Tuesday, September 22, 2009

100 Songs you should get familiar with...

100 songs that I really LOVE. Not ranked in order. This will give you an idea about how really messed up my musical tastes really are.
Here goes:
1) Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits
2) M79- Vampire Weekend
3) Nigga Nature-Tupac (Interesting side note, he was named after a famous Incan Tupac Amaru; his mom heard the name and gave it. Crazy. When I first got to my mission, there was the Tupac Park and I thought that for some reason they just really liked rap there)
4) Hit em High, Hit em Low- JT Money
5) Sierra Leone- Kanye West
6) D-I-E 4 Y-O-U – Family Force Five
7) Hey There Delilah- Plain White T’s
8) Cannonball- Damien Rice
9) Zombie Nation- Kernkraft
10) Tonight, Tonight- Smashing Pumkins
11) Album of the Year- The Good Life
12) Angels or Devils- Dishwalla
13) Dagostoni Tae (Mai ee Mai oo)- O-zone
14) Cabron- Red Hot Chili Peppers
15) While my Guitar Gently Weeps- George Harrison/Beatles
16) You Don’t Know Me- Ben Folds/Regina Spektor
17) Crazy- Gnarls Barkley
18) Burn One Down- Ben Harper
19) Flake- Jack Johnson
20) Boten Ana- Basshunter
21) I’m an Alchoholic- Xzibit
22) High Road- Fort Minor
23) Layla- Eric Clapton (and whatever his band was called)
24) My Name Is Jonas- Weezer (But lets be honest, I could take the next 10-15 slots and fill them with Weezer, same with Jack Johnson, and even Basshunter)
25) The Next Episode- Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg/Nate Dogg (I’m a sucker for anything that has Nate Dogg on it)
26) Killing Me Softly With His Song- The Fugees
27) Total Eclipse of the Heart- Bonnie Tyler (Especially the techno version.)
28) These Words- Natasha Bedingfield
29) Shut Up- Black Eyed Peas
30) Hey Baby Club Mix- Dj Otzi
31) One Fifty One Rum- Caribou Lou
32) Five Brothers- Marty Robbins
33) Asi Fue- Orishas
34) In the Shadows- The Rasmus
35) Bonita- Jarebe de Palo
36) California Dreaming- Mamas and the Papas (The techno version is really awesome aswell)
37) The Floor- Rooney
38) Walk Don’t Run- The Ventures
39) Bad Luck by Design- Brand New
40) Art is Hard- Cursive
41) Recluse- Cursive (I know, two from Cursive, but I can’t separate them)
42) Driftwood- Travis
43) SOS- Rihanna
44) With Eyes Closed- Kalai (If you don’t have Damien Rice and Kalai on your IPOD...you need to get it)
45) Lock and Key- Mason Pepper
46) Follow Through- Gavin Degraw
47) Won’t Back Down- Tom Petty
48) Hit em’ up Style- Blu Cantrell
49) I Believe in a thing Called Love- The Darkness
50) Solitary Man- Neil Diamond
51) Stayin Alive- Bee Gees
52) Disco Ball World- David Garza
53) Lake Pontchartrain- Ludo (Thanks Rage, this was a good snag, although I like their acoustic version better and don’t have it)
54) Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (a man after midnight)- ABBA ( I like Madonna’s rip off too but ABBA IS GREAT)
55) Otta Control- 50 Cent ( I LOVE 50, but my favorite string of vocals of his is one where he records to Eminem’s “Till I Collapse”; check that our)
56) Rap Game- G Unit/ D12
57) Man in Black- Jonny Cash (Or Folsom Prison, sorry, can’t hide my love for this guy. Also his cover of Hurt= Priceless)
58) Kalamazoo- Primus
59) No One- Alicia Keys
60) The City is at War- Cobra Starship
61) Time is Running Out- Muse (Honestly, my favorite band. Next thirty spots to them if I had to.)
62) Young and Proud- Ace of Base
63) Under Pressure- Queen (Can’t even begin with Queen, but suffice it to say they are great)
64) Runnin Scared- Roy Orbinson
65) El Condor Pasa- Huayanay (Or by Bamboo Peru, he’s awesome)
66) Intergalactic- Beastie Boys (Video Sabotage… We all love it)
67) Funks Your Brother- Fatboy Slim
68) Good Vibrations- Beach Boys
69) Moment of Clarity- Jay Z
70) Sound of Silence- Simon and Garfunkel
71) Cupid- Pistolita.
72) Llueve Sobre La Ciudad- Los Bunkers
73) Hospital Beds- Cold War Kids
74) In Keeping the Secrets of Middle Earth- Coheed and Cambria
75) La Camisa Negra- Juanes
76) Die Alone- Ingred Michelson
77) Time Running- Tegan and Sara
78) I Know You Want Me- Pitbull/ Calle Ocho
79) I Hope You Die- Bloodhound Gang (Love these guys)
80) Colorado Sunrise- 3OH3! (These Guys too. In fact, for Bloodhound Gang and 3OH3! I invented a genre of music for my Itunes, I call it: Electrocrunk)
81) Bowl of Oranges- Bright Eyes
82) Pa’ Bailar (Siempre Quiero Mas)- Julieta Venegas/ Bajofondo
83) Beautiful People- Marilyn Manson
84) Sweet Dreams/Get This Party Started (dance mix) – Busta Rhymes / Pink
85) Frijolero- Molotov
86) Brick in the Wall- Pink Floyd
87) In the End- Linkin Park (Lots of good stuff there, but no time or room)
88) Turn the Beat Around- Vickie Sue Robinson
89) Lets Go- Trick Daddy
90) Look What You’ve Done- Jet
91) Como Hago Ahora- Eddie Herrera
92) Don’t Stop Believing- Journey
93) Gangster’s Paradise- Coolio
94) Eleanor Rugby- Godhead (I love the Beatles version too, but this is good for anger)
95) Sway (techno version) - Pussycat Dolls (Spanish original is good also Micheal Buble’s version)
96) Authority Song- Jimmy Eat World
97) El Santo Grial- Mago De Oz (Heavy metal spaniards. There is a wicked riff that covers a Hungarian folk Song. Verdict: ROCK)
98) Baby Got Back- Sir Mix-a-Lot
99) Fools Rush In- Elvis Presley
100) They Don’t Really Care About Us- Michael Jackson

Wow. This is a good list. I could go to 500 easily enough I think. Surely 250 without too much difficulty. But I will stop now as I am sure you are bored with this thread. I would encourage all who read to pick your three faves FROM THIS LIST and post them as comments. I’d be interested to know.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I just ate beef stew.

Yep. It's true. And I really enjoyed it. Washed it down with a glass of grape juice from concentrate, and ate some bread. Life is just too busy these days. I feel like I can't be my normal happy go lucky, carefree self. I am glad that one of my jobs is about toast. Although I have been barely showing up there at all since I started school. The dance group is probably not going to see much of us either from here on out. One because we are so busy, another because they are not so cool.
Classes.
17 credit hours. My most enjoyable class? Photojournalism. Time consuming? Newswriting. Most asinine class? Media Law. But that's mostly because the Professor is driving me bloody mad. She is annoying and entirely to clownish for my tastes. Plus I feel like I am a jury she is rambling to.
Bang. Too much fun. I think I am addicted to it. Last night I got some banging in and some super inappropriate comments. Asher was there, along with new guy Nick. And Michele and Alan and Malu of course. It was great, Asher even brought floats. For those of you who are unfamiliar with bang, it is a card game that is something like "Murder in the Dark" and the Old West. Good times.
Anywho, I need to get on with my duties, later.


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