My Music Footprint

This is what I would like to call my Music Footprint (think of it as like a carbon footprint but with music). I got the idea from reading a book* where two people were contemplating starting a band. They decided to make a playlists for each other of songs that they wanted the other to hear because they were the songs that would define what they were about musically.

Now I am not a musician, but music is important to me and well, the idea was very interesting to me. So instead of taking this from a musical aspect I decided to go more along the lines of (as described in the book “if your heart was music, in twenty songs, show me what that sounds like. What it feels like.”

So I’ve spent days thinking about this, sorting through songs and I eventually whittled my list down to 25. I just can’t go any lower. There were points I was literally stressing out over this silly little challenge I made myself do.I made up a few rules for myself; 1. Only one song per artist 2. They couldn’t be just my favorite song or something I liked, but rather some more of a personal connection/emotion. 3. I couldn’t pick a song that I thought I’d thought would impress anyone. Personal connection, not deep cuts.

I will possibly write about these further and why I chose them.

Here’s my Music Footprint on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/17YYnOxWbck3wJ42JOyFvy…

Drawing Flies – Soundgarden

Stupid Boy – Gear Daddies

Wide Eyes – Badflower

Wallflower – Caroline’s Spine

Brand New Shine – Soul Asylum

Sabotage – Beastie Boys

Thunder Kiss ’65 – White Zombie

Fairweather Friend – To Have Heroes

Hurry Up And Wait – Stereophonics

I Am The Highway – Audioslave

It’s Oh So Quiet -Bjork

Roadhouse Blues – The Doors

Mystery – Indigo Girls

When I’m Down – Chris Cornell

I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones

Show Me Your Soul – The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Man-Size – PJ Harvey

Help Me Mary – Liz Phair

Bron-Y-Aur Stomp – Led Zepplin

Nothing, Not Nearly – Laura Marling

Kentucky Pill – Johnny Flynn

Last Goodbye – The Gufs

Sick of Myself – Matthew Sweet

Here’s to Everyone – Martin Zellar and the Hardways

For My Brother – Blue October

Honorary Mention:
(As in they really should be on my list but Spotify doesn’t have them)

Take Me Places – Mad Verb

December Girl – Phil Marshall

*Note: Hot Mess by Jaine Diamond. Yes, it’s from the Romance genre. Fight me. 😉