Water in 2010

[doctoracula]

today i had a huge revelation: a lot of my favorite songs this year have some sort of water theme. a couple songs from the new menomena and the artwork for HIW made me realize this. is there some sort of collective unconscious thing happening in 2010 so that everyone's thinking about water/the ocean/boats??

[jpharis53]

Possibly... I saw Rogue Wave in concert earlier this year, and one of the songs on the new Tom Petty album talks about "Watching the water..."

Being a huge Modest Mouse fan, nautical/marine references have become the norm for me, though, so its hard for me to judge.

[hurricanejoe]

There was a tsunami this year somewhere wasn't there? I probably sound like an idiot for not being sure but I don't normally keep up with the news and my memory's not the most accurate when it comes to dates haha

[doctoracula]

i'm gonna keep a running count of songs:

menomena - BOTE
everyone everywhere - tiny boat
miles kurosky - i can't swim
the hold steady - soft in the center
night birds - killer waves
titus andronicus - the battle of hampton roads
how to destroy angels - the drowning
black francis - lake of sin
the new gorillaz album is all about a beach

[99rockproblems]

I think that there's always been a huge water theme in a lot of music in the history of Western music; I don't see anything special about this year in particular. It's probably just more likely that your favorites this year are coincidentally water-related. I think we could select any random year and start naming songs/albums/lyrics that have to do with water...it is, after all, a part of everyday life and something essential for life, while also being one of the most powerful symbolic devices in all of art.

[bigontheinside]

Drive-By Truckers - Drag The Lake Charlie

[bigrob]

Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Broken Social Scene - Water in Hell (barely)
Los Campesinos! - The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future