I have spent a lot of time listening to my iPhone the last few days. I spent a large portion of the day on Tuesday and Friday traveling. Therefore, many different themes emerged as I was thinking about the songs that I like to listen to. As well as a lot of thoughts in general...
1. Why are there no Brian McKnight songs in my iTunes yet?
2. When did I start listening to so much Country music?
3. What does Taylor Swift say about...forget it...
Themes...
1. All sappy songs I love
2. All 80s songs that I love
3. All Boyz II Men songs that I love
4. All Sugarland songs...
5. All Kenny Chesney (3 time Entertainer of the Year - CMAs)...
Anyway - I digress - those things will have to happen on another day or post. My new 8 songs:
1. American Pie - Don McLean
I remember being a kid - driving to my grandparents house in the summer - my dad listening to the radio (KRTH 101.1) and this song coming over the speakers. I guess I like reminiscing!
2. Smack That - Akon feat. Eminem
Sign you have seen a movie too many times. When you try to offer an explanation for why you like a song by Akon with Eminem and the only thing that pops into your brain is the following exchange from Superbad.
Mindy: Kinda looked like Eminem.
Officer Michaels: Ah, an M&M...
Officer Slater: M&M, so he was like circular...
Mindy: Marshall Mathers. Eminem, the rapper, Eminem.
Officer Michaels: He looked like this? I'm an amateur.
Officer Slater: 'Cause that kinda looks like an M&M.
Officer Michaels: Longer face? Bigger nose? Would you say his mouth was wider? Open? A gap?
3. Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood
I love the emotion that she sings this song with. Huge Carrie fan - she will be mentioned her a lot.
4. Come On, Let's Go - Ritchie Valens
Ok, so this guy had 6 hits including a couple of # 1s in his career. A career that began in May of 1958 and ended with his death in February 1959 - 8 months! Oh, did I mention that he was 16/17 years old...amazing!!!!
5. Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off - Panic! At The Disco
How long is this title? Add it to the group name and it is almost unbearable - but I am a big fan! I guess I have a little Seth Cohen in me too. These guys are way emo!!!
6. Regulators - Warren G feat. Nate Dogg
When this song came out, my buddy Daniel and I would record songs off the radio. When this song came out, my buddy Daniel and I left school after 2nd period to get the CD. Regulators, mount up - I love this song!
7. When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down
No story...just a kick butt song!
8. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
My dad owned a drywall company when I was a kid - Alpine Drywall. My memories of that company are this - we would work on one job, and throughout the day we would drive to the other jobs to check on them. We would drive his 1989 Toyota pickup truck. He would buy me a 16 oz glass bottle Dr. Pepper (the only perfect way to enjoy a Dr. Pepper). We would chew sunflower seeds and listen to one of the these: Alleluia (a compilation of testimonies and hymns), sports talk radio (The Loose Cannons or Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton), an old Alabama cassette (more on this later) or an old Beach Boys cassette. God Only Knows why I think about these things...
