iTunes Top 25 - August 24, 2008

The fact that I've started making various playlists to listen to at certain times has led to big changes since last month's Top 25. There's a ton of new songs, and a new number one. So let's get started.

25. "Of All The Gin Joints in All the World" - Fall Out Boy (23)
24. "Hey You" - The Exies (23)
The two biggest dropoffs on the Top 25, they suffer from out of sight, out of mind syndrome (or out of hearing, out of mind as the case may be). Now that I have over 2400 songs on my iTunes, I don't really listen to Fall Out Boy as much, and its been ages since I've played Guitar Hero. Still both great songs though.

23. "She'll Never Be Your Man" - Chris Cornell (23)
Everyone knows what a huge Chris Cornell fan I am, but I don't think I'm exagerrating when I say this is one of the best blues-rock songs ever written. There's not many songwriters out there who can craft a song about losing your chick to another girl and make it feel like a universal experience.

22. "Pretty Handsome Awkward" - The Used (24)

21. "Crash Here Tonight" - Toby Keith (24)
Another big dropoff, its more a victim of the fact that its a slow song, and I've been listening to more of TK's upbeat songs lately than any other reason.

20. "Every Man Has A Molly" - Say Anything (24)

19. "You Know My Name" - Chris Cornell (24)
The theme song from "Casino Royale" is another example of Cornell's brilliant wordplay. Set to a rocked out version of the James Bond music, this is just the right song to get you in the mood to go out and do something.

18. "Metalingus (Edge's Entrance Music)" - Alter Bridge (24)

17. "The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars (25)
You think this is just a standard kick ass rock song, then you listen to the lyrics and its just Jared Leto whining about the end of a relationship. Luckily the rest of the band is great enough that you can overlook the douchiness of the lyrics and just focus on how awesomely the song comes together as a whole.

16. "Your Love" - The Outfield (25)

15. "Inside the Fire" - Disturbed (25)
The lead single off the new Disturbed album, it kicks a whole lot of ass. Its one of those songs where once you hear it, you want to hear it again and again. Hence its entry onto the Top 25.

14. "Tears Don't Fall" - Bullet for My Valentine (25)
You'll notice this song is much higher on this month's Top 25 than it was on last month's. Well, after I posted last month's list, I listened to this song and fell in love with it all over again. So its jumped quite a few spots as a result.

13. "Inevitable" - Anberlin (25)
12. "Say This Sooner" - The Almost (25)
11. "Thriller" - Fall Out Boy (26)
10. "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" - Relient K (27)
9. "Devotion and Desire" - Bayside (27)

8. "Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't" - Brand New (29)
I like to listen to my iPod when I'm going to sleep at night, and before I made a playlist of songs to go to sleep to, I used to just listen to everything I had by Brand New. This one stands out because it starts out quiet, then gets really loud and rocking, something I'm a big fan of in songs.

7. "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'" - Fall Out Boy (30)

6. "The Feel Good Drag" - Anberlin (31)
Anberlin has released a new version of this song as the first single off their new record, and I am not a fan. It sounds way too polished, and the lead singer's voice lacks the grit and thus the emotion that he had when they recorded the original. I don't understand why bands feel the need to re-record new versions of old songs. Especially when the original is as great as this one is.

5. "Grand Theft Autumn" - Fall Out Boy (32)
4. "7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)" - Fall Out Boy (32)
3. "I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" - Fall Out Boy (33)
2. "Save Me From Me" - Amber Pacific (33)

1. "BubbleToes" - Jack Johnson (34)
And we have a new number one! As I mentioned before, I haven't been listening to that much Fall Out Boy recently, and someone had to step in to fill the void. It helps not only that this song is on my Go To Sleep playlist, but that its insanely catchy and you can't listen to it just once.

So that's all for this month. I'll see you back here shortly for the next update.