpunch" Five Iron Frenzy No Lies [1999]
"Sunk" Shaded Red Shaded Red
"That's How the Story Ends" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near"This Love" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"Tonight" Shaded Red Red Revolution
"Touch" Shaded Red Red Revolution
"Two-Twenty-Nine" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home
"Ugly Day" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"Uncontrollably" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"Under Bridges" Brave Saint Saturn So Far From Home"Use Me" Shaded Red Shaded Red"Wait" Shaded Red Red Revolution"When God Ran" Shaded Red Red Revolution"When You Smile at Me" Three Cord Wonder the show is over: a tribute to s.o.k.
"Who Can Compare?" Foolish Things Let's Not Forget The Story
"Wizard Needs Food, Badly" Five Iron Frenzy The End Is Near
"World Without End" Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy"The Year of the Lord" Jonathan Wiggins The Year of the Lord"You" Nameless The Other Side of Forever"You're Beautiful" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"You are the One" Nameless The Other Side of Forever
"You Can't Handle This" Five Iron Frenzy Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo"You Probably Shouldn't Move" Here Five Iron Frenzy All The Hype That Money Can Buy
"23rd Prayer (Live)" Kinetic Minority Kindle

These are songs from Christian bands that originated in Colorado. Fiver Iron Frenzy, Foolish Things, and Brave Saint Saturn probably being the most well-known. S.O.K. and Three Cord Wonder are the same band, the lead singer/songwriter of Nameless is a worship paster somewhere in the Denver area, and Jonathan Wiggins is the worship pastor and head pastor at Resurrection Christian Fellowship in Loveland, Colorado. Shaded Red was a popular band back in the early part of the decade. Kinetic Minority originated at Colorado Christian University and had a very short-lived career. I had the fortune of knowing one of the members. Desperation Band is out of a church in Colorado Springs. The playlist name took some thinking, but what is Colorado known best for? Backpacking. Skiing and boarding, maybe, but that can only be done 5-6 months out of the year. I know Jesus would love to come backpacking in Colorado and I'd hope he'd like to jam out with some of these bands. Blessings!

Baby Mix

"Baby Driver" Simon & Garfunkel Collected Works
"Baby Seat" Barenaked Ladies Maroon
"Baby Shoes" Joe Christmas Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler
"Boys" The Beatles Anthology 1
"Boys (Lesson One)" Jars of Clay The Long Fall Back To Earth
"Cinderella" Steven Curtis Chapman This Moment
"Curl Away My Son" Thomas Newman Finding Nemo [Soundtrack]
"Daughters" John Mayer Heavier Things
"Just Another Day in Paradise" Phil Vassar Phil Vassar
"Listen My Son" The Unseen Guest Putumayo Presents: Blues Around the World
"My Father's Eyes" Eric Clapton Pilgrim
"My Front Porch Looking In" Lonestar From There to Here: Greatest Hits
"My List" Toby Keith Pull My Chain
"My Next Thirty Years" Tim McGraw A Place In the Sun
"Recollections (The Father's Theme)" John Williams Catch Me If You Can [Soundtrack]
"Somebody's Baby" Jon Foreman Winter - EP
"Son" The National The National
"Stories For Boys" U2 Boy
"Sweet Baby James" James Taylor Sweet Baby James
"Teach Your Children" Crosby, Stills & Nash So Far

My wife and I are expecting our first child so I thought I'd make a baby playlist. I'm hoping for a son, so I've included a few songs about sons and boys, but the marjority of the songs can be applicable regardless of gender. There are also a few tracks if its a girl - "Daughters" and "Cinderella".

B-E-A-utifl

"Beautiful (ft. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall)" Akon Freedom
"Nothing On You (ft. Bruno Mars)" B.o.B. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
"Beautiful" Snoop Dogg Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
"Beautiful" Creed Human Clay
"Beautiful" Christina Aguilera Stripped
"Beautiful Eyes" Autumn's Favor Saving Time Tomorow at the Expense of Tonight
"Beautiful Girls" Sean Kingston Sean Kingston
"Beautiful Girls" Van Halen Van Halen II
"Beautiful Mess" Diamond Rio Completely
"Beautiful Soul" Jesse McCartney Beautiful Soul
"Beautiful You" Considering Lily The Simply Fabulous $1.99 New Music Sampler
"A Beautiful Life" Everclear Slow Motion Daydream
"A Beautiful Mess" Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
"Ben is Chasing Beautiful Girls" Norwegian Recycling So Far
"Don't You Know You're Beautiful" Kellie Pickler Kellie Pickler
"Good Morning Beautiful" Steve Holy Blue Moon
"Last Beautiful Girl" Matchbox Twenty Mad Season
"Long Slow Beautiful Dance" Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts
"So Beautiful" Dashboard Confessional A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
"What a Beautiful Day" Chris Cagle Chris Cagle
"You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker '70s Gold
"You're Beautiful" James Blunt Back To Bedlam
"Beautiful Day" U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind
"You're Still Beautiful To Me" Bryan Adams 18 Till I Die

I was listening to "Nothing On You (ft. Bruno Mars)" by B.o.B. and I wondered how many other songs I had that sung about beautiful girls or other good and beautiful things. Here is what I came up with. Enjoy!

Around the World in 2.4 Hours

"The Brazilian" Genesis Invisible Touch
"Mexico" James Taylor The Best of James Taylor
"Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)" Coldplay Prospekt's March [EP]
"Made in England" Elton John Made in England
"Genius In France" Weird Al Yankovic Poodle Hat
"China Grove" The Doobie Brothers The Captain and Me
"Good Morning Vietnam" Robin Williams Good Morning Vietnam
"Holiday in Spain" Counting Crows Films About Ghosts: The Best of...
"Midnight In Ethiopia" Rico Putumayo Presents: Jamaica
"Kiss Me I'm Irish" Gaelic Storm Bring Yer Wellies
"Sons of Scotland" The London Symphony Orchestra Braveheart [Original Score]
"Back In the USSR" The Beatles The Beatles (White Album)
"Walk Like An Egyptian" The Bangles Superstars of the 80s
"Taste of India" Aerosmith Nine Lives
"Cuban Pete [Arkin Movie Mix]" Angie Jaree/Jim Carrey The Mask [Original Soundtrack]
"Panama" Van Halen 1984
"El Salvador (The Saviour)" Phil Joel Watching Over You
"Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen A Night At the Opera
"Africa" Toto Toto IV
"Radio Free Europe [Original Hib-Tone Single]" R.E.M. Eponymous
"Asia" Willie Colón Putumayo Presents: ¡Latino! ¡Latino!
"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve and Other Stories
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" The Beatles Anthology 2
"Sweet Jamaica" Tony Rebel Cool Runnings [Soundtrack]
"Kokomo" The Beach Boys 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
"Babylon" David Gray White Ladder
"Shalom Israel" Eric Fernandez Putumayo Presents: Rumba Flamenco
"When In Rome" Billy Joel Storm Front
"Hey London" Chiddy Bang Air Swell
"Over Tokyo" Collective Soul Blender
"Jerusalem" Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery
"Amsterdam" Guster Keep It Together
"The Girl From Ipanema" Stan Getz & João Gilberto Catch Me If You Can [Soundtrack]
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" They Might Be Giants Flood
"Down Under" Men at Work Business as Usual
"B.O.B." Outkast Stankonia
"Panama" Van Halen 1984

Another fabulously creative playlist; one containing songs about foreign countries/regions/cities. The only artist repeated on this playlist is The Beatles. Yes, Weird Al even appears on this list. His song is awfully long (about 8.5 minutes), but hey, he deserves at least one song on one of my playlist. He will be featured later on with his very own playlist. As with the playlist of state songs, if you think of others, please leave me a comment and I'll see if I can find the track and add it to the playlist.

A Very Stately Playlist

"Sweet Home" Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd Gold & Platinum
"There is No Arizona" Jamie O'Neal Shiver
"California Dreamin'" The Mamas & the Papas Forrest Gump [Original Soundtrack]
"Carolina in My Mind" James Taylor Greatest Hits
"Colorado" The Morrison Brothers The Morrison Brothers
"Kylie From Connecticut" Ben Folds Way To Normal
"Dakota" O.A.R. Stories of a Stranger
"Florida" Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
"Devil Went Down To Georgia" The Charlie Daniels Band Super Hits
"Blue Hawaii" Hawaiian Artists All the Best from Hawaii
"Idaho" The BoDeans Go Slow Down
"Indiana" Jon McLaughlin Indiana
"Kentucky" Edwin McCain Far From Over
"Louisiana Bayou" Dave Matthews Stand Up
"Michigan Girl" Josh Allan All the Acoustic Pop You Can Drink
"Mississippi" Train Drops of Jupiter
"New York State of Mind" Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
"Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" Bowling for Soup A Hangover You Don't Deserve
"Oklahoma-Texas Line" Rascal Flatts Feels Like Today
"Tennessee River" Alabama For the Record
"God Bless Texas" Little Texas Big Time
"Virginia Moon" Foo Fighters In Your Honor
"Washington Square" Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
"Song of Wyoming" John Denver Windsong

This was a great (and very creative) playlist I came up with when I was listening to "Florida" from Modest Mouse. I began to look for songs about states and came up with this list of 24. I wish I could have found more, but almost half will have to do. I also did a playlist for cities and one for foreign countries. This playlist is very diverse in genre, but probably not the most diverse I have. Let me know if there are other songs about states that you know of and I'll see if I can't find them and add them to this playlist. "Dakota" and "Carolina On My Mind" count for both the north and south versions of these states, so really I covered over half of the U.S.A.

80's Music

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Don't You Forget About Me" Simple Minds Now That's What I Call The 80s
"One Thing Leads to Another" The Fixx Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Shakedown" Bob Seger Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Here I Go Again" Whitesnake Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Eye of the Tiger" Survivor Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Rockit" Herbie Hancock Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Let's Dance" David Bowie Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears For Fears Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Heaven" Bryan Adams Now That's What I Call The 80s
"What About Love" Heart Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler Now That's What I Call The 80s
"Take It on the Run" REO Speedwagon The Hits
"Can't Fight This Feeling" REO Speedwagon The Hits
"Look Away" Chicago The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
"Walking on the Moon" The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
"Message in a Bottle" The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
"Throwing It All Away" Genesis Invisible Touch
"Land of Confusion" Genesis Invisible Touch
"The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & The Range The Way It Is
"Mandolin Rain" Bruce Hornsby & The Range The Way It Is
"Every Little Kiss" Bruce Hornsby & The Range The Way It Is
"Carry on Wayward" Son Kansas The Best of Kansas
"Dust in the Wind" Kansas The Best of Kansas
"You're the Inspiration" Chicago The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997
"Summer of '69" Bryan Adams Reckless
"You Dropped a Bomb On Me" The Gap Band ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For the Fans
"Celebration" Kool & the Gang ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For The Fans
"Looking For a New Love" Jody Watley 80's Soul #1's
"Love You Down" Ready For the World 80's Soul #1's
"My Prerogative" Bobby Brown 80's Soul #1's
"Let It Whip" Dazz Band 80's Soul #1's
"Don't Stop Believin'" Journey Escape
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" Scorpions Classic Rock Gold
"White Wedding" Billy Idol Classic Rock Gold
"Hold On Loosely" .38 Special Classic Rock Gold
"Everytime You Go Away" Paul Young Superstars of the 80s
"Out of Touch" Hall & Oates Superstars of the 80s
"Jump (For My Love)" The Pointer Sisters Superstars of the 80s
"Conga" Miami Sound Machine Superstars of the 80s
"Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)" Billy Ocean Superstars of the 80s
"Hold Me Now" The Thompson Twins Superstars of the 80s
"Broken Wings" Mr. Mister Superstars of the 80s
"The Warrior" Scandal Superstars of the 80s
"Working For the Weekend" Loverboy Superstars of the 80s
"Walk Like An Egyptian" The Bangles Superstars of the 80s
"Everybody Have Fun Tonigh"t Wang Chung Superstars of the 80s
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" Culture Club Superstars of the 80s
"No One Is To Blame" Howard Jones Superstars of the 80s
"Back On the Chain Gang" The Pretenders Superstars of the 80s
"She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals Superstars of the 80s
"Shout" Tears For Fears Superstars of the 80s
"Sussudio" Phil Collins Superstars of the 80s
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes Superstars of the 80s
"All I Need Is a Miracle" Mike + The Mechanics Superstars of the 80s

70's Music

"You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker '70s Gold
"What's Going On" Marvin Gaye '70s Gold
"The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 70's Pop Number 1's
"Strawberry Letter 23" The Brothers Johnson '70s Gold
"Smokin' In the Boys Room" Brownsville Station '70s Gold
"September" Earth Wind & Fire '70s Gold
"Maggie May" Rod Stewart 70's Pop Number 1's
"Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille 70's Pop Number 1's
"Listen To the Music" The Doobie Brothers '70s Gold
"Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye 70's Pop Number 1's
"Lean On Me" Bill Withers '70s Gold
"I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 70's Pop Number 1's
"I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli '70s Gold
"I Can See Clearly" Now Johnny Nash '70s Gold
"I'll Be Around" The Spinners '70s Gold
"Heart of Glass" Blondie '70s Gold
"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" Cher 70's Pop Number 1's
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes 70's Pop Number 1's
"Drift Away" Dobie Gray '70s Gold
"Crazy Love" Poco '70s Gold
"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" Barry White 70's Pop Number 1's
"The Boys Are Back In Town" Thin Lizzy '70s Gold
"Blinded By the Light" Manfred Mann's Earth Band '70s Gold
"Bennie & the Jets" Elton John 70's Pop Number 1's
"Baby Come Back" Player 70's Pop Number 1's
"All Right Now" Free '70s Gold

33 (YMCA Dormroom Mix 2001)

"Epiphany" Staind Break the Cycle
"Drops of Jupiter" Train Drops of Jupiter
"Smooth Criminal" Alien Ant Farm ANThology
"Yellow" Coldplay Parachutes
"One More Time" Daft Punk Discovery
"Leaving Town" Dexter Freebish Life of Saturdays
"Voices" Disturbed The Sickness
"Down With the Sickness" Disturbed The Sickness
"Bodies" Drowning Pool Sinner
"Are You Ready to Fly?" Dune Dune
"Here's to Tonight" Eve 6 Horrorscope
"Alive" P.O.D. Satellite
"Outside [Live]" Staind Break the Cycle
"It's Been Awhile" Staind Break the Cycle
"Mudshovel" Staind Dysfunction
"Fat Lip" Sum 41 All Killer No Filler
"Duck and Run" 3 Doors Down The Better Life
"I'm a Thug" Trick Daddy Thugs Are Us

This playlist was compiled from songs that my roommates from the summer of 2003 were listening to. I was working at the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park Center as a day camp counselor. This was the summer that I became a true Dave Matthews Band fan. I also came to know of the bands Train and Coldplay during this particular summer.

12 Months

"January Friend" The Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy up the Girl
"January Rain" David Gray Lost Songs
"February Stars" Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape
"March (A Prelude to Spring)" Jon Foreman Spring - EP
"April Showers" Caedmon's Call Intimate Portrait
"Maggie May" Rod Stewart 70's Pop Number 1's
"Living Under June" Jann Arden Living Under June
"1000 Julys" Third Eye Blind Blue
"August's Rhapsody" Mark Mancina August Rush [Soundtrack]
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" Green Day American Idiot
"October Road" James Taylor October Road
"November Rain" Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits
"Gone Till November" Wyclef Jean Carnival
"December" Collective Soul From the Ground Up
"A Long December" Counting Crows Films About Ghosts: The Best of...

This playlist was an inspiration from a good friend of mine. One song for each month of the year. I had a hard time with some months because there are many good songs about them. As you probably noticed, a few months have two songs. I could not choose, so if you want to leave your vote in the comments section that would be most welcomed. Also, some of the songs are really not about months, but I could not find anything else in my collection. Maggie May and August's Rhapsody being two of them.

08-09 Class Mix

"Apoligize (ft. Timbaland) [Remix]" OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud
"Breakfast" Newsboys Take Me to Your Leader
"Burnin' Up" Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer
"The Champion" Carman The Absolute Best Collection
"Handlebars" Flobots Fight with Tools
"I Like to Move It" Reel 2 Real I Like to Move It
"Ironman" Black Sabbath Paranoid
"Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi Cross Road
"Prayin' for Daylight" Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts
"Stop and Stare" OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud
"Unbreakable" Fireflight Unbreakable
"We Built This City" Jefferson Startship Knee Deep in the Hoopla
"Wherever We Go" Newsboys Go [Limited Edition]
"Whispers in the Dark" Skillet Comatose
"Yellow Submarine" The Beatles Yellow Submarine [Songtrack]
"You Found Me" The Fray The Fray
"1, 2, 3, 4" Plain White T's Big Bad World

This playlist is a compilation of songs my fourth grade class from the '08/'09 enjoyed listening to.

Playlist Intro

Just a quick explanation of how I'll be laying out this series. The title of the playlist will be the title of the blog. The songs, artist(s), and albums will be listed in the order that they appear on the playlist. Some playlist are listed in a personal preference order, others according to track name, artists, or album title. Enjoy!

More Modern Melodies

Jakob Dylan - "Everybody's Hurting" from Women + Country. Starbucks freebie.

Laura Veirs - "July Flame" which is the title track of the album. Starbucks freebie.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "Better Things" from I Learned the Hard Way. Starbucks freebie.

Third Eye Blind - Entire A Collection album.

Dashboard Confessional - Complete Swiss Army Romance album.

Better Than Ezra - Entire Before the Robots, Greatest Hits, and Friction, Baby albums.

Dixie Chicks - Complete Taking the Long Way album.

Matt Nathanson - Entire Some Mad Hope and Beneath These Fireworks album.

John Mayer - Complete Battle Studies, Room for Squares, and Inside Wants Out [EP] albums.

Various Artists - Entire Twilight soundtrack. I picked up the movie at the library and my wife was instantly hooked. She has made her way through all 4 of Stephanie Meyer's books, watched the first two movies multiple times and now has the soundtrack to the first movie. I have a feeling that the soundtrack to the second film is in the not too distant future.

Shinedown - Complete The Sound of Madness album.

Various Artists - Hurricane Relief-Come Together Now. I only have a few handful of the tracks on my iPod, because I didn't really care for some of the tracks. Dave Matthews Band, Wyclef Jean, and Kanye West made the cut along with a few others.

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vol. I & II.

Mariah Carey - Entire Emancipation of Mimi album.

Train - Complete My Private Nation album. I now have the entire Train discography!

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Entire Live In Las Vegas dual-disc album. Some great live recordings of dMb's newer stuff along with many of the older favs.

Sarah McLachlan - Complete Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan album.

Modest Mouse - Entire Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks [EP] and Sad Sappy Sucker albums.

Lady Antebellum - Complete Need You Know album. Great album; really enjoying "Our Kind of Love" - awesome track!

Rob Thomas - Entire Cradlesong album.

Fall Out Boy - Complete Folie à Deux album.

Chris Brown -Entire Graffiti album.

Various Artists - A handful of songs from Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 2!

Falling Up - Complete Fangs! album.

Matt Redman - Entire Facedown album. Love the worshipful attitute this album stirs up in my heart.

Beyonce - "Halo" from I Am...Sasha Fierce.

Adele - "Hometown Glory" from 19.

Zac Brown Band - "Chicken Fried" from The Foundation.

Death Cab for Cutie - Complete You Can Play These Songs With Chords album.

Built to Spill - Entire Keep It Like a Secret album. Found this album today and just thought I would give it a spin. If you like Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Pavement, The Ataris, The Strokes, etc. then you will love Built to Spill. Possibly the best thing to come out of Idaho since potatoes!

Melanie Fiona - Complete The Bridge album. You may have heard her recent hit single, "You Stop My Heart" on the radio or other music outlets. Think Colbie Caillat mixed with Norah Jones and Alicia Keys.

Stay tuned, for I'm about to start blogging about my many, many playlists. If you have an idea for a playlist, please leave a comment for me.

Before I Get Behind Again

New additions:

Head Like a Kite - "Daydream Vacation" from the There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere album. iTunes freebie.

Norwegian Recycling - "Soul of Fireflies", "Recycled Romance", and "No Taylor, No Scar". All free from his website; none from any album . . . . yet. "Soul of Fireflies" is awesome; a combination of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" and Owl City's "Fireflies".

Various Artists - Best of Bonnaroo album. Go to http://www.musicforaction.org/ for a free, LEGAL download of the album. Includes artists such as the Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Wilco, and Phish. Guster, Pearl Jam, and O.A.R. also have a track each on the album.

Sugarland - Complete Enjoy the Ride album and entire Gold & Green album (Christmas album).

Putumayo Presents: ¡Salsa!
Putumayo Presents: Puerto Rico

Brad Paisley - Entire American Saturday Night album. I have been in a country mood lately, so I picked up a few country albums from my favorite country artists.

Toby Keith - A handful of songs I enjoyed from his Big Dog Daddy album.

Kenny Chesney - Complete Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.

Chely Wright - Again, only a handful of songs. All from her Single White Female album.

Trisha Yearwood - Most of the songs from her Greatest Hits album.

Coldplay - Complete LeftRightLeftRightLeft compilation album. Coldplay began giving this album away at concerts and it is also available on their website for free download. Go here to download it free of charge. Consider it your gift for being a Coldplay fan. http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=395&page=200

Ok, here is where my brother once again comes into play. These are songs he introduced me to and most of them hooked me right away, a few grew on me over time.

Kid Cudi - "Pursuit of Happiness" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day. "Highs 'n Lows" which does not appear on any album. However, you can obtain it from this website: http://www.5starhiphop.com/2010/02/kid-cudi-highs-n-lows. This website has a great tracks, but I'm not sure how safe or legal it is, so proceed with caution. Both tracks are simply amazing. "Pursuit . ." has become a new anthem for me.

Rihanna - "Rude Boy" from her latest album: Rated R.

Mr. Hudson - "Everything Is Broken (ft. Kid Cudi) from Straight No Chaser.

Ke$ha - "Animal" from the album of the same name.

Ok Go - "WTF" from Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

Travis - "Sing" from The Invisible Band album. This song was featured on the seventh episode of the second season of The Office.

Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" from the album of the same title. I'm thinking about purchasing this whole album since I'm already a Lady A fan.

Black Eyed Peas - "Imma Be" from their most recent masterpiece, The E.N.D..

Lil Wayne - "I Got No Ceilings" from his most recent official mixtape, No Ceilings. It contains various freestyles over popular rap and R&B songs' instrumentals. This particular song samples very heavily from the Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling".

B.o.B. - "Nothing On You" (ft. Bruno Mars) from B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. The video for this song reminds me of an 80's hip-hop music video.

Dan Black - "Symphonies (ft. Kid Cudi) [Remix] from UN. Amazing track! Check it out.

Chiddy Bang - "Opposite of Adults" from the single of the same name. Their debut mixtape Air Swell can be downloaded for free from Chiddy Bang's myspace page. It's so-so, nothing like "Opposite of Adults". This track is not on the mixtape, but worth the purchase. It will most likely be on their in-progress album due out in August of this year.

Various Artists - Download to Donate for Haiti album. Another freebie: http://tinyurl.com/y476hee. Downloaders are encouraged to donate for victims of the Haiti earthquake, but it is not required. Album features Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Weezer, and All-American Rejects.

Dashboard Confessional - Complete MTV Unplugged: v2.0 album. An awesome live album.

Carrie Underwood - Entire Play On album. As always, a beautiful voice and a beautiful face.

That's it for now. Visit next week, when I'm sure to have another update.

Worth Every Penny

These are albums that have been released in the last 12 months or so that are worth every penny paid for them.

Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
Train - Save Me San Francisco
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King
Jay-Z - The Blueprint3
Owl City - Ocean Eyes
Better Than Ezra - Paper Empire
Meese - Broadcast
The Fray - The Fray
John Mayer - Battle Studies

This list may be updated in the future, so check back.

Aftermath

Recent additions:

FFH - Entire Ready to Fly album.

Yo Gotti - "Women Lie, Men Lie" from his Live from the Kitchen album.

Bananarama - "Cruel Summer" from the album of the same name. Ace of Base covered this song and also have an album called Cruel Summer.

Death Cab for Cutie - Complete The Open Door EP.

BBC - BBC Water album. Various tracks of water sounds. Everything from brooks, waterfalls, a car wash to the locks on the River Thames and hail on an umbrella. Very, very, very relaxing.

Bob Dylan - Entire The Freewhellin' Bob Dylan album.

Spoon - Compete Kill the Moonlight album. Hard to classify this sound, but it is very unique and catchy.

Various Artists - Many tracks from '70s Gold and Disco Gold.

Dashboard Confessional - Complete Alter the Ending album. This is Dashboard's most recent album. "Belle on the Boulevard" was the first single off of the album. The whole album is awesome.

Seabird - Entire Till We See the Shore album. If you like The Fray, you'll enjoy Seabird. Piano rock at its finest.

Ace of Base - Complete Cruel Summer album (see Bananarama above). Typical Ace of Base sound. Dance tracks straight out of Sweden.

Moby - Entire Wait for Me album. I always enjoy a good Moby album and this is his most recent creation. His voice is so original and so is his music.

Enjoy and please let me know if have any suggestions for music I might enjoy.

The Storm

TobyMac - Entire Tonight album.

Linkin Park - Complete Road to Revolution Live at Milton Keynes album.

Flogging Molly - The following albums: Float, Swagger, Whiskey On a Sunday.

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace; Skin and Bones; and In Your Honor.

Death Cab for Cutie - Complete albums: Stairs, Something About Airplanes.

Dashboard Confessional - So Impossible EP and A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, and A Scar.

Modest Mouse - Entire albums: This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, No One's First and You're Next, The Lonesome Crowded West, and The Moon & Antartica.

Third Eye Blind - Entire Out of the Vein album.

The Fray - The Christmas EP.

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" from Raising Sand.

Pink - "Glitter in the Air", "Ave Mary A", and "It's All Your Fault" from Funhouse.

The Who - "Who Are You" from the album of the same name.

Joe Walsh - "Life's Been Good" from But Seriously, Folks. . .

Michael Buble - "Haven't Met You Yet" from his Crazy Love album.

Mr. Hudson - "Anyone But Him (ft. Kanye West)" from Straight No Chaser.

Theophilus London - "Humdrum Town" from Green Lable Sound.

Kelis - "They Say (ft. Jean baptiste)" from her upcoming FleshTones album.

Nicki Minaj -"I Get Crazy (ft. Lil Wayne)" from her mixtape entitled Beam Me Up Scotty.

Trey Songz - "Say Aah (ft. fabolous)" from his Ready record.

Melanie Fiona - "You Stop My Heart" from The Bridge.

The Calm Before the Storm

I'll be getting a new computer soon and it will allow me to hold more music, something my current computer does not allow me to do in large amounts. Here are the few songs I've added since the last blog.

Brandon Heath - Entire What If We and Don't Get Comfortable albums.

Clay Walker - "1, 2, I Love You" from Rumor Has It.

David Guetta - "Sexy Chick (ft. Akon)" from One Love.

Boys Like Girls - "Two is Better Than One (ft. Taylor Swift)" from their Love Drunk album.

Casting Crowns - Entire Until the Whole World Hears album.

Mystery Zone - "Spoon" from Transference. This was a Starbucks weekly freebie.

The Tragically Hip - Entire We Are the Same album. If you remember, I had a Starbucks freebie of this group and I decided that I liked it so much, I was going to try out the new album and it's decent. Decent enough to make it into my iTunes and onto my iPod.

Various Artists - Complete So Much to Save compilation album. This one was free, all I had to do was agree to do one of a few options to help save the environment. I agreed to properly recycle my old cell phones, which I will someday soon. This album features tracks by Dave Matthews Band, Umphrey's McGee, Hill Country Revue, Yoder Mountain String Band and a handful of other artists.

Werid Al Yankovic - Entire Even Worse album. One of his first. I unchecked a few of the songs because they don't appeal to me, but it is nice to have another Weird Al album to add my collection. You never know when one will need to pull out an album of his.

Billy Joel - Complete Stranger album. I had a few tracks from this album already, but I enjoy just about any Billy Joel song, so this album was definately worthy to be purchased.

Switchfoot - Entire Hello Hurricane album. Their newest venture, and possibly one of their best. It hasn't gained the attention that The Beautiful Letdown did, but it is on the same level.

The Northern Way (formerly Set Forth) - "The One" from Songs About Unicorns. This was a free track on Valentine's Day from the band. I'll looking forward to buying their new album. Another great band from Colorado.

Foo Fighters - Complete Greatest Hits album. I'm still missing a few FF albums, but they will be added eventually and I hope to have their complete discography by the end of 2010.

So here is where it gets confusing, so try to follow me on this one. My brother-in-law gave me a digital version of Coldplay's Parachutes album and he had it divided into Side A and Side B. Well, lo and behold, there is no Side B, just one disc. So I had to figure out where the other 12 or so tracks fell into the Coldplay discography. They were either from EP's or singles. Here are the albums that I compiled from these tracks; I had to add a few to make the EP's or singles complete. I'd still like to own everything that Coldplay has come out with because they are one of my favorites. The Blue Room EP, Trouble single, Brothers and Sisters EP, Shiver single, Safety EP, and Yellow single.

Third Eye Blind - Entire Red Star EP. This was released in 2008. "Non-Dairy Creamer" is an awesome song!

Dominic Balli - "All We Need Is Love (ft. Paul Wright)" from Public Announcement. Sounds like the Christian version of Bob Marley.

That's if for now, but stay tuned for more additions in the near future.

I Have New Music and I'm Not Afraid to Play It!

It's been a while, but I haven't added that much new music, mainly because our computer is just about out of room (looking forward to the new computer arriving).

Ke$ha - "Tik Tok" from Animal. I also have the music video; an iTunes freebie.

Mat Kearney - Entire Bullet album.

Weezer - Complete Red Album.

Elithecat - "Harlem Globetrotter's Theme" from the Brother Bones album. I was watching Amazing Race the night the teammates had a 4-hour time delay for not completing a roadblock.

Phoenix - "1901" and "Lisztomania" from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. "1901" can be heard on the commercial for the Chrysler SRX.

Jimmy Buffet - "Margaritaville" from Songs You Know By Heart. I couldn't resist any longer.

Edwin McCain - "I'll Be" from Rhino Hi-Five: Edwin McCain. I have the acoustic version on his Messenger album, but I always heard this one on the radio and thought to myself, "I don't have this version, I should get it." Finally.

Chamillionaire - "Good Morning" from the album of the same name. Great sampling from Tom Petty's "Freefallin'".

Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Santo Domingo" from 11:11.

Iyaz - "Replay" from his album My Life, due out March 2010.

Owl City - Entire Ocean Eyes album. "Sunburn" - an additional track I received later on after purchasing Ocean Eyes at iTunes.

All-American Rejects - "I Wanna" from When the World Comes Down.

Entire iTunes Holiday Sampler. Highlights: Weezer singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", Stephen Colbert's "Another Christmas Song", and Barry Manilow's "Carol of the Bells/Jingle Bells".

Lullaby Players - Complete Sleepytime Tunes Tribute to Dave Matthews Band. The best way to get children hooked on Dave Matthews Band as early as possible in life. I'm excited to play this for my future kids.

Third Eye Blind - Entire Ursa Major album.

Relient K - "Forget and Not Slow Down" from the album of the same name.

Kris Allen - "Live Like We're Dying" from his self-titled debut album.

Group 1 Crew - "Movin'" from Ordinary Dreamers. Christian hip-hop tastefully done.

Remedy Drive - "Heartbeat" from Daylight is Coming.

Curtis and Celi Turner - Altars of Heaven. Worship pastors in the small, small, very small town of Wiley, Colorado.

Britney Spears - I wanted the rest of her very first album . . .baby one more time. So I have the entire album now.

These next tracks come via finding my old radio-recorded tapes from high school and now I have the songs on my iPod. Great country tracks that many people have forgotten about.

Brooks & Dunn - "That Ain't No Way to Go" from Hard Workin' Man and "Brand New Man" from the album of the same name.

Clay Walker - "Watch This" from Rumor Has It and "Who Needs You Baby" from Hypnotize the Moon.

Clint Black - "A Good Run of Bad Luck" from No Time to Kill.

David Ball - "Thinkin' Problem" from the album of the same name.

Collin Raye - "Little Rock" from Extremes.

Faith Hill - "She's a Wild One" from Take Me As I Am.

Joe Diffie - "I'm in Love With a Capitol 'U'", "I'd Like to Have a Problem Like That", and "The Cows Came Home" from Third Rock From the Sun and "John Deer Green" from Honky Tonk Attitude.

Kathy Mattea - "Walking Away a Winner" from the album of the same name.

Mark Chesnutt - "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" from Longnecks and Short Stories.

Little Texas - "God Bless Texas" from Big Time.

Diamond Rio - "Norma Jean Rile" from their self-titled album and "Bubba Hyde" from Love a Little Stronger.

Neal McCoy - "Wink" from No Doubt About It.

Randy Travis - "Whisper My Name" from This is Me.

Reba McEntire - "Why Haven't I Heard from You?" from Read My Mind.

Shenandoah - "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)" from Under the Kudzu.

Tim McGraw - "Don't Take the Girl" and "Indian Outlaw" from Not a Moment Too Soon.

Toby Keith - "A Little Less Talk and A Lot More Action" from his self-titled album.

Tracy Byrd - "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" from No Ordinary Man.

Tracy Lawrence - "If the Good Die Young" from Alibis and "Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues" from the album of the same name.

That's it for the old country hits.

Herman's Hermits - "Henry VIII, I Am" from Retrospective.

Janet Jackson - "Escapade" from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814.

Mozart - "Greensleeves".

Prince - "200 Balloons" from the Batman soundtrack.

Shad - "Compromise" from The Old Prince.

The Script - "Breakeven" from their self-titled album.

Alicia Keys - "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart" from The Element of Freedom.

Norwegian Recycling - Various mashups from various albums. Most of his So Far album. This artist is amazing. He can mash anywhere between 2 to 9 songs, possibly more. Check him out!

Fall Out Boy - "I Don't Care" from Folie à deux.

James - "Laid" from the album of the same name. An English rock band from Manchester. They formed in 1981 and were active throughout the 80s, but most successful during the 90s.

Lupe Fiasco - "Turnt Up" from Enemy of the State: A Love Story.

Major Lazer - "Hold the Line" from Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do.

Michael Jackson - "Rock With You" from Off the Wall.

Shinedown - "If You Only Knew" from The Sound of Madness.

Akon - "Beautiful" from Freedom.

OneRepublic - "All the Right Moves" from Waking Up.

Uncle Kracker - "Smile" from Happy Hour.

Pitbull - "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" from Rebelution.