Stuck in the Middle with You: Songs 60-41

Ah, the middle. Not quite the best, but better than the rest. What song has the prestigious honor of being exactly halfway between my favorite and the best of the rest? Read on, blogspot faithful, and find out...

60. "A Picture Postcard" by the Promise Ring
Ah, to be young and emo again. Those were the days, no?
59. "Rock Lobster" by the B-52's
58. "Icebox" by Nada Surf
Matthew Caws, if you're reading this, sorry about making an ass of myself backstage at the metro, but still, thank you for playing this song
57. "End of the Line" by Murder By Death
I still want to adapt this album into a screenplay, but this song could probably be a whole miniseries on its own
56. "New Denial" by the Good Life
55. "Waltz #2 (xo)" by Elliott Smith
54. "D.E.A.D.R.A.M.O.N.E.S" by Modern Life is War
Play this one as loud as you can stand
53. "Dead of Winter" by the Eels
This song sneaks up on you. If you've listened to it less than, oh, 53 times, it hasn't fully hit you yet. I remember exactly where I was when I cracked the (perhaps not too difficult) code of this song (a hotel parking lot in Oklahoma City, on my way to Chicago) and I nearly burst into tears
52. "Poison Oak" by Bright Eyes
51. "Simple Things" by Belle and Sebastian
This girl in my dorm sophomore year told me this was the best song on this incredible album, and i scoffed at her. While I do love others as well, I've come around. Sorry Brenna, you were probably right.
50. "Diamond Sea" by Sonic Youth
The centerpiece track on my "Songs They Played on KROQ When It Was the Best Radio Station on Earth" mix (alternately titled, "Hey! Remember Middle School?") Congrats Sonic Youth, we're halfway home.
49. "I Want to Conquer the World" by Bad Religion
Someday this will be the curtain call music for a show I direct. Mark my words.
48. "Epitaph" by Badly Drawn Boy
47. "Guess I'm Doing Fine" by Beck
46. "X-Static" by Foo Fighters
I listen to a lot of sad bastard music, but there are few that do it better than the way Dave Grohl sighs "Wish I could have felt I'd won/For once" at the end of this one
45. "Trying Your Luck" by the Strokes
44. "Neverending Math Equation" by Sun Kil Moon
This might be the only cover on here. I don't know. I do know that I am the same as I was when I was six years old.
43. "The Promise" by Pedro the Lion
Is this song about being Christian? Perhaps. Can I still relate? Absolutely.
42. "Sparks" by Coldplay
Say what you will about Chris Martin and Coldplay (and i've said a lot, just ask my old roommate) and how much they suck now (also a lot), theyre first album was pretty great, and this song is still fantastic
41. "If Winter Ends" by Bright Eyes
I couldn't have appreciated this song before I lasted through my first Chicago winter, and I plan on appreciating it during my next.

almost there kids! excited? i sure am.