Good day for a ten random

What can I say? It's cold, kinda rainy, and I have a research paper due. Can ya tell?
I'm going with a fun theme for the ten random. It's going to come from my auto-playlist entitled "wtf is this?" For you playlist weirdos out there (I am thinking of one person in particular, but hey who knows everyone has their secrets...), it is limited to unrated songs (because I try to rate all the songs I at all care about, for better or worse) that have not been played in the past month (I tried 6 months, but the play dates got all screwed up when I moved all the music over to the portable hard drive for college) with a total play count of no more than 2.
In other words, I'm thinking "wtf is this?" about every other song.
So here goes:

So High So Low - Ben Harper; What a perfect song to start off with. The only thing that makes this sound at all like a Ben Harper song is his vocal part. Other than that it is about as rock-sounding as the latest Kid Rock single or something. Overall I would call it a horrible misuse of Harper's talents. 2/5

Silhouette - Thrice; I used to hate Thrice. Loathe entirely. I still hate to admit it (like how most people hate to admit that they <3 Linkin Park). 3/5

Stays in Mexico - Toby Keith; This one came when I legally aquired (actually, thats not even a stretch of the truth this time!) the entire Toby Keith Greatest Hits CD a while back. I never have been a major fan of the song, probably owing to the fact that I have no interest in (n)either visiting Mexico (n)or drinking tequila. If the resident english guru could help me out on that last sentence (AND THE LAST SENTENCE ALONE, PICKY) that'd be grrrreat. Also, I don't care if you are singing about such a tropical locale as Mexico, trumpets have no place in my country music. 2/10

Blue-Sky Research/What's Left - Taproot; This bad boy must have squeeked into the playlist under the "not played in the past 6 months" criteria. Not sure if Taproot is one of those bands you're not supposed to like or something (I've never really paid attention to that whole scene) but I have no idea why these guys never got huge. They had their moment in the sun, no doubt, but almost every one of their songs make you want to rip the head off of a puppy. In the screamo (heavy on the -emo) catagory that is like, triple mega diamond titanium usually. 4/5

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper with Sarah McLachlan; Cyndi Lauper scares me. The Sarah McLachlan effect does wonders though. 4/5

Peace, Love, and Understanding - A Perfect Circle; I throw around a lot of hyperbole, its kinda my thing. I mean this one though!!: Emotive rocks. APC could take the Sesame Street song and make it sound like an apocolyptic funeral dirge. And I like it. 5/5

Open Eyes - Saliva; I can confidently say I do not remember ever hearing this song. First impression: Saliva could compete with Nickelback (greatest Canadian rock band of all time ever for eternity and beyond) in terms of songs sounding like identical twins. Sometimes thats a great thing (like Nickelback - the GCRBOATEFEAB). For Saliva that translates into a wealth of mediocrity. 3/5

Broken Heart - Dashboard Confessional; I don't listen to dashboard a whole heckuva lot, but if one of their CDs is <$10 at Target or something I'll grab it. It can get overwhelming in heavy doses. And I hate going to concerts only to listen to a crowd singing along to songs written by a band. 3/5




Still Running - Chevelle; see: Taproot. The critics will say Chevelle has gotten worse since their major debut album Wonder What's Next. I couldn't disagree more. This Type of Thinking (the home-album to this song) was a workout-staple-album for a solid year.
4/5


The Ides of March- Silverstein; I'm sure some people probably love Silverstein. These same people probably hate Nickeback and LP. I like all three, but I would put Silverstein in a distant third. Just a little too much teen-angst sounding.
3/5


Now argue, prove me wrong, etc.