Assignment 23 - Hannah Pulley

(I watched High Fidelity over spring break and honestly, I was a little disappointed. Maybe it was that my friends who had seen it made it out to be more than it really was. A story actually centered around someone who spent all of their time making playlists for people and their life events would be cool though. But anyway…)

Music To Walk Home By: a playlist for late night walks in the summer (and a collection of associations I’ve made to each song)

1.       Original Sin | Geographer  

Eyes moving like flashlights under sheets / Up until the morning hours we are set free

I’m putting this one at the beginning because it reminds me of the feeling of falling into a dream, where you’re entering another world. It could be an adventure, an escape from a mundane place, or the beginning of something new.

2.       Collect Call | Metric 

Keep me closer, I'm a lazy dancer / when you move I move with you

Pretty much anything by Metric makes me think of friends from far away, people I miss and the memories associated with them. Sometimes when I ride my bike in the country, I end up thinking “what if I just kept going?” and calculating how long it would take to leave the state, to get to various big cities. This song somewhat represents that thought.

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4       Glorious | Muse   

Don't close the door, on what you adore

Depending on how I’m feeling, this is a song about possibility, or a chance already lost. It’s a turning point in a story that could end peacefully with everything falling into place, or all of the pieces falling apart, so I put this in the middle. I can say from experience that sitting on the swings on a playground and staring up at the sky where there’s no light pollution while listening to this is an amazing feeling. (…and the struggle with finding B-sides you really like…I would kill to hear this live)

      Moondust (stripped version) | Jaymes Young  

I'm building this house, on the moon / Like a lost astronaut

I like this version better than the original. It's softer and it highlights all the right emotions in the lyrics. More daydreaming, more of the odd feeling you get in the middle of the night when you’ve stayed up too late. Walking at night is peaceful when you’re with someone and not always talking, but when I’m at home and alone there’s a nagging worry; Things don’t feel right.

5       You Caught The Light | Chvrches  

           And we're laughing until the end / Let the rain come down, let it all come down

           This song gives me the same dreamlike feeling as the first song, but more like falling into a deep sleep                without dreaming after a long night awake. It fits well as the last song on its respective album as                          well as here, representing a sense of calm and peacefulness.