Claire Bear (oops make that Dr. Claire Bear) tagged me with a meme (which longtime readers know is usually a sure prelude to much violence, ranting and whining on my part), BUT… I’ll give her a pass her since it’s a musical meme, which is right down my alley and just the thing needed to calm the savage beast. :-D
The meme calls for taking 19 of your most favorite songs, burning them on 5 CDs to share with 5 other people(?!?!), then posting the playlist on your blog.
Uh, I think I’ll just mention my Top 19 and y’all can take it from there.
The first 10-15 songs were pretty easy to fill, mainly songs I first heard during my high school years that would profoundly shape my musical tastes over the years. I’ve always been a romantic at heart, so it made sense that I’d be drawn to music that expressed the highs and lows of my sometimes turbulent emotions.
The last 4 took some thought, since I was still over by about 5 songs and had to knock a few off the list. Some of the casualties were songs by the Platters, Gloria Estefan and Fleetwood Mac.
After even more consideration, I finally managed to winnow it down to 19 songs, so here they are, The Habitation of Justice’s Top 19 Songs of All Time Playlist, in alphabetical order:
Update: HOLY COW I can’t believe I accidentally cut out REO Speedwagon’s “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” AHHHHHH, that easily would have made my top 5 list too! OK, scratch off ummm…. Percy Sledge for REO and that should do it for my Top 19. :-D
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Wah!?!?! I thought I was older than you. Those are songs I heard in high school! Unless you heard them in elementary school…
…although, those songs were probably “oldies” for you by then..
I had a weird childhood. Most of the songs I listened to were taped off the radio, and because of my hearing loss I could never find out who was singing some of my favorites. It wasn’t till high school that I started slowly identifying these songs, but it was truly the advent of the Internet (and subsequently Launchcast) that really helped me find my musical soul.
Dude, you’re a total lump of mush. Play those for your new tweety love and she might just soften up. Really.
On a related note, I can’t stand Cyndi Lauper and her True Colors nor Bryan Adams’ (I don’t know why and how it became a) hit.
Oops, forgot to give you the thumbs-up for REO Speedwagon’s “I Can’t Fight This Feeling”. That’s the ‘our’ song for my wife and I. ;)
I was so addicted to Air Supply a few months ago. Great compilation.
*gasp*
*double gasp*
And you call ME incorrigible??
A few months ago? So what are you thinking of now?
…what are you thinking of?…
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OF?
…what are you thinking of?…
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF…….?
Aye, when they were popular they enjoyed heavy rotation on local radio (and being a small island we only have a few) so I guess that does make someone like me really really sick of them after like the ad infinitum time? ;)
linc, you actually did the tag!
and because you were so honest, i will confess that the following mushball songs are also on my unmentionables playlist in my iPod – and that i do take them out to play more often than i will ever admit!
* Every Breath you Take – The Police
* Glory of Love – Peter Cetera
* Open Arms – Journey
* True Colors – Cyndi Lauper
* You’re The Inspiration – Chicago
I also have “Babe,” also by Styx, and “In my Dreams” by REO Speedwagon, “What Kind of Man,” by Chicago, and “After All” by Cher and Peter Cetera. I actually know words to more Air Supply songs than i care to admit.
@Isaiah: I’ve been listening to Bryan Adams since the 90s. Never got tired of it. I think it helps to already be insane before you start listening to his music on a regular basis. :-D
@DrClaireBear: LOL. One thing I didn’t mention before was Bread almost making the list with their song “I Would Give Everything I Own.” That’s one song that gets everyone at my job weeping… weeping for me to turn it off that is.
Smashing good list old sport! Great selections! I don’t agree with all of the songs, but I do agree with your choices of musicians.
Old Sport?
I’ve read The Great Gatsby a few too many times.
So anyway it seems you and I seems you and I have similar musical tastes:
My top 19 are ever changing but just to show some similarities:
Air Supply – Making Love Out of Nothing At All
Jim Steinman – Left in the Dark
Paul Davis – I Go Crazy
Player – Baby Come Back
10cc – I’m Not In Love
Toto – I’ll Be Over You
Little River Band – Lady
Little River Band – Forever Blue
Phil Collins – Against All Odds
Chicago – Beginnings
Peter Cetera – Have You Ever Been In Love?
REO Speedwagon – Keep On Lovin’ You
Chicago – Wishing You Were Here
Styx – Best of Times
Journey – Faithfully
Toto – I Won’t Hold You Back
John Farnham – Burn For You
Genesis – Your Own Special Way
Chicago – Will You Still Love Me
Oooo, I see what you mean, though there’s a few on that list I don’t think I’ve heard (or placed yet.) Weeee, more songs to listen to. :-D
You know what’s scary as hell? The fact that you have the exact same music tastes as my former best male friend. You guys even kind of look like each other. I miss him to death. I hooked him up with a friend of mine who had an evil friend that hated me. Her evil friend told her a bunch of untrue stuff about me (saying that I was after my guy friend…which wasn’t true – we truly were platonic friends) and turned my friend against me. My friend didn’t even want to invite me to her wedding…but the groom, my former best guy friend, told her it wouldn’t be right considering I WAS the one who introduced them.
My friend ended up being insanely jealous of me and quit letting my guy friend hang out with me. Broke my heart. Lesson: Never fix up two friends even if you know they would be disgustingly happy together. Karma will bite you in the ass and make zero sense.
Kind of like that comment just made zero sense.
LOL
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i was a mere adolescent when most of these songs came out…maybe even a child. isn’t it time to update? ;) i highly recommend over the rhine’s newest album.
Bah, some songs are just timeless.
I like Lady Gaga.
Don’t hate me.
Lady Gaga. Heh.