Saturday Night Thread

1.) Big Empty – Stone Temple Pilots2.) Alison – Elvis Costello3.) The Cross – Within Temptation4.) Tell Her About It – Billy Joel5.) Harmony – Elton John6.) Fandango – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass7.) Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover – Simon & Garfunkel8.) Miserable – Lit9.) Stupid Girl – Neil Young10.) Knees of My Heart – Jimmy Buffett;-)I love Shuffle Threads…mostly they inspire me to update my iPod.

1) My Friends – Sweeney Todd (movie)2) Rue Plumet/In My Life – Les Miserables3) My Junk – Spring Awakening4) Johanna – Sweeney Todd (stage)5) This Love – Craig Armstrong6) Heart of the House – Alanis Morisette7) You and Me Song – The Wannadies8) At Seventeen – Janis Ian9) What You In Fo’ – Wu-Tang Clan10) Let It Be – Across the UniverseI’m such a theater geek. The Wu-Tang Clan in there makes me seem kinda cool, right?Love this idea!

1. Gym Class Heroes – Cookie Jar2. Black Sabbath – Dirty Women3. Shiny Toy Guns – Ricochet4. Marilyn Manson – Kinderfeld5. Jay-Z – American Dreamin’6. Nine Inch Nails – Me, I’m Not7. Tool – Rosetta Stoned8. Black Sabbath – Snowblind9. Guns N’ Roses – Shackler’s Revenge10. Kill Hannah – Home

Daft Punk’s ‘Alive 2007′. Over and over and over again.

What is this “IPod” thingie you younguns’ are going on about? Will it play in my stereo?

1) Hawksley Workman – The City is a Drag2) Ben Folds ft. Regina Spektor – You Don’t Know Me3) Chromeo – Momma’s Boy4) Portico Quartet – Knee Deep in the North Sea5) Girl Talk – Play Your Part (part 2)6) Manchester Orchestra – Where Have You Been?7) Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Smoothed Out On An R’n'B Tip Version)8) Hot 8 Brass Band – Sexual Healing9) The Clash – Lost in the Supermarket10) MGMT – Time to Pretend

Shit – I haven’t heard of most of those artists let alone the songs…. But if i were to shuffle what’s on my iTunes (copying vinyl to CD) it would probably be:Jackson Browne – Fountain of SorrowBilly Joel – Summer Highland FallsGrateful Dead – Uncle John’s BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band – Ripplin’ WaterDon McLean – Empty ChairsBruce Springstein – Thunder RoadJackson Browne – The FuseGrateful Dead – RippleJonathan Edwards – Have Yourself a Good Time for MeGordon Lightfoot – Song for a Winter’s Night.I’m old.I’m not impressed with TypePad.

This is an interesting exercise:Face Against My Soul – Skid RowClair de Lune – DebussyLonesome – Montgomery GentryMy Legionnaire – Edith PiafGoodnight Goodnight – Maroon 5You Send Me Flying – Billie MyersI’ve Got You Under My Skin – Diana KrallDesperado – EaglesI Wish I Were in Love Again – Joni MitchellBedshaped – KeaneI’ve got some wicked different stuff on my iPod.

Warning: My tastes are eclectic, but my MP3 player is mostly used during workouts, so it tends to be on the heavier side. plus, I’m a musical Locavore, so most of these will be bands you’ve never heard of:1) “Course of Human Events” by Séance Fiction2) “Parasite” by The Fiddleworms3) “Zip City” by The Drive-By Truckers4) “Davey Moore” by Boombox5) “Channel Four” by Page 806) “Monkey Wrench” by Foo Fighters7) “Air We Breathe” by Ledbetter8) “Alabama Line” by Byron Green9) “Hearts on Loan” by Red Mouth10) “Renegades of Funk” by Rage Against the Machine

Ceu, could you pass yours please? Jonathan Edwards? I thought I was the only person ever heard of him. Still have the vinyl, no mp3s of him. “Shanty” would be good. “Athens County”. Ah, good stuff.”Empty Chairs”–shit, now I’m making a new mp3 list.Watching an 8 hour movie, will have to list my ten later. I think Billy Bragg and Eric Bogle are next up.

THE COOL KIDS. if you’re into hip hop at all but can’t stand 90% of the shit you hear on radio.

Wow, here we go. My iPod currently has over 5600 songs in it (maybe about a 10th of my music collection), mostly jazz, classical, broadway and some pop.

1. Besame Mucho – Gonzalo Rubalcala

2. I Chose To Sing The Blues – Ray Charles

3. Remember – A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim)

4. Leather – Tori Amos

5. Time Track – Chick Corea’s Elektric Band

6. Hub’s Nub – Freddie Hubbard

7. N.Y.C. – Steps Ahead

8. Celebration Suite, Part 1 – Return To Forever

9. Last Suppit – Lettuce

10. Rosalinda’s Eyes – Billy Joel

Hey Bob, where’s your list?

1. Obsessed – 9992. Unchain my heart – Ray Charles3. Love is like oxygen – 10cc4. I was made for dancing – Leif Garrett5. I got a man – 5,6,7,8′s6. Fox Box – Dirtbombs7. Goodbye – Save Ferris8. Hot Rod Lincoln – Pat Travers9. Throw the jew down the well- Borat10. Waterloo Sunset – The KinksBonus Track! – Bales of Cocaine – Reverend Horten Heat:)

Wow! Love This!1) Give Me the Night – Randy Crawford2) Conceptions – 4Hero3) Montego Bay Spleen – St. Germain4) Sky and Sea – Cassandra Wilson5) Make It With You – Bread6) Hotel California – The Eagles7) Peg – Steely Dan8) By Your Side – Tower of Power9) Summer Madness – Kool and The Gang10)Happy Feelings – Maze feat. Frankie BeverlyHave LOTS more, but don’t want to be a hog.

I’m away from my iPod right now, but here’s a random shuffle list I posted on a friend’s site the other day:1. Rush”Beneath, Between And Behind”Exit… Stage Left2. Indigo Girls”Land of Canaan”Strange Fire3. Electric Six”Danger! High Voltage”Fire4. Peter Gabriel”Kiss That Frog”Us5. London Philharmonic”Forth Eorlingas”The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers6. Prince”Purple Rain”Purple Rain7. U2″Where the Streets Have No Name”Joshua Tree8. The Beastie Boys”Time for Livin’”The Sounds of Silence Disc 29. Rush”Driven”Test for Echo10. Primus”Wounded Knee”Pork Soda

>>What is this “IPod” thingie you younguns’ are going on about? Will it play in my stereo?Hehe.

1-Piggy/NIN2-Listen/Collective Soul3-Kissing the lipless/The Shins4-Virginia Plain/Roxy Music5-Funky Shit/Prodigy6-In Dust We Trust/Chemical Brothers7-Song for shelter/Fat Boy Slim8-Run on/Moby9-Dominion/Mother Russia/ Sisters of Mercy10-Cities in dust/Siouxsie&the Banshees

Well, I don’t have an iPod, but I can share some oddsy endsy stuff I’ve been listening to:Thanksgiving day I pulled out Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park. Lifelong scars from a mother who thought I was too young to go without adult supervision (and then couldn’t take me.) Alicia Keys – No OneBone Thugs n Harmony “Take Me Home” (yes, that’s over Phil Collins vocals)Doug E. Fresh’s classic “The Show” (BEST RAP SONG EVER!)ELO – like about 5 different songs!Steely Dan’s Hey NineteenAnd various Gospel songs, old and new. QT

Glasvegas – GeraldineDavid Bowie – Absolute BeginnersVampire Weekend – M79Sigur Rós – HoppípollaThe Dandy Warhols – Wasp In The LotusA Place To Bury Strangers – I Know I’ll See YouKings Of Leon – Use SomebodyVivian Girls – Where Do you Run To?Low vs. Diamond – Heart AttackU2 – In A Little While

1.Bad Things-Jace Everett2.Hallelujah-Jeff Buckley3.Tomorrow-SIXX Am4.Feeling Good-George Michael5.Mojo-Peeping Tom6.Pot-Tool7.I Don’t Wanna Know-Dr John8.She’s So Selfish-The Knack9.Cold Ground-Rusty Truck10-Only The Lonely-The Motels

and a peek into the pre-ipod-thingie days- I gave myself a turntable for my b’day and just recently started busting the shrinkwrap on a massive collection of long stashed platters. I’m only into ‘BC’ and ‘ST’(Artists, not songs ’cause I’ve been listening/flipping/and listening to everything for weeks…1-Bowie (acres of it)2-B-52′s(just the first 2)3-Kate Bush (imagining her as the dried up shell of a bug on my windowsill that Tori Amos sucked the liquid center out of).4-Birthday Party (the last spasmatic shiver of my punk days segueing near-seamlessly into…5-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (omg, ‘From Her to Eternity’, the soundtrack to my testicles finally descending)6-Sparks (many styles over the years, but with firm roots in Gilbert &Sullivan- their new work is f’kg revolutionary)7-sugarcubes (marking a time when bjork had an ‘Icelandic Fred Schnieder’ to play off of)8-T-Rex, and their folkier pre-conception Tyrannisaurus Rex (formative? I still wear nail polish)There is no 9- yet, this is my mid-life crisis. I’ll be at this for years!

Dontpanic & you older folks – last year for Christmas my kids got me an Ion Turntable – looks like a regular turntable, but connects to your computer and converts your vinyl albums into music files suitable for burning to CD or putting on your iPod. (I think there’s a newer model out that goes directly to the iPod and bypassing the computer altogether) It’s soooo fabulous! And it’s a great Christmas gift for that person who just can’t bear to get rid of those crates of albums.Dontpanic – Jonathan Edwards is great! I haven’t seen him in years, but back in the 70s I saw him numerous times at bars and other venues around CT. He’s still playing – played in West Hartford last Fed.Carl – A Little Night Music? Weekend in the Country or Send in the Clowns. The Concert in Central Park – nothing better for a long trip.And All Things Must Pass.

Bob I already thought you were awesome, but now that I know you listen to Electric 6, you 6 bonus awesome points. Of course all you can get with 6 awesome points is a pair of Groucho glasses or some wax lips. Anywho…EL MYSTICOS TAKE- The 10 most important songs in American politics that aren’t Beyonce’s new single:1. Vida Paralelas- Ximena Sarinana2. Fern Beard- The Submarines3. Paul McCartney- Scissor Sisters4. Tu Non Dici Mai Niente- Paola Turci5. Checkin’ On Me- Roisin Murphy6. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? – She & Him7. The Dog Song- Nellie McKay8. 1234- Feist9. Common People- William Shatner10. Mercy- Duffy

I use my iPod for audio books much more than music. Currently listening to The Gate House by Nelson DeMille. It’s a new novel, following up on his 1991 novel The Gold Cost.

Grrr… typo… Gold Coast(Hey Bob, when you replace TypePad, give us something with an edit feature. K? Thanx!)

Figured I’d add my noise. It’s odd, recently I’ve been getting into the music my dad listened to when I was growing up.1) Tom Waits – Downtown Train2) Miles Davis — My Funny Valentine3) Daft Punk — Digital Love4) The Cure — Homesick5) M.I.A — Bucky Done Gun6) T.A.T.U — Beliy Plaschik7) The Very Hush Hush — lovelikelove8) Edith Piaf — Non je ne regrette rien9) The Seatbelts (if you’ve watched Cowboy Bebop, you’ve heard the Seatbelts.) — Call Me, Call Me, Tank10) Bright Eyes — If The Brakeman Turns My Way11) Brand New — Guernica12) Arcade Fire — Intervention13) The Beatles — Helter Skelter, Across the Universe, Let It Be14) Rise Against — Swing Life Away, The Approaching Curve15) Vashti Bunyan — Train Song

1. Jag Ja (from Omkara soundtrack)2. Jiya Jale (from Dil Se soundtrack)3. Khaali Hai Tere Bina (from Paheli soundtrack)4. Salaam-E-Ishq (from Salaam-E-Ishq soundtrack)5. Saajanji Ghar Aaye (from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai soundtrack)6. Pyaar Ki Ek Kahani (from Krrish soundtrack)7. Kabhi Neem Neem (from Yuva soundtrack)8. Where’s the Party Tonight (from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna soundtrack)9. Sholon Si (from Shabd soundtrack)10. Mitwa (also from KANK soundtrack)Yes, there’s a theme here… evidence of my incurable Bollywood addiction.

Mouse in the House- Marty DreadMonty got a raw deal- REMBlurry- Puddle of MuddA-Punk- Vampire WeekendJane-BNLCowboy Romance- Natalie MerchantIn the Arms of Sleep- Smashing PumpkinsBig Pimpin’- Jay-Z&UGKCotton Tail- Ella FitzgeraldI wanna be your dog- Iggy Pop

I did the shuffle thing…Lay Down Sally – Eric ClaptonSong From An American Movie – EverclearShot With His Own Gun – Elvis CostelloI Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) – Dwight YoakumLong Distance Runaround – YesListen To Her Heart – Tom PettyCourage – Todd RundgrenWalk On – Neil YoungSilent Treatment – The RootsSmoke & Mirrots – RJD2

Sorry- the thread is music and I can’t shut up- the last ten CD’s I’ve purchased;1-Ben Folds/new-”they’re watching me. watching me fall” heavily Warren Zevon, Stellar!2- Erasure/new; blecch! sorry Andy, your voice is too old3- Kaiser Chiefs/new; retro sound, still have the balls to rhyme- keep trying to eclipse “Every Day I Love You Less & Less”4-Built to Spill/old, played in minor chords (to denote sadness) yet pretty= good music to commute to, ie. Radiohead?5-Donovan/Greatest Hits; try and keep “Jennifer Juniper” out of your head.6-Josh Zuckerman/debut;some yodeling homo with very hooky songs-my kids LOVE him (they LOVE Blue Oyster Cult- I follow their lead)7-Duffy/debut; turn it off half way through. Till then- yeah!8-Eno/new;see #49-Eno/Here Come the Warm Jets- oh for fucks sake buy it! I lived without it for decades because I had it on vinyl (with no way to play it) It’s on the top ten ‘stranded on a desert island’ mix!10- Zaibach/Anthems I bought it,but had to reteurn it ’cause the CD was missing from the sleeve- but if ever an album showed great promise- it was Zaibach/Anthems!Get to Newbury Comics and get me one- I’ll pay you back!

Wow, this is kinda fascinating… And here are my random bunch (I’ve edited out the huge amounts of stand-up comedy and stuck to the music).I’ll Fly Away – Alison KraussIf I Had $1000000 – Barenaked LadiesPiano Sonata No 16 in C Major – MozartTakk – Sigur RosYou Never Phone – Loudon Wainwight IIISummer Fling – kd LangWake Up Boo – Boo RadleysSuzanne – Leonard CohenWho Will Sing Me Lullabies – Kate RusbyNo Sleep Til Brooklyn – Beastie Boys

Dil Se is a great soundtrack, but THE song from it is Chaiyya Chaiyya. I’m a big fan of A.R. Rahman in general.Zaibach? Is that anything like Laibach?Here are some of the songs I’ve complied for an online advent calendar featuring the best songs of 2008:Elbow – The Bones of YouCaptain – Keep an Open MindThe Week That Was – Scratch The SurfaceGoldfrapp – Little BirdIt Bites – Great DisastersThe Herbaliser (feautring Yungun a.k.a. Essa) – Just Won’t StopPortishead – Machine GunThe Sparks – She Got Me PregnantThe Last Shadow Puppets – The Age of the UnderstatementThe Foals – Hummer (yes, the single came out in 2007, but the album was from this year)I have yet to decide which the best track are off of Big Elf’s Cheating the Gallows, Squarepusher’s Just a Souvenir, Dungen’s 4, Neon Neon’s Stainless Style, Silvery’s Thunderer and Excelsior, Nick Cave’s Dig, Lazarus, Dig!, The Pineapple Thief’s Tightly Unwound and whether or not Glasvegas really qualify.

Oh Girl- Chi-LitesI Melt With You- Modern EnglishI Don’t Care Anymore- Phil CollinsStiff Upper Lip- AC/DCI’m Black And I’m Proud- James BrownLandslide- Stevie NicksVentura Highway- AmericaI Wanna Be Sedated- RamonesFather And Son- Cat StevensTaking Care Of Business- Bachman- Turner OverdriveI’ve listened to AC/DC’s ” Black Ice ” at least a hundred times since I picked it up at Wally World last month. Also rediscovering a lot of hard , hard rock : Buckcherry, Brides Of Destruction, Burning Brides, The Tight Bros From Way Back When,etc.That was fun.

Oh, and Ben Folds being heavily Warren Zevon? That’s a little sad to hear. He used to be really good and tended to stay firmly away from rock clichés (or at least use them in non-standard ways) in his songwriting, something Zevon can’t be said to be particularly famous for.

Let me invite everyone interested in classic rock to the Amazon ” Classic Rock ” blog. Been doing it a year and it’s a blast. I’ve learned more music there in the past year than in the previous 57. Go to Amazon.com- music- classic rock- the blogs are listed at the bottom of the page. Something for everyone , regardless of musical persuasion.PRC

The only music blog I can find om Amazon is Chordstrike and that’s just chock full of mainstreamery.

Teaflax-Go to Amazon.com. On the left, where it says ” Shop all departments ” , go to ” Movies, music, and games ” , and select ” Music ” from the drop-down menu. When you get to the ” Music ” page, on the left it says ” browse ” and ” genres “. Under ” genres “, click on ” Classic Rock “. Near the bottom of the ” Classic Rock ” page is the ” Classic Rock Forum “.Enjoy.

Tale In Hard Time – Fairport ConventionAlone Again Or – LoveI Am The Man, Thomas – Bob DylanWaltz For Debby – Bill EvansBye Bye Blackbird – Miles DavisLock ‘Em Up – Charles MingusNuages – Django ReinhardtCello Suite No. 2 – Bach (Isserlis)Goldberg Variations – Bach (Hewitt)Treatment Bound – The Replacements

Ok, no shuffle, so here’s the first song of a different artist in the order they are listed–wait, that only gets to “C” in the alphabet–so I’ll randomly jump down and stab my cursor:Arlo Guthrie–Gabriel’s Mother’s Highway Ballad #16 BluesClash–Career OpportunitiesDougie MacLean–Scots Wha’ HaeErie Og–Go on Home, British SoldiersGreat Big Sea–Barrett’s PrivateersJD Souther–Faithless LoveJimmy Buffett–I-95 Song (Were You Born An Asshole)Moody Blues–Emily’s SongNeil Young–Sugar MountainPeter, Paul and Mary–El SalvadorStill only got to the “P”s–oh, well. That left out the Pogues, Pure Prarie League, Ralph McTell,the Real MacKenzies, the Roches…so many. I didn’t get to Stan Rogers, Steve Earle, Tom Lehrer! Tom Petty! Tom Rush! All the Toms! Fifty Wolfe Tones songs and the Zager and Evans one-hit wonder classic. There’s a 2GB SD card in there and I take forever to get all the way around.Ceu–I MUST find that Ion thing. I have been thinking of getting rid of the old albums to make space for my old age but haven’t been able to do it. Some are replaced but too many aren’t (like J. Edwards–I can’t believe he’s still playing and would love to hear him live). Now I’ll be searching for your gizmo. THANK YOU.

prcleburne: thanks for the instructions, but since you wrote “Something for everyone , regardless of musical persuasion” I was expecting blogs on other genres, and also Amazon’s genre list is very limited and US-centric. Also, you pointed me to a forum, not a blog.I generally prefer music writing that isn’t genre-based anyway, because genre names – while useful shorthand when discussing music – tend to concentrate on the surface elements of the music, rather on composition. When Yes and Kansas, Fiona Apple and Alanis Morrisette, Japan and Spandau Ballet, Squarepusher and Daft Punk and Elbow and Coldplay (to list bands I love and dislike in that order) are considered genre brothers, you know the main consideration are primarily sound, production, and maybe arrangement.

I Drink Alone – George ThorogoodEnter Sandman – MetallicaBetter Man – Pearl JamGood -Better than EzraThese Blues are all Mine – Tab BenoitStupid Girl – GarbageYou Really Got Me – KInksGallows Pole – Led ZeppelinHows it Gonna Be – Third Eye BlindYou Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

Plus there’s this: “** You must have purchased items from Amazon to post.”My wife does all the online purchasing in this house, and I’m not about to post as her.

teaflax- yeah, Laibach- where was my head last night. Can’t argue Ben Folds either, it was my first cd by him and that’s just the impression it left. Didn’t mean to compare abilities.

Very cool and fun thread!Thanks for everything you do Bob!!reckless burning – jesse sykes & the sweet hereafterthe given geography – centro-maticno tomorrow – steve wynn & the miracle 3mona lisas and mad hatters – elton johnsay goodbye to the little girl tree – nick cave & the bad seedsdedicate it – the afghan whigsthis can’t be today – the rain paradein the evening – led zepplinroad – nick drakedancing with the women at the bar – whiskeytown

Ceu–Do you have this one:http://www.amazon.com/Ion-ION-ITTUSB-05-Turntable/dp/B000MUDI9S/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1DMLW7M4QGEPX&colid=JFTFXD5HDC16or this one:http://www.amazon.com/Ion-TTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1P1SBBTDX2JFV&colid=JFTFXD5HDC16Or another altogether? I’m leaning toward the first one but can use input. I may be suggesting this to Mrs. Santa if I can choose one and the prices stay around $100 or less. I can then bring a couple hundred albums with me into the 21st. And get rid of them–I think. I’ll miss the artwork most.

Teafax-Thanks for setting me straight that it’s a forum and not a blog. I’ll be sure not to repeat the mistake.

Oooooh…a music thread!1. Make Yourself – Incubus2. Stockholm Syndrome – Muse3. Jesus Christ (live) – Brand New4. Windowsill – Arcade Fire5. King of Contradiction – Sum 416. Why You’d Want To Live Here – Death Cab7. Climbing Up the Walls – Radiohead8. Sore Thumb – The Format9. Chapter 13 – +4410. Wax Simulacra – the Mars VoltaThat’s actually a pretty decent representation of my musical taste.

Dontpanic – the top one, but you can get it for almost $20 less at newegg.com:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882698005I'm still not getting rid of my albums…

Dontpanic – add’lBut if you want to buy it – or anything – thru Amazon, then please enter Amazon from Laffy & Paddy’s blog ’cause they get $$ for people who click on the ads (or whatever, I don’t know how it all works, just that it benefits them if you do it that way.) I don’t see that Bob has any ads here from Amazon, but if he does, then obviously you should use that.it’s: thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com

Yikes, that’s much cheaper–thanks. And I will indeed go through Laffy and Paddy if Bob’s book link doesn’t get him something just for following it to something else (Bob?) when ordering stuff from Amazon–thanks for that. I’ll be a few days or more in ordering.Thank you, Ceu.

But they are out of them. I’ll keep an eye on it.

1. Talib Kweli/Joy
2. Wire/Brazil
3. Rilo Kiley/Smoke Detector
4. The Beatles/While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5. The Newsies/Sante Fe (great movie, don’t mock)
6. Gavin DeGraw/Just Friends (stripped)
7. Frank Sinatra/This Town
8. Robin Thicke/Something Else
9. State Radio/Blood Escaping Man
10. RATM/People of the Sun

wow that makes me seem much more musically adventurous than I feel. I love these lists and i love these open threads. I should participate more often

Cool! Here’s the top ten of tunes I listen to when I’m working out (the only time I get with my iPod):1. Dream Wide Awake — National Health2. The Carpet Crawl — Genesis (studio version)3. Breathless — Robert Fripp4. Frame by Frame — King Crimson5. Take Me to the River — Talking Heads (live)6. The Things You See (When You Haven’t Got Your Gun) — Allan Holdsworth7. Synchronicity II — Police8. Grace — Jeff Buckley9. Gothic 17 — Bruford10. Golden Years — David Bowie

wow…how did i miss thisi am laughing so hard at the randomness that came up…and i have to say i love them all!!! in true ipod playlists form i will tell you why i like the songs……DON’T JUDGE ME…“i will take that ride” – betty davis (makes me have that “body rocking knockin’ tha boots” kinda feeling)“play with fire” – rolling stones (i see myself in a black ’78 trans am spinning out of a dirty motel when i listen to this song)“macarena” – d&b (mom and me myrtle beach, hotel tiki bar dancing with scorched vacationers)“it’s tricky” – run-dmc (my ass has a mind of it’s own when this song is on)“you are the best thing” – ray lamontagne (who wouldn’t want this song to be about them)“that spirit of Christmas” ray charles – (makes me think of national lampoons christmas vacation)“feels like rain” – john hiatt ( living in charleston weather and being bad at love, this song speaks to me)“strange behavior” – macy gray (this song makes me laugh…hard and out loud)“another brick in the wall, pt 2” – pink floyd (takes me back to when my brother, his friends, and i would skateboard, cuss, and pretend to smoke fake candy cigs…haha)“hot child in the city” – nick glider (the mom says i was conceived during this song while she was on birth control…so i kind of have a special connection to it)

“Punjabi Wedding Song” from the “Bride and Prejudice” soundtrack — great, great track, and great movie. Bound to put a smile on your face, no matter what your day has brought you.”Love Song” Sara Bareilles (spelling?)”Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles”The One Thing” (live) by INXS — it’s difficult to listen to without thinking about what we lost in Michael H.”I Get By With a Little Help From my Friends” The Beatles”Girl’s Night Out (GNO)” Miley Cyrus (or the other one; I just think it’s kind of a kick ass song.) (And I’m MUCH closer to her father’s age than her age.)”Let’s Get it Started” Black Eyed Peas – GREAT dance song.”That’s the Way Loves Goes” Janet Jackson — one of my favorite sexy dance tracks.”Groove is in the Heart” Deee Lite – another classic dance track.

Great idea…1) Bright Eyes, Four Winds.2) Pavement, Major Leagues.3) Marvin Gaye, What’s Goin’ On.4) MGMT, The Youth.5) MIA, Paper Planes.6) Pixies, Velouria.7) The Shins, Phantom Limb.8) Gorillas, M1A1.9) Foals, Heavy Water.10) Black Kids, Hit The Heartbrakes.