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Posted by admin Sun May 4, 2008 22:27:02 PDT
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Have you ever been dining out when a song, barely audible in the background, prompts you to shout out, “I have this on my iPod!” — right in the middle of a dinner conversation? Somehow this is supposed to convey just how important this song is to you. You own this song. Do you watch people at the gym, young, old, male, female, fit and (sorry) unfit, and try to guess what their iPods are playing? The Rolling Stones? Rascal Flatts? Beyonce? Papa Roach? Mozart? I chuckle at what the younger couple on the treadmill next to me must assume I’m listening to. Frank Sinatra? (I do have him on CD.) Would they be surprised that it might be Eminem? Would they ever dream my husband (we’re old) is lifting weights to the sound of Static-X?!

Some songs sound so great the first few times you hear them, but after a week, can be rendered unbearable. My son feels this way whenever he hears Kelly Clarkson! Some songs remind us of a special someone or a special time in our past, like a long-forgotten Dan Fogelberg tune. Some songs make our list, and then we catch a glimpse of the artist on a music video or awards show, and suddenly wonder why we ever liked the song in the first place.

Can you narrow your favorite tunes down to a top 10 list? As for me, I would be hard-pressed. My songs vary as widely as my moods. I would have to have several top 10 lists, all categorized by situations. The headings could read:

• Just emerged from battle and won (over his teenage hair style) list
• Just been hit with sticker shock after trip down bread aisle list
• Just witnessed reflection in car window list (prompting songs from my youth)
• Sitting around pool while kids frolic by day list
• Sitting around pool with friends and martinis list
• Just attended daughter’s dance competition list (unbelievably great songs!)
• Dinner party background music list (everyone needs one)

For the sake of finding out what great songs I might be missing, I’d love to hear what’s on your iPod — who rounds out your top 10? I’ve struggled, but managed to come up with a starter list … not my favorites all the time, but songs that seem to stand the test of time in that I still really enjoy listening to them.

I notice that they are the slower of my collection, which means my mood must presently be in the “Good luck trying to narrow it down to 10 list.”

Top 10 songs I never seem to get tired of:
“Thank You”   Dido
“Broken”   Seether with Amy Lee
“You and Me”   Lifehouse
“Silent Lucidity”   Queensryche
“She Talks to Angels”   Black Crowes
“Only God Knows Why”   Kid Rock
“Big Girls Don’t Cry”   Fergie
“Apologize”    One Republic
“Crazy”   Seal
“Yellow Ledbetter”   Pearl Jam
“December”    Collective Soul
“Dust Bowl”   10,000 Maniacs
“When You Say Nothing”    Alison Krauss with Keith Whitley

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Comment From: Hollywood

Mom, my hairstyle is good! B-) Comment From: marj

Well I don't think I can narrow it down to just 10 songs but I will share my latest downloads that I listen to often to get familiar with them. Soundtrack to' JUNO'-very quirky and fun in an acoustic way, " Dan in Real Life" great movie and great music. I just saw "Wicked" finally and had to know the music before I saw it...now all I have to do is listen to the soundtrack and imagine the play in my head! Comment From: swimster95

Haha, I like the playlist about Grant's hair :) I remember the day he came to school without his hair straightened. He told everyone! great article