Thursday, June 4, 2009

TOP FIVE (Vol. 9) - Tracks and Books That Have Changed You

15. Life on Mars (Seu Jorge/David Bowie)
14. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
13. Adam's Song (Blink 182)
12. Grantchester Meadows (Pink Floyd)
11. The Only Living Boy in New York (Simon & Garfunkel)
10. Green Eyes (Coldplay)
9. Amie (Damien Rice)
8. Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears)
7. I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You (Colin Hay)
6. Within You, Without You (The Beatles)
5. Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
4. Piano Man (Billy Joel)
3. God (John Lennon)
2. You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
1. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Elton John)


5. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
3. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
2. Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
1. Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett

Hey, haven't been here in a while. I can do this Top List

Music: For some I have to do albums, there are just too many songs
1). Trasatlanticism (album) -Death Cab for Cutie
2). The Wall -Pink Floyd
3). Narc -Interpol
4). Kid A (album) -Radiohead
5). Moonlight Sonata -Beethoven
6). Stunt -Barenaked Ladies
7). The World At Large -Modest Mouse
8). Piano Man -Billy Joel
9). Mr. Blue -Catherine Feeny
10). Night Moves/The Fire Inside -Bob Seger
11). American Beauty (album) -Thomas Newman
12). Bookstore -Jon Brion
13). It Ain't Me, Babe -Bob Dylan
14). Greatest Hits -Electric Light Orchestra
15). Biomusicology -Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
16). Return to Cookie Mountain -TV on The Radio
17). Everyone's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) -Baz Luhrmann
19). Peyoye Healing -Robbie Robertson


Books:
1). Long Day's Journey Into Night -Eugene O'Neill
2). There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) -Ray Bradbury
3). Slouching Towards Bethlehem -Joan Didion
4). The Things They Carried -Tim O'Brien
5). Sonny's Blues (short story) -James Baldwin
6). The American Pageant -Thomas Bailey
7). Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry -Mildred Taylor (that's going back to Middle School!)

Whoa, I remember Roll of Thunder. That's like 3rd grade for me. I'm gonna read the two short stories.