After nearly three years of writing I’m on a Journey, I have published my hundredth blog post. Rather than lament the posts that could have been, I’m celebrating the posts I have published. More particularly, I’m celebrating one hundred plus Songs of the Day. If you have read my blog for a while, you’ll know that every post ends with my selection of a Song of the Day. Some of the songs relate directly to the post, others are songs I listened to while I wrote, and still others are songs I loved and wanted to share. While a number of the songs relate to a moment in my life, others relate to a moment in time. (I can’t be the only one who listened to “Seasons (Waiting For You)” by Future Islands constantly in the summer of 2014.) My Spotify playlist is below. I hope you find something new to listen to, and you reconnect with a song you once loved.
1. Black Albino Bones by Fucked Up
2. Front Row by Metric
3. Perfect Situation by Weezer
4. Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood
5. Black Skinhead by Kanye West
6. Plea from a Cat Named Virtute by The Weakerthans
7. I Love It by Icona Pop
8. 6 Foot 7 Foot by Lil Wayne
9. Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother
10. Navy Taxi by Kate Nash
11. Kush & Corinthians by Kendrick Lamar
12. A Decade Under the Influence by Taking Back Sunday
13. From Finner by Of Monsters and Men
14. Hurricane by Bob Dylan
15. Better by Regina Spektor
16. Locked in the Trunk of a Car by The Tragically Hip
17. Red Hill Mining Town by U2
18. Entertainment by Phoenix
19. Just Like Christmas by Low
20. Welcome to Love by Johnny Rain
21. Oceans by Coasts
22. I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons
23. Thrift Shop by Macklemore
24. Still by Daughter
25. Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff by deadmau5
26. Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare by Matt & Kim
27. Can’t Hardly Wait by The Replacements
28. Dancing With Myself by Generation X
29. Dead Disco by Metric
30. Harper Lee by Little Green Cars
31. Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen
32. Clubland by Elvis Costello
33. Birmingham by Shovels & Rope
34. Pompeii by Bastille
35. Real by Kendrick Lamar
36. Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure by The Weakerthans
37. Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
38. Be Quiet and Drive by Deftones
39. Welcome by Hey Rosetta!
40. Army of Me by Björk
41. Halloween Parade by Lou Reed
42. Born Again by DIANA
43. Uncorrected Proofs by The Weakerthans
44. 40 Day Dream by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
45. So It Goes by Hollerado
46. Robotic by Hannah Georgas
47. Yer Fall by Hey Rosetta!
48. Guns+Ammunition by July Talk
49. Normal Person by Arcade Fire
50. Drunk in Love by Beyoncé
51. The O.C. Mix 3: Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah – “Last Christmas” by Jimmy Eat World
52. Christmas Canon Rock by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
53. Viva Las Vegas by ZZ Top
54. Straight To the Top (Vegas) by Tom Waits
55. Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry
56. ***Flawless by Beyoncé
57. Party Girl by Asher Roth ft. Meek Mill
58. No Sleep Till Brooklyn by Beastie Boys
59. So What by Pink
60. White Teeth Teens by Lorde
61. Royals by Lorde
62. Especially in Michigan by Red Hot Chili Peppers
63. Don’t Call Home by July Talk
64. She’s So High by Tal Bachman
65. Ready 2 Go by Martin Solveig
66. The Good Life by Weezer
67. Try by Pink
68. Meet Me In The Basement by Broken Social Scene
69. Road Regrets by Dan Mangan
70. Call It Off by Tegan and Sara
71. Ash Babe by Dan Mangan OR Happy by Pharrell Williams
72. If I Had a Tail by Queens of the Stone Age
73. Immigrant Punk by Gogol Bordello OR Ethiopia by Red Hot Chili Peppers
74. Electric Pow Wow Drum by A Tribe Called Red
75. Habits (Stay High) by Tove Lo
76. Fast Times at Barrington High by The Academy Is… – Editor’s choice: Summer Hair = Forever Young
77. Jamie All Over by Mayday Parade OR The Rock Show by Blink-182
78. Seasons (Waiting on You) by Future Islands
79. Drive by Miley Cyrus
80. To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra
81. Strong by London Grammar
82. Lazaretto by Jack White
83. Sing by Ed Sheehan OR Guido the Killer Pimp by Tangerine Dream
84. Crabbuckit by k-os
85. Afterglow by Wilkinson
86. Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie OR Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit by Wu-Tang Clan
87. Mona Lisa by Dead Sara
88. Elastic Heart by Sia
89. 6 Man by Drake OR Leather Jacket by Arkells
90. Echo by Lurch & Chief
91. Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile
92. Editor’s choice: Dead Fox by Courtney Barnett
93. Mr Noah by Panda Bear
94. White Dress by Set Mo (feat. Deutsch Duke)
95. Hiding to Nothing by Bad Dreems
96. Runaway by Kanye West (feat. Pusha T)
97. Strange Hellos by Torres
98. Wildest Dreams by Ryan Adams
99. Losers by The Weeknd
100. Unfucktheworld by Angel Olsen
Song of the Day: Reason by Bully, because I’m loving Bully right now and I have to start on the next set of a hundred
