1974 to now
One Song
Per Year
One song for each year I've been alive, with an essay for every pick. A new one gets added every birthday.
The list
Pick a year to read the essay and listen.
1974Needles in the Camel’s Eye
Brian Eno
1975One of These Nights
Eagles
1976Shake Some Action
Flamin’ Groovies
1977Spread Your Wings
Queen
1978Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
1979We Are Family
Sister Sledge
1980Sailing
Christopher Cross
1981Coward of the County
Kenny Rogers
1982I Love Rock N’ Roll
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
1983Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
1984When Doves Cry
Prince
1985Yoda
“Weird Al” Yankovic
1986Walk This Way
Run DMC & Aerosmith
1987Livin’ on a Prayer
Bon Jovi
1988Patience
Guns N’ Roses
1989No Myth
Michael Penn
1990Twice as Hard
The Black Crowes
1991Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
1992These Are Days
10,000 Maniacs
1993Start Choppin
Dinosaur Jr.
1994Cyanide Breath Mint
Beck
1995Father to a Sister of a Thought
Pavement
1996Walls (Circus)
Tom Petty
1997Autumn Sweater
Yo La Tengo
1998Greetings from the Sugar Lick
The Spinanes
1999A Shot in the Arm
Wilco
2000Photobooth
Death Cab for Cutie
2015Fourth of July
Sufjan Stevens