Wednesday, June 23, 2010

listen in moderation.

i enjoy discovering new music.  

i sometimes have a problem with wearing out a newly discovered song, though. ya know what i'm talking about? the convenience of itunes and even more so, youtube, can damper the enjoyment of music. we listen to whatever we want at the click of a mouse (youtube) or the click of a mouse plus 99 cents (itunes). which is fine and dandy in most cases. but i have a tendency to discover a song that i enjoy very much and listen to it over and over and over...and over and over...

if i do it enough, i get sick of it for awhile. it's a bummer, really. i guess i need to learn to listen in moderation.

here are some songs i have especially enjoyed the last couple of months. check 'em out. maybe you'll find something new ya like. just don't listen to them too many times in a row. ;)

1. jesus culture stuff
2. the words i would say by sidewalk prophets
3. our god by chris tomlin
4. all roads lead home by golden state (from henry poole is here soundtrack)
5. (iq) this time around by hellen stellar (from henry poole...)
6. henry poole is here by ron irizarry (from henry poole...duh)
7. you won't relent by jesus culture or misty edwards
8. take my hand by the kry 
9. love by sugarland (live version)
10. ooh ahh by grits
11. love came down by brian johnson
12. chicago by sufjan stevens
13. michael buble in general - i like anything by him!
14. breakdown more by eric hutchinson (especially a live, acoustic version if ya can find it)
15. brand new day by joshua radin
16. 24 by switchfoot
17. fly by jason upton
18. 40 by u2
19. to be surprised by sondre lerche
20. vitamin string quartet (they do covers of SO many artists...but it's all stringed instruments...very cool. i really like their tributes to u2.)

how about you? any fun songs that you have been enjoying lately?