Six Pack of the Week - Our Weekly Top Songs (Vol. II)

It's time again for our weekly top songs: the six-pack that features two songs from each of us that have been in heavy rotation for the last couple weeks.  Normally it would only be songs that have been in heavy rotation over the last week, but we've gotten a little lazy on the Six Packs lately; please accept our sincerest apologies.  Without further ado, here goes Stu! (he's rhyming too!)

These guys were sooo good.  It would have been really interesting to see what would have happened if they could've stayed together as a band for a couple more albums.  Back on point though, I absolutely love Phantoms to death and I've been rocking out to it for the last week pretty much non-stop.  Well, okay, yeah there are stops, but I wouldn't consider them real stops.  So thus non-stop.

[mp3] Acceptance - In Too Far

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I wish I had some sort of play counter that counted (go figure) every time I have ever listened to a song in any capacity.  Be it through my computer, in the car, through a CD player, through Pandora, whatever.  I'd be really curious to know exactly how many times I've listened to Sleepsinging.  It's got to be a lot.  Definitely between a lot and a ton, I know that for sure.  Recently a couple lyrical lines have really jumped out at me that have made me appreciate the song even more: "and I would never change, not for anyone / sometimes I wish, I could leave myself alone."  Sometimes change is inevitable, and for the better.  However, there are times when minor little things are asked to be tweaked.  Tweak enough of those and you're practically a different person.  At some point you've got to figure out in what ways you will never change.  What part of you will stay the same, will you not change for anyone?  And yeah, the second half is pretty self-explanatory: sometimes the hardest person on yourself is yourself.  I wish I could leave myself alone, I'd at least sleep better.

[mp3] The Damnwells - Sleepsinging

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No profound reason for this one, it's just a cool song with a good melody.

[mp3] Great Expectations

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I've mentioned Brighten before, and my love for them has remained strong.  They used to frequent a little place called the Solid Ground Cafe here in Salt Lake, but that has been closed down, so I have been comforting myself by listening to their new EP.  It's streaming here, and it is awesome indie-pop.

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First, I figure I should preface this post.  The last few weeks have been more than a little odd for me and I'm blaming it all on my birthday and Californication.  Yeah, figure that out.  Bottom line is, I feel old and unaccomplished and thusly I've gone totally 90's.  I haven't busted out that crazy cat-in-the-hat hat yet, but don't tempt me.

Seriously though, how is Californication almost 10 years old?  The completely blows my mind.  Now for my top 2 songs, neither of which are on Californicaiton.

I don't think I'd really "listened" to Nirvana in years.  Maybe not years, but it's been a good while.  I used to rock out to In Utero on a daily basis but for one reason or another I stopped feeling "angsty" and ventured to less angry fellas.  Well, it turns out that 15 years later Kurt & Co. can still melt my face.  Good work.

While I've always prefered In Utero to Nevermind I just can't deny In Bloom right now.  It's also a major plus that Nevermind brings back the hilarious memory of receiving the cassette tape in the mail (my first actual tape).  My mother was so disgusted by the cover that she put a piece of tape over the baby's wang.  Classic.

[mp3] In Bloom

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Now I don't condone anything that Chris Cornell is up to nowadays (Timbaland??  Seriously?  Come on, man!) but back in the Soundgarden days he was a GOD.  Alright, maybe not a god, but damn near close in my pre-pubescent eyes.  It's too bad these fellas won't ever get back together - not that I  can blame the rest of the band (TIMBALAND?!?!).

[mp3] The Day I Tried to Live

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