One of the things I miss by being on WordPress instead of Livejournal is the little “current music/location/mood” fields. Music in particular. Because my state of mind is so intertwined with whatever I’m listening to. And I often get stuck in a particular song or album, like an elephant in a tar pit. And I like being able to flick back through entries to help me remember what songs I was absorbing at what time.
The absence of music in the field is just as telling. Because I /like/ to have a song viciously stuck in my head. I feel a bit hollow when it’s only my thoughts rattling around up there. I like a good low-grade obsession to cushion the edges.
I’ve been lucky enough recently, for instance, to stumble on a bunch of songs at once that are ‘edible’. Which makes me so happy I can’t even say. It’s the opposite of the despair caused by a music dearth — there is abundance, and it is good.
Especially good because a lot of the songs I’m obsessing over are, it turns out, /really/ good songs to run to. I can be wiped out and dripping with sweat, but if a runnable song pops to the top of the iPod stack, I can push through the pain easy.
And so, not to be a hoardypants, these are the songs that are currently in my head:
* The Boy With the Thorn in His Side — The Smiths
* Mr. Brightside — The Killers
* Should I Stay — Gabrielle
* Oh My God — Peaches & Pink
I’m noticing that songs with an “explicit” warning are just about the perfect pace for the speed I “run” at. Other songs currently on my running playlist include:
* Irreplaceable — Beyonce
* Jesus Walks — Kanye West
* Never Gonna Get It — Akon, Sean Biggs & Topic
* Alison — Elvis Costello
* It Ain’t Me Babe — Jesse Cook feat. Melissa McClelland
I know, Elvis Costello. Courtesy of a behind-the-scenes off Lost In Translation of Bill Murray lip syncing and dancing in a bathrobe to, you guessed it, Alison.