My Current Playlist; Tailgating (and coping) with Music

I love making playlists - for just about everything, but especially for tailgates/parties. I have created scores of song collections based on our weekly tailgate themes, crowd, moods, etc. This season I had started compiling one for the Nebraska game - our scheduled theme was "best of" - we were celebrating 10 seasons of knockout awesome tailgates, and I wanted to pick some excellent songs to fit the mood.

And then things changed. Drastically. I don't know if it was Wednesday or Thursday night that week, but I started a new playlist of songs that just reflected my mood at the time - most where angsty or whiney songs - but they really meant something to me. We didn't play any music at the Nebraska tailgate (which, btw, was kickarse) - but I've been listening (and adding) to the playlist ever since.

Well, I'm in a kinda bitter and sad place right now. I'm trying (no really, I am) to work my way through what has happened to Penn State in the last 2 months - and while I don't really have any answers, I do have my iPod (shoutout to Tailgate Maven!).

Sample from Current Playlist "JVP" on shuffle:

"Another Nail in my Heart" Squeeze
"Never Tear Us Apart" INXS
"Better Man" Pearl Jam
"In My Life" Beatles
"Don't Answer Me" The Alan Parsons Project
"It's the End of the Road" Matt Goss
"This is the Day" The The
"By My Side" INXS
"You're the One" Petula Clark
"Mean" Taylor Swift
"Different Drum" Stone Poneys
"You Were Meant for Me" Jewel
"I Predict a Riot" Kaiser Chiefs
"Forever Young" Alphaville
"Superstar" Carpenters
"Bro Hymn" Pennywise
"Be True to Your School" Beach Boys
"All I Want is You" U2
"If I Can't Have You" Kim Wilde
"Pack Up" Eliza Doolittle
"The Boys of Fall" Kenny Chesney
"Come Back Song" Darius Rucker
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" Nathalie Cole
"What Doesn't Kill You" Kelly Clarkson
"Don't Dream It's Over" Crowded House
"Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis
"If I Can Dream" Elvis Presley
"King of Wishful Thinking" Go West
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys
"I Want You Back" The Jackson Five
"Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson)" Jay-Z
"Forget You" Cee Lo
"A Little Respect" Erasure
"When You Where Young" Killers
"Hail to the Lion" Penn State Marching Blue Band

Thanks for listening.