They say the world is ending... again.
This song seems pretty fitting for the times. Or maybe it's just me. Everything has a pretty apocalyptic feel these days. Again, maybe it's just me. I've been down in the dumps lately. It's been nearly a month already, but I'm still reeling from the death of my mother. That and some related issues have made it very difficult to focus on life. Work has been especially difficult to deal with, but that has more to do with the company and the job than my mental health. Or at least as much to do with it.
Anyway, I'm rambling. But yeah, that's why I haven't been posting. I'm trying to get out of my funk, though.
What's with all the country music, bro?!
My musical tastes still seem to trend almost toward country, though I still don't listen to the type of country that is popular. Brent Cobb has written songs for some of those country artists, and I think that's probably his bread and butter. His own songs are great, though. To me, this sort of country music is just folk music with a southern accent.
It's not surprising at all that this was in my head this morning. This album has been played at least once a day by me for a while now. When I'm driving to work, I usually listen to it.
For some reason, I like to pick one record to drive to work to for a while and go with that until something else pops up. Then if you're driving the route with no music on, you hear the songs when you reach certain parts of the journey.
99th post in this series!
It might not be that evident anymore, considering I only seem to make one of these posts per month or so, but I've been doing these posts for a couple of years now. The original idea was to do it every day, but life gets in the way of that. If I were going to do that, I'd probably just have to keep a notebook by my bed and write the songs down, then make the posts later.
Spotify, anyone?
YouTube videos are one way to share music, but what about Spotify? Is that useful, or is a video better because everyone can play it? Actually, I don't even know how it works with a Spotify song if someone doesn't have a subscription. It probably still plays, I suppose. They do have ad-supported listening.
This post is part of an ongoing series in which I document the songs which are in my head immediately upon waking. I've been making them for a long time now.
Do you wake up with songs in your head regularly? What song was in your head this morning? Comment below, I'd love to hear from you!
The list so far
| # | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auli'i Cravalho | How Far I'll Go |
| 2 | Huey Lewis and the News | The Power of Love |
| 3 | Metallica | Sad But True |
| 4 | Metallica | Nothing Else Matters |
| 5 | Metallica | Wherever I May Roam |
| 6 | the pAper chAse | I Did a Terrible Thing |
| 7 | Metallica | Sad But True (Repeat) |
| 8 | Limbeck | Honk + Wave |
| 9 | AC/DC | Back in Black |
| 10 | Patsy Cline | Back in Baby's Arms |
| 11 | The Heligoats | Florida Panther |
| 12 | Patsy Cline | Walkin' After Midnight |
| 13 | Lord Huron | Until the Night Turns |
| 14 | Richard Edwards | Gene |
| 15 | Built to Spill | You Were Right |
| 16 | Richard Edwards | Olive Oyl |
| 17 | Frank Ocean | Sierra Leon |
| 18 | The Thermals | Back to Gray |
| 19 | Pedro The Lion | When They Really Get to Know You, They Will Run |
| 20 | Limbeck | Trouble |
| 21 | All Them Witches | Internet |
| 22 | Pedro The Lion | Keep Swinging |
| 22 | Father John Misty | Please Don't Die |
| 23 | Black Sabbath | Fairies Wear Boots |
| 24 | Father John Misty | Total Entertainment Forever |
| 25 | Cardi B | Best Life |
| 26 | All Them Witches | Call Me Star |
| 27 | Black Sabbath | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
| 28 | The Doors | Light My Fire |
| 29 | Al Green | Can't Get Next To You |
| 30 | Guns n' Roses | Civil War |
| 31 | Atlanta Rhythm Section | Spooky |
| 32 | Against Me! | Sink Florida Sink |
| 33 | Paula Abdul | Straight Up |
| 34 | Seals and Croft | Get Closer |
| 35 | Black Mountain | Mothers of the Sun |
| 36 | Hum | The Scientists |
| 37 | The Black Angels | Currency |
| 38 | Spiritualized | Here It Comes (The Road) Let's Go |
| 39 | Guns n' Roses | November Rain |
| 40 | Chris Staples | Times Square |
| 41 | The Get Up Kids | Ten Minutes |
| 42 | Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats | Death's Door |
| 43 | The Roots featuring Erykah Badu | You Got Me |
| 44 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | Rich Girl |
| 45 | The Lemonheads | It's All True |
| 46 | The Snake The Cross The Crown | The Great American Smokeout |
| 47 | Every Time I Die | Map Change |
| 48 | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast |
| 49 | Kevin DeVine | Heaven Bound and Glory Be |
| 50 | Wilco | Random Name Generator |
| 51 | Kanye West | All of the Lights |
| 52 | Terrence and Phillip (South Park) | Uncle Fucker |
| 53 | Alice in Chains | Angry Chair |
| 54 | Sturgill Simpson | Keep It Between The Lines |
| 55 | The War on Drugs | Holding On |
| 56 | Nine Inch Nails | Head Like a Hole |
| 57 | Jawbox | Empire of One |
| 58 | Alice in Chains | Rain When I Die |
| 59 | The Snake The Cross The Crown | Cotton Teeth |
| 60 | Crumb | Locket |
| 61 | Chad VanGaalen | Monster |
| 62 | Pedro The Lion | Clean up |
| 63 | The Mars Volta | The Widow |
| 64 | Magnolia Electric Company | Montgomery |
| 65 | The National | Runaway |
| 66 | Mac Miller | Circles |
| 67 | Bright Eyes | Make War |
| 68 | Mac Miller | Good News |
| 69 | Ryan Adams | Chains of Love |
| 70 | Oasis | Don't Look Back in Anger |
| 71 | R. Kelly | Ignition (Remix) |
| 72 | Ryan Adams | Rocks |
| 73 | Mount Eerie | Real Death |
| 74 | Better Living Community Center | Service Road |
| 75 | Lucy Dacus | Strange Torpedo |
| 76 | Wilco | Wishful Thinking |
| 77 | Limbeck | Making the Rounds |
| 78 | The Get Up Kids | Second Place |
| 79 | Shiner | Spinning |
| 80 | Shiner | Glass Jaw Test |
| 81 | Bright Eyes | Hot Knives |
| 82 | Satan (South Park) | I Want to Live Up There |
| 83 | R.E.M. | It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) |
| 84 | Owen | I'm Not Going Anywhere Tonight |
| 85 | The Posies | Solar Sister |
| 86 | The Gloria Record | Good Morning, Providence |
| 87 | Pulp | Pencil Skirt |
| 88 | Phoebe Bridgers | Kyoto |
| 89 | Baroness | Kerosene |
| 90 | Okkervil River | No Key, No Plan |
| 91 | Johnny Cash | Give My Love to Rose |
| 92 | Sierra Ferrell | In Dreams |
| 93 | Clem Snide | Exercise |
| 94 | Townes Van Zandt | Tecumseh Valley |
| 95 | The Flying Burrito Brothers | Sin City |
| 96 | Colter Wall | Caroline |
| 97 | Paul Cauthen | Cocaine Country Dancing |
| 98 | Justin Townes Earle | Black Eyed Suzy |
| 99 | Brent Cobb | The World is Ending |