Music Meme Alert

So, Laura tagged me with a music meme going around the scribosphere:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.

These are the songs that got me through writing and re-writing and re-writing my Sharps script, so that’s probably as near as I get to having my spring shaped. And isn’t it summer now? (Not that you’d know from the weather.)

If I Was Your Girlfriend as covered by Eels. This is a live track, taken from the Useless Trinkets CD. It’s flipping wonderful.

If She Wants Me by Belle & Sebastian (from Dear Catastrophe Waitress).

Mermaids by Flight of the Conchords. If you have not watched this show, I command you to do so. This is about the only thing I’ve ever been able to sing note for note (give or take).

Elephant Gun by Beirut (from Lon Gisland EP). I know I posted this before, but I still love it. “Mustachioed debauchery” indeed.

Adagio for Strings. I tend to listen to this with my eyes closed.

The Pretender by Foo Fighters (from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace). A bit of rock release compared to the other songs here. As an aside, the “official” video on YouTube from RCA (the record company) doesn’t allow embedding, but then the Foo Fighters themselves uploaded the video too and they do allow embedding. That amused me.

Remember Me As A Time Of Day by Explosions In The Sky (from How Strange, Innocence). I think I’m right in saying that this is used in the opening scenes of the pilot episode of Friday Night Lights, another show I would urge you to watch. This isn’t the official video, incidentally, but rather a short film someone made. Seemed apt, somehow.

Now I’m supposed to tag 7 people. Problem being that all the writers I know with blogs have already been tagged (c’mon people I’ve been on courses with this year – get blogging!). I’m going to tag anyone who’s not already been tagged, or anyone who wants to be tagged. Let me know in the comments!