Please Don't Stop the Music

Almost 4 years ago now I dove headfirst into the land of music and have never regretted it. I have always liked John Denver, Neil Diamond, Gordon Lightfoot, and Elvis because of Mom. Later on, my sister Marlene introduced me to The Cure, Depeche Mode, and The Smiths and I have Amy to thank for Erasure, but I had never really explored much beyond that. Winter of2005 was a pretty low point in my life. I had for the first time in my life really, truly had my heart broken and it hurt. My first tattoo followed shortly thereafter, but I realized that probably wasn't the best hobby to get help me get over my hurt. Don't get my wrong, I love my tattoo and have never regretted getting it, or my 2nd one for that matter, but it isn't the way to heal a broken heart. Bridget Jones chose vodka and I chose music.

I am a list maker and going through my old notebooks I have pages upon pages of songs and bands that I discovered during this period of my life. Woxy.com became my bible and Pitchfork became my news. I always had the latest issues of Filter, Under The Radar and The Big Takeover. Music was my life during this time and it really did help me through a tough patch. Before I knew it my heart was on the mend and I had a great knowledge and love of the music that surrounded my life.

Arcade Fire, Artic Monkeys, Bauhaus, Bjork, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Camper Van Beethoven, The Concretes, The Detroit Cobras, the Doves, The Elected, The Fall, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Hard-Fi, Holly Golightly, Hot Chip, Husker Du, Interpol, Iron & Wine, James, Jenny Lewis, Joy Division, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, M. Ward, Magnetophone, The New Pornographers, Of Montreal, The Postal Service, Queens of the Stone Age, Rogue Wave, The Rosebuds, The Shins, The Sights, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Spoon, Stereolab, The Strokes, The Sugarcubes, Underworld, the White Stripes, and XTC are just some of the artists who helped get me trough. They remain some of my favorites today. I love music. I love hearing a song and the radio and actually get excited for more!

I am currently making a new car Cd. I make a new car Cd about every 3 months and rotate out one of my old ones from my 6 Cd changer. Dave usually gets the one I rotate out and then he gets to enjoy them like they were new. So far on my new car Cd I have these songs:

1. "X amount of Words" by Blue October (I am really enjoying this band right now)
   
2. "I Don't Remember" by Peter Gabriel (How can you not like Peter Gabriel?)
   
3. "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake (A classic song by Cake)
   
4. "Black Betty" by Ram Jam (This is just a fun song)
   
5. "Sissyneck" by Beck (Odelay is the best Beck album in my opinion)
   
6. "For Reasons Unknown" by The Killers (First heard the Killers on my way to work when their first single "Somebody Told Me" from Hot Fuss was released. I have loved them since)
   
7. "Overweight" by Blue October
8. "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon (I've had a Kings of Leon cd for awhile, but really didn't get into them until their new song "Sex on Fire" was released)
   
9. "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay (I like Keane better than Coldplay, but I love this song)
   
10. "Mercy" by Duffy (This song was used for a routine on So You Think You Can Dance? and it was great!)
    
11. "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (She has an amazing voice! Her music is a bit commercial, but I cannot get over how pure her voice is!)
    
12. "Beverly Hills" by Weezer (Oldie but goodie by Weezer)

I still need about 6-7 more songs for this Cd, but I need to think about it for awhile. A good car Cd can't be made in a day.

Any recommendations????