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For Christmas, a friend of mine sent me a gift certificate for 10 songs on iTunes. I finally got around to downloading them (I'm very picky). Here they are, for your edification:

don't wanna know about evil - beth orton
steppin' out (live version) - joe jackson
almost - sarah harmer
bohemian like you - the dandy warhols
ride like the wind - christopher cross
youth of the nation - pod
nite becomes day - citizen cope
the message - visual cliff
seven nation army - the white stripes
the search - dolorean

You might notice a couple of things. First, I have discriminating taste. I listen to a lot of indie radio, which I prefer over Top 40. I don't have anything bad to say about Top 40 -- I just prefer not to hear the same song 5 times in one day.

Second, I have a thing for melodic music. This doesn't compute to some of my progressive jazz fusion band-mates, but c'mon (or C'MON!!!, as G.O.B. would say), ... "Ride Like The Wind" is one of the best songs of all time. Agree?

So my main question is, "What do I tell my band-mates?" Should I come out of the closet?

Thanks for your gratuitous monopolization of my time. That list neither edifies me nor verifies that you have discriminating, or even good, taste. While I do agree that "Ride Like The Wind" is in the top tier of radio classics, I don't care enough about progressive jazz fusion to either provide advice or investigate what it is. And stay in the closet, for heaven's sake.

posted by Lawrence A. Fing @ 12:00 AM