By: John
As promised, here are my Top 10 Favorite Songs of 2014:
10. Emily King – Distance
A love song for introverts.
9. TV on the Radio – Careful You
“I would care for you/ Oh, careful you.”
8. Spoon – Do You
My kids sing the “do doo do doo do dooo do doooo” part incessantly.
7. Ryan Adams – Gimme Something Good.
Ryan Adams. Elvira. Why not, really?
6. The New Basement Tapes – Nothing To It.
Dylan Lyrics and an all-star cast of musicians. No way this could suck.
5. Tweedy – I’ll Sing It
It contains part of a cassette recording of his demo from Being There era Wilco.
4. Pixies – Greens and Blues
Aliens. Love affairs.
3. Jenny Lewis – She’s Not Me
“She’s not me/ She’s easy.”
2. Conor Oberst – Common Knowledge
Love this song and love this video. Love it long time.
1. Decemberists – Make You Better
No song gripped me immediately like this song did. I think it made me better.
As I mentioned in the Top Albums post, I start a playlist on Jan 1 of each year in Spotify and throw in every song I enjoyed that will contend for the top ten each year. I really work on this list all year. Here is the original Spotify playlist containing all of my favorite songs from 2014:
Static and distortion 