The winter before I moved away from Erie, I made this video on a wintry, snowy trip out on the Presque Isle peninsula. It showcases the song “Jetstream” by the band Doves; this is a really amazing song that I come back to for a week or two every year, but the day I spent with the song making this video (the song starts a few minutes into the video) will forever tie this song to cold weather for me.
First, a review of all the songs so far:
100. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Deep Blue Something
99. “Jack & Diane” by John Mellencamp
98. “Hotel California” by The Eagles
97. “American Pie” by Don McLean
96. “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson
95. “Nuthin’ but a G Thang” by Dr. Dre
94. “Bushwick Blues” by Delta Spirit
93. “For the Workforce, Drowning” by Thursday
92. “Fish Heads” by Barnes and Barnes
91. “Shimmer” by Fuel
90. “Rubber Biscuit” by the Blues Brothers
89. “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals
88. “Asleep at the Wheel” by Working For a Nuclear-Free City
87. “There’s an Arc” by Hey Rosetta!
86. “Steam Engine” by My Morning Jacket
85. “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest
84. “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane
83. “Fits” by Stone Gossard
82. “Spring Flight to the Land of Fire” by The Cape May
81. “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” by The Postal Service
80. “Sober” by Tool
79. “Dream is Collapsing” by Hans Zimmer
78. “Why Don’t We Do it in the Road?” by The Beatles
77. “In This Light and on This Evening” by Editors
76. “Lemonworld” by The National
75. “Twin Peaks Theme” by Angelo Badalamente
74. “A Comet Appears” by The Sins
73. “The Mariner’s Revenge Song” by The Decemberists
72. “Pepper” by Butthole Surfers
71. “Life Wasted” by Pearl Jam
Click here to see all the individual entries for all songs to this point.
And now, my 70th favorite song of all-time is:
“Jetstream” by Doves
The brilliant British bastards manage to marry the unquenchable yearning of the human heart with the disintegration of modern industry, as evidenced by the crumbling of our infrastructure and the rusting of our machines, all in one long, slow build that eventually splits your eardrums (not unironically, done in the style of “industrial” rock):
Notes From the Fire