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MY ULTIMATE MUSIC LIST!
ALWAYS UNDER CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION and totally un-alphabetized. deal with it.
p.s. I might not have all the titles or authors correct - I'll get to that later. Let me know if you can help me correct it...
P.S.S. The CD's that I WANT are listed at the end. You know... just in case... you wanted to know... for some odd reason...

Below is the sacred list of the "ultimate" music collection. Someday, I would love to own all of this music in my own collection. Right now, my collection pretty much sux. But I'm sure you can relate, I mean, haven't you ever heard a song that you haven't heard in years and you were like "Man! I LOVE that song! I wish I had that on CD!". Yeah, I say that all the time. It's ridiculous. But I decided one day that if I'm ever going to entertain and expect people to not die of boredom in my house, I should probably have a decent, varied, music collection that tops all others. Not sure if everyone else agrees with me on some of these, but sometimes I can't get past my corny nature. Hey - I grew up in the 80's. Get over it... dude.

 

ULTIMATE SONGS
This section would basically include those songs that are just "Hey! I remember that song!" kind of songs. Some are ridiculous, some are awesome, and a LOT you probably have never heard of. Some songs are just ones you remember chillin/rockin out/mackin/poppin to when you were younger and you just have fond memories of. Then again, some are just plain stupid and make you laugh, and that's what I love. So like I said, don't judge. I already admitted that I'm a complete dork.
 
  • Happy People - R Kelly (this song makes me smile and wanna dance :-) )
  • Are you Strong Enough to be my man? - Sheryl Crow (& Stevie Nicks)
  • Everyday - Dave Matthews Band
  • Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang (got the vinyl)
  • Feels Good - Tony Toni Tone
    ("Play this record as frequently as possible... Then, as it becomes easier for you, play the record once a day, or as needed")
  • Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. Toby Keith, with Willie Nelson (I don't like the version without Willie nearly as much)
  • Chrome - Trace Adkins
  • I'm gonna Miss her - Brad Paisley
  • Little Moments - Brad Paisley
  • In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (can't believe I almost forgot about this one!)
  • Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham rocks)
  • Do ya think I'm sexy? - Rod (Roderick David) Stewart
  • At this moment - Billy & the Beaters (Alfa 7005)? (Billy Vera)
    ultimate junior high dance song...
    ("What did you think.... I would do, at this moment...")
  • If you don't know me... - Simply Red
  • Ms. Broadway - by Belle Epoque? - really old song... late 70's? But it rocks! I've GOT to find this song!!
  • Wild, Wild, West - BY KOOL MOE DEE - not the other ones so much...(got this vinyl too)
  • Barbara's Bedroom ("you should've seen me, in Barbara's Bedroom....") - Whistle (got the 45!)
  • Cassanova - by... who???
  • Untitled - D'angelo... for, um, no reason.
  • Tour De France - Kraftwerk (KC - you know what I'm talking about *wink*)
    (from "Breakdance - the movie"... oh just shut up. I told you I grew up in the 80's. I like the new version they came out with in 2003 too, though...)
  • Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin - Journey
  • Sara Smile - Hall & Oates
  • Since you been gone - Kelly Clarkson
  • If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
  • Beautiful Mess - Diamond Rio
  • Rush - Big Audio Dynamite
  • All Shook Up - Elvis
  • Poison - Bel Biv Devoe
  • O, Sherri - Steve Perry
  • We're not gonna take it
  • Strokin - Clarence Carter
  • Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
  • Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
  • Stand By Me
  • D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
  • Say Goodbye - Dave Matthews Band
  • We don't have to take our clothes off (to have a good time, no no)
  • Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'arby
  • Tainted Love - both versions (Soft Cell's and Marilyn Manson's)
  • Hard Habit to Break - Chicago
  • You can't always get what you want - Rolling Stones
  • Home Sweet Home
  • The way you look tonight - Eric Clapton
  • The Bertha Butt Boogie - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (got the 45)
  • Indian Flute - Timbaland and Magoo
  • Milkshake - Kelis
  • When the sun goes down - Kenny Chesney/Uncle Kracker
  • Girls Lie Too - (Terri Clark) Love that video!!!!!!!! (Not the song as much as the video)
  • When a woman's fed up - R. Kelly
  • Slow - Kylie Minogue
  • Yellow - Coldplay
  • They Can't Take That Away From Me - Love the song, but I like it sung by Rod Stewart. Something about the way he sings it makes me smile so big...
  • Short People (You know, I just can't help it. I'm short, and I still love this song!)
  • How deep is your love? - Bee Gees (So... How deep IS your love...? Cause we're livin in a world of fools... breaking us down... when they all should let us be.)

 

ULTIMATE VIDEOS
How to describe this section... uhhhh, videos that stand out to me?
 
  • Happy People - R Kelly
  • Thriller - Michael Jackson (duh. Classic.)
  • Everyday - Dave Matthews Band
  • Untitled - D'angelo... for, um, no reason.
  • Since you been gone - Kelly Clarkson
  • The Scientist - Coldplay
  • La Tortura - Shakira
  • Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson's version
  • Indian Flute - Timbaland and Magoo
  • Girls Lie Too - (Terri Clark) Love that video!!!!!!!! (Not the song as much as the video)
  • Slow - Kylie Minogue
  • Yellow - Coldplay

 

ULTIMATE 'URBAN'
Yeah, I don't know what 'urban' is either, but R&B and Hip Hop have totally changed over the years... and I don't want to classify anything as RAP... because that's just such an 80's word anyway. RAP. ha. Yo dude, let's RAP. You know, I rapped once... I was pretty good at it. You should have seen how nice all the Christmas presents looked under the tree. I was awesome.
  • Sugar Hill Gang - Saw in person...
  • Tony Toni Tone
  • LLCool J (**sigh** _faint_)
  • Alicia Keys (amazing artist)
  • Aaliyah
  • Snoop Dogg
  • R Kelly
  • RunDMC
  • Ja Rule
  • Bobby Brown
  • D'angelo
  • Eminem
  • Tupac
  • Beastie Boys
  • Outkast
  • Ludacris
  • Jay Z
  • Diana Ross
  • Aretha Franklin
  • J Lo
  • McHammer... HA!
  • Timbaland
ULTIMATE ROCK...ish or something?
Whatever you consider rock in your world might not be the same as what I consider 'ROCK' in my world. I tend to throw it all in together unless it is truly something else. Just remember, you can put trees wherever you want in YOUR world. So leave mine out of it.
  • ELVIS.
  • Bon Jovi
  •  
  • Avril Lavigne - she's got potential!
  • Sting - he gets hotter as he gets older!
    The Police (his band)
  • U2
  • Dave Matthews Band
  • Sheryl Crow... is she rock, country, or what? Doesn't matter. She rocks.
  • Evanescence (Amy Lee is amazing)
  • Rod Stewart, or as some call him, 'Rod the Bod' (blondes DO have more fun... Do ya think I'm sexy??? :-) )
  • Rolling Stones
  • Bruce Springsteen (nice tush)
  • John Cougar Mellancamp
  • Foreigner
  • Eagles
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Eurythmics
  • Tenacious D
  • Uncle Kracker
  • Coldplay
  • Steve Miller Band
  • Creedance Clearwater Revival
  • Bryan Adams
  • Black Crows
  • Eric Clapton
  • Billy Joel
  • Hall and Oates
  • Phil Collins
  • Genesis (Phil Collins)
  • Huey Lewis
  • Bob Segar

 Jon Bon Jovi lyrics

ULTIMATE... more stuff
Same as the rock list, only a little harder.... so like I said. I'll consider hard rock what I want to consider it. Put trees wherever you want in your world.
  • AC/DC
  • Queen (Body language... hu huh!)
  • Aerosmith
  • Nirvana
  • Ret Hot Chili Peppers (what I got!)
  • Led Zeppelin (Moby Dick. All I have to say. Respect the drums.)
  • Korn
  • Linkin Park
  • Nickelback
  • Chicago
  • Marilyn Manson
  • White Snake
  • Def Leppard
  • Metallica
  • KISS
  • Pink Floyd
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Black Sabbath
  • Green Day
  • Twisted Sister
  • Cinderella
  • Poison
  • Heart
ULTIMATE POP/Girly stuff
Ugh. Ok, like 'o-mi-gosh', I can't even say the word 'POP' without wanting to be gagged with a spoon. But here it is, what I consider to be POP, and what I think I can put up with. I mean, does anyone even like "New Kids on the Block" anymore? Did anyone ever? Who cares, they were a critical part of history. A tragic part maybe, but a part all the same. (some of these might not be "pop", but I couldn't figure out where else to put them!)
  • Kelly Clarkson
  • Janet Jackson
  • Madonna
  • Jewel (yeah, don't know if she's pop or not either. But love her voice.)
  • The Bee Gees? are they pop? they should be.
  • Mariah Carey
  • Christina Aguilera
  • No Doubt - pop? alternative? dunno
  • Whitney Houston
  • Sara Mclaughlin? is she pop?
  • Bangles
  • Go Go's
  • Kylie Minogue (her sister too!)
  • Michael Jackson? Yeah. I know. I know. But hey, he did shape POP music...

Ok, Ok, I admit it. Britney Spears. Yes, she should be on this list. But if you tell ANYONE that I like her, I'll deny it. So there.

ULTIMATE COUNTRY
Now, I have to admit, I was a late country bloomer. But honestly, I like all kinds of music and sometimes, country music just CRACKS me up. Ever played a country record backwards?? (you know what's coming next...) If you do, you get your dog back, your truck back, your wife comes home, and you get your job back.
  • Kenny Chesney (nice jeans!)
  • Brad Paisley
  • Clint Black
  • Alan Jackson
  • Willie Nelson
  • Trace Adkins
  • Alabama
  • Toby Keith
  • Faith Hill
  • Randy Travis
  • Patsy Kline
  • Pam Tillis
ULTIMATE whatever-you-call-it?
I think that is what you would call these. Or ska, or club, or something-or-another...
  • The Cranberries
  • Men at Work
  • Garbage
  • Moby
  • Prodigy
  • Kylie Minogue-she belongs here too...

 

ULTIMATE um... Other?
OK - there were some that fall under many other miscellaneous categories, but not any category that I have listed...
  • Renee Olstead - jazz
  • Shakira
  • Marc Anthony
  • The Glenn Miller band
  • Cab Calloway
  • Sade
  • Mozart
  • Star Wars Soundtracks
  • Harry Potter Soundtracks
  • Disney's Fantasia soundtracks
  • Handel's anything
  • Beethoven
  • Cleveland Orchestra/Symphony... whatever
  • STOMP

 

Cd's I'm going to buy next:
(Hint Hint - I don't have these, but I WANT them...dang - am I EVER going to buy a new cd???)

Rod Stewart's Great American Songbook III - WANT IT! (I have the first two, and I LOVE them... a LOT. I think I can get it from my Mom though...)

I'd also like Rod's album "When we were the new boys", but I want the songbook first.

R Kelly's Happy people/U saved me 2 cd set

Alicia Keys latest album (I want all of them, but have to settle for one at a time. The only one I have is Songs in A Minor)

Renee Olstead - she's on "Still Standing" and she has this AMAZING voice and sings some awesome jazz(y) songs...

Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway

Jill Scott - BEAUTIFUL voice ("Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol.2")

Snoop "D-oh-double -G"
Yeah - you heard me right. I want all his CD's.

Kylie Minogue's CD too...

And now Madonna's new one...

I also love oldies like 50's, 60's, and that kinda stuff. Here's a great link where you can hear lots of 60's music.

Contact me at: sommemi@hotmail.com