Top 7

I’ve been tasked with listing 7 songs I am “into” right now. That’s actually a tough task for me because most of the music I listen to is on the radio while I’m driving to/from work, and of course the DJs almost never report the name of the song or the artist. So, here’s my best shot:
1. Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Caught the second half of this the other day - it still gives me the chills! When I listen to something like this I am truly amazed at the power of music, and it reminds me of an org I sometimes donate to that specializes in music therapy.
2. Kanye West’s Gold Digger. Love the beat and background wails in this song. I didn’t realize until recently that it’s based on a Ray Charles song. Good stuff.
3. A Gorillaz song I don’t know the name of…
4. Don’t Cha by the Pussycat Dolls. This would be a really fun song to karaoke.
5. Pretty much anything by Audioslave
6. Beck’s latest. Again, don’t know the name, but it has a really catchy beat and psychedelic video. “Na, na..Na na na na na, na.”
7. Hunted by a Freak by Mogwai. My co-worker Mark sent this to me. I didn’t like it at first, but I never should have judged this song based on what I heard coming out of my crappy laptop speakers. I flew from Seattle to Newark on Saturday and my MP3 player died after about 15 minutes into the flight. I didn’t have any music on my computer other than this song, so I decided to give it another shot. Glad I did…I listened to it on repeat for as long as my computer had battery life.