The Year Was...2002

Random Playlist For 2002:
1. The Vines-Get Free
Even if it was Nirvana to the T, it was brief fun from the lads from down under.
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers-By The Way
Probably their best chorus in their later years...
3. Wilco-Jesus, Etc.
The strings make the song...and Tweedy's lyrics...
4. Bruce Springsteen-The Rising
In the wake of 9-11 came the tribute from the boss. Kind of resurrected his career.

5. Queens Of the Stone Age-No One Knows
The year QOTSA made their deepest impression.
6. Justin Timberlake-Rock Your Body
Everywhere in 2002. I repeat everywhere.
7. Spoon-The Way We Get By
We get high in the back seats of cars AND break into mobile homes!
8. Beck-Lost Cause
Beck showed a softer side...and it worked exceptionally!
9. Elvis Presley vs. Junkie XL-A Little Less Conversation
A fun mash up! Makes me want to go watch an Ocean's 17 movie!!!
10. The Roots-Seed 2.0
Would you name your baby Rock 'n Roll? Why not...
11. Flaming Lips-Do You Realize??
Besides battling robots, the Flaming Lips released this beauty in 2002.
12. Coldplay-Clocks

The lack of chorus is forgiven for Martin's wonderful ivory tickling. Coldplay hit pay dirt here.

7 Albums Worth Revisiting From 2002:

1. Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Interpol-Turn On The Bright Lights
3. Spoon-Kill The Moonlight
4. The Streets-Original Pirate Material
5. Doves-The Last Broadcast
6. Beck-Sea Change
7. Queens Of The Stone Age-Songs For The Deaf

Random Quote From A Song From 2002:
"It's different now that I am poor and aging/I'll never see this face again/You go stabbing yourself in the neck."
She can't she can't read!!!

Random Thoughts On A Song From 2002:

If Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" isn't one of the most emotionally compelling covers of all time, then I'm not sure what is. Cash took a Trent Reznor song and delivered it in a more desolate and morbid tone than the original version, something that would seem inconceivable on paper. In November of 2002, Rick Rubin continued his work producing the series of Cash "American Recordings", with "American IV: The Man Comes Around". After hearing the song and thinking "Wow, what a fantastic cover"...I saw the video at the beginning of the the next year and am still haunted to this day by it. It's visually stunning and sad. Johnny and June Carter, older, looking near death, images of the past married with the present. It is the only music video ever where I actually tear up...every freaking time. It's a true testament to morality and Johnny Cash provides the perfect soundtrack. "My empire of dirt" is transformed into Cash's epitaph. He really looked ill from his diabetes. Sadly, June Carter died a few short months after the video was shot. The man in black, with a broken heart, died in September of 2003. But what a fitting end to one of the finest careers in modern music.
"I Will Find A Way"