Saturday, December 27, 2008

top songs of 2008

i've always wanted to do one of these, and i finally did.


1.   In your atmosphere (live) - john mayer

2.   Falls apart - thousand foot krutch

3.   Four become one - hawthorne heights

4.   Feel good drag – anberlin

5.   Violet hill - coldplay

6.   Cath – death cab for cutie

7.   A song is not a business plan – the rocket summer

8.   Bold as love (live) – john mayer

9.   Syndicate – the fray

10.        Stop and stare – onerepublic

11.        Love lockdown – kanye west

12.        Ready set go – tokio hotel

13.        Your love is strong – jon foreman

14.        Do you feel – the rocket summer

15.        Re-education (through labor) – rise against

16.        Use somebody – kings of leon

17.        Warwick avenue - duffy

18.        Free fallin’ (live) – john mayer

19.        Save – the rocket summer

20.        Mercy – duffy

21.        Storm the gates of hell – demon hunter

22.        Holiest of thieves – the myriad

23.        Lucky – Jason mraz ft colbie callait

24.        Anthem for the underdog – 12 stones

25.        So much love – the rocket summer

26.        I’m yours – Jason mraz

27.        Disappear - anberlin

28.        Scream – tokio hotel

29.        Stop this train (live) – john mayer

30.        Forget what you came for – the myriad

31.        Hey Brittany – forever the sickest kids

32.        I will possess your heart – death cab for cutie [but it has to be the 8 minute long one]

33.        Back burner – august burns red

34.        Rescue me – hawthorne heights

35.        Live every second – tokio hotel

36.        Neon (live) john mayer

37.        Little drummer boy – the almost

38.        The resolution – jack’s mannequin

39.        A clean shot – the myriad

40.        Revenge – jon foreman

41.        Lie to me – 12 stones

42.        Cape Canaveral – conor oberst

43.        You found me – the fray

44.        I’m not over – Carolina liar

45.        Ricochet! – shiny toy guns

46.        Death and all of his friends – coldplay

47.        Sex on fire – kings of leon

48.        Miserable visu (ex malo bonum) – anberlin

49.        Lovers in japan : reign of love – coldplay

50.        Everything starts where it ends – lovedrug

51.        You waste time like a grandfather clock – the myriad

52.        So, in this hour – the rocket summer

53.        Coffee break – forever the sickest kids

54.        Viva la vida – coldplay

55.        My god – this beautiful republic ft. aaron Gillespie

56.        Gravity (live) – john mayer

57.        God of this city – chris tomlin [yes, I really listen to him…]

58.        Awful direction – the almost

59.        Love remains the same – gavin rossdale

60.        Believe me I’m lying – forever the sickest kids

61.        You don’t know me – ben folds ft. regina spektor

62.        Artsy – the grouch

63.        Human – the killers

64.        Whoa oh (me vs everyone) – forever the sickest kids

65.        I don’t trust myself with loving you (live) – john mayer

66.        Grapevine fires – death cab for cutie

67.        Lost! – coldplay

68.        Crashin’ – jack’s mannequin

69.        Heartless – kanye west

Monday, December 1, 2008

you found me

I've become newfoundly obsessed with the fray's latest single over the past few weeks...playing it for everyone and getting their opinions on it.

i've always had a soft spot for the fray, and i think it's because of songs like this.

the song is basically a conversation with God that goes like this...

guy runs into God on the street and asks where he's been.

God says "ask anything"

he asks "where were you when everything was falling apart?"

i am madly in love with the bridge, i love the raw honesty about it...it's been changing some things inside of me...it goes like this:
"Early morning, the city breaks, i've been calling for years and years and years and years and you never left me no messages, you never sent me no letters, you've got some kind of nerve..."

we aren't supposed to talk to God like that...are we?

but maybe God can handle it....maybe thats what he wants to see....the raw and real and honest version of me.

i think this week i was reminded that this is what i'm thankful for.  the opportunity to be honest.  i think the change starts there...