I’ve been prescribed medication recently that doesn’t allow me to drink.  It’s somewhat unfortunate but it actually has been a good thing – I’ve been able to do some things that I have neglected while I spent too much time enjoying the nightlife.  One of those things that I enjoy the most is music. Tonight, I sat down with my roommate Vanessa and we played music tennis – volleying back songs to each other (thank you Apple Airport!).  The only rule – the song you play has to be inspired by the song preceding it.  That inspiration could be a chord progression, an anecdote, or something intimate and personal.  We did this for almost 5 hours – only stopping when we reached the even number of 50.  Check out our song selection.  Some progressions you might be able to guess.  Some progression you’ll have to know the two of us.  It was a great night, a great game, and a lot of fun.  Vanessa lead it off, and we alternated from that point on…

1) How to Fight Lonliness – Wilco

2) Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan

3) Me and Mister Jones – Amy Winehouse

4) Fell in Love with a Boy – Joss Stone

5) The Money Maker – Rilo Kiley

6) Kick it Out – Heart

7) Rip Her to Shreds – Blondie

8) This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) – The Talking Heads

9) Do The Whirlwind – Architecture in Helsinki

10) Rebellion (Lies) – Arcade Fire

11) The Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth – Clap Your Hands, say Yeah

12) Last Night – The Strokes

13) American Girl – Tom Petty

14) Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

15) Talk of the Town – The Pretenders

16) Hazard – Richard Marx

17) Golden – My Morning Jacket

18) Whiskey Bottle – Uncle Tupelo

19) Old Soul Song – Bright Eyes

20) Oh My Sweet Carolina – Ryan Adams

21) More Adventurous – Rilo Kiley

22) I Wish I Never Saw The Sun – Beth Orton

23) The Strangers – St. Vincent

24) Everything’s Just Wonderful – Lily Allen

25) That’s Not My Name – Ting Tings

26) My Name is Jonas – Weezer

27) Holland, 1945 – Neutral Milk Hotel

28) O Valencia – The Decemberists

29) Dreams – Cranberries

30) Today – Smashing Pumpkins

31) When I Come Around – Green Day

32) The Freshman – The Verve Pipe

33) Fresh Feeling – Eels

34) Paper Tiger – Beck

35) Dry the Rain – Beta Band

36) Lo Boob Oscillator – Stereolap

37) I’ll Keep it with Mine – Neko

38) I Know – Fiona Apple

39) If You Were Mine – Billie Holliday

40) Strange Fruit – Jeff Buckley

41) Cry Baby – Janis Joplin

42) Jaz-Z (unplugged) – Heart of the City

43) Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani

44) Candy Man – Christina Aguilera

45) Candy Everybody Wants – 10,000 Maniacs

46) Beach the Night – Bruce Springsteen (Live   ’75)

47) You Better, You Bet – The Who

48) The Jessica Numbers – The New Pornographers

49) My Only Offer – Mates of State

50) Good Night – The Beatles