1. I Was Meant For The Stage - The Decemberists. Quick, name three other songs with the word "derision" in them!
2. I Will Follow - U2. Way back in the day, U2 were a proto-alternative band with a unique sound.
3. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet- the Monkees. Kind of genius: the staccato rhythm of the lyric and the punchy rhythm guitar give this recording a tremendous forward momentum.
4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Norah Jones/Bob Dylan. A very lovely take by Norah Jones on one of The Bob's sweetest ballads. She even retains his long pause on "IIIIIIII'll be yooooooour..." and snap on "ba-by tonight," which is good, because it wouldn't be half the song it is without those.
5. I'll Stop The World And Melt With You - Modern English. For some reason, this is mislabeled on my iPod as being by the Cure.
6. I'm Burning For You - Blue Öyster Cult.
7. I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker with Bonnie Raitt. From one of those late-career John Lee 'n' Friends projects that has such mixed results. Bonnie Raitt is no slouch on slide guitar, though.
8. I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen. It's Boss's day tomorrow! Er, no, sorry, that's Bosses' Day. Screw that.
9. I'm Only Sleeping - the Beatles. A strangely good fit after "I'm On Fire."
10. I'm Special - the Pretenders. Okay, you have my attention. Geez!
11. I'm The Man Who Loves You - Wilco. Kick-ass distorted/feedback guitar solo. Did you know Summerteeth is 17 years old now? That album can drive a car!
12. I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash. Rapid-fire delivery catalog song. It's fun to listen to all the place names and compare with my own (rather extensive) list of places I've been.
13. If I Needed Someone - the Beatles.
14. If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It - Al Stewart. I dunno, Al, it's just so put together, I can't be sure it did come naturally.
15. In My Place - Coldplay. One of the best numbers by the band we're supposed to love to hate.
Hey, by the way, this is my landmark 641st post!
I'm pretty sure that any list naming three other songs with the word 'derision' will probably include at least one other track by the Decemberists.
ReplyDelete