launching my "100 songs project"

I'm starting a new page: the 100 Songs Project. It's no secret around here that I love music and have it on a lot. I wanted a place to keep a running track of what the most meaningful songs in my life are at any given moment. This is not an objective list of the best songs in the world; that's a project best suited for teams and other music experts. It is though a place for me to tip my hat to the music that has moved me in some way.

To that end, I'm not coming into this project with any rules. If it's a song that moves me in some way it's showing up, even if there are other songs by the same artist or even other songs on the same album that are on the list. I'm going to be very unashamedly subjective. Expect to find lots of midwest emo (especially second wave, mid to late 90s stuff), harsher vocals music and art music. Often songs will make this list because of a particular emotion they'll invoke or memory they bring up. I'll try to write about that some with each. I'm also thinking through the best way to have a changelog to track how the list evolves over time; I'd love this to be an ongoing project I sit with for a long time.

My plan is to share the song and lyrics that stand out (if it has lyrics that stand out) and for some of the top songs, I plan to share stories about why the song is meaningful. If I can work it out, I'll add a playlist as well.

The full initial list is up. There are some stories and lyrics for the top 10; I'm starting at the top and working my way down (I'm going to try to do groups of 10). I've got links to Bandcamp (if I could find a good one) and am using Apple Music is a fallback (sorry I don't want to touch Spotify and Qobuz makes deep linking tricky unless I'm missing something, which isn't outside the realm of possibility). If I can figure out a good way to do a playlist on Apple Music I will. Anyways, if you are looking for some new songs to listen to feel free to glance at the list and learn about the songs that have (or are currently) shaping me!