the saddest songs on earth

February 8, 2008

for most of the past two weeks, the entire radiohead disocgraphy has been on heavy rotation playing in a loop on my computer. sometime during this soundtrip, i got this crazy idea. if i were to make a "best of radiohead" compilation CD based on my own musical taste, what would be on it?

so aside from the listening now, i was being conscious of the songs that stirred up something inside more than the others… those that easily stuck in my head… those that i simply loved.

as of now, i’ve done a lot of passes through all of the songs and from 81 tracks, i’ve shortlisted it down to 52. yeah… lol @ "shortlisted". i know. but this is harder that i imagined.

one thing i’ve noticed though… this radiohead band… they sure a bunch of sad bastards. and for some reason, this compilation - MY compilation - is turning out to be a "saddest radiohead songs" CD as well as a "favorites" compilation. i’ve marked a few standout songs and the thing that’s common with most (if not all) of them is that they’re depressingly sad.

if these are the songs that stir something up inside of me and stick to my head and these are what i love more than the others… what does that say about me?

okay, i’ll just put the psychoanalyzing aside for now.

right now, i have a "shortlist" of 52 more radiohead tracks to work with. once this is all over, i’m hoping for around 15-20 songs on my final list.