rebecca_in_blue | Basket, bandit, ball, bugs, bananas, B, B, biscuits --

B...
You -- you said B.
B...
You said B! Good!
B... good...

So Sara did this thing on her journal where you blog about songs on your iPod starting with the same letter. She told me to do it with B. Maybe it's a hard letter, or maybe I'm a boring person, but I can't think of many interesting things to say about the B songs on my iPod.

Babylon, David Grey. I first heard this song during my junior year of high school, and I included it on a cassette tape that I recorded from the radio that year. To this day most of the songs on that tape, including Peaceful World and Pacific Coast Party (which I also have on my iPod), still remind me of junior year -- creative writing with Mr. Womac, French with Mlle Gryppe, English with Coach Jeff. I recently compiled all the songs on that tape into a YouTube playlist titled Junior Year Music.

Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes. I'm not sure when I first heard this song, but I remember that I was sitting in the truck in the Kroger's parking lot, and I loved it immediately, even though I couldn't understand all of it. I originally thought the line was "better days besides," instead of "Bette Davis eyes." Also I didn't really know who Bette Davis was. This and Bob Seger's "Night Moves" are two songs that I will always sing along with every time I hear them on the radio or on my iPod.

Better Days, The Goo Goo Dolls. This song came out, I believe, in January 2006 (it's about the start of a new year). The first time I remember hearing it was while I was driving back from the Factory Outlet with Mom. Later it came on while I was driving to Grandma's house, and I sat in the truck in her driveway to hear all of it. Grandma walked out to the truck to see why I was just sitting there.

Bad Day, Daniel Powter. I first heard this song in spring 2006, during my last days in tarpartment. I used to watch music videos on VH1 every morning while I ate my breakfast, and I still remember the video for this song. I've always really loved this song, but for some reason, I didn't think to add it to my iPod until recently.

Best Friends, Toy-Box. I recently made a YouTube video with this, and Sara is still talking about what a disturbing song she thinks it is. It is pretty weird and somewhat creepy, but it's also hella catchy. I first heard it in France in fall 2007, when a friend of mine on YouTube made a video of it with Dakota and Elle Fanning. The song was so damn catchy that I couldn't stop watching that video.