Sunday, June 6, 2010

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.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

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" CĂ©line 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.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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".