Music @ MindSay

A few months ago, (entry dated June 15 2008) I mused that a song on my iPod was about to hit 100 listens for the first time.  It's worth noting that while I got the iPod for Christmas last year,  I rebooted it a few months later when I returned my laptop and synced it up with my PC.  So it's taken longer than it theoretically should have to get there.

That said, at the time, I had a 3-way tie as the frontrunner, between The Rolling Stones "Tumbling Dice," Weezer's "The Good Life" and The Sounds' "Song with a Mission" each at 88.

This past week, the Stones became the first to hit 100, followed by Weezer.  The Sounds are bubbling under at 98.  Tied with it is Weezer's "Perfect Situation" which wasn't even in the top 10 in the earlier post.  Rounding out the top 5 is "Say it Ain't So," giving Weezer a pretty good domination of this list with 93 listens, up one spot from last time when it had a mere 79 listens.  Go figure.

Rounding out the top ten:

6. Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (down one spot) 92 listens
7. The Clash - Death or Glory (same spot) 91 listens
8. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On (down four spots) 90 listens
9. Weezer - Buddy Holly (same spot) 89 listens
10. Weezer - El Scorcho (previously unranked) 88 listens

The former numbers 8 and 10 have dropped 4 and 3 spots respectively...

11. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London, 87 listens
12. Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar, 86 listens
13. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want, 82 listens
14. Patti Smith - Gloria, 80 listens
15. Stars - Reunion, 77 listens

And for kicks, the remainder of the list...

16. The Who - Baba O'Riley, 77 listens
17. The White Strips - You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told), 75 listens
18. Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years, 73 listens
19. The White Strips - My Doorbell, 73 listens
20. Lit - My Own Worst Enemy, 72 listens
21. Sublime - What I Got, 72 listens
22. Weezer, Only in Dreams, 72 listens
23. Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knockin', 71 listens
24. The White Strips - The Denial Twist, 70 listens
25. The Beatles - Hey Jude, 68 listens

Interesting that some bands seem to pop up in there so frequently.  I do include Weezer on a lot of my playlists (although I still generally listen to randomized ones) and I also tend to listen to Pinkerton quite often.  Interesting that it takes so long to get to the Beatles as they're the second most populous band on my iPod (Aerosmith, not even present, being by far the most.)  My theory is that with more songs like those two bands, individual ones are less likely to get replayed.  With Weezer and the Stones there is a decent supply but not abundance of their songs on there (about 30 apiece.)  Also all throughout the list are bands I only have one or two songs from - Zevon, Patti Smith, Sublime, etc.  The Clash are an interesting case as I have the entirety of London Calling on there and yet, just the one song.  Go figure.

I wonder what this collection of songs says about me.  Probably the same things everything says about me.  ("Buddy you need to get some.")

Keep on rockin
-Scott

I don't want to like the new Paramore song....but I definitely do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiJe4gUH0fk

(it's possibly not new AT ALL, but I saw it being played on one of the music channels yesterday/2 days ago, and there it is, in my head, all that time later)


Dammit.



that's what you get when you let your heart win

Dammit.




also, some (unsolicited) advice from Phish:
don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free...


<sup>(**What else are you listening to lately, Emily?  Well, here it is:
- Brand New - Moshi Moshi
- Weezer - Pink Triangle
- Josh Turner - Would You Go With Me?
- Bjork - Joga
- New Found Glory - King of Wishful Cover (blows the original AWAY)
- Lil Wayne - I'm Me
- Ani Difranco - Imperfectly )</sup>

Last night as I was walking to my bus stop to go home, I had one of the most heart felt experiences in my life.

It began about 2 blocks before my stop which is in the heart of downtown. I saw a homeless elderly man begging for change as he sat against the wall of a high rise office building. The site is common in this area, in fact I see it everyday. What made this time different was that as I came closer to him, I noticed....he was sobbing. He would hold out his tattered cap to people and would put his head in his raised knees each time they passed, all the while sobbing silently. I was so sad for him! I just had to try and help in someway. I came up to him and he almost looked shocked that there was someone paying attention. I handed him $5 and his eyes got bright and he tried to smile while drying his eyes. I told him to try and keep his head up, and was just about to continue walking, when he asked if I had a minute to just sit n talk. At first I had the normal thoughts of 'Oh I have no time, I have to go do things.' But somehow, I stopped myself and had a deep feeling within me to stay. So I sat...and sat...and listened. I'm glad I did.

His name is 'Rooster' (for the way he always wakes up early) and for about the next hour, he simply told me of his life. His happy times, ex lovers, the horrific things he'd seen and experienced, and story after wonderful, moving story. He was smart, funny and more full of life than many of my 8-5 co-workers! I haven't had such a great time listening to someone's real life bio in a long time. I truly did appreciate his words and wisdom, and knew I should be very grateful for all that I have. This post may seem generic or just trying to make me look like the all mighty good samaritan, but it's not. It's simply a post to hopefully have a reader take a moment to...keep their head up.

So 'Rooster', wherever you are, thanks for the chat and this post and video are for you my friend.

 

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