What Jim Was Listening To, that is.
Every year I create a playlist of songs that piqued my interest for that year. It helps remind me of what I was listening to and also serves as a reminder not to fall into the trap of listening to the twenty albums I liked when I was 25 on repeat (Editor’s note: he still falls into the trap of listening to the twenty albums he liked when he was 25 on repeat).
Here I walk you through a sampler of WJWLT for the last twenty years to give you a peek into my musical tastes. Maybe you’ll find something you like!
Playlist
0:48 Star Anna “If Wishes were Horses” from Crooked Path
4:54 Patty Griffin “Mad Mission” from Living with Ghosts
7:30 Cat Powers “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from Cat Power sings Dylan
13:38 Colter Wall “13 Silver Dollars” from Colter Wall
16:03 Sierra Ferrell “Dollar Bill Bar” from Trail of Flowers
19:28 Hayes Carll “LIttle Rock” from Little Rock
22:30 Toni Price “Funky” from Sol Power
28:56 Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” from St. Elsewhere
31:52 Tacocat “Bridge to Hawaii” from NVM
34:38 Amy Winehouse “Back to Black” from Back to Black
39:50 Decemberists “June Hymn” from The King is Dead
43:38 Wilco “The Lonely 1” from Being There
48:05 Waxahatchee “Can’t Do Much” from St. Cloud
51:41 John Prine “I Remember Everything” Single
In case you’re curious as to what the individual year playlists are like, here is the playlist for last year and the playlist from a much younger Jim, 2007 version. In both Apple Play and Spotify formats.
