9 songs I play ad infinitum.

Here's some songs that I could definitely handle listening to forever, they’re the songs that I never, ever get sick of hearing. If there's some songs you never get sick of hearing through the years and feel I have sinned for ignoring them, then post a comment about them.

Estas son algunas canciones que nunca me aburro de escuchar, como cualquier junkie musical, a cada rato me dan obsesiones por alguna cancion o algun album, encontrare algun nuevo narcotico y lo escuchare una y otra vez mientras pienso: "Esta cancion es la mamada!, nunca me voy a aburrir de escucharla" y luego, por supuesto, sucede. La mataste. Todo lo bueno se acaba, pero luego estan estas canciones que son tan buenas que son indelebles al paso del tiempo y las que siguen a continuacion son las mias. Si tienen alguna cancion que nunca se aburren de escuchar y creen que he pecado de omision, dejen un comment con la susodicha. Besitos a todos. Duermen rico.

David Bowie - letter to hermione
I first heard this one when I was like 14 years old because an uncle gave me his records "space oddity" and "dark side of the moon" as an "open your eyes" present. I then decided I was going to trade nature for music, it was the epoch that I discovered I was born under the sign of music and all my views towards life were completely renewed. Im no fucking buddhist but this was my enlightenment, right there, listening to this certain song on repeat whilst lying on bed with headphones and staring at the roof without being quite sure of what I was supposed to do.

Bob Dylan - most of the time
The song that formerly introduced me to Dylan. And I'm sure Dylan fans will hate me for this, but I first found out about the existence of this one through the high fidelity soundtrack. I didn't even watched the movie, a friend had the soundtrack and I was instantly hooked to Dylan after hearing this very song. I haven't stopped listening to it since then.

Nick Drake - pink moon
In it's amazing simplicity, this song is passionate enough to break your heart and catchy enough to sell millions of volkswagens. The whole "pink moon" album is still one of my favorite records.

Red House Painters - all mixed up
Another one that was later used on an ad, this time from GAP and yes, it's a cover from "the cars". Songs for a blue guitar was one of the albums I listened to the most while growing up. This specifical song brings back many good memories, even all the way back to my childhood when my father used to play his records from "the cars" at his office.

Radiohead - no surprises
I still haven't found an album that has struck me as much as Ok computer. Sure, if you listen to it now it's very far from the original impact it created on music at the time but still, this album has a great effect on me because it was there with me during 3 years on repeat and while there are many Radiohead songs I'm happy to hear constantly, this is the one I could listen to gladly everyday of my life. And this one's definitely playing on my weeding someday...

Cat Power - metal heart
At my most alienated, Chan Marshall's voice has always been there by my side. I rarely listen to my cat power albums anymore and I really don't care that much about her last releases but I know this one by heart because I've backed-up this song in every computer I've ever used.

Tom Waits - Alice
A jazzy breathtaking masterpiece, my very adored Mr. Waits emulating the style of his very adored Louis Armstrong. This is my idea of a romantic song. Which reminds me, recently jefitoblog did a pretty good idiot's guide to the whole Tom Waits discography. The mp3 links are broken already (very soon I'd say... it has barely been a week since he posted it...) but I recommend you to take a peek anyways if you still haven't dared to listen to this magnificent man.

Ralph Vaughn Williams - the lark ascending
I think I'm done with the lousy descriptions that will never do justice to this songs. I'll just follow the advice of Clem Bastow and I'll give you the poem instead:

He rises and begins to round,
He drops the silver chain of sound,
Of many links without a break,
In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake.

For singing till his heaven fills,
‘Tis love of earth that he instils,
And ever winging up and up,
Our valley is his golden cup
And he the wine which overflows to lift us with him as he goes.

Till lost on his aerial rings
In light, and then the fancy sings. - George Meredith

Debussy - claire de lune
My all time favorite song. I've been hearing it since birth and I'll hear it until death. No matter what time of year or my emotional state, this song is as welcomed and necessary as water in my life. It does what great music is meant to do- it makes a connection. I well up everytime I hear it. I'm actually hearing to it right now...

The image is from Marc Chagall, an artist whose work I could stare at forever. (Well, maybe not technically forever, but certainly for a long time).