My Mix Tape, Take One

Jen L. asked "If you were to make me a mix tape of your all-time favorite songs, what would the first 5 tracks be?"

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I'm not sure these are my five favorite songs, but they're the first I thought of, and I love them all, so much, in their own way. 

(And I'm making this a take one, so I can potentially fill the tape up with subsequent posts.)

1. "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel. I used to sing this in the car when I was a little girl, at the top of my lungs, and no one ever told me to stop.

2. "18th Floor Balcony" by Blue October. This wasn't the first dance at our wedding, but it was the last. I listened to this song when Mike and I were fresh and new, coming off weeks of staying up all night, getting to know each other. I knew it could end -- plenty of good relationships do that -- and we both had all these plans that didn't include each other.

Falling in love tends to change a few plans.

Thankfully.

3. "Sky Blue & Black" by Jackson Browne. My father and I have an up-and-down, ebbs-and-flows, interesting relationship. One that no longer makes me sad or disappointed. But it does make me reflective. This song makes me think of him.

4. "She Likes Purple" by Wideawake. Come on, how can I not give a little credit to this song. It inspired this space. Without this space, well, let's not even think about that.

5. "The World Spins Madly On" by The Weepies. This last pick was tough but this song just ... moves me. In a way few others do. It reminds me, every time I hear it, to live. Not to think about living or to talk about it but to actually do it. 

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What's on your mix tape?

Comments

[Vos]

Alright here goes

1) Good Riddance-Green Day. This is the song they played right before we walked across the stage at my highschool graduation including the choice words at the beginning (at my christian school)

2)45-Shinedown. This is my go to when I'm feeling angsty or upset and just lets me scream with the windows down driving song

3)Sittin on the Dock of the Bay- Otis Redding. This is the song my dad and I will do the whistling part to anytime its on since I was 10...mostly to annoy my mom.

4)Far Away-Nickelback. Yes, Nickelback...this is the first song Brandon held me and we sorta swayed and danced too....just a feel good moment song. For those who know our long story. I hadn't heard this song but when he finally told me he loved me it was the first line of the chorus "I love you, I have loved you all along"

5)Amber-311. This is what I would call "our" song we both love it and sing it and we can pick it out above any noisy crowd, if someone is driving by and it's on, or if it's in a tv show or movie...everytime.

[Life of a Doctor's Wife]

This is so hard! Here's what I came up with...

1. I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingoes (the last song on the first mix CD my husband ever made me, and subsequently our first dance song)
2. Say It Ain’t So by Weezer (off one of my all-time favorite albums)
3. Don’t Go Near the Water by Sammy Kershaw (the first country song I ever loved, back when I was a wee child)
4. Today by Smashing Pumpkins
5. To Build a Home by the Cinematic Orchestra (this is a song we had performed at our wedding ceremony by a string trio)

Love your list - Uptown Girl is a fantastic song. I think it would make my mix tape, too, somewhere.

[Heather]

Wow...I'd have to give this some thought before I could answer. But I did want to say that I love that Blue October song.

[AmandaJo]

1. "Electric Worry," by Clutch. They are an amazing jam band, and the lyrics are very much about lack of worry and rolling on. Which is what it's all about. And I defy anyone to listen to this band and not feel better afterward.

2. "Please Me," by Jack Johnson, because it's soothing, and hearing it puts me back to when the Mr and I were just starting out. Fuzzy, silky memories.

3. "You and I," by Ingrid Michaelson. My life plan: Let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance.

4. "Down on the Corner," by CCR. Hello, oldies soundtrack to my childhood. Let's go play hide-n-seek. (My dad was a HUGE CCR fan. His brother's CB handle was Clearwater Fox.)

5. "I'm So Sick," by Flyleaf. That tiny little girl can growl. And I like songs where the writer tells you something real about themselves. I like honesty in general, so.

[Katy]

So love this. I've found three songs that I need to listen to. Love that song by the Weepies.

Now I'm off to think of my own mix tape.

[Dianna]

Uptown Girl is one of my favorites, too. Billy Joel is the only artist I've seen in concert who sounds exactly the same live as on the radio. I was very impressed. Anyway:

1. "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain
2. "I Loved Her First" by Heartland
3. "Lost in This Moment With You" by Big and Rich
4. "Down in Mississippi" by Sugarland
5. "Good Riddance" by Greenday

[Jen L.]

Yay! I love this list. Thanks for answering my question. I actually have a mix tape (well, CD) with Uptown Girl on it.
Here are 5 from me. Feel free to laugh hysterically.

1. "The Sweetest Thing" by U2
2. "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" by The Darkness
3. "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS
4. "American Girl" by Tom Petty (my ULTIMATE driving song)
5. "Take It Easy" by The Eagles