Saturday, July 30, 2005
(2:17 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Most Played
Right now, I am listening to my "most played" list on iTunes. I feel this is a good way for me to avoid any changes in my life, along with the emotional stress that would inevitably result. The list of 25 songs is made up entirely of Wilco, Elliott Smith, and The Arcade Fire, with the exception of one Godspeed song ("Dead Flag Blues," from f#a#∞, the one with the American Indian guy talking about the end of the world).I'm sure there are some people who look at their iTunes "most played" list and think that they need to change something in their life -- that they don't recognize themselves in this portrait of a man or woman who listens to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot every single day, still. So much good music out there! Why live in the past? That's what I'm doing, living in the past. Wilco is a good band. I enjoy their music. Nothing is going to change that. But if I assess it honestly, do I not listen to this music out of a desire for comfort?
There's nothing wrong with that, actually.
