One Hour Of Music For The Rest Of Your Life

So the other day, a friend of mine asked me “If you could only listen to one hour of music for the rest of your life, what songs would you choose?”

It sounded like one of those “If you were stranded on a deserted island…” type questions so I didn’t even bother coming up with something. But after a while, I started thinking about it and I decided that I was going to make my one hour playlist. So I went through my iTunes and threw some of my favorite songs in a playlist, which ended up with 76 songs at over 7 hours. After wasting a couple hours in front of iTunes trying to decide which of my children I liked best, I eventually broke the 76 song playlist down to 9 songs, clocking at a total of 59:39 seconds. It was an incredibly difficult thing for me to do because the majority of the bands I listen to seem to really love 8+ minute songs.

But alas, this is what I came up with:

1. This Will Destroy You - "Quiet" (Young Mountain [EP]) – 4:53
2. The Evpatoria Report - "Taijin Kyofusho" (Golevka) – 11:00
3. I Would Set Myself on Fire For You - "Six" (…Believes In Patterns) – 3:32
4. Saetia - "Venus and Bacchus" (A Retrospective) – 3:19
5. Max Richter - "Written on the Sky" (The Blue Notebooks) – 1:39
6. Yndi Halda – "Illuminate My Heart, My Darling!" (Enjoy Eternal Bliss) – 17:34
7. Thursday – "How Long Is The Night?" (Full Collapse) – 5:44
8. Thrice – "Stare at the Sun (Acoustic)" – (If We Could Only See Us Now) – 3:41
9. Explosions in the Sky – "Your Hand In Mine" (The Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place) – 8:17