This songs’ dedicated to a young man who doesn’t think he’s [done] anything good today
-Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
While I have a friend specifically in mind, this song is sometimes what pulls me through the bad days and sums up the good ones, too.
It’s called “Make You Feel That Way” off the incomparable Blackalicious album, Blazing Arrow.
Other songs in my Peace Corps Soundtrack?
(for various reasons)
I’m Horny, I’m Stoned, by the Doors. (All except the stoned part. Obvi.)
Twilight, by the Band
Please Mr Postman, the Beatles
Excuse Me, Mr, Ben Harper
Rebels Hop- Bob Marley
Human Touch- Bruce Springsteen
Country State of Mind- Hank Williams Jr
Young Americans- David Bowie
Dem Schools- Dead Prez
Midnight Rider- The Eagles
Ready Or Not- The Fugees
Life During Wartime- The Talking Heads
A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own- Tom Petty
54/46 That’s My Number- Toots and the Maytals
None Of Your Business- Salt N Peppa
Friends In Low Places- Garth Brooks
Holes To Heaven- Jack Johnson
I Take My Chances- Mary Chapin Carpenter
Bukowski- Modest Mouse
Turn Off the Light- Nelly Furtado
Express Yourself- NWA
Beast of Burden- Rolling Stones
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk- Rufus Wrainwright
Gin and Juice- Snoop Dogg
Garden Grove- Sublime
Boy in the Bubble- Paul Simon
Annnnnd……that Baby Baby Baby song by Justin Bieber. That is my JAM!
Of course, the list changes according to mood, but these are currently the songs that just sort of sum up where I’m at these days (which is all over the place).
What’s getting you guys through? I’ll enable comments for this one!
My comfort music has been pretty dynamic throughout the experience.
Let me think.
During Training I listened to a lot of Feist, Outkast, The Clash, Radiohead, Manu Chao, and Neutral Milk Hotel.
Low key moments call for Death Cab for Cutie, Bon Iver, Ray LaMontagne, Spanish guitar (various artists), Jazz (various artists–lotta Miles Davis though), Iron and Wine, Ryan Adams, Andrew Bird, and Sufjan Stevens.
There are also lots of times when I listen to The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Vampire Weekend, and Wolf Parade.
Songs that seem to stick around no matter what and get played over and over again all the time are:
Jesus Etc. –Wilco
Lump Sum –Bon Iver (this whole album is so good that i usually listen to it all the way through–especially at the end of the day)
California –Rogue Wave
Oh No –Andrew Bird
Hold on, hold on –Neko Case
Waitin for a Superman –The Flaming Lips
Waltz #2 (xo) –Elliott Smith
Ragged Wood –Fleet Foxes
Against the Night –Jason Webley
Dudley–Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Here Comes Your Man –The Pixies
It Never Happened –The National
Paper Thin Walls –Modest Mouse
In the Aeroplane over the Sea –Neutral Milk Hotel (I almost always listen to the entire album)
Crazy –Gnarls Barkley
The Conductor –The Faint
Tango Till They’re Sore –Tom Waits
Don’t Let’s Start –They Might Be Giants
Train in Vain –The Clash
Nothing Short of Thankful –The Avett Brothers
Take Me Out –Franz Ferdinand.
Idioteque –Radiohead
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