Top Songs — 2011
▶ Spotify PlaylistIt should surprise no one that I keep a detailed list of every concert I've been to — artist, date, and venue. There are lots of great shows and great memories on that list. But one that I always come back to is a night in 2011. Hope and I were at Radio City Music Hall to see Iron and Wine — surprisingly, only the second concert we'd ever attended as a couple. Back then, live music wasn't something we did. Our lives were filled with the busyness of raising young kids, and going to concerts was just not a priority for how we spent time together.
That said, Iron and Wine was a favorite of mine, and I was thrilled to share this night with Hope. The show was incredible, culminating in a haunting rendition of "The Trapeze Singer." Radio City was stunned silent. But my favorite memory of the night was as we walked out and Hope said to me, "I want to see more live music."
Years later, concerts are now a big part of our lives, and we've seen many great shows, including Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Maggie Rogers, Boygenius, Waxahatchee and more. It's a thread that ties into so many parts of our life, and a passion that has passed down to our children.
1.⭐ Iron & Wine — Walking Far from Home
2.⭐ Cults — Abducted
3.⭐ Red Hot Chili Peppers — The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
4.⭐ Iron & Wine — Tree by the River
5.⭐ Generationals — Ten-Twenty-Ten
6.⭐ Foster The People — Warrant
7.⭐ Avril Lavigne — What the Hell
8.⭐ The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart — Even in Dreams
9.⭐ The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart — Belong
10.Eleanor Friedberger — My Mistakes
11.Yuck — The Wall
12.Cut Copy — Need You Now
13.EMA — California
14.Nicki Minaj — Super Bass
15.Foster The People — Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
16.fun.;Janelle Monáe — We Are Young
17.David Guetta;Sia — Titanium
18.The Raveonettes — Recharge & Revolt
19.The Blood Arm — Shes A Guillotine
20.The Vaccines — Post Break-Up Sex
21.Lana Del Rey — Video Games
22.Lady Gaga — The Edge Of Glory
23.Foster The People — Helena Beat
24.Cults — Go Outside
25.M83 — Midnight City
26.Those Darlins — Be Your Bro
27.Florence + The Machine — Shake It Out
28.R.E.M. — We All Go Back To Where We Belong
29.Young the Giant — My Body
30.The Decemberists — Calamity Song
31.Yuck — Get Away
32.WILD FLAG — Romance
33.M83 — Intro
34.Eric Church — Springsteen
35.Phantogram — Don't Move
36.Girls — Honey Bunny
37.The Vaccines — If You Wanna
38.The Decemberists — This Is Why We Fight
39.Adele — Rolling in the Deep
40.The Horrors — Still Life
41.The Black Keys — Lonely Boy
42.Yuck — Georgia
43.Anna Calvi — Blackout
44.The Belle Brigade — Losers
45.Sleeper Agent — Get it Daddy