the village buzz

douggie and i have had an ongoing conversation over the past few days over quality in music. he contends that as people get more and more into music (or anything else for that matter) they chase more and more left field things. i contend that as you spend more and more time studying something, your taste and opinions become more sharpened from experience, therefore more valid.

so, he proposed a challenge. give him a list of songs (originally it was ten, but i went over) that are good in their own right.. regardless of genre.

here is the criteria:

there can be no gimmies. a gimme is a song that is generally accepted as good. no beatles, no top ten hits. just songs that unless someone follows music, they have never heard of.

they have to be accessible from my itunes. this keeps any judges from having to go and find these songs in the wild. for most of the world, you will have to use simplify media to get to my itunes. add me (sergio101) to gain access. keep in mind that this severely limits the songs i can pick, as most of my library is on my ipod, and therefore unaccessible from my itunes

no songs in a genre that i know nothing about. this includes rap, country, and classical.

so, here’s a list of a few good songs that your average joe has never heard, but are, by all rights, good songs:

• Ginger Snaps (and Sugar Winks) - Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham

• i just don’t think i’ll ever get over you - colin hay

• wear your love like heaven - donovan

• bad reputation - freedy johnston

• woodward avenue - kiddo

• california all the way - luna

• we close our eyes - oingo boingo

• jenny don’t be hasty - paolo nutini

• if you call - the peachbones

• wandering star - portishead

• good things - bodeans

• me and you vs. the world - space