It's High Time For A Fluffy Post

My last two posts have been unintentionally serious, so it's time to lighten things up around here.

My friend Shayla tagged me with a Thirty Random Songs on Your iPod note.  Normally I don't do these but A) it's Shayla who's asking and B) there's so much unpleasant stuff I need to accomplish around here (e.g. clean the basement, starting by picking up all Maisy's 100 soup bones because the floor looks like an archaeological dig site and, also, the cats are protesting something - the loss of pineapple maybe? - and have taken to pooping in the general vicinity of the box rather than inside) that I sort of can't resist. 

Plus, at the end you guys can participate.  Everyone wins.

Here goes...

New Order/Bizarre Love Triangle - This song makes me happy because every time I hear it, I'm suddenly twenty years old in the middle of a crowded basement at a fraternity party, trying to dance while also attempting to keep my plastic cup of keg beer from sloshing onto my pristine Keds.

Avril Lavigne/Girlfriend - Huh.  I didn't expect SHAME to show up so quickly on this list.   I have no excuse for this song being here except that it's great to run to on the treadmill.  (Possibly because subconsciously my brain wants to move my body away from it?) 

Andrea Bocelli/Time to Say Goodbye - This played at the end of The Sopranos on a Sunday night and I thought it was the most beautiful song I ever heard.  The first thing that Monday morning, I was at my desk at the dot com ripping it from Napster.  The idiot Joshes mocked me at first, but by mid-afternoon, I could hear each one of them playing it at their own desks.  They all started the songs at different times, so it was like the Italian version of Row, Row, Row Your Boat every time I walked to the printer.

The Escape Club/Wild, Wild West - More college dance music, but I particularly loved this one because it referenced Ronald Reagan having nuclear arms.  Don't forget, the Berlin wall was up and we were still cold warriors at the time.  This song gave me great comfort knowing we had superior American fire power.  (I'm pretty sure this isn't the reaction The Escape Club anticipated.)

Guns 'N Roses/Sweet Child O Mine- When this song came out, I didn't care for GNR, ironic because not only were some of the guys from my college town, but my boss was married to Izzy's brother.  So I could have actually hung out with the band when they were home, but I thought they were "icky" and I was holding out for George Michael.  Yeah, that worked out nicely for me.

The Cure/Just Like Heaven - I carried this cassette in my purse for months when it was released.  So anytime I was around a jam box, I'd insist on playing it over and over and over.  I'm sure that couldn't have been annoying. 

Crowded House/Don't Dream It's Over - We listened to this tape on a continuous loop one day when a bunch of my fraternity friends and I were participating in a philanthropic endeavor, riding a go-kart from Lafayette to Indianapolis.  Somehow I never had to take my turn pedaling, opting instead for the warmth of the pace car. 

Beastie Boys/Fight for Your Right - This one didn't do anything for me until a couple of my guy work friends at the insurance company played it all afternoon in anticipation of the concert that night.  The next day they came back complaining about having been the only people there over the age of 15.  And that's just funny.

The B-52s/Rock Lobster - This song is the only reason the 4:30 aerobics class at Purdue's Co-Rec was bearable, largely due to choreography involving gatoring.

Ice Cube/It Was a Good Day - You know what's more gangsta than an insurance company service rep driving to appointments in her Dodge Stratus listening to Ice Cube with the windows open?  Nothing, that's what.

Guns 'N Roses/Live and Let Die - The winter before Such a Pretty Fat came out I wanted to change the title of the book because I didn't like it.  Originally, it was supposed to be Pretty Fat but we found out that this phrase linked to a fat fetish site and I was all, "People are going to think those women are me!"  I wanted to call the book Live and Let Diet but it was too late.  I'm not quite sure how the song and the book title are related but I began to associate them in my head, hence its presence on my playlist.  (Hey, I can't swing for the fences with every story.)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones/The Impression that I Get - Dear Paul Rudd, the only reason Fletch didn't dump me when I dragged him to see you in Clueless back in 1995 is because the Bosstones were in the film, too.  You might not have had anything to do with the decision to cast them, but if you did, thanks!

The Police/Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - A little anorexic girl with ridiculous implants sang this song so badly on American Idol a few weeks ago that it's erased all the nice memories of this music.  Whore. 

Biz Markie/Just a Friend- My BFF Joanna and I roadtripped to Virginia Beach for senior week when she was about to graduate and we sang this loudly and badly at least 400 times during the course of the trip.  Now my reaction is pretty much Pavlovian and I can't hear it without singing along, loudly and badly.  (P.S.  I miss using "roadtrip" as a verb.)

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So... huh.

This list only contains fourteen songs. 

You know what?  With a playlist like this, thirty is probably sixteen too many.

Anyway, consider yourselves tagged if you want to do this on your blog, or you can give me your five-song condensed version in the comments.

Play on.

Comments

[Suzanne]

Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne

Larger Than Life - The Backstreet Boys

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Bon Jovi

U + Ur Hand - Pink

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant

[Chrissy]

What fun! I'm too lazy to get my Ipod so here is shuffle on my itunes account -
1. Womanizer - Britney Spears (whatever, it's a good song to play while cleaning!)
2. "That's not my name" - The Ting Tings - love this song
3. "Miracle" - Paramore (thank you, Twilight books!)
4. "Can't help falling in love" - Michael Buble - Elvis did it better.
5. "Time is running out" - Muse - again, thanks to Stephanie Meyer for letting me know about this band.

[Kelly]

1. I Know Tonight - The Cars
2. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band
3. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
4. Another Night - Real McCoy (Great Treadmill song!)
5. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven - Kenny Chesney (Hey, I'm a Southern Girl...what do you expect!?!

[MUSEinIN]

1. Butterfly Wings - Machines of Loving Grace
2. Dr. Jeep - Sisters of Mercy
3. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
4. After the Flesh - My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult
5. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths

Hmmmm....I must be into the "pre-goth" section.

[Six]

Let's see...iPod is playing right now on shuffle, the next 5 songs up are:

Everything I do by Whiskeytown
Band of Gold by Freda Payne
The Seeker by The Who
Lucas with the Lid Off by Lucas
Seven Nation Army by White Stripes

I think I'm seeing a pattern. We all have some pretty random shit on our iPods.

[DanceMom]

Everyone made so many great suggestions!

"When I Grow Up" The Pussy Cat Dolls
"Hot and Cold" Katy Perry
"Single Girls" Beyonce
"Living on a Prayer" Bon Jovi

I am so seriously BUMMED JEN!!!! I just realized the day you are coming to Milwaukee is the day of my kids' dance recital which is an all day affair. Being the pyscho-stage-Dance Mom that I am I do help at the afternoon performance back stage and watch the evening performance. They have it at the UW-Parkside auditorium so it is really a BIG DEAL. I will have to try to make it to Chicago...I am always so screwed.

[Amanda]

Oooohh, I love music! Here are my current can't get enough tracks...

1. Lenin ... Arcade Fire
2. Geraldine ... Glasvegas
3. Full Moon ... The Black Ghosts
4. Help I'm Alive ... Metric
5. Heroes (Bowie Cover) ... TV on the Radio
6. E.S.T. ... White Lies
7. Sold! To the Nice Rich Man ... Welcome Wagon
8. Ghetto Love ... Spinnertte
9. Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare ... Matt & Kim
10. I'm Throwing my Arms Around Paris ... Morrissey
11. God & Suicide ... Blitzen Trapper
12. Mykonos ... Fleet Foxes
13. Sometime Around Midnight ... Airborne Toxic Event
14. Blood Bank ... Bon Iver
15. Love Vigilantes (New Order Cover) ... Iron & Wine

[Jamie M]

Wild Horses/Bush - Huh, wonder why I don't rock out to the rolling stones version? Me too. Mmmm Gavis Rossdale is hot.

You Can't Touch This/MC Hammer - As a child of the 80s, how could I not have this song on my ipod?? Good work out song too!

Look What You've Done/Jet - Mellow song. Used to love Jet. What happened to them?!

Sweetest Goodbye/Maroon 5 - Love, love love Maroon 5. This song is good. Not my favorite, but I can apprieciate the meaning.

Rock My World Little County Girl/Brooks & Dunn - Ok I'm from Texas...you found me out!

PS-Jen I was driving home from the Houston Rodeo last night and I was listening to Sirus 9 and The Impression that I get from the Bosstones was on and I was jamming! Love, clueless! Kind of creepy though to fall in love with your much older, ex-step-brother and for him to do the same.

[Pammie Shergill]

Did you just say "Jam Box"??? hahahaah. I love it! I have not heard that in sooo long. You are hilarious.

[Meggie]

I sooooo agree with you on "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic". I had to mute the TV with hopes of salvaging my memory of hearing this song live and in person at The Police concert last May. Sadly, whenever I hear the song now I hear HER instead of Sting.

[Sharon Anderson]

1. Something in your Mouth (Nickelback) Great for keeping me going on the treadmill1)
2. Rio (Duran Duran) The best line, "Cherry ice cream smile" always makes me think of summer!
3. Cemetery Gates (Pantera) Just a great song!
4. The Girl From Ipanema (Reminds me of when I was a kid)
5. Rock and Roll Jesus (Kid Rock...mmmmmmmmmm!)

[Chrystal]

Oh boy, ok here we go:

1. Avril Lavigne-Girlfriend - yes, I too find this a good gym song.

2. Neneh Cherry-Buffalo Stance - wow, this song has a really long ending.

3. Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Somethin - I can imagine I'm on roller skates instead of the eliptical.

4. Franz Ferdinand-Lucid Dreams - love this band and this song just has a great dirty, funky rhythm to it.

5. Book of Love-I Touch Roses/Boy - ok, that's two songs I know, but they're like chocolate and peanut butter!

[Tricia]

1)Heaven Forbid-The Fray, (background music)
2)Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd, (got to sing with it)
3)Creep-TLC, (you can't not dance when this comes on)
4)The Peacock Song-Bif Naked, (awesomest rocker chick!)
5)Girlfriend- Alicia Keyes,(this was just on the album, never really listened to it...)
6)In Heaven There Is No Beer-Frankie Yonovic, (LOL, DAD!)
7)Drain You-Nirvana, (there's a naked baby on the album cover)
8)Take It Easy-The Eagles, (windows down, driving on the highway, wind blowing...)
9)Red Meets Blue-Mark Wertz, (wow I have really random stuff on here)
10)I Need You Tonight-INXS, (S.E.X.Y)

[Kim]

THIS IS THE BEST POST!!! I LOVE THIS!!!
Will check mine later, but had to comment.

[Kylie]

OK, love this idea. And just shuffling my ipod (and skipping the songs that nobody outside of Australia would have heard...Sorry You Am I and Powderfinger)
1. Put it behind you, Keane
2. I Got the Sun in the Morning, Dean Martin. Who knew that was on there?!?
3. Piano Concerto No 2, Allegro Opus 102, Fantasia 2000 soundtrack. Again, who knew?
4. Mr Brightside, The Killers
5. Red Red Wine, UB40 - although for the record, I always skip this one and have been meaning to take it off. That will teach me to borrow CDs from my parents
6. I'll be seeing you, Billie Holiday
7. Problem Girl, Rob Thomas
8. Indie Rock and Roll, The Killers - can't help but love them
9. She Hates Me, Puddle of Mudd. Best angry song ever, because it makes me laugh...Guess you have to have seen that Uma Thurman super-hero ex-girlfriend movie that was so bad I can't even remember what it was called.

And, finally...
10. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

Wow. I need to cull my ipod.

[Kelly Pautler]

Shuffle Sez:

1. Home Now - No Doubt
2. If I Only Had a Brain - Harry Connick Jr.
3. Canzona - US Air Force Band
4. Ghost of Stephen Foster - Squirrel Nut Zippers
5. I Can't Turn You Loose - Blues Brothers
6. Both Sides Now - Herbie Hancock
7. Play that Funky Music - Tower of Power
8. Mexico - James Taylor
9. Lover Lay Down - Dave Matthews Band
10. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
11. Strong - Robbie Williams
12. The House Upon the Hill - Secret Garden B'Way Soundtrack
13. Moose the Mooche - Charlie Parker
14. Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus
15. Flunky - Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Yeah....we like jazz in our house.

[Jessica]

Okay, so here are 5 random songs from when I shuffle my Ipod:

1. Oh Gravity - Switchfoot (It was the opening song to the show Life of Ryan on MTV...the show about the professional teen skater)

2. In Love With A Girl - Gavin DeGraw (Was on a mix from my sister)

3. Everlong - Foo Fighters (I love this song)

4. Sour Cherry - The Kills (From an episode of Gossip Girl

5. Say You Will - Stevie Nicks

Wow...nothing that I'm ashamed of is on this list and I usually listen to the most random music...

[Melly]

I did mine!

http://davenportfishbowl.blogspot.com/

[Jen B., Nashville]

I wish I could write like you. Even a song description - witty and funny and seems to come so easy to you! Fun reading. Can't wait for your Nashville book tour date - I'll be there!

[Kellee]

As someone once said - I have the iPod of a serial killer - LOL

Here they are, in no particular order:

1) Teenagers - My Chemical Romance

2) Deeper & Deeper - Madonna - Best. Madonna. Video. EVER

3) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites

4) Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers - now WHERE did I put that plaid scarf?

5) Gotta Boogie - "Weird" Al Yankovic

6) Against the Wind - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

7) Only a Memory - The Smithereens

8) Rapture - Blondie

9) Send Her My Love - Journey

10) Skin Divers - Duran Duran

[Elyse]

Alright, here it goes..

1. Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe...I only bought this song because of the episode of Scrubs where Turk does a dance to it, but now I love it.

2. On The Bus Mall - The Decemberists...one of my favorite songs by them

3. The New Workout Plan - Kanye West....this was on a mix cd we had in high school for my swim team...I never really liked it all that much.

4. Elephant Love Medley - Moulin Rouge....I LOVE IT.

5. Goin' On - Mary Beth Maziarz....she is a great artist that is originally from my town but now lives in Utah and has become very popular out there....a lot of her songs were featured on shows on the WB, such as Dawson's Creek and Everwood. Look her up!

[Jennifer]

Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank- Barenaked Ladies
After All- Cross Candian Ragweed (hands down, my favorite band ever!)
I'll Cover You- Original Broadway Cast of Rent
Joy Ride- The Killers
Somebody to Love- Queen
Wiggles and Ritalin- Reckless Kelly (it's about parents unnecessarily doping up their children...)
Honky Cat- Elton John
Glen Campbell- Rhinestone Cowboy
Mercy- Duffy
Streets of Philadelphia- Bruce Springsteen

[judith]

Go to youtube and look up Time to Say Goodbye and the Bellagio fountains - BEAUTIFUL. Makes me cry everytime.

[Ally]

ooh goodness- ive been meaning for my first post...and this is just toooo good to resist!

1. Swing Swing- All American Rejects

2. Push It- Salt N Peppa.... Anyone who's seen "grandma's boy" has got to love this song

3. 7 things- Miley Cyrus...ughhhh i cant help but love it

4. She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5

5. I Dont Care- Fall Out Boy... how can you not love a song whose lyrics are "i dont care what you think as long as its about ME"

6. If U Seek Amy- Britney Spears (say it fast)

7. Once Bitten Twice Shy- Great White ( this is the first song i can remember as a child)

8. Dumpweed- Blink 182

9. Guardian Angel- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

10. Janies Got A Gun- Aerosmith. (i was 2-ish when this song came out, and apparently i couldnt grasp the fact that the radio could not replay a song. so i would scream "play janie mom, play janie" and i could sing along.)

P.S i tried to stop at 5, but i couldnt!

[Deanna]

1. (I got that)Boom Boom - Britney Spears
2. Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
3. Love Song - Sara Barielles
4. Rapture - Blondie
5. Colorblind - Counting Crows

Wow - random, and totally RANDOM...

[Marta]

I don't have an ipod. When my kids were little and we bought a cd player I wanted to get some cds that the whole fam would enjoy. So,, I bought an Elvis Pressley greatest hits, a Roger Miller greatest hits, and a motown greatest hits! To this day my kids love Roger Miller! Oh...and for
Christmas that year my kids got me a Chipmunks Christmas cd! Ha!

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[Leslie]

Hands Clean- Alanis Morissette, who doesn't love a song about a secret office romance? It reminds of the golden years, aka the 90's.

Broken- Lifehouse, a depress-y break-up song sung by an equally depress-y cute boy? Perfect.

Cold as You- TSwift, gotta love this little girl. Okay, she's like 6 months older than me, but whatever. Such a cutie!

Stolen- Dashboard Confessional, this song is my summer song. It brings back the memories of boating on Pokegema with my friends last summer and all the late parties at random peoples houses. It was the best summer of my life.

Put on-Jeezy, what? I love rap.

[Caitlin]

Here's my top 15 when my Ipod is on random:

(You Want To) Make a Memory - Bon Jovi
She Wants It (Ayo Technology) - 50 Cent ft. Justin Timberlake
I Have a Dream - Mamma Mia! Soundtrack
Inconsolable - Backstreet Boys (Oh yeah!)
Lollipop - Flaming Hanley
What A Catch, Donnie - Fall Out Boy
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson
Something Beautiful - Robbie Williams
I Dare You - Shinedown
I'll Cover You - Rent Soundtrack
We Could Run Away - Needtobreathe
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Cold - Crossfade
The Reason -
I Don't Care (ft. Adam Gontier) - Apocalyptica

[Leslie]

Pump It, Black-Eyed Peas
I'm a Man, Black Strobe
Crazy Bitch, Buckcherry
Girl From the North Country, Cash & Dylan
Baba O'Riley, the Who
I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
Avalon, Roxy Music
Breathe Me, Sia
Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, Willie Nelson
Another World, Antony and the Johnsons
Joy to the World, Three Dog Night
Light On, David Cook
Calling My Children Home, Emmylou Harris
Just Like Heaven, the Cure (right with you, Jen)
I Spent My Last $10 (on Birth Control and Beer), Two Nice Girls
Dream On, Aerosmith
So Lonely, the Police
Stigmata, Ministry
Into the Colors, Ben Harper
Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin
Troy, Sinead O'Connor
Llorando, Rebekah del Rio

[Soren]

a) 1, 2 Step/Ciara feat. Missy Elliot-- I heard this on a "so you think you can dance" and loved it, and reminds me of watching mindless TV in the summer

b) Chains of Love/Erasure-- reminds me of a club when I was 16 or 17, and there was this guy, and we just danced to this... very John Hughes-movie-esque

c)Dirty/Christina Aguilera - cuz this girl can sing, she's the real deal

d) Ghetto Story/Alicia Keys-- I like "no one" also, these songs make me think you can really get through anything ya know?

e)Jungle Love/Steve Miller - I went through a week or 2 in college in the summer, with a friend visiting and sleeping on my floor, and we'd wake up every morning and start the day with the opening strains "da da DUM, da da DUM..." Just a feel-good song!

to sum it up, a la Dick Clark (love him, but he should not appear in public anymore)-- if it's got a good beat and I can dance to it? Bring it on!

[michelle b.]

There Was a Time - Guns N' Roses
The Denial Twist - The White Stripes
Foolish Love - Rufus Wainwright
To Be the One - Ryan Adams
Heroes - David Bowie

[vickie Kaz]

Steal My Kisses- Ben Harper and the innocent criminals

Don't take your guns to town- Johnny cash

Pawn Shop- Sublime

Nha Cancera Ka Tem Medida-Cesaria Evora (Beautiful voice, I don't understand a word on the cd)

Up the Beach- Jane's Addiction

Razor dance- Richard Thompson(amazing story teller with his music)

Dead leaves and the dirty ground- White stripes

The Dream Police- David Byrne

1234- feist

Burn this disco out- Micheal Jackson

Somewhere- Soundgarden

I never wanted to be a star- Cat Stevens

That was fun!!!

[Wine Lady]

On the cats pooping outside of the box. Try "Cat Attract". It's freaking amazing for getting cats to do their business where they're supposed to! As my cat aged, she went less and less where she was supposed to go. I switched to this and it was the funniest thing! I'd pour it in and her little nose would start twitching from across the room. It was like an insatiable need, she had to use it immediately and forever after.

[Shannon]

I really only listen to my iPod at the gym (sad, I know). Best elliptical songs on my iPod, some slower for higher resistance:

Piece of Me- Britney
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
I Like the Way You Move- OutKast
It's All Good- Fantasia (Scumfrog extended remix)
You Move Me- Amber (Hi NRG Mix)

For some workout music you might not have heard before, check out MC Mario and something called The Workout...2000 on iTunes.

[AJ]

Plenty of us have shame on our iPod's. But that's the fun music anyway. :0)
So here's my shuffle, just for fun:
1)Reason Why- Rachel Yamagata
2 Prove it on me blues- Ma Rainey
3)Notion- Kings of Leon
4)Boys of Summer- The Ataris
5)Mmbop- Hanson (My shame...don't you feel better now?)

[Sulyn J]

My six top songs

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Night Moves - Bob Segar
Melissa - Allman Brothers
Fire Woman - Cult
Smooth - Santana
You Look So Good In Love - George Straight

[Ria]

"Life on Mars" David Bowie
"Wonderboy" The Kinks
"Mama Kin" Aerosmith
"I Will Survive" Motley Crue (Yeah, it's...not that one.)
"Hell Is Living Without You" Alice Cooper

[Julie]

I cry EVERYTIME I hear Time to Say Goodbye. Every time.

How about some kinda out there ones?
1. Hotel Costes CD's. all 11 of them!
2. Yann Tiersen (soundtrack from Amelie)
3. Moulin Rouge soundtrack(s) yes, there's
2 of them!
4. Duran Duran, Say A Prayer for the
Morning After
5. Soundtracks from Chocolat, All The
Pretty Horses and Unfaithful.
6. Garbage: Milk, Stupid Girl.
7. INXS: Almost every song
8. Goldfrapp: that song from the Christmas
Target commercial a few years ago. All
of her CD's are awesome, though.
9. Pink Martini--all of the CD's.
Gosh, I'm not eclectic, am I? ;)

[Cynthia]

Firstly, I have all of your books and I love them. I am impatiently awaiting the new one. Is it May yet?

I too, suffered immensely when the surgerized twig butchered "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic". My husband could not understand why I stood up and shrieked, "This song is ruined for me!! RUINED!!"

You mentioned you were on Twitter. Do you have a facebook fan page we can join, or a Profile?

[Liz]

1. Feel It (the "what she gonna look like with a chimney on her" song) - The Tamperer.

2. Love in an Elevator - Aerosmith

3. Dancing in the Street - Mick Jagger & David Bowie

4. You Can Do It - Ice Cube

5. Bleed It Out - Linkin Park

[Betsy]

i'm normally don't comment on blogs, but for this, i must...

1. i did it my way: frank sinatra. this pretty much sums up how i live my life. on my own terms.

2. stepping stone: duffy. quite a good list so far, i will say. and she's right. i will NEVER be your stepping stone.

3. brown eyed girl: van morrison. i change the words when i sing it to green eyed girl. and who doesn't like to sing along with the sha la la las?

4. showdown: britney spears. you know you all love her. even when she was shaving her head, beat you with an umbrella crazy.

5. fairytale: sara bareilles. isn't that what we're all looking for?

6. lost!: coldplay. chris martin knows his shit.

7. krazy: pitbull. i'm from south florida. what can you expect? plus, it can keep you running on that stupid treadmill for those 4 more minutes.

8. take it like a man: legally blonde the musical soundtrack. hi, my name is betsy and i'm a musical nerd.

9. keep your head: the ting tings. i downloaded their cd on a chance, and have come to adore it.

10. all at once: the fray. (last one, i promise)one of my fave song lyrics of all time is from this song: "sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same." no truer words ever sang. well played, fray. well played.

[Ashley Warnement]

1. My Humps - Black Eyed Peas: I once met Fergie and she complimented me on my earrings while I walked her super tiny self to a treadmill at my campus' rec center. For that reason I will always like Fergie.

2. Hot Legs - Rod Stewart: I was probably the only 4 year old who could sing this song (and the entire album it was on) and like it.

3. Here It Goes Again - OK GO: I can do this dance (video somewhere) and their videos are always great.

4. Letter/Not A Letter - They Might Be Giants: Excuse for this one - I teach Kindergarten and they love this song.

5. Swim - Jack's Mannequin - This band makes me feel whole. Thank you, Andrew.

[Debbie]

Genisys/Land of Confusion

Journey/Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'--& hopin' he's been dumped!

Yael Naim/New Soul--loved it from Apple's ads, so my son downloaded it for me

Styx/Mr. Roboto

Starship/We Built This City

Quad City DJ's/Space Jam theme song (yeah, from the Bugs Bunny/Michael Jordan movie)

You Give Love a Bad Name--both Bon Jovi & Blake Lewis--one of my all-time favorite American Idol performances

Bon Jovi/It's My Life--my son was convinced one line was "like Frankenstein" instead of "like Frankie said". He still sings it that way to annoy me.

Others are Boston, Bad Company, the Eagles, Robert Palmer--I have to quit, I'm starting to feel too old!!

[Lala]

Down on me - Janis Joplin
Dum Diddley - Black Eyed Peas
She's not just a pretty face - Shania Twain
Smile like you mean it - The Killers
Tide is high - Blondie

And a little extra favorite:
I'll do for you - Father MC

[Elaine]

These are the songs that make me sing at the top of my lungs while on my treadmill (when I'm not gasping for air, that is...):

Extraordinary - Liz Phair

Jackson - Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl - The Spinners

Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

4th of July - Shooter Jennings

[Lisa]

Dammit, when you wrote "It's High Time for a Fluffy Post" I thought it was gonna be about your pets! Perhaps a kitten/pineapple picture, or a funny dog story.

Color me disappointed. :-(

(Our pitty sends a shout out to Maisy!)

[jodi]

I'll play! I will get in front of this, though and say that my boys and I share a computer (they are 11 and 8) and so their music is on my ipod too...

1. Time Stand Still...Rush

2.Papa Don't Preach...Madonna-Who doesn't love this song?

3.It's Gettin Better all the Time...Brooks and Dunn

4.Hot and Cold...Katy Perry-I swear this is written about my current on again/off again boyfriend.

5.Born Too Late...The Clarks-If you're from Pittsburgh...you know THE CLARKS RULE!

Not bad...I guess!

[Sarah]

I put my iTunes on shuffle and this is what came up for me:

1. Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground - reminds me of my brother when he was little and BEGGED my mom for the first NOW CD (and now there's a trillion) and he liked this song that was on it.

2. Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin - I didn't even know I had this song, but I like the beginning. Ahhhhh!

3. When I Grow Up by the Pussycat Dolls - It's fun to drive to and work out to.

4. You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Making Love) by the Original Broadway Cast of Avenue Q - This is a HILARIOUS musical about life after college if you ever get a chance to see it.

5. Two Step (Live) by the Dave Matthews Band - This song has such an awesome intro and reminds me of Robin Williams: Live on Broadway because this was his intro song.

This doesn't really capture what I listen to all the time. I think it's interesting these were the ones to pop up!

[Christine]

You are a genius to be able to work a "Dear Paul Rudd" into this one. BTW, I saw Paul Rudd from the third row in a Broadway show on my honeymoon in 1997. That is more interesting than what's on my ipod

[Traci]

Some of my favorite running songs:

Bird and the Bee - Again and Again
Jimmy Eat World - Lucky Denver Mint
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
The Kooks - Do You Wanna
Lilly Allen - Knock 'em out (how can you not love this song?)
Radiohead - 15 Step
The Streets - Fit But You Know It
Teddybears - Punkrocker (Iggy Pop sings this and it rocks!)
The Strokes - Last Night
Prodigy - Firestarter (for when you need a good kick in the butt to get started)
Kings of Leon - Molly Chambers (Love these guys!)
Coldplay - Cemeteries of London
Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos - Skeleton Key (Gotta send some love to the local guys)
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
MuteMath - Typical