In a particular order:
1) Meanwhile Back at Mama’s – Released in 2014 as part of the Sundown Heaventown album by Tim McGraw, Meanwhile Back at Mama’s is my favorite song of all time….period. Listening to McGraw sing about a small town and how he wants change only to return years later is a situation that sits close to me.
2) The Downeaster Alexa – Written and released by Billy Joel in 1989, as a track on the album Storm Front. This song was released 10 years before I was born. The song is named after his daughter Alexa, who he also named his downeaster — a type of boat — after. This is the the third song of Billy Joel’s I had listened to (Piano Man and Big Shot came first). However, this is the first song Billy Joel song I listened to with my father. This is one of our greatest connections.
3) Californication – Written and released by Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1999, as the title track of his album of the same name. Every time I listen to this song (which is daily) I can imagine every little piece of Hollywood mentioned throughout the song.
4) Into the Night– Chad Kroeger (Nickleback) teams up with Santana for a smooth collaboration of North American and Hispanic of music styles. Released in 2007 the amazing guitar solos and simple lyrics are the reason that I can put this song on repeat for hours at a time.
5) Wait for You – Elliot Yamin wrote a song that I have listened to quite possibly more than any song. I say this because I can still remember my listening on my Mother’s second generation iPod that was bigger than my hand. I listened to this song on repeat (along with Phantom Planet’s California) for hours at a time.
– Buzz
I listen to a lot of music and for me there are so many it’s hard to choose at times. Here are a few more that nearly made it as spot number five:
- Vienna by Billy Joel
- Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
- Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
- 7 Years by Lucas Grahm
- Viva La Vida by Coldplay
- Photograph by Nickleback
- Girl from Ipanema by Frank Sinatra
- Harder to Breathe by Maroon
- Toto by Africa
- Mockingbird by Rob Thomas