A while back, I asked my friends for 3-4 favorite songs, or songs that have a significance to them. I've been compiling all those tunes into playlists, and this week is the first of them. Enjoy!
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Jessica P. Depeche Mode "Home" from Home [Remastered] (Mute, 2007) The Cure "Lovesong" from Disintegration [Remastered] (Fiction, 2010) Nat King Cole "Stardust" from Love is the Thing [Remastered] (Capitol, 2008) BYU Men's Chorus "Beautiful Savior" from Awake My Soul (Tantara, 2009)
Alex K. Our Lady Peace "Naveed" from Naveed (Sony, 1995) Incubus "Dig" from Light Grenades (Sony, 2006) The Heavy "Short Change Hero" from The House the Dirt Built (Counter, 2009) Better Than Ezra "At the Stars" from How Does Your Garden Grow? (Elektra, 1998)
Jess B. Citizen Cope "Sideways" from The Clarence Greenwood Recordings (Arista, 2004) Ray LaMontagne "Shelter" from Trouble (Stone Dwarf / RCA, 2004) Old Crow Medicine Show "I Hear Them All" from Big Iron World (Nettwerk, 2006) John Williams & the Boston Symphony Orchestra "Give Me Your Names" from Schindler's List (Geffen, 1993)
Renee H. The Lumineers "Stubborn Love" from The Lumineers (Dualtone, 2012) alt-J "Breezeblocks" from An Awesome Wave (Atlantic, 2012) Alabama Shakes "I Ain't the Same" from Boys & Girls (ATO, 2012) Florence + the Machine "Shake It Out" from Ceremonials (Universal Republic, 2011)
Laura X. Indigo Girls "Hand Me Downs" from Nomads*Indians*Saints (Epic, 1990) Bruce Springsteen "Tougher Than the Rest" from Tunnel of Love (Columbia, 1987) Phil Ochs "I'm Going to Say it Now" from 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Phil Ochs (A&M, 2002) Bob Dylan "When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky" from The Bootleg Series, Volume 3 (Sony, 1991)
Stephen F. Stiff Little Fingers "Silver Living" from Wasted Life (Secret, 2007) Aaron Neville "How Could I Help But Love You" from The Very Best of the Neville Brothers (Charly, 2006) The Cure "A Night Like This" from The Head on the Door (Fiction, 1985)
Jenica R. Jane's Addiction "Jane Says" from Jane's Addiction (Triple X, 1987) Bruce Springsteen "Brilliant Disguise" from Tunnel of Love (Columbia, 1987) Counting Crows "Anna Begins" from August and Everything After (DGC, 1993)
Rochelle H. Steve Miller Band "The Joker" from Live from Chicago (Coming Home Media, 2008)