Well This Is Mah Blawg

Alrighty! This is my attempt at narrowing a set list down to my top 100 songs. Now I am not saying this is "the" top 100 song list of all time. Rather it is my top 100, the songs that I most enjoy listening to, the songs that have affected me the most.

When I decided to embark on this undertaking I knew it would a long and painful experience, and that's why I call it an attempt. Indeed it was. I'm sure I have missed some songs, and I have most likely grossly miss-ranked some, and as I examine it further I will no doubt kick myself and wish I could change it. I know that, because that's what happens nearly every time I make a list like this, ha ha. That's ok though, because these songs are excellent. At least they are to me. Each one has a story behind it, in the lyrics, the music, and how it has affected me in my life. In this blog I will be critiquing each song, and explaining just what it means to me and why it qualified for my list. There are scores of songs that I would consider top 100 songs of all time that aren't on this list. For example, there is not a single Beatles, Rollingstones, Elvis, Sinatra, Michael Jackson, or Mariah Carey song on this list. In fact you won't even find a song that predates 1989. As I said before, that's not what this is about. This list is my favorites list, so there you have it, fair warning.

I often tell people, that I meet, that I am a fairly hard person to get to know. I just wasn't born with the ability to open up to people right from the get go, with a few exceptions. I don't think I'm hard to talk to, but it will take a person that I associate with regularly, a good long while to truly get to know me. I have been married for over 4 years and I think I am just now starting to feel like my in laws are really getting to know the real me. For me music is an emotional experience, not bawl your eyes out emotional (although songs can cause a little mistiness), just emotional. You know, joy, peace, anger, sorrow, happiness, triumph, or redemption. It is through these songs that I can detail many of the major events of my life, so far anyway. At any rate I'll be counting this down from 100 in the typical vh1 formula.

So here's the criteria I based these rankings on: lyric quality, music quality, and whether the song means something to me or not. The last is probably the biggest thing for me, where and why does it connect. Well it is late and I'm beginning to ramble so, I hope you enjoy reading, and most importantly listening to the music. And now introducing to you song 100...18th Floor Balcony by Blue October!