Drop one song in the comments and don’t explain why. Go!

Title says it all. What song (currently - no wrong answer, repeat answers allowed) feels like hope to you? For me, right now, it's this track called "Hold On" by French 79. This came out in.. 2020 I think? maybe 2019, but regardless, it was there for 2020. The whole album was there, but this song in particular. There was more than just COVID going on for for me, which I could go into, but not tonight. Point being, this song was there for me. I just now pulled up the video for the first time so I could post it here, and holy shit but this even hits harder. I was totally a skater as a kid, and even rode goofy foot. Nostalgia and hope wrapped into one. Perfect. Post your track too if you can - I wanna hear it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgBBCzi7Kpc

When I'm doing the show and I play some mellow or sad music, I often get people checking in if I'm okay. The irony is, that is not what I go to when I'm feeling down. I go to the classics, the anchors, the seminal records that have kept me afloat all these years like The Joshua Tree, Earth Sun Moon, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Let Me Come Over, Cooper Blue and many many more. I'm curious, when things feel heavy, what kind of music do you reach for? Quiet? Loud? Familiar? Something new?

There's a "game" my family does from time to time. We've got a sound system that allows for anyone on the network to add songs to the currently playlist. It's a sonos - which used to be a great system to use, but is now kind of a pain in the ass. Anyway. The game works like this: Someone picks a song to start the mix and plays it. BEFORE the song ends, the next person has to add a new track to the playlist which works with the currently playing song. The way a song works can be whatever - mood, style, lyrics - it just has to "work." y'know. Mix style. Given how much great music I've found from this community that I hadn't even known existed, I'm thinking this crew can produce some amazing mixes. The rules: a) I'm going to put a song at the bottom of this post. That's the first song. I'm going to label it as track "1." b) You need to find, play, and listen track number 1. c) Before the track ends, you must come up with a next track. d) Post a reply that lists both track "1." and your new addition - track "2." e) If there are multiple track 2's, track 4's, etc. - pick one to build from, and reply to that comment with your next track. This allows for the possibility that multiple people might be commenting around the same time, and not see that they're both posting a new track in response to the same song. We might get some branching mixes! f) Be sure to copy the whole playlist in your reply. E.g., if I was adding the 4th track, I'd post something like: 1. track one - band one 2. track two - band two 3. track three - band three 4. track four - band four That way, if there are branches - we know which branch you're adding to. And that's it! Let's see if we can't get at least a single ten track playlist going. And we'll play by the honor system. Do your best to find something before the previous track ends! Here's track one of this mix: 1. "Stupid Lesson" - J Church (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct31GJUHozs)

I braved an ice storm for an out-of-town Nine Inch Nails show last night and it made me think of going on musical road trips. I think the furthest I’ve gone specifically for a concert is Minneapolis (from Toronto) though I’ve certainly caught concerts further away while already travelling. My (probably mathematically unbreakable) record there is Sydney.