Music is incredible.
Some music can remind you of other places and times and people.
Let's make it a game! My Ipod "Top Rated" is on random. I'll write down the name of the song/artist and who/where that song reminds me of.
*It rarely has to do with the lyrics. More so with when and where I heard the song and who I was with.
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake, Kyle Scarbro when we first got MTV.
Baby Baby - Amy Grant, Jesse Rickard, Harold and Kumar
Johnny Be Good - Buddy Holly, Parents Back to the Future
Attention - The Academy Is..., Jeremy Cumberledge Cabin Deuce Fort Rolla'
Cemeteries and Greyhound Buses - Deja Norm'al, Andy Anderson, Chris Miller causing trouble
Us - Regina Spektor, David Courtney Wilson Hall
Meant to Live - Switchfoot, Josh Kennell, hahaha.
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens, The 11, Judson, Founding out there's more to music.
Cute Without The 'E' - Taking Back Sunday, Jeremy Cumberledge Wal-mart parking lot.
Five Days and Counting - Spitalfield, Ian Simkins, Jesse Rickard, dance off.
The Purple Bottle - Animal Collective, Adam Greene.
Walls - Emery, Jimmy Mech, JD Jespersen Oh baby.
She Doesn't Get It - The Format, Kyle Scarbro we're even.
9 Crimes - Damien Rice, Adam Greene Europe... and Shrek Three
Misery Business - Paramore, Kara Hedburg, Pete, Kevin, Munch, Dehaan, Open Mic Night
Time To Pretend - MGMT, Crossroads this summer
Tub Thumping - Chumbawumba, Matt Shields... awesome
Suicide Medicine - Rocky Votolato, Stefan Pfautz
Front Porch - Before Summer Ends, Corey Bienert, Coby, Jake and that one time I was in the band
Bow Down - Born of Osiris, Kevin, Pete, Jon, Eric.
Wannabe - Spice Girls, Arnold Summer Camp
The General - Dispatch, Matt Goasdone and freshman year
My Favorite Things - Titan's Forge, Alex Baddock. We need a Reunion
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda, Graham and his incredible videos
94 Hours - As I Lay Dying, Jon Browne, Jarred Willow Creek FACT team
The Reaping - Coheed and Cambria, Deanna and Chapel Drama
Is There a Ghost - Band of Horses, Luke Tofilon and North Carolina
Title and Registration - Death Cab for Cutie, Natalie, Rayne, Brandon, Chapel Drama '05
Pine - Ryan Almond, Adam Greene, Davie Lamb, Rockford, The Nice List.
Die Die Die - The Avett Brothers, Kyle again
Dark - Terminal, Kylie soon to be Kaufman
Push It - Salt N Pepper, Maryiam Ajayi, Matt Cerny Middle School... Kyle Free(?)
Big Yellow Taxi - Whahahappe?, JD Jespersen, Brian Atkinson, and the Great Justin Donner
Face Down - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Michael Hiskey and Warp Tour 2007
Mr. Blue Sky - Yann Tiersen, Adam Greene, JD Jespersen
The Minstrel's Prayer - Cartel, Jimmy Mech, JD Jespersen
New Hope - Five Iron Frenzy, Graham, Kyle and the Mids.
Not Gonna Get Us - TATU, Matt Goasdone, Jesse Rickard and the 2006 Lip Sync
Take it to da House - Trick Daddy, Kyle Scarbro
Hey Ya - Andre 3000, Luke Tofilon, open mic night
Tribal Call - Madison Greene, Bryan Saul, Daniel Witson, Caleb Wonder
Apache - Sugar Hill Gang, Jason Marshall, Ned Wright, lip sync 2008
Story of an Artist - Daniel Johnston, Joshua Truman
New Noise - Refused, Ian Simkins, late night studying for Philosophy
Song 2 - Blur, Graham and ARC, and starship troopers
My Girl - Temptations, Kurt and Pam, brothers and the living room.
How Far We've Come - Matchbox 20, the Riches and Patrick McGrath
Prague - Damien Rice, Everything Europe
Track 05 - Red Moon Rising, Johnsons, Krafts, Chris and Ashley, Crossroads this summer
La Breeze - Simian, Ryan Casey, the Rausch's, Podcast
The Pretender - Foo Fighters, Kym Gagnon fall '07
Sandstorm - Da Rude, Ned Wright
All of Us - Blindside, Jimmie Blount
The Bruised Reed - Anathallo, Adam Greene, Dan Little, Jake, Corey, Coby, etc
Leader - Phantom Planet, Adam Greene.
What it is to Burn - Brian Atkinson freshman year Wilson Hall
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk, Wilson Hall RAs 2007
For Today I Am a Boy - Antony and the Johnsons, Matt Imburgia and Studio '08
Memory - The Great Scott, Severna Park Boys
And now I'm tired of doing this... GOODNIGHT!
Ben Scarbro!!!!! how the heck are ya. you're in china and there are no pancakes!!!!! how do you do it. and there is no me how do you do it? but really why are you in china?
ReplyDeletePurple Haze by Jimmie Hendrix - Ben & me on Ritchie Hwy.
ReplyDeleteThen there's that other one. ???? I sorta knew about one and a half lines - Ben & me on an adventure, like to the dump.
(Pretty lame comment, huh?) Sorry Roscoe.
I love that you took the time to type all of this out. Do you have a life? haha but seriously, what amazing memories you must share with these friends! I loved reading the list (and I did read it ALL) even though I don't understand anything, it was fun to read. I did notice that my brother was on the list though..lucky him.. ;) xo
ReplyDeletedo yourself a nice big favor and go find Girl Talk on myspace, download the album for free, and thank me later.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh.
ReplyDeletefirst...suicide medicine is definitely stefan pfautz for me too. how does one kid represent a song for multiple people...impressive.
second, i was really happy to see my name on this list and i almost started crying thinking of chapel drama and lip sync.