The Downeaster “Alexa” 09/05/2010

The radio is having a Billy Joel weekend and I heard this song today for the first time. It’s one of those things one might call “hauntingly beautiful”. To explain the name: A Downeaster is a type of fishing boat. Billy Joel actually owns a Downeaster named “Alexa”, after his daughter. I borrowed the image from thesisprocrastination.com.

The man and his boat

If I close my eyes, I can see the dark skies and faraway soft lights of boats out at see, when I listen to this. The strings make up the sounds of seagulls, the drums – the beating of the waves agains the hull. Wish I could do this song justice.

I made an approximate route, mentioned in the song.

Here are the lyrics.

Fall into you 21/02/2010

Randomly ran across it…

Breakup Songs 08/01/2010

These range from “Please come back” to “I’m gonna stab you with a rusty spoon”. Listed in no particular order.

Color coded: extremely sad and/or depressing songs, average amount of sad and depressing, fun/ny and uncategorized songs, slightly pissed off, rusty-spoon-stabbing-ly pissed off songs

img came from google 🙂 and is not necessarily the case, sometimes it's the girl's heart in the trash

1. Anouk – R U kiddin’ me
2. Beyonce – To the left
3. Kelis – Caught out there
4. Avril Lavigne – Happy ending
5. Blu Cantrell – Hit ’em upstyle
6. Destiny’s child – Bug-a-boo
7. Blu Cantrell – Make me wanna scream
8. Alanis Morissette – You oughta know
9. Kelly Clarkson – Since you’ve been gone
10. Matchbox 20 – Rest stop
11. Dave Matthews Band – Grace is gone
12. Janet Jackson feat. Missy Elliott – Son of a gun
13. Bon Jovi – My guitar lies bleeding in my arms
14. Matchbox 20 – Bed of lies
15. Vertical horizon – Everything you want
16. LIT – Completely miserable
17. Mike + The Mechanics – Over my shoulder
18. A-ha – Crying in the rain
19. Peggy Lee – Cry me a river
20. Justin Timberlake – Cry me a river (yes, yes, I know)
21. Gene Pitney – 24 hours from Tulsa (but it’s very specific :))
22. Bill Withers – Ain’t no sunshine
23. En vogue – Riddle
24. Haddaway- I miss you
25. Gloria Gaynor – I will survive (Can’t believe I didn’t put this one first)
26. P!nk – Don’t leave me (Actually, pretty much the whole Funhouse album)
27. Evanescence – My immortal (rock version :D)
28. Toni Braxton – Unbreak my heart
29. Default – Sick and tired
30. Tina Turner – When the heartache is over
31. Paula Abdul – Cold hearted
32. Weird Al – You don’t love me anymore
33. Hootie and the blowfish – Let her cry
34. Kim Wilde – Keep me hanging on
35. Puddle of mud – She hates me
36. Gary Moore – Still got the blues
37. Madonna – You’ll see
38. Theory of a deadman – Say goodbye
39. Madonna – Power of goodbye
40. Natalie Imbruglia – Big mistake
41. Aqua – Turn back time
42. Xavier Naidoo – Bevor du gehst
43. Evanescence – Call me when you’re sober
44. Pat Benatar – Love is a battlefield
45. Lauryn Hill – The ex-factor
46. M people – Moving on up
47. Shakira – Illegal
48. Nancy Sinatra – These boots are made for walking
49. ABBA – The winner takes it all
50. Mika – Happy ending
51. Shakira – Don’t bother
52. Cher – Strong enough
53. Gibonni – Judi, zviri i bestimje
    
54. Vaya con dios – Farewell song
55. Bon Jovi – This ain’t a love song
56. Elton John – I’m still standing
57. Elton John – Sacrifice
58. Hladno pivo – Nije sve tako sivo
59. Janis Joplin – Piece of my heart
    
60. Kate Nash – Foundations
61. JIMMY NAIL – AIN’T NO DOUBT (I am such an unbelievable fuckwad! How could I miss this?!)
62. Kim Appleby – Don’t worry
63. Mariah Carey – Without you (i never liked and will never like this song, but many listen to it so…)
64. Celine Dion – All by myself
65. Sinead O’Connor – Nothing compares
66. Roxette – It must have been love (put the razors away before listening to 65 and 66, please)
67. Sugababes – Hole in the head
68. Annie Lennox – Cold
    
69. Annie Lennox – Walking on broken glass
    
70. The Outfiled – Since you’ve been gone
71. Ugly kid Joe – I hate everything about you
    

Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine