Coleman's Top 5 Shuffle Songs of The Morning

5. Explosions In The Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone [Listen]

Sometimes a song needs no words to tell a story. Explosions have a way with notes that tell you everything you need to imagine the title of each of their songs, and the story becomes your own interpretation.

4. Robert Plant & Allison Krauss - Polly Come Home [Listen]

Who knew Robert Plant could sing so quietly? I don’t even think he knew he could until recording with the greatness of Allison Krauss. In this slow ballad, they sing at such a whisper, it is as though they are lulling a child back to sleep in the early morning hours.

3. Yves Montand - Rue St. Vincent (from the Rushmore soundtrack)

I am assuming that this song is sung in French from the pronunciation of the lyrics. I have no idea what the song is about, but sometimes, like with Explosions In The Sky, you can be moved simply because of the beauty of a song’s melody.

2. The Avett Brothers - Tear Down The House [Listen]

This makes me think of what I now call my hometown of Denton, TX. Everything has been changing over the past few years. Some things have changed for the good and some for the worse. Woods I used to walk in now belong to rows of cookie-cutter houses. Pastures where longhorns grazed are now barren plots of an unresolved economy.

1. Bob Dylan - He Was A Friend Of Mine [Listen]

This song simply makes me cry.


-Cory Coleman [c]