Fall, Glimmer, Sparkle and Fade

:: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 ::

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D thinks I'm an awful person for not posting, but then she takes forever to pick something new:
I suck at life sometimes. Here's your list... Top 5 title tracks. Lame intro I know, but when I fumbled back there... there really is no recovery.

In fact, there was no recovery for her. I guess we're even, since I go two months between posts. Something I've picked up very quickly is that it's so much easier to post without the whole 'job' thing. Nonetheless, I'm not a brain surgeon, so I should be able to get a list up quicker than I have been. I'll do my best. You guys (Yes, both of you) just need to keep up with the suggestions.

I think every time I put up a new list, I talk about how hard it was to come up with. I'm sorry to sound like a broken record, but this really was. If only because there's so little to choose from. Think of all your favorite albums and then think about how many A) have title tracks and B) those that have title tracks, those songs don't suck big... Well, you get the picture. There was no 'science' to this one, I just went through the CD collection, and these are the ones that jumped out to me. For better or for worse, I kept it to relatively recent albums. Enjoy.

1. Bruce Springsteen "The Rising"
- This one seemed all too appropriate with my last post and all. So many albums just take the one song that is 'radio friendly' and sounds nothing like the rest of the record and make that the name of the CD. While this was a single, it was anything but a stand alone sound wise. The Rising was an album that not only helped people heal, but it has a timeless feel to it. There isn't a song that better represents the album.

2. Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
- I haven't been keeping track, but Ben might be the #1 artist as far as showing up on these lists go. If you ever get really bored, feel free to count them all up and give me a tally. Anyway. I'd be lying if I really thought this song was the best representation of the album, but the thing with Ben is, even with the Five, you could never pick out just one song from any CD. From start to finish, every album Ben gets involved with ends up giving you a bit of everything. The reason RTS jumped out to me was because it was exactly what people didn't expect. He had been known more of a ballad writer --and for good reason -- but instead of taking advantage of that and releasing something sappy he goes the completely opposite direction.

3. Our Lady Peace "Clumsy"
- What a great record. The first single, "Superman's Dead", was the song that initially turned me onto OLP. But after a few listens, the title track clearly stands out as the backbone of the disc. Intense and dark, but with a touch of hope in there.

4. Jimmy Eat World "Bleed American"
- Though many Jimmy Eat World fans would probably argue with me, I thought this was the perfect lead single for the album. Now, technically it isn't the title track anymore. Since they changed the name of the album to "Jimmy Eat World" after Sept. 11th. Pretty silly if you ask me, thus I still consider this to be the title track. BA isn't the best song on the album -- that distinction belongs to "Hear You Me" -- but I'd have no problem playing this for people and saying: "If you like this, you'll dig the record." In related news, their new album Futures is in stores Oct. 19th.

5. Green Day "American Idiot"
- Finally, a brand spankin new song. It feels like Green Day has been around forever. Wait. They have, haven't they? When I first heard this song, I knew two things: A) It was Green Day and B) I needed to own the album. After giving the record a good couple listens it became apparent they could have picked at least three other songs that would've had more crossover appeal at radio. Kudos to the boys of Green Day for sticking it to the man.

:: Ryan 10:15 PM [+] ::
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