In Which Carmen Watches Thunderstorms and Fills out Memes

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Someone needs to tell the weather gods to wait until after dark to release thunderstorms. You can't really appreciate lightning until true night has settled.

The Music Meme, gakked from ravenclaw_devi

List five songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artist and the song in your blog along with your five songs. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to.

In no particular order:

"The Sharp Hint of New Tears" by Dashboard Confessional
"Miracle Drug" by A.C. Newman
"Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles
"Police and Thieves" by The Clash
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day

If you haven't filled this out, I'd really like to see your answers--the music people listen to fascinates me.

And since I'd like to have this list to look at in a few months when I'm listening to vastly different music:

"Octopus' Garden," "Across the Universe," "With a Little Help from my Friends," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles
"Walking in Memphis," "The Downeaster Alexa," "For the Longest Time" by Billy Joel
"I Fought the Law," "White Riot" by The Clash
Mozart's Requiem
Bruch's Violin Concerto #1
Sibelius' Finlandia
"Hey Girl," "Vindicated," "Screaming Infidelities," "Morning Calls" by Dashboard Confessional
"Chariot" by Gavin DeGraw
"Let's Talk About Spaceships" by Say Hi to your Mom
"Every Moment" by Rogue Wave
"Mad World" by Gary Jules
"Breathe" by Télépopmusik
"Beautiful Madness" by Bell x1
"Purple Haze," "After Midnight" by Jimi Hendrix
"Good Night and Thank You," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from Evita
"Gee, Officer Krupke," "A Boy Like That" from West Side Story
"I Wanna be your Boyfriend," "California Sun" by The Ramones
"A Place Called Home" by Kim Richey
"Now We Are Free [Maximus Mix]" from Gladiator
"All Souls' Night" by Loreena McKennitt
"Amish Paradise," "Yoda," "The Saga Begins," "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by Weird Al Yankovic
"Galileo" by The Indigo Girls
"Paperthin Hymn" by Anberlin
"Sunday Morning" by Maroon Five
"Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Vertigo" by U2
"I'm A Believer" by Smash Mouth
"Bouncing off the Walls" by Sugarcult

If you have anything I must listen to, please tell me--I'm always looking to expand my music collection, and as you can see, I have eclectic taste.