The Return of WinAmp

Yup, I'm'a do it to you again, because I feel like it, and in honor of watching VH1 count down the 80s songs yesterday with my Momma. The rules are: I remove everything from WinAmp's playlist, and then re-add the whole mess. I get one free jump-ahead click, otherwise I'd have to listen to 'Til Tuesday's Voices Carry every time I do these. Proceeding...

1. A Perfect Circle, Orestes. Makes me sad, reminds me of an old friend and her husband. I miss them sometimes, and it's strange, because although we live in the same city, I'm sure that a call from me would not be welcome. Sometimes friendships end that way.

2. Nine Inch Nails, Parallel Dimensions. It's been on here forever and I think this is the first time I've listened to it. I'm not much for instrumentals (distinguish from classical music), but for you all, I'll try. Maybe not. It's over six minutes long.

3. Johnny Cash, Sunday Morning Coming Down. I love this song, it reminds me of college in Montevallo and sitting on the roof of a friend's house just before graduation. It also reminds me of a boy I adored for a while, and how he wrote these amazing short stories. I thought he was so creative and interesting. Turns out he wrote prose versions of Johnny Cash songs. This was way later in life, because had I known the glory of Johnny Cash then, I would have mocked that boy endlessly. And rued my taste in boys.

4. The Smiths, Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. Wow, I was miserable when I was 14/15. All that glorious California sunshine just sucked the joie de vivre right out of me. Still, there's really not a better song for a pity party, the bottle of red wine, the candles, and the notebook for scribbling sad, sad thoughts.

5. Ready For The World, Oh Sheila. I remember having this tape when I was 12 or 13. The singer's voice made me laugh because of the British-sounding accent when he spoke. I don't know if he is British, but if not, even funnier. Like listening to the first Ministry album. Poor Al. The early 80s were tough for him.

6. Maroon 5, Makes Me Wonder. I didn't like this song at first, but I got into it when listening to DC radio. And I still get a perverse pleasure out of adding the correct cuss words into radio-cleansed songs.

7. Love and Rockets, No Big Deal. Ah, my first love. We had a rocky end to the relationship, you know the kind, where you go back and forth to that person. We knew we weren't right together, but it almost harder to be apart. This song was a B-side of a cass-single, and it (didn't really) helped when I was feeling sad/angry about him. He never was no big deal. It gets easier with time, but the first never really goes away. Enough about him. If he reads this, he'll get a big head about it.

8. Gym Class Heroes, Cupid's Chokehold. One of my childhood best friends was a huge fan of Supertramp. I remember a lot of her songs, but I don't remember this one. Also, I sometimes confused Supertramp with Squeeze. You can see where this could get musically messy fast. This song's pretty cute; I liked the video.

9. Crystal Method, Ready For Action. I doubt I've ever listened to this song either. The 90s was a pretty techno-tastic phase for me. My friends and I went dancing all the time and hit Nashville a few times for some raves. Nowadays, I generally skip over this stuff.

10. James, Sometimes. I like James. I learned about them from a British friend in college. The lead singer (assuming he wrote the songs) seems like someone it'd be fun to have a beer with sometime. Usually I just skip over to Laid and giggle while listening to it, but I'm being good and following the rules.