Good Songs, In No Obvious Order, Unless You Can Find One, John Nash
"Are You Gonna Go My Way?"- Lenny Kravitz
This song is SO good. The riff, that constant, awesome, mind-blowing bass-riff... He's got just the voice for it, too. Oh, my God... It's a Jesus song, according to VH1, whom never lie. I guess. The words are okay. It's just the melody I love, the music. I could listen to that song twelve hours straight.
"Show Me How To Live"- Audioslave
It's got the same quality as "Are You Gonna Go My Way?". Just very steady and heavy. Proabably another somehwat Jesus-song as well. Maybe according to VH1, I'm not sure. It's a little haunting, this song. But annoying towards the end with the computer-wobbled voice. It's too much. If it doesn't work for absolutely anybody else in the entire world, why would it work for Chris Cornell?
"Heart-Shaped Box"- Nirvana
It's so simple. But therein lies the beauty of Nirvana. The guitar sounds like it's sick, the drum sounds defeated, it's sad and angry... and the lyrics are awesome. They sound nice, fit well in the song, and make it sound kind of warped with their half-sense. I always get the picture of somebody sitting alone in a dark, purple room talking to themselves, and there's a window with a yellow sky... and this is one of the few songs whose video I thought went with the song.
(Half-sense, a homemade phrase, or something I made up, depending on what kind of mood I'm in. I bid you to spread it around, and, for your benefit, I shall make no STD jokes.)
"Oblivion"- Eve 6
I don't quite know how to describe this song. A little more than mellow. It's got energy, just... okay, I picture it like me on a good day, though I sincerely hope you don't. Like somebody quietly, though not muttering, saying sarcastic comments with a slight smile on their face to a person they know won't understand, next to a person who does and is enjoying it. I'm a psycho loon. Another song whose lyrics I like.
Hmm, and this song that just came on the radio, and I know Everclear when I hear them. I have no idea if it's old or new, but it's not about a garden, a father of his, or anything being wonderful, which is the extent of my shallow Everclear knowledge. Okay, maybe not for this list... whatever. Living beside the ocean, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
"Million Miles Away"- The Offspring
Okay, this one's definately not mellow, and it sounds very much like Offspring. You wouldn't think so, you know what with it being their song and all... I love the ending, the franticness of it all.
"Creatures For A While"- 311
I had no hope for 311, and I couldn't believe this was their song. It kicks ass. Okay, in the refrain, they say something that sounds like "I wanna blow up France" but I'm willing to chalk that up to my lack of mad auditory skills, or sarcasm.
I grow tired of this. I think I will cease. Hoorah, I say, Hoorah!