A Playlist For Gainesville Monday Mornings

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You know as well as I do that the best part of waking up… is Folgers in your cup. But cranking inspirational tunes on the Sorrority Row 127 while innocuously checking out smokin’ hot co-eds isn’t far behind.

If you’re like me, when you step on that bus at 7:25 in the AM, you’re hoping for two things and two things alone 1) hot girls (obviously) and 2) a charged iPod with a queued-up playlist.

Since the next 8 1/2 hours are probably going to suck loads of paper-pushing ass, said playlist should evoke an especially rousing, seize-the-day kind of mentality and prepare you to conquer all manner of burdens your fellow co-workers will willingly heap at your feet.

Got you covered.

The following compilation is just as mightily moving as a typical Thursday playlist, but it’s not as aggressively loud and makes you want to run through a wall. As opposed to a blonde.

And with that little joke for Bryan Holt… let’s do this.

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Finest Worksong REM: Are you kidding me? Pretty much exactly how it reads, except with more backing vox. The part at 2:35 gives me serious chills. Pretty sure the chorus was shot out of a cannon.

Got To Get You Into My Life The Beatles: The only way this blog could get any bigger is if we were sued by Paul McCartney. Download at all costs!!

White Collar Boy Belle & Sebastian: If this one doesn’t put a smile on your face, you probably don’t… wear cardigans.

No Lucifer British Sea Power: Fully prepared to call it the very best track of 2008. As I not-so-memorably wrote in a review for the Alligator: “This song kick’s Satan’s ass.”

Ride A Black Swan Zwan: It’s pretty simple: if you don’t like Zwan, we can’t be friends. Ask my sister.

Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway (Again) Wilco: Almost chose the equally melodic “I’m Always In Love“, but Motherfly hates that song. Apparently not a big fan of abrasive synth riffs… Here’s the cut that made me like sad-sack Jeff Tweedy. Brian Wilson (of “Pet Sounds” – not NLCS – fame) couldn’t pull off better harmonies.

Beautiful Day U2: You know it well – the song that saved U2′s career/makes your heart want to explode. I think my aunt loves it, too.

Star Sign Teenage Fanclub: Penned by a bunch of dreary lads from Glasgow. Go figure. Made the Fannies big in Japan… Choice lyric: “Given time, these things will change”

Date With Ikea Pavement: So the conversation went something like this:

Steve: “What the hell have you ever done for this band?”

Scott: “Stick this in your pipe. And smoke it.”

Sick Of Myself Matthew Sweet: You know by now that hyperbole has a death grip on this young mind, but I really do believe this is one of the five best singles of the ’90s. Fun fact: punk legends Robert Quine (Voidoids/Lou Reed) and Richard Lloyd (Television) play guitar. And on this song! Sweet would be famous in a just world. Instead, we just named cow brains after him.

Somewhere In Ohio The Jayhawks: Wonder if I would’ve discovered this band on my own had my p-dre overlooked the “soaring power pop” market. Kudos to you, Pops, for being cooler than most people your age (37).

Love Runs Deeper Lindsey Buckingham: Fully aware that Journalism bestie Hilary Lehman and I are the only under-40s who appreciate Bucky’s solo career… Every bit as good as “Go Your Own Way“. Yeah, I said it.

Have a fantastic tomorrow. See you Thursday.

- Robbie