Random Acts of Journalism

I received an email from a coworker Friday asking me what i thought the Top 5 most “beautiful” rock songs were…or was it even possible, by definition, for a rock song to be beautiful, etc. It didn’t really give a definition of what “beautiful” meant, it left it up to you. So, here’s my hastily put-together list…You could probably separate this into years and sub genres of rock a thousand times…this was a hard one…

5. Old Love – Eric Clapton
4. Blackbird – The Beatles
3. Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills and Nash
2. Bullet the Blue Sky – U2
1. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

So what’s yours?

And since we’re on a Top 5 roll, i’m going to add my Top 5 Concerts i Need to See with Nole, Kev and Garret.

5. Metallica (circa 1998 )
4. Daft Punk – I don’t have a single one of their albums or particularly care for their music, but something tells me that this show would be infinitely entertaining.
3. The Decemberists – I was in Boulder 2 weeks back and Colin Meloy was playing at The Fox Theater…alas, i had other places to be.
2. Dustin Kensrue – He didn’t come to Phoenix to support his solo album and even though i’ve seen Thrice, i just want to see him. Damn.
1. Modest Mouse – I came one night and strep throat away from seeing them in Tucson a while back.