"Sally Cinnamon" by The Stone Roses

It would make no sense not to start off this hopefully ongoing dispenser of my favorite songs than with this blog's very namesake. When Ian Brown sings, "I pop pop pop blow blow bubble gum/You taste of cherryade"; it should sound silly, but instead sounds like the culmination of everything I love about pop music. He is singing about a girl, but could very well be singing about pop music itself. The line: "Sent to me from heaven...you are my world" is totally how I feel when I am obsessing over a new song or artist I love.

In the end maybe this is why as a songwriter and music fan I find myself going back to this song time and time agin for inspiration. Sometimes I am amazed by how good it is and I dissect it. Other times I just listen and get a little nostalgic for the summer of 8th grade, the first time I heard it. And still other times I am secretly grateful that this song didn't scare away a generation British bands from writing songs because I gotta be honest with you... this song is so good I'm not sure I would've kept writing songs if I had been in a band across the pond in 1990. But sometimes the best things inspire us to try and top them. This is why I like I love pop music.