The 10 Track Mixtape Thread (Song Lists Without Links Will Be Deleted)

[Trollheart]

OK guys, this is damn hard but let me see if I can pick out, and waffle on about (never hard for me!) my favourite ten songs.
At the moment.
With probably additions or changes later.
Maybe.
Or maybe not.
Anyway...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/lhyntajkjlg/Mixtape.rar

1. Angel (Sarah MacLachlan)
What can I say about this song? It lifts me up, drags me down; it's so bittersweet, desolate yet hopeful, sung with simple grace by Sarah with nothing more than a piano for backing, and my god it works! Quite honestly one of the most beautiful, powerful and moving lovesongs I have ever heard.
In.My.Life.

2. The reason (Hoobastank)
I saw the video for this on telly and just loved it. It's an aching, powerful lovesong (again, sorry most of these are), with powerful, almost angry guitar and gut-wrenching emotion. I'm told that the rest of the music the band makes is nothing like this, which makes it all the more special.

3. Jilted John (Jilted John)
Once in a while a punk song comes along that you just can't ignore. I HATE Punk rock (sorry, but I do), but this is just SO FUNNY! I don't think it was intended as a comic song, but it really is. It's so bad it's not just good, it's legendary, complete with naff English accent. A true classic! With lyrical gems like "I was so upset that I cried / All the way to the chip shop" you just know you're in for a treat! Always puts a smile on my face.

4. The island (Paul Brady)
One of Ireland's overlooked talents, Paul Brady has been plying his trade for years and is respected not only in rock, but folk and trad (traditional Irish) circles too. This is from his "Back to the centre" album, one of the most poignant and powerful ant-war songs I have heard ever, also managing to be a quite beautiful love song at the same time. Real genius.

5. Comfortably numb (Pink Floyd)
Who can argue with this? It'd be worth including just for Gilmour's amazing guitar outro, but a fantastic song in its own right, and one of my favourites from the Floyd.

6. Who wants to live forever (Queen)
Haunting, ethereal theme from "Highlander", one of my favourite Queen songs. Rather poignant given Freddie's untimely and lamented death.

7. No bravery (James Blunt)
Yeah, yeah, I know you all hate him, but give the guy a chance! He wrote more than "You're beautiful", you know! This is a powerful, damning indictment of the Iraq war, and never fails to send a shudder down my spine and a tear trickling down my cheek...

8. Hallelujah (Jeff Buckey)
Perhaps (no, screw that) THE best version of Leonard Cohen's oft-covered and oft-maligned (who said X Factor??) classic, stripped down to its basics by the late Jeff, haunting and eerie, soulful and emotive, the way the song was meant to be played, and heard! RIP Jeff.

9. Broken bicycles (Tom Waits)
From his rather good collaboration with Crystal ***le on "One from the heart", one of Waits's most striking pieces, a reflective, introspective ballad of things lost and abandoned, like "old broken bicycles out in the rain". One of my all-time favourite Waits songs.

10. One (U2)
A powerful song of peace and reconcilliation, in a world and for a world for which there is unlikely ever to be such. Bono sings from the heart, like him or loathe him, and this is a moving, uplifting song, with darker overtones. Sung the way it should be, no Mary J. Blige in sight!

That's it then. You probably all hate my choices, but I'm confortable with them...!
Any form of discussion or human contact encouraged...