La Vida 2008

Here's my playlist of songs* that hold some special significance for me this year.

• Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
• Mercy (Duffy)
• Today is the Day (Lincoln Brewster)
• Falling Slowly (The Frames)
• Hometown Glory (Adele)
  
• I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
• Way Down in the Hole (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
• Madly (Tristan Prettyman)
• The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson)
• When Your Mind's Made Up (Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová)

A shout out to YouTube, our modern-day surrogate for the after-school bliss of non-stop music videos during the "I Want My MTV!" era of the 80s. Maybe the new MTV Music site will redeem those lost years.

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*Not necessarily released in 2008.