One Day, One Room: 10 recently added songs

So for the last two weeks I've been adding a plethora of songs to my iPod, and I love talking about music, so why not another ten song post? Here are ten of the 50 songs in my recently added, in no particular order:

1. The Space Between - Dave Matthews Band. I've liked this song for a while, but never had it on my iPod - glad that changed. This song has 3 parts to it; the verse, chorus, and...that 3rd part that sounds cool. The chorus obviously being the part where he talks about the space between, the verse being every other part, and that cool 3rd part coming in at 1:49.

2. Home (Acoustic) - Daughtry. The studio version of this song is amazing as it is, but this acoustic version just sounds so full. What I love about Daughtry is that he doesn't do anything special in any of his songs. No ultra hard guitar solos, no 8 minute songs...he has his voice and he has his guitar, and that's all he needs.

3. Blackfield - Blackfield. Yes, this song has the same title as the band (not sure if the album is also called "Blackfield"), but that doesn't make it any less good. This is one of those songs you can just listen to on repeat and not even pay attention to it, which is exactly what I love about it. But after you listen to it enough times, you start to pick up on the intricacies of the song, as you would with any other piece of music.

4. Karma Police - Radiohead. There are just so many good parts to this song. The bass in the verse, the notes in each piano chord (especially in the chorus), and the great outro. I've known about this song for a while (it was actually one of the first songs I learned on guitar (only to forget it by this point in time)), but again, never had it on my iPod.

5. Rolling in the Deep - Adele. Damn, is her voice amazing. This is one of those songs you can sing in the car at full blast with the windows down and have people stare at you from the sidewalk, and you either 1) don't notice them because you're singing so loud, or 2) notice them and just don't give a damn because you're singing so loud. Also, think about mashing the chorus to Crazy by Gnarls Barkley with the chorus of this song. Sounds like it could be a sweet mashup.

6. Missing Persons 1 & 2 - OneRepublic. Oh, how different two parts to the same song can be. It's clear where the gap is in this song, and for the first few times I listened to it, I didn't like the drum over the string, throwing off the tempo. Nor did I like the...xylophone-sounding-thingy (I forget the real name for it I'll probably remember eventually and not change this) before the keyboard came in...but wow did that change. The lead singer's voice is so amazing in every song OneRepublic has, and this song can make you feel one way one minute, and a totally different way the next minute. It's something that can be done well so rarely, but these guys certainly pull it off.

7. I'd Do Anything - John Butler Trio. This song is the definition of chilling outside, preferably sitting on some grass hanging out, on Saturday afternoon. Either that, or just cruising driving with the windows open, tapping along with your left hand on the side of the door. So awesome.

8. Warm Whispers - Missy Higgins. I have a secret crush on Missy Higgins, primarily because her music is awesome, secondarily because of her fantastic accent (otherwise and henceforth known as "fantaccent"). She can sing a variety of songs, from upbeat to melancholic to sweet-sounding. This one is obviously a little more of the last two, but definitely more sweet-sounding. And who doesn't love harmony and pianos/keyboards?

9. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj. This song is just mad fun to listen to. I mean I don't know any of the words, but that doesn't stop me from trying to sing/rap it...but it probably should. Either way, everything is so bright in this music video that it makes me want to drive around an extremely well-lit street listening to this song (kinda how it was in The Hangover when they first got to Vegas).

10. The First Time - U2. U2 never ceases to amaze me. Every song they sing is either some epicly loud, powerful song like "Pride (In the Name of Love)", or a quiet song that slowly builds up, like "Bad" or "Running to Stand Still." And Bono's voice is at the top of the list for me. It doesn't range so much in this song as it does in others, but I strongly recommend everyone to U2. You're bound to find something that hits you.