whatcha listening to?

i think i used to have things pretty put together when it comes to music. i'd be all over stuff when it was about to come out or even before it came out. i used to go to tons of concerts. the last year or so though, not so much. i guess i was reminded of this not so long ago when someone asked me what i'd been listening to lately - like i still had it together, and i was sampling new genres and stuff. i'm not sure if i was honest or not, but lately i've just been going with stuff i've heard in movies or on tv (commercials even). so here's the last five songs i downloaded from itunes and some explaining. let me know your last five and if you have it more together than i do.

5. high flying bird - elton john. so weird, i went on this big elton john kick in high school. bought like all his albums. but i'd never heard this song at all until i heard it in the background of a show a few minutes ago. good stuff.

4. come to me (peace) - mary j. blige. there was this "live from abbey road" special on one of the directv stations that had mary j, james blunt, and dashboard confessional. the live version of this song was unreal. i've heard her on lots of things, but i've never appreciated how great her voice is.

3. the mountains win again - blues traveler. yeah, i definitely had this album when it first came out and listened to it all the time. this was my favorite song on it. no idea where the album is now - got lost in a move maybe. but the song was on a coors commercial or something, and i remembered how great it was. it's really great to scream out the high notes while riding your scooter. prove me wrong.

2. robots - flight of the conchords. i have it on dvd, but the "with traces of lead" part made it necessary to download to the ipod. genius.

1. simple man - graham nash. i'm guessing this guy was a member of crosby, stills, nash, and young. never heard the song before, and it's in the opening of the movie "reign over me" which was really pretty great. don cheadle can't really miss in my eyes. gorgeous song.

to those outside, everything comes in parables (or songs)

"just a little something for the pain. hospital food getting you down? honey now i'm not one to complain, but this hangin' around is wearing me out. so patch me up boys take me home. are you not hearing a word i say? she sounds so different on the phone. i just sink like a stone - back to the day. tell me something. tell me something i don't already know. tell me something. tell me something i don't know." -david gray