Current Top Music (extra large post)

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I'm just splitting up that first post because it takes too long to load it when I look through the blog.


This may be a long post, but it's my first real post, so I may need to just vomit a bunch of songs out right now to give this blog some weight in my mind. I'm just going to go into my iTunes and see what songs pop out to me at the moment to give you a taste of what I like.

Theme - Jon Brion (from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

Of course, I will need to first post my #1 played song (is it #1 because it's a short song?). I love Jon Brion's music, and I hope you go search for more after you see this post. I find him very quirky and whimsical, and find him great when I'm in a daydreamy kind of mood (a mood I am found in most often). Although I first heard the song in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I first was turned on to the genius of Jon Brion when I saw his song performed on So You think You Can Dance. I'll post a link to the performance:

Jose and Allison - Contemporary

After I saw that, I found everything I could find by Jon Brion to get a feel for his music as a whole.

Breathe Me - Sia

I always liked this song, especially when I saw the stop-motion Polaroid video that accompanied it. However, I really fell in love with it when I saw the series finale of Six Feet Under. I don't want to ruin anything about the show, so go watch it in its entirety and then we can talk. Seriously, go watch it. Click the link, you'll see on IMDb that it's rated 9.0/10. Seriously. WATCH IT.

Threnody - Goldmund

I found this song through an awesome video I found while surfing YouTube:

I found this a great song to listen to while creating art with a melancholy mood. It's also good for just relaxing and staring at the stars or something. Do with it what you please.

When I saw the title, I wondered what it meant, so, I obviously googled it. It turns out that a threnody is "a song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person." That definition made me listen to the song in a whole new light.