In honor of the AVP’s New York City Open, here is a picture of me jump serving the Brooklyn Bridge along with my official AVP Spotify playlist. I’m not huge into pre-game pump-up music—I won’t be the player stretching with my headphones on, ignoring my partner—but I am really into music. I’m also pretty one dimensional with my tastes (7-12th grade I only listened to The Beatles, since then it has been mostly Bob Dylan) so if they’d asked for much more than 20 songs without repeating an artist I might have been in trouble. What follows are not my favorite songs but semi-upbeat songs by a lot of my favorite artists. (Simon and Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell didn’t make the cut—it was enough of a stretch to sneak in Leonard Cohen.)
Tracklist
The Dogs or Whoever – Josh Ritter
This Year – The Mountain Goats
Sweet Jane – The Velvet Underground
Complete Control – The Clash
She Said She Said – The Beatles
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Bob Dylan
Baba O’Riley – The Who
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
I Don’t Want to Grow Up – The Ramones
Moonage Daydream – David Bowie
California Stars – Billy Bragg, Wilco
Ocean Breathes Salty – Modest Mouse
Powerman – The Kinks
Another Sunny Day – Belle & Sebastian
Two-Headed Boy – Neutral Milk Hotel
Everybody Knows – Leonard Cohen
Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
Time – Pink Floyd
Carried Away – Dan Bern
The Weight – The Band
Wow. Dan Bern. Didn’t see that one coming
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