Musical meme

I was sent this meme by FirstApostle - bka Andrew - if you haven't yet checked out his blog, then I strongly recommend it.

Well here goes with my seven songs (problems here too with limiting it to seven):

1. Strangled By The Thought (The New Amsterdams/Killed Or Cured)
2. Jesus Came Too Late (The Only Children/Change of Living)
3. The Way Young Lovers Do (Van Morrison/Astral Weeks)
4. Hurt (Johnny Cash/The Man Comes Around)
5. From California (The New Amsterdams/Worse For The Wear)
6. Gone for Good (The Shins/Chutes Too Narrow)
7. Turn Out the Light (The New Amsterdams/Story Like a Scar)

I realise there are three New Ams songs here - I really love those guys at the moment. Formed out of the ashes of the Get Up Kids by lead singer Matt Prior, they've produced a staggering quantity of high quality music in a short space of time. To me, they sit on the sweet spot of clever, American pop/rock with a soul (what a lousy definition) along with the Shins et al.

I'm not going to meme 6 people - I don't know 6 people who read this that haven't already been memed by others - but if you're reading and you wanna do it, please place a comment to let me know.