Because it's been a while...

Because it's been a while, I'm just going to recommend several songs. In list form. With no explanation. Are these my favorite songs of all time? Maybe, but not necessarily.

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (The John Cale recording is possibly my favorite version of this ever.)

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello

the Mountain Goats - Masher

Shearwater - Near a Garden

Jackson Browne - These Days (if you can track it down, check out the St. Vincent cover. Amazing.)

John Lennon - Isolation

The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Okkervil River - It Ends With a Fall

Radiohead - Cuttooth

The Replacements - Answering Machine

The Records - Starry Eyes

Big Star - Kangaroo

Wilco - Sunken Treasure

Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over

Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren (It goes without saying that the This Mortal Coil cover is very impressive as well.)

The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says

Rufus Wainwright - Poses

Elliott Smith - Say Yes

Nick Drake - Northern Sky

Beat Happening - Godsend

Blur - Tender

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song

Elvis Costello - Couldn't Call It Unexpected #4

The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers - Lisa

R.E.M. - Country Feedback

New Order - Ceremony

The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Modest Mouse - Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset

Red House Painters - Void

So, that's it. An off-the-top-of-my-head list of thirty songs that are doing it for me right now. Both in terms of where I am in my life and, you know, RIGHT NOW. So track them down. Listen to them. Spend time with them. Love them. Include them on mixes. Discuss in the comments. Et cetera.