After 30 days of focusing on music, I find I'm having a little trouble letting go. In the interest of easing back into normal life---and normal lj entries---I have a meme. Yes. Another music meme. Just think of it as hair of the dog....

1. Reply to this post and I will assign you a letter.
2. List/upload five songs you love that begin with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

ludzu_alus, by way of a most complicated and charmingly random process involving a Robin McKinley book, has assigned me the letter E. After some thought, and perusal of my music collection, this is what I've come up with:

• "Every Breath You Take" - The Police
  One of my all-time favorite songs. Just hearing it relaxes me down to my toes.
• "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes
  I don't care what anyone says: this is an *awesome* song!
• "Eggplant" - Train
  Takes me right back to living in Ireland, when I listened to this album non-stop.
• "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Tears for Fears
  Another song that relaxes me whenever I hear it.
• "Everybody Got Their Something" - Nikka Costa
  I first listened to this when I was reading Fables, and the song meshes so nicely with the graphic novel that whenever I read a new volume, I put this on.

Almost all the songs that immediately came to mind were from the 80s or thereabouts. In fact, if you want an entirely 80s-ish playlist, just sub in "Everlasting Love" by Howard Jones and "Electric Blue" by Icehouse for the two more recent songs. Apparently the letter E was rather popular that decade.