Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today with a personal story about one of them.
- Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Man Overboard - Blink 182
- Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
- Orinoco Flow - Enya
- I Want To Spend The Night - Bill Withers
- Given To Fly - Pearl Jam
- Sweet Revenge - John Prine
- Blue Orchid - The White Stripes
- A Flower Grows in Brooklyn - Positive K
- American Jesus - Bad Religion
"Given To Fly" was the first single released from Pearl Jam's Yield. It's a splendidly catchy number that played well on the radio and has become a staple of their live performances. I love the tune, but that opening just before it starts to kick is virtually identical to Led Zeppelin's "Going To California". You can't hear "Given To Fly" without hearing "Going To California".
It's not surprising that "Given To Fly" played this afternoon. The song appears on eight different albums in my collection: Yield, Live On Two Legs, Rearviewmirror, and five official bootlegs, including the most recent three Toronto concerts I attended. That boosts the odds somewhat.
