Yesterday, while I was investing some time into my Facebook News Feed, I saw a post from the page of one of my favorite bands Bright Eyes. They were sharing that the music blog Stereogum had posted a list of The 10 Best Bright Eyes Songs. Now, I love Top Ten lists, I do one every year for movies and music, so I couldn't resist making my own Top 10 Best Bright Eyes Songs.
My list is very different than Stereogum's list and that's probably because I'm a fan, and they're more music critics (and we all know critics are "different" than the rest of us). So keep that in mind. One quick note: On iTunes you can see "play count" for a given song. This played heavily into my listing, as did "nostalgia" – what sort of connection did this song have to my past (esp. High School ha!)
Favorite Songs from a Favorite Band
- "We Are Free Men" on There is No Beginning to the Story EP
- "You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." on LIFTED -or- The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
- "Land Locked Blues" on I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
- "Kathy with a K's Song" on Oh Holy Fools!
- "A Perfect Sonnet" on Every Day and Every Night
- "Middleman" on Cassadaga
- "A Scale, A Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks on Fevers and Mirrors
- "False Advertising" on LIFTED -or- The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
- "Jejune Stars" on The People's Key
- "June On the West Coast" on Letting Off the Happiness