I got home on Saturday afternoon. Yes, I've been home for three days without blogging.

I actually blog much less when I'm home. You may have noticed that I sometimes don't blog on weekends. If I go a few days without updating, you can probably guess that I'm at home.

I blog less when I am home (A) because we have dial-up and going online is like Chinese water torture and (B) because I actually tend to be busier at home, with seeing people and all.

Sarah of Indeed There Will Be Time posted this today:

"Do you ever have those songs that make you so blindingly happy or sad you can only listen to them VERY sporadically?

Mine is "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones. I want this played at my funeral. And my wedding. And I want everyone to get up and twirl around and dance.

What's yours?"

To which I replied:

"The Magnetic Fields - 'It's Only Time.'

The Beatles - 'Two of Us.'

Belle and Sebastian - 'We Rule the School.'

Coldplay - 'Yellow.'

Bob Marley - 'Redemption Song.'

Nico - 'These Days.'

'The Flesh Failures' from Hair.

The Postal Service - 'Such Great Heights.'

Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova.'

Ricky Lee Jones - 'Company.'

The Smiths - 'Cemetery Gates.'

Tom Waits - 'The Heart of Saturday Night.'

Van Morrison - 'Into the Mystic,' also 'Dweller on the Threshold,' also 'Straight to Your Heart Like a Cannonball.'

Here's the ones that are kind of cheezy/reveal what a nerd I am.

Frank Ticheli - 'American Elegy.'

The U of I alma mater.

'By the Rivers Gently Flowing, Illinois,' which is NOT a U of I song - it's the official state anthem of Illinois, but Revised Entrance #3 is based on it.

Of course, almost none of these songs would go on any kind of "favorite songs" list. They're just songs that make me get all sentimental. That doesn't necessarily mean that they are super high quality (although some of them are.)"

So what are yours?

posted at 3:11 PM by Alison

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