New

Seeing that today marks the birth of my blogging experience, I thought I'd start with a slight introduction about my aims as a blogger. With Novelty Playlist, I'm shooting to share random facts about the songs that many of us have on our iPods. Ultimately, I'm trying to shine a different sort of light on the songs you already own and present them in an entertaining manner. This is more of a conceptual way to put together a playlist versus the manner in which we typically put one together-- based on mood. It ought to be both entertaining and enlightening.

As I am a fairly avid concertgoer, I'll probably throw in some personal accounts, photos and opinions-- oh, and let's not forget the shameless plugs for my friends music and that of my own!

Because we're dealing with new beginnings today, I thought we'd stick with that idea for playlist thoughts.

Songs titles that begin with the word 'New':

The New - Interpol

New Deep - John Mayer (I have no shame)

A New England - Billy Bragg

New Hampshire - Matt Pond PA

New Jersey - Red House Painters

New Noise - Refused (Driving and loud- beware)

New Partner - Palace Music

The New Pollution - Beck

The New Rap Language - Spoonie G and the Treacherous Three

New Slang - The Shins (DUH)

New Way Home - The Foo Fighters (Back when they were good)

New Years Day - U2

Newjack - Justice

Songs Associated with Beginnings:

I've Just Seen a Face - The Beatles (Had to get the Fab Four in somehow)

Wake Up - The Walkmen

Something New - The Airborne Toxic Event

Primer Dia - Julieta Venegas (had to get some flavor in there)

Genesis - Justice

Life Begins When You're in Love - Billie Holiday

Where I End and You Begin - Radiohead (okay, okay, it's a stretch)

For Beginners - M. Ward

Section 18 (Everything Starts At The Seam) - The Polyphonic Spree

Junior Kickstart - The Go! Team

Going To California - Led Zeppelin

Once Upon a Time - AIR (every story starts like that!--also, one of my favorite songs off of Pocket Symphony)

Firsts:

First Song - Andrew Bird

The First Song - Band of Horses

First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes (If only Emmylou sang on this one- still totally gorge.)

Love at First Sight - Kylie Minogue

One of These Things First - Nick Drake

Obviously my experience in music can be limited to what I like, so let's share! Add songs to the list.

Mix, match, piece together, and put on shuffle!

<3,

Gita