Music (sermon?)

Have fun with the pun in the title, unless you're Greg, who should get it a little more quickly. It's a purposeless pun with relevance to rap.

Since I seem to be lacking the "free" in freewriting as of late and it's just more like stream-of-lack-of-consciousness writing, I think I'll write about a concrete topic, that being the songs that don't seem to fit that well in my music collection. Ednos came over a week or two ago and remarked that the Keane I have on my computer is completely unrelated to the other songs. I might disagree, but I'll work with the possibility that it's true.

Here are some songs, and why they're there.
The Recluse
Cursive
Again, I don't really like any of the other Cursive songs I've heard (two or three songs). I often go to this song when I think that I'm somewhat close to sadness or verklemptness or irksomeness, but more frequently I go to it when I'm just wondering about the world in general.
Helena
My Chemical Romance
Okay, so you're alright with the dance, alright with the disco, alright with the Cursive, but WHOA EMO OH MY GOD. Well, MCR fans will deny that the band is emo, and I do have to say that it's light at best on the emo scale, especially on the screamo scale. I look at this as a fantastic dance-reminiscent song with magnificent tempo changes and energy and outlandishness and outrageousness.
Everything You Want
Vertical Horizon
Perhaps one of the best ultra-early 2000s top 50 hits. The verse that sticks out in the middle is pretty damn good. And this song is fairly easy to sing throughout. Oh god, I sing too?
Can't Stop Now
Keane
This is perhaps one of the weaker songs on the album if you listen to the album as a whole. Even I have to admit it. The extended chorus, though, is incredible, and so is the entire slow part. Great melody, and I like songs that are this simple and repetitive lyrically.
The Light
Common
Anyone remember when MTV repeated the same songs over and over again after 9/11? They were some pretty good songs, including even Fabolous's "Can't Deny It." Well, one of them was this song, which I can't say was released that close to 9/11 at all. If you listen you'll see why it was chosen. It's a really relaxed, honest rap song. Probably Common's best. I haven't really heard "Go," though, or many of his songs at all. If heaven had a height, you would be that tall. It just sounds completely wonderful.
The Thing About It
and Better Days
Sweatshop Union
These two are "conscious"-rap. I just downloaded this group's music (it's a collective of rappers/rap groups) because it's from Vancouver, which is just a kick-ass region in general. I lucked out. I don't listen to this that often, but it's pretty good when I'm not sleep-deprived.
Allentown
and Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
When I was like 6 I was introduced to Billy Joel. He's really an incredible songwriter; sadly, he looks completely, uh, wrong now and he's only writing classical. If I had more Billy Joel music on CD I'd rip it ALL to my computer. This includes the incredible Just the Way You Are, which is soothing to sing and just overall one of the most charming/memorable songs from back when I was 6, 7, 8, integral from 6 to 18 dt... sorry.

So I like a good melody, and frequently singing that amounts to yelling --if it's in the spirit of fun.