20: Crowded House – Don’t Dream it’s Over (iPod Challenge)

American composer Aaron Copeland once said, “Why a good melody should have the power to move us has thus defied all analysis.” So, instead of accepting the inherent challenge in those words, let’s just accept them as fact. Let’s also accept as fact that this song moved a whole lot of people and still does.

One of the best concert experiences I ever had was seeing the reconstituted Crowdies at the Uptown in Kansas City a few years ago. It was somewhere between revival and communion with the fan...