Okay, here’s a Friday Five we can all play. I’ll go first …
Quick disclaimer: Not that this will blunt of the any criticism that will (and should) follow, but the artists with the most songs on my iTunes are Johnny Cash, Green Day, Joan Jett, U2, Melissa Etheridge, KISS, Pink, The Police and Lucinda Williams. (Gosh, that’s an eclectic bunch.)
That being said, here are
Five Songs That I Probably Shouldn’t Admit I Have on My iTunes
1. “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club – It was part of a free download I got, but yeah, I come and go, I come and go. Who doesn’t?
2. “Xanadu” by Olivia Newton-John – Uh, this is actually one of five from the Xanadu soundtrack I possess, which is more than half of all the Olivia Newton-John songs I own, but not all … hey, I was an impressionable kid in the 70s! Bad Sandy in the Shake Shack! Bad Sandy in the Shake Shack! Bad Sandy in the Shake Shack!
3. “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri – I swear to my wife’s god, Joe Willie Namath and Team Edward that I had absolutely no clue that this was the Twilight theme!!! I just liked “Jar of Hearts” and “Arms” and … I … uh … wow, that isn’t necessarily making it better, is it?
4. “Gitchee Gitchee Goo” by Phineas and the Ferbtones – Yes, my kids added it … but I didn’t delete it. Bow chicka bow wow …
5. “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus – This sort of started out as a joke … but uh, I’m nodding my head like yeah, moving my hips like yeah. For the record: If for some reason I don’t outlive you all, I want this to be the last song played at my memorial service (or while the final embers of the stake burn to ashes). That or “Mmm … Bop” by Hanson, which may or may not also be on my iTunes …
Ahem. As someone who worked right next to you for a few years, I just need to share that I have heard the following songs blare from your speakers.
1) NKOTB’s “Cover Girl.” You put this on as a joke for me once, but I totally heard you playing it at least three more times on your own.
2) “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.” Hate this song. You apparently like it. A lot.
3) So much Debbie Gibson. Just…so much. But your feelings for her are no secret so this should come as no shock.
NKOTB was in my Pandora stream, not my iTunes. You know, because that makes it better …
Sue punch ray for me.