The songs I can't stop listening to (10/19/12)

Songs that reflect our political situation, songs that reflect renewed hope as regards life and love, The Stone Roses 'splaining a few things in one of my favorite kiss-off songs off all time, and also, I've been listening to a lot of instrumental music lately. I've been on a classical kick, but this time we've got the great American composer Copland, as well as great jazz from Cannonball Adderley and just pure genius from Sufjan Stevens.

1. Radiohead - "The Daily Mail"
2. Leftover Salmon - "This Is The Time"
3. Aaron Copland: "Nocturne" (played by Gil Shaham & Andre Previn)
4. Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration"
5. The Stone Roses - "I Am The Resurrection"
6. Local Natives - "World News"
7. Tori Amos - "Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)"
8. Sufjan Stevens - "Movement II: Sleeping Invader"
9. Cannonball Adderley - "Clouds"


The moon is high up on a mountain
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
Waiting on the rapture
...
Where's the truth what's the use
I'm hanging around lost and found
And when you're here innocent
Fat chance, no plan
No regard for human life

This isn't a time for giving up
This is the time to be strong
I know life is never easy
When you're holding out so long

I know that we can make it
With a little bit of faith to get us by
This isn't the time for faking
This is the time for us to fly

This isn't the time for fighting
This is the time for peace
Whether you're on the left
Or the right wing
This is the time for release

We don't have time to count our mistakes
We can leave them in the past
This isn't the time for keeping score
It's time to make the moment last

This isn't the time for losing hope
This is the time to learn
Well, I know we can find out way
If you're ready to receive

There's always so much to learn
As you wander through this life
And timing is everything
This is the time, the night

(written by Drew Emmitt, all rights reserved)

This Copland Nocturne is just exquisite. Copland is exquisite.

Once i jumped through hoops of fire
High and far as you required
I was blind but now I see
Salvation has discovered me

Don't waste your words I don't need
Anything from you
I don't care where you've been or 
What you plan to do

I am the resurrection and I am the life
I couldn't ever bring myself
To hate you as I'd
Like

your phone goes off with a picture of your mother
it's five to six and she can't find your brother
and while normally you'd yell and scream
instructing her to go and find him on her own
but calmly you're exiting,
and telling her that you are headed on your way home
she does not know what to say,
just glad you're on your way home
you turn off your phone in a different tone
as you think,
the bad feeling so bad makes the good so good

honey bring it close to my lips
it's gotta be big

Sufjan Stevens work is mostly genius level, but his instrumental compositions are quite a revelation.

And then round it out with a little bossa nova.