If you don’t read any other post by me you should probably read this one…
please please look over these, they are amazing songs in my opinion (plus I might have dedicated one to you)
Christa’s Top Songs of 2006
So these are my top songs of 2006. These songs were not necessarily released in 2006 but they are songs that I have discovered, fell in love with, and think everyone should check out. It’s hard to remember when I actually first discovered a song, so I made my list differently this year. I took all the songs I had added in 2006 and then chose from that. I don’t always listen to songs when I first add them and it might take me a long time to discover them, that said, there were probably some great songs left out, but oh wells.
I think most of these songs really say a lot about the last year of my life and I have included little comments or dedicated certain songs to people. I tried to mix it up and some songs seem a bit out of the blue but everyone recalls a certain memory or deep feeling. I don’t know why I would assume anyone would actually want this but if you would like I could make you an MP3 of all these songs since I already have the playlist made.
The first 15 are ranked but the rest are random:
1)Breathe Me-Sia
-this is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I have ever heard and has kept me sane throughout this year
2)No Lies, Just Love-Bright Eyes
-the lyrics to this song really click with me…I love Bright Eyes
“and I sat watching a flower/ as it was withering/ I was embarrased by it's honesty/ so I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling face/ not this fucking wreck/ that's taken it's place”
3)Three Is a Magic Number-Blind Melon (Cover fr. Schoolhouse Rock)
-this song just has to be #3, this one is for my sister and the memories of the good times we had this year, even if things aren’t so great between us anymore
4)I Will Follow You Into the Dark-Death Cab for Cutie
-so lovely, I want someone to feel this way about me
5)All The Same-Sick Puppies
-this is the song from the Free Hug Movement video and that always reminds me of Ryan so this song is for him
6)Hamburg’s Song-Keane
7)Everything is Alright- Motion City Soundtrack
-Minnesota love
8)In A Little While-U2-(Elevation 2001 [live from Boston])
- “In a little while/This hurt will hurt no more/I'll be home”---Drewidia <3
9)What We Hate, We Make-The Rocket Summer
-this one goes out to the city of Minneapolis because I can clearly remember dancing to this on the street when I
was walking back to my apartment in a moment of happiness
10)Welcome to the Black Parade- My Chemical Romance
-“when you grow up, will you be the saviour of the broken, The beaten and the damned?" I Sure hope I can at least help…
11)Love Affair-Regina Spektor
-probably my favorite artist I discovered this year, she is amazing-thanks Lisa and Clarissa!
12)There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought of it Yet- Panic! At the Disco
-I think this title needs its own LJ cut…good song though
13)A Slow Descent-Straylight Run
-this one goes out to Clarissa who shared one of my favorite concert experiences
14)Dreaming-Loudon Wainwright
15)Lullaby-Jack Johnson feat. Matt Costa
16)Gone So Young-Amber Pacific
17)Boston-Augustana
18)Keep Holding On-Avril Lavigne
19)In The Deep-Bird York
-another haunting song
20)Hate Me Today-Blue October
21)With God on Our Side-Bob Dylan
-I love the Straylight Run version of this as well
22)Bowl of Oranges-Bright Eyes
23)Ain’t No Other Man-Christina Aguillera
24)See You Soon-Coldplay
-to all my dear Drewids
25)Two Points for Honesty-Guster
-this one is for Andrea who I first met when we went to the Guster concert
26)Put Your Records On-Corrine Bailey Rae
27)Holiday in Spain-Counting Crows
-this one is for Emma
28)9 Crimes-Damien Rice
29)The Future Freaks Me Out- Motion City Soundtrack
-to Alissa…what a concert!
30)Someday You Will Be Loved-Death Cab for Cutie
31)Le Matin-Yann Tiersen (instrumental)
32)Not Ready to Make Nice-Dixie Chicks
-I love the way they just say Fuck You...except more lyrically
33)The Art Teacher-Rufus Wainwright
-to my dear Deanne…and her trip to visit me on Spring Break!
34)Dark Blue-Jack’s Mannequin
-to Chao…who made me a beautiful Gusteer/Jack’s Mannequin cd
35)Zuhälter-Wir Sind Helden (We Are Heroes) (German)
-this one is for Katie because this song reminds me of disco fiestas and our great friendship
-thanks to Sarah for all my great German music
36)One Day I Slowly Floated Away-Eisley
37)Natural One (acoustic)-Folk Implosion
-this is such a random song but I like it
38)Where’d You Go?-Fort Minor
39)How To Save A Life-The Fray
40)People Watching-Jack Johnson
-this goes out to all the people I watched and had conversations with on the bus…good times
41)The Badlands-Gatsby’s American Dream
42)Beautiful Disaster(live)-Kelly Clarkson
-this one is for Sarah-I didn't care for this song until I heard this version
43)A Manifesto of Tangible Wealth-Gatsby’s American Dream
44)Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
45)Barrel of a Gun-Guster
46)I Believe in Symmetry-Bright Eyes
47)Your Heart is an Empty Room-Death Cab for Cutie
48)So Long-Guster
49)Upside Down-Jack Johnson
50)Trolley Wood-Eisley
51)With My Own Two Hands-Jack Johnson
-this is a cover of Ben Harpers original and the lyrics are my new life motto
52)Broken-Jack Johnson
53)Hit the Switch-Bright Eyes
54)Kill the Messenger-Jack’s Mannequin
55)The Birds of St. Marks-Jackson Browne
56)Waiting on the World to Change-John Mayer
57)Anything’s Possible-Johnny Lang
-this one goes out to Lance and ‘our’ apartment in Fargo, which is where Johnny Lang is from
58)Because of You-Kelly Clarkson
59)Sweet Blindness-Laura Nyro
-this one is for Lisa who put up with my annoying idiosyncrasies
60)Emma Stanton-Tété (French)
61)Nothing Left to Lose-Mat Kearney
62)Le Tube de l’ete-mickey3d (French)
-most of my French music is from my brother, I have a lot of wierd stuff...haha...
63)Attractive Today-Motion City Soundtrack
64)Us- Regina Spektor
65)Perfect Teeth- Motion City Soundtrack
66)Famous Last Words-My Chemical Romance
67)Dead!- My Chemical Romance
68)Teenagers- My Chemical Romance
69)The End- My Chemical Romance
-opps…didn’t mean to get all of these in a row…I think Seng deserves these songs though, since he loves MCR so much
70)Unwritten-Natasha Bedingfield
71)I Write Sins Not Tragedies-Panic! At the Disco
-to Erica, Alissa, and Deanne and the remembrance of the drive to Perkins that one night
72)Build God, Then We’ll Talk- Panic! At the Disco
-this one is for Carolyn, who I had a crazy Bamboozle experience with
73)Get Up-Quietdrive
-another great Minnesota band, I loved them for a long time and they finally came out with a cd!
74)I Lie Awake-Quietdrive
75)Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-gotta love a song that mentions both Minnesota and North Dakota
76)Fidelity- Regina Spektor
77)Nur Ein Wort-Wir Sind Helden (German)
78)Samson- Regina Spektor
79)The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage- Panic! At the Disco
80)December- Regina Spektor
81)I So Hate Consequences-Relient K
-to Lisa-I’m good, good, good to go
82)Eastbound Traffic-Remember Maine
83)Goodbye Waves and Driveways-The Rocket Summer
84)Gekommen Um Zu Bleiben-Wir Sind Helden (German)
85)Across the Universe-Rufus Wainwright
86)Hips Don’t Lie-Shakira
87)Caring is Creepy-The Shins
-this one is for Brian since it's from Garden State and that was one of our end of the year movies
88)On the Radio- Regina Spektor
89)New Slang-The Shins
90)Don’t Bring Me Down-Sia
91)One More Day-Sinead O’Connor-(Veronica Guerin Soundtrack)
-this is such a beautiful soundtrack, this track especially, it has some Irish in it as well
92)Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol
93)Konstantine-Something Corporate
94)A Million Years-Teddy Geiger
95)Ces Grands Moments de Solitude- Tété (French)
96)Ich sang die ganze Zeit von dir-Tomte (German)
97)Somedays- Regina Spektor
98)Geht Auseinander-Wir Sind Helden (German)
99)Crooked Teeth-Death Cab for Cutie
100)Loin Des Villes-Yann Tiersen (instrumental)
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Christa’s Top Songs of 2006
So these are my top songs of 2006. These songs were not necessarily released in 2006 but they are songs that I have discovered, fell in love with, and think everyone should check out. It’s hard to remember when I actually first discovered a song, so I made my list differently this year. I took all the songs I had added in 2006 and then chose from that. I don’t always listen to songs when I first add them and it might take me a long time to discover them, that said, there were probably some great songs left out, but oh wells.
I think most of these songs really say a lot about the last year of my life and I have included little comments or dedicated certain songs to people. I tried to mix it up and some songs seem a bit out of the blue but everyone recalls a certain memory or deep feeling. I don’t know why I would assume anyone would actually want this but if you would like I could make you an MP3 of all these songs since I already have the playlist made.
The first 15 are ranked but the rest are random:
1)Breathe Me-Sia
-this is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I have ever heard and has kept me sane throughout this year
2)No Lies, Just Love-Bright Eyes
-the lyrics to this song really click with me…I love Bright Eyes
“and I sat watching a flower/ as it was withering/ I was embarrased by it's honesty/ so I'd prefer to be remembered as a smiling face/ not this fucking wreck/ that's taken it's place”
3)Three Is a Magic Number-Blind Melon (Cover fr. Schoolhouse Rock)
-this song just has to be #3, this one is for my sister and the memories of the good times we had this year, even if things aren’t so great between us anymore
4)I Will Follow You Into the Dark-Death Cab for Cutie
-so lovely, I want someone to feel this way about me
5)All The Same-Sick Puppies
-this is the song from the Free Hug Movement video and that always reminds me of Ryan so this song is for him
6)Hamburg’s Song-Keane
7)Everything is Alright- Motion City Soundtrack
-Minnesota love
8)In A Little While-U2-(Elevation 2001 [live from Boston])
- “In a little while/This hurt will hurt no more/I'll be home”---Drewidia <3
9)What We Hate, We Make-The Rocket Summer
-this one goes out to the city of Minneapolis because I can clearly remember dancing to this on the street when I
was walking back to my apartment in a moment of happiness
10)Welcome to the Black Parade- My Chemical Romance
-“when you grow up, will you be the saviour of the broken, The beaten and the damned?" I Sure hope I can at least help…
11)Love Affair-Regina Spektor
-probably my favorite artist I discovered this year, she is amazing-thanks Lisa and Clarissa!
12)There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought of it Yet- Panic! At the Disco
-I think this title needs its own LJ cut…good song though
13)A Slow Descent-Straylight Run
-this one goes out to Clarissa who shared one of my favorite concert experiences
14)Dreaming-Loudon Wainwright
15)Lullaby-Jack Johnson feat. Matt Costa
16)Gone So Young-Amber Pacific
17)Boston-Augustana
18)Keep Holding On-Avril Lavigne
19)In The Deep-Bird York
-another haunting song
20)Hate Me Today-Blue October
21)With God on Our Side-Bob Dylan
-I love the Straylight Run version of this as well
22)Bowl of Oranges-Bright Eyes
23)Ain’t No Other Man-Christina Aguillera
24)See You Soon-Coldplay
-to all my dear Drewids
25)Two Points for Honesty-Guster
-this one is for Andrea who I first met when we went to the Guster concert
26)Put Your Records On-Corrine Bailey Rae
27)Holiday in Spain-Counting Crows
-this one is for Emma
28)9 Crimes-Damien Rice
29)The Future Freaks Me Out- Motion City Soundtrack
-to Alissa…what a concert!
30)Someday You Will Be Loved-Death Cab for Cutie
31)Le Matin-Yann Tiersen (instrumental)
32)Not Ready to Make Nice-Dixie Chicks
-I love the way they just say Fuck You...except more lyrically
33)The Art Teacher-Rufus Wainwright
-to my dear Deanne…and her trip to visit me on Spring Break!
34)Dark Blue-Jack’s Mannequin
-to Chao…who made me a beautiful Gusteer/Jack’s Mannequin cd
35)Zuhälter-Wir Sind Helden (We Are Heroes) (German)
-this one is for Katie because this song reminds me of disco fiestas and our great friendship
-thanks to Sarah for all my great German music
36)One Day I Slowly Floated Away-Eisley
37)Natural One (acoustic)-Folk Implosion
-this is such a random song but I like it
38)Where’d You Go?-Fort Minor
39)How To Save A Life-The Fray
40)People Watching-Jack Johnson
-this goes out to all the people I watched and had conversations with on the bus…good times
41)The Badlands-Gatsby’s American Dream
42)Beautiful Disaster(live)-Kelly Clarkson
-this one is for Sarah-I didn't care for this song until I heard this version
43)A Manifesto of Tangible Wealth-Gatsby’s American Dream
44)Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
45)Barrel of a Gun-Guster
46)I Believe in Symmetry-Bright Eyes
47)Your Heart is an Empty Room-Death Cab for Cutie
48)So Long-Guster
49)Upside Down-Jack Johnson
50)Trolley Wood-Eisley
51)With My Own Two Hands-Jack Johnson
-this is a cover of Ben Harpers original and the lyrics are my new life motto
52)Broken-Jack Johnson
53)Hit the Switch-Bright Eyes
54)Kill the Messenger-Jack’s Mannequin
55)The Birds of St. Marks-Jackson Browne
56)Waiting on the World to Change-John Mayer
57)Anything’s Possible-Johnny Lang
-this one goes out to Lance and ‘our’ apartment in Fargo, which is where Johnny Lang is from
58)Because of You-Kelly Clarkson
59)Sweet Blindness-Laura Nyro
-this one is for Lisa who put up with my annoying idiosyncrasies
60)Emma Stanton-Tété (French)
61)Nothing Left to Lose-Mat Kearney
62)Le Tube de l’ete-mickey3d (French)
-most of my French music is from my brother, I have a lot of wierd stuff...haha...
63)Attractive Today-Motion City Soundtrack
64)Us- Regina Spektor
65)Perfect Teeth- Motion City Soundtrack
66)Famous Last Words-My Chemical Romance
67)Dead!- My Chemical Romance
68)Teenagers- My Chemical Romance
69)The End- My Chemical Romance
-opps…didn’t mean to get all of these in a row…I think Seng deserves these songs though, since he loves MCR so much
70)Unwritten-Natasha Bedingfield
71)I Write Sins Not Tragedies-Panic! At the Disco
-to Erica, Alissa, and Deanne and the remembrance of the drive to Perkins that one night
72)Build God, Then We’ll Talk- Panic! At the Disco
-this one is for Carolyn, who I had a crazy Bamboozle experience with
73)Get Up-Quietdrive
-another great Minnesota band, I loved them for a long time and they finally came out with a cd!
74)I Lie Awake-Quietdrive
75)Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-gotta love a song that mentions both Minnesota and North Dakota
76)Fidelity- Regina Spektor
77)Nur Ein Wort-Wir Sind Helden (German)
78)Samson- Regina Spektor
79)The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage- Panic! At the Disco
80)December- Regina Spektor
81)I So Hate Consequences-Relient K
-to Lisa-I’m good, good, good to go
82)Eastbound Traffic-Remember Maine
83)Goodbye Waves and Driveways-The Rocket Summer
84)Gekommen Um Zu Bleiben-Wir Sind Helden (German)
85)Across the Universe-Rufus Wainwright
86)Hips Don’t Lie-Shakira
87)Caring is Creepy-The Shins
-this one is for Brian since it's from Garden State and that was one of our end of the year movies
88)On the Radio- Regina Spektor
89)New Slang-The Shins
90)Don’t Bring Me Down-Sia
91)One More Day-Sinead O’Connor-(Veronica Guerin Soundtrack)
-this is such a beautiful soundtrack, this track especially, it has some Irish in it as well
92)Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol
93)Konstantine-Something Corporate
94)A Million Years-Teddy Geiger
95)Ces Grands Moments de Solitude- Tété (French)
96)Ich sang die ganze Zeit von dir-Tomte (German)
97)Somedays- Regina Spektor
98)Geht Auseinander-Wir Sind Helden (German)
99)Crooked Teeth-Death Cab for Cutie
100)Loin Des Villes-Yann Tiersen (instrumental)
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