5 favourite songs

1. shakin' all over -the guess who

2. easy wind -grateful dead

3. from the ritz to the rubble -arctic monkeys

4. paranoid -black sabbath

5. soul kitchen -the doors

honorable mentions:

put a penny in the slot -fionn regan

strip my mind -red hot chili peppers

venus in furs -velvet underground and nico

1. I love this song. It evokes this 60s vibe that just makes me want to start dancing and moving with the sound. The song makes me feel as if I'm there with the band while they're playing. I first heard this song in the film about one of Andy Warhol's muses, Edie Sedgwick, the IT girl of the time--the film is Factory Girl with Sienna Miller in it (one of my favourite films). When I hear this song, I immediately participate in it

2. Oh, the Grateful Dead :)--one of my favourite bands. I like this song in particular because of the lyrics. "Easy wind, cross the Bayou today, cause there's a whole lotta women, mama, out in red on the streets today. And the river keeps a talkin' but you never heard a word it said. Gotta find a woman be good to me, won't hide my liquor, try to serve me tea. Cos I'm a stone Jack baller and my heart is true, and I'll give everything that I got to you, yes I will." Also, love the Dead jamming out ofcourse. This song reminds me of my high school photography teacher cos he was also a big Deadhead. So I just get a nice feel from the memories associated with it.

3. I love the Arctic Monkeys, so I've got all of their stuff (I actually buy their albums). I think they are mad awesome with their lyrics; they are crafty and rather witty. I have this song memorized and frequently sing it to myself.... I love the band's sound a lot. This song is off their first album, so this sound is what I generally associate them to, but they've changed a whole lot. Their lyrics only get better, but I enjoyed their original overall sound loads better; however, their new sound allows them a lot more room to lyrically win.

4. Paranoid by Black Sabbath=win. I love to drive to this song. It just makes the road feel smoother and makes everything a little more exciting. I also like to listen to this song before a soccer game to get me hyped up. So I think this is song is smooth and captivating in sum. I love the sound of Black Sabbath generally.

5. The Doors! I love the Doors. I wish I were Jim Morrison. I like this song in particular for the lyrics. "..The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes; street lights share their hollow glow; your brain seems bruised with numb surprise--still one place to go, still one place to go. Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen, warm my mind near your gentle stove; turn me out and I'll wander, baby, stumblin' in the neon groves. Well your fingers weave quick minarets, speak in secret alphabets, I light another cigarette: learn to forget, learn to forget..." Ahh. I love it. I love their sound. This song is awesome. This is another song I feel really involved in. I can just move to this one and feel the words and see the images. It's beautiful to me.