Setlist Society

OK kiddos, this week we've got another guest blogger picking the theme. This week it's my good friend Lauren. Perhaps you saw her list from last week? Anyway, she gave me this theme a few days ago, and I've been lazy about getting it up, but here it is, in her own words:

"Pick a city, any city. Describe it in songs. The artists can be from that city (or state), they can sing about that city (or state), or the song can simply invoke a feeling or memory that you relate to a city (or state)."

So, there we go folks. Figure out your city!

In perhaps an all-too-perfect followup to Christina's guest appearance, this week's theme is "Sticking It to the Man!" Pick the songs in your playlist that best exemplify this concept, whether through lyrics, historical context, musical style... as long as you can justify how it fits the theme, it works.

Shannon is taking a bye this week, so we have Christina filling in with a guest theme:

Ya know when you've had the day or week from hell and you feel like screaming, crying, shaving your head and joining a monastery, punching something (or someone), or just going to sleep for a long, long time? You, my friends, are not alone. If you're anything like me, you may occasionally feel like wallowing in all that self-pity, frustration, and sorrow. Other times you have so much anger or frustrated energy that you need help releasing it. Time for a little music therapy with the perfect panacea playlist! Let's hear yours. Who are your musical shamans? No one is the same, so I'm looking forward to a group of setlists as broad and varied as the emotional spectrum. Let's dance/sing/scream it out.

I waited a week to post the new theme because I figured people were still getting back into the swing of posting. Looks like it mostly worked, and we got four out of six posts up!

While you enjoy everyone's traveling setlists, start compiling the guilty pleasures and the past follies that are hiding in your music collection. We've all got them.

These setlists might be a little shorter than usual, but that's okay. I'm sure we'll all enjoy seeing a glimpse into the shadowy corners of everyone's iTunes.

And since it seems like we've all been on vacation for a while, this week's theme is Traveling Music!

Since Scrumpestuous D is globetrotting this week, he and I are swapping our turns.

The theme for the coming week's posts is going to be concert memories--songs that represent shows you've witnessed. Outstanding performances, fun shows, whatever. Let us know what you heard.

Hey guys,

It always seems like the holidays go by so fast. That's why I would like to make this week about everyone's favorite holiday music. That way I'll have enough time to accumulate a few more new favorites for this year. :)

Acoustic (uh-koo-stik]

No, I'm not telling you to run from a bomb or to stop having a skanky fashion sense (looking at you, Darren).

This week's assignment is to list some great covers you've enjoyed at one time or another. I think this will be interesting for two reasons: (1) We'll get to discover new takes on songs we already know and love, and (2) we just might find out that a song we THOUGHT was unique is actually the cover of a less-popular original.

Autobots, roll out!

The weather is changing, the leaves are still turning and the holidays are around the corner. This time of year I get a little reflective! And so, this week the theme is musical nostalgia. What songs evoke memories, smells, laughter, etc? This isn't about holiday music per-se, simply those songs that make you turn up the volume or rattle off a "remember when" as soon as you hear the intro. Enjoy!

So that was a lame attempt at a clever post title. What you should take from it is: we're looking for songs/pieces featuring great solos this week. Guitar solos, drum solos, bass solos, trumpet solos--whatever. Let's pay tribute to the virtuoso.

Since some of us might not know each other, this week's theme is, "Me as a setlist."

Go.