Equilibrium

People react to music in different ways. I know some friends who pay closest attention to lyrics and those who look through songs and songs to find perfect guitar riffs. Personally, I operate to the mood of the music. As weird as it sounds, I physically and mentally react to the songs I hear. The following is a list--in no particular order--of cacophonies and daydream songs that have given me the you-just-caught-me-lying lightheadedness or something of the sort.

1) Ten Million Slaves - Otis Taylor; this guy's a beast at banjo. I love this song because the feeling of the song is mischievous more than penitent. Also, it helps that TMS was the main track on Public Enemy's soundtrack.

2) No Handlebars - Flobots; it's a song portraying the cruelty of corporation, and I love the ironic innocence of the sound. It's one of the few songs I've listened to a hundred times and am yet to be bored by.

3) A Dios Le Pido - Juanes; I sound like a total dork for listing this song, but it's perfect. It's like the solid form of happiness, and because a lot of people don't know Spanish well enough to understand it, it's a perfect exercise for feeling the music.

4) Daylight - Matt & Kim; the ultimate daydream song! Matt & Kim have perfected such a lighthearted genre. I find it hard to breathe when I hear this song because it feels like someone put a huge balloon of optimism in my chest.

5) Cemetery Drive - My Chemical Romance; I feel like I should name something of MyChem's considering I gave them a year of obsession. Anyway, my father once told me that the human brain survived on both negative and positive energy--it always had to equal out (that's why people always feel giddy walking out of a scary movie!) And this song is anguish. Seriously, I've cried more to this song than anything else--and every time I do, I feel better.