6/08/2009

Music Monday: Life and Death

I just can't help myself. I'm going back to the Guardian's 1000 Songs to Hear Before You Get Hit By a Bus, or whatever. Sorry. Blah, just blah. This week's theme - Life and death. Appropriately. Summaries are linked to below, courtesy of the Guardian.

1000 songs everyone must hear

Life and death: 1000 songs everyone must hear

My selection of 21 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 131




Louis Armstrong: St James Infirmary Blues



Blur: This is a Low



The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken



Nick Cave: The Mercy Seat



King Creosote: My Favourite Girl



Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus



Nick Drake: Black Eyed Dog



Ella Fitzgerald: Summertime



Madness: Baggy Trousers



Massive Attack: Safe from Harm



Nirvana: Lithium



Oasis: Live Forever



Portishead: Glory Box



Radiohead: Paranoid Android



Rolling Stones: Paint It Black



Nina Simone: Feeling Good



Ralph Stanley: Oh Death



Richard and Linda Thompsons: The End of the Rainbow



Loudon Wainwright: Rufus is a Tit Man



Bill Withers: Grandma's Hands



Hank Williams: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

1 comment:

Molly said...

The Mercy Seat is one of the coolest yet creepiest songs I've ever heard. Love Johnny Cash's version.