Top 10: Songs for Leap Day
February 29th, 2008 by Wade Tatangelo in News
Leap Day, aka bissextile day, has always puzzled me. I don’t have the head for numbers or a strong enough understanding of astronomy to really comprehend it. “February 29″ looks weird on the calendar. Every four years, it sneaks up on me. I gaze down at the date displayed on my phone and feel like something is off. The phenomenon bewilders me — and probably also confuses a whole lot of second graders. Here’s a song list to commemorate this calendar screw-up.
1. “Leap Year Blues,” Big Bill Broonzy
2. “A Strange Day,” The Cure
3. “Jump,” Van Halen
4. “Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards,” Billy Bragg
5. “29,” Ryan Adams
6. “Here Today,” The Beach Boys
7. “Leap of Faith,” Bruce Sprinsteen
8. “The Calendar Hung Itself,” Bright Eyes
9. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” The Rolling Stones
10. “Another Day,” Paul McCartney
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March 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
jump jive and wail. Brian Setzer.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Nice. This list was tough, took me way to long.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Um, make that “took me way TOO long.”