Day 44: Spring's Been Springing

This list is a little late, but still in a respectable timeframe to be relevant. Last Friday was officially the first day of Spring. Today's list is my Spring mix.

Spring is the hardest season to make a list for; and the hardest to make artsy. With Fall and Winter you can work a lot of sad songs into the mix (and coincidentally a lot of emotional music like folk or indie, for example), because they're pretty sad seasons. Summer can also have some darker songs in it, because Summer is hot and mischievous and miserable, not unlike Hell. But Spring, Spring is happy. Spring is the end of sadness and cold and the rebirth of green and vegetation and flowers; not a whole lot to hate here (it's a season for Pop music). Spring is the season in which one falls in love. So the list reflects this.

Seasonal mixes are purely subjective, so don't hate on this list if you have a totally different definition of what constitutes a good Spring song. With that little disclaimer, here's my list. Get Happy!!!

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01. The Hush Sound - We Intertwined
02. Catch 22 - Motown Cinderella
03. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
04. Regina Spektor - Us (She's the best)
05. Ben Folds - Zak and Sara (He's the best)
06. Outkast - Hey Ya! (The best pop song of the new millennium? It could be argued.)
07. The Beatles - Getting Better
08. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
09. Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (Scottish as fuck)
10. Feist - 1234
11. OK Go - Here It Goes Again
12. Smash Mouth - All Star (Oh shit! The Dane Train?!)
13. The Smiths - This Charming Man
14. Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head (Man, this song is better when you don't have to look at them)
15. Vampire Weekend - Walcott
16. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
17. Jens Lekman - Kanske Ar Jag Kär I Dig (What a cool version!)
18. Ryan Shaw - We Got Love
19. Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance
20. Prince - Raspberry Beret (N/A, really?!)
21. of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
22. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
23. Simon & Garfunkel - 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (Is that a didgeridoo? And some sort of bizarre melodica? It's like a crazy Seuss concert!)
24. Spiral Staircase - More Today Than Yesterday
25. Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

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Day 44: Spring Mix

Spring!!
-Erik

Bonus Vids!


And, we can't forget, Spring is a rainy season:


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