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Musical Listening: After the Music's Over

Posted 02 Dec, 2005 at 21:41 by kael in /Music | Permanent link

I have gone through some life-altering experiences in the last year, the worst of which has actually been the end of my relationship with KC. I'm finding that I'm leaning an old emotional crutch right now: My Music Collection.

Here's what I'm finding to be good recovery music, in no particular order, and in no ways complete, and I know that there are some that will end up fitting into multiple categories:

Things to let the Anger out

  1. No Sugar Tonight & American Woman- The Guess Who
  2. Lose Yourself - Eminem
  3. Anything performed by Prodigy
  4. Cowboy by Kid Rock
  5. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
  6. Blister in the Sun and Add It Up - Violent Femmes
  7. Bitch by (I believe) Meredith Brookes
  8. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
  9. Welcome to the Jungle & Paradise City - Guns & Roses
  10. Rearranged & My Way - Limp Bizkit
  11. In the End - Linkin Park

Things to let the Good Times in

  1. The self titled album Presidents of the United States of America
  2. Richard Cheese
  3. Johnny Cash (Bizarre, I know, but it works for me)
  4. Let Your Backbone Slide - Maestro Fresh Wes
  5. Moxy Fruvous
  6. Anything by Jill Sobule

Things to Twist the Knife

  1. Bottle and Fresh Horses, and Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Buzzy - The Refreshements
  2. Five Days in May - Blue Rodeo
  3. Days Go By (acoustic version) - Dirty Vegas
  4. Pablo Honey and The Bends - Radiohead
  5. Don't Get Your Back Up - Sarah Harmer
  6. Songs in the Key of X
  7. Anything by Nick Cave
  8. Anything by Norah Jones
  9. Anything by the Northern Pikes
  10. Anything by the Parkdale Hookers
  11. The Kill Bill Soundtracks
  12. In fact, any Quentin Tarentino soundtrack
  13. Anything by U2
  14. House of the Rising Sun - Animals
  15. Followed by Amazing Grace sung to the melody of the previous song - Blind Boys of Alabama

Things to Get the Groove On

  1. Crystal Method
  2. DJ Dmitri
  3. Thievery Corporation (thx, Dr. Matt!)
  4. Paul Oakenfold
  5. Saturday Night - Whigfield

I'd normally put BNL on there, but it was one of the few bands we both loved, so it's not so good, Al.

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