Monday Evening Playlist

As if I ever needed a reason to fire up my iPod, slip on my headphones and manufacture a random playlist, the fact that it's a Monday evening seems entirely appropriate.

• Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light .... One of my college roommates for a short while was a huge fan. I got to listen to all kinds of sounds from Todd Rundgren while he was subjected to my Jackson Browne and Neil Young records.
• Vega4 - Life Is Beautiful .... From one of those Paste Magazine sampler discs.
• Depeche Mode - Precious .... There was a time not all that long ago when I would have never admitted to listening to Depeche Mode. I've broadened my horizons since then. You can't deny the beat in this song. Had to play it twice!!
• Rodney Crowell - Beautiful Despair .... There's some small element of this song that's reminding me of Strawberry Fields era Beatles. Maybe the cello?
• Damien Jurado - Bad Dreams
• Little Feat - Roll Um Easy .... For my old friend, Mitch. Rest in peace.
• Freedy Johnston - No Violins
• The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You .... For some odd reason, I never associate this song with The Kinks.
• Brownie McGhee - My Baby's Leavin' .... Feels like sitting on your front porch while the friends and neighbors gather around. Guitar, harmonica, singing, hooting and foot stomping. 
• Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm .... I was a Freshman in college when the album, Blood On The Tracks came out. Guy across the hallway in Sackett Hall dormitory playing it with the volume way up. That's always my first memory of this album. 
• The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie
• John Hiatt - Hold On For Your Love