Music

Today was one of those "zone" days for me at work as far as Launchcast goes. The music was nearly perfect. Here's the list, with ratings (or other comments):

The Proclaimers - I'm Gone 8
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way (Radio Version) 7
Tim Myers - Beautiful World 7
Aiden - One Love (no rating)
Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain 8
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go 8
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend 9
Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart 8
Johnny Clegg - Great Heart 9
Alexi Murdoch - 12 (skipped)
Blinddog Smokin' - Ain't From Mississippi 7
General Public - In Conversation 6
Trilok Gurtu - Have We Lost Our Dream? 8
Andrew Bird - Imitosis 9
Gogol Bordello - Harem In Tuscany (Taranta) 9 (these guys are odd: "gypsy"-esque punk, sorta)
Perrey & Kingsley - The Little Man From Mars 8 (this album--The In Sound from Way Out--was the first album I ever owned)
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl 8
Tom Petty - Yer So Bad (skipped)
Africanism Allstars - Samuraï Theme 10
Solas - Sliabh Geal Gcua Na Feile 7
Ricky Dillard - In His Name (skipped)
Susan Tedeschi - You Got The Silver 7
Angela Correa - Let's Duet 9 (this is from the Dewey Cox movie soundtrack)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Green Fields (unrated)
Patton Oswalt - The Dukes Of Hazzard 9 (comedy: GWB and Dick as the Duke Boys) Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 8
Enuff Z'Nuff - Fly High Michelle (skipped)
Circus Diablo - Loaded (Radio Edit) (skipped)
Mika - Grace Kelly 10
Neil Diamond - I'm Alive (unrated)
Los Lonely Boys - My Loneliness 8
Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (Live) 4
The Hold Steady - First Night 6
Nena - Just A Dream (skipped and blocked, which I don't do very often!)
U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky 7
Kenny Chesney - Demons 6
Sting - The Soul Cages 4
Amadou & Mariam - Mouna 8
Eels - Things The Grandchildren Should Know 9 (this song sounds so much like Bruce Springsteen; I had to keep checking)
Jolie Holland Springtime Can Kill You... Get Out Of Your House (unrated)
Erasure - Boy 9
Everything But The Girl - Mirrorball 6
Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain 6
Paul Young - Come Back And Stay 9
Keane - Is It Any Wonder? (skipped)
Thalía - ¿A Quien Le Importa? 8
The Jam - Absolute Beginners 8
Eagles - Take It Easy 8
Rise Against - Worth Dying For 5
Gorillaz - Feel Good, Inc. 6
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 9 (Live at Wembley)
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 10
PJ Harvey Grow Grow Grow (unrated)
Bill Engvall - Bar Scene In California 9 (comedy)
Pearl Jam - Unemployable 8 (but I skipped it)
Pat Monahan - Raise Your Hands (skipped)
The Sadies - Eastern Winds 5
Luna Halo - Big Escape (skipped)
Ben Lee - Catch My Disease 10
Amadou & Mariam - Walide (unrated) (big day for these guys)
Missy Higgins - Scar 9
Bill Hicks - Me & Saddam 8 (comedy)
Switchfoot - Monday Comes Around 8
Transglobal Underground - 7-5 9
John Denver - Perhaps Love 10 (with Pavorotti? Placido?)
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata 10
Cheech & Chong - Dave Continued 10 (comedy--and this is SHORT)
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 9
Ingrid Michaelson - Glass (unrated)
Thursday - Ladies And Gentleman: My Brother, The Failure 4
Kenny Chesney - Better As A Memory 9 (big day for Kenny, too)
Concrete Blonde - Tomorrow, Wendy 8
The Clash - Train In Vain 9
Salif Keita - Tolon Willie (unrated)
Gustavo Laureano - Enamorado 7
Mark Schultz - Walking Her Home 9 (I really love this song; it never fails to make me tear up)
Broadway A Chorus Line Cast - One (Reprise) / Finale 9
Young Love - Find A New Way (unrated)
Bobby Womack - Walkin On The Wild Side 6
Derrick Harriott - Monkey Ska 9 (How can you not love that title???)
Vince Gill - Workin' On A Big Chill 8
Angelique Kidjo - We We 10 (pronounced "weh weh" or "way way")
Annie Lennox - Why 10 (I. LOVE. THIS. SONG.)
Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead 10
Alicia Keys - No One 9
Pat Monahan - Girlfriend 6
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby (unrated)
Eddie Izzard - 2nd World War 9 (comedy)
George Carlin - Baseball-Football 9 (comedy, one of my favorite 'clean Carlins')