I’ll get right to the point: The past couple of weeks have kicked my rear. I don’t have the energy to think of anything clever to say about this latest venture into iTunes Genius-land, so I’ll just jump straight into the lists. This one was based on Jeff Buckley’s cover of the Leonard Cohen classic “Hallelujah”, which now that I think about it makes for an appropriate theme, since that’s how I feel about this being the end of the week. Here’s the first ten songs of the list:
1. “Hallelujah” – Jeff Buckley
2. “There’s a World” – Neil Young
3. “Atlantic City” – Bruce Springsteen
4. “Summer Skin” – Death Cab for Cutie
5. “Satellite of Love” – Lou Reed
6. “40” – U2
7. “Rock and Roll” – The Velvet Underground
8. “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” – Simon and Garfunkel
9. “Mercy Street” – Peter Gabriel
10. “Gloria” – Patti Smith
And as played:
1. “Hallelujah” – Jeff Buckley
2. “Summer Skin” – Death Cab for Cutie
3. “Are You Ready for Country?” – Neil Young
4. “Bad” – U2
5. “There’s A World” – Neil Young
6. “Don’t Give Up” – Peter Gabriel
7. “Keep Me In Your Heart” – Warren Zevon
8. “Tempted” – Squeeze
9. “Walking on Broken Glass” – Annie Lennox
10. “Planet Claire” – The B-52s
There was a girl that lived in our neighborhood when I was a kid named Claire. She hated that song in the same way that my sister Eileen hated the song “Come On Eileen”. Other than that one, a whole lot of mellow in those songs. Which fits what I want from today just fine. Happy Friday, everyone.