Too bad for my strict "no cheating" rule on iPod Fridays .... because there's a song I really like and if it had come up in the shuffle, I could have just sort of mentioned it in passing, off handedly, but now I have to actually come out and tell you, and it's horribly embarrassing because it's just.... well, it's by Rihanna, the world's best hip hop belly dancer. OK, the only one, but if there were a million, she'd be the best.
Her song " SOS" came out on iTunes this week (a mere, what, two months after it was released? iTunes so does not heart dance music), and for some reason (money?) she just redid the video for it for the Nike website. I didn't like the original video, kinda trampy and no belly dancing, but the Nike video is very very very good. Well, I really have no idea if the video is good or not, I haven't been able to take my eyes off the hip hop belly dancing. If that sort of thing appeals to you (and if not, what on earth is wrong with you?), you can find directions on how to look at the video here.
Now, back to the Friday challenge, stolen from Roxanne.
Set your MP3 player to randomly shuffle. List the first ten songs, NO CHEATING. Here's mine for today:
- Mothers Talk (Remix) - Tears for Fears
- Getting Away With It - Electronic
- Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
- Birthday Boy - Pet Shop Boys
- Wasting My Time - Kosheen
- Dirty Old Town - Pogues
- Ray of Light (Club Mix) - Madonna
- Dance Me To The End Of Love - Leonard Cohen
- Cry So Easy (Acoustic) - Erasure
- Come Back from San Francisco - The Magnetic Fields
I also had to go to Berkeley for an editorial meeting at Bark on Wednesday, and on the way home I set my iPod to play all my songs in alphabetical order. I skipped several I wasn't in the mood to hear. It was a two hour and fifteen minute drive.
And when I got home I was still on the As. I'm starting to think Gina may be right that I'm taking this all way, way too far.
Hi great selection of music! I love all your songs!
If u want u can go to my blog to look my Best Songs Top-20.
I have my personal chart for...years!!
http://nikosbestsongs.blogspot.com/
Plz go there and make any coments!
THANKS!
Posted by: Nikos | 28 April 2006 at 04:24 PM
1) "Like a Dog," Greg Brown
2) "You're Still Standing There," Steve Earle
3) "No Reason To Change," Randy Travis
4) "Cold Day in July," Dixie Chicks
5) "Almost Home," Mary Chapin Carpenter
6) "Too Much," Elvis Presley
7) "Chattanooga Choo Choo," Glenn Miller and his orchestra
8) "Stompin' at the Savoy," Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
9) "Little House Around the Corner," Ashley MacIsaac
10) "I Can Let Go Now," Allison Krauss & Union Station
Fun game. :)
Posted by: gina | 29 April 2006 at 12:38 AM
I can't help myself. Soon I'll be making playlists. It's an addiction ... oh, iPod, loosen your evil grip on meeeeeeee!
1) "His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin," Carly Simon
2) "Someone To Watch Over Me," Les Brown and his Band of Renown
3) "Little Love Affairs," The Chieftans
4) "Darkness on the Edge of Town," Bruce Springsteen
5) "Keep Your Feet on the Ground," Rhonda Vincent
6) "Another Saturday Night (and I Ain't Got Nobody," Sam Cooke
7) "My Love Is Your Love," Magic Sam
8) "How You Ever Gonna Know," Garth Brooks
9) "Baby, Please Don't Leave," Buddy Guy
10) "Bye Bye Love," Simon and Garfunkle
Wow ... some messages in that list, huh?
Posted by: gina | 29 April 2006 at 12:12 PM
This is the thing, about playlists ... you see little themes in your music and the next thing you know, you've made one. This is my list of PLAYLISTS.... not counting albums and playlists of artists, but just conceptual or thematic playlists:
80s Vocal
80s Edge
80s Synth
Dance 1
Dance 2
Dance 3
Dance 4
Dance 5 (you start to see why BeatPort and Perfect Beat love me)
Danceish (which is dance music from the TV show Queer as Folk)
Not So Danceish (the songs from QAF that either aren't dance songs or that just weren't danceish enough for me - with a shout out to the wonderful, kind and generous Princess of Babylon for her website and message board devoted solely to the music from this show)
Workout (this one changes all the time - just anything new that I want to take to the gym. Currently featuring forty two versions of SOS. Just kidding.)
Just Beautiful (I'm going to break this into vocal and ambient versions soon, it's getting a little freaky right now)
Just Covers
Just Embarrassing (these are the songs I always pray are not going to come up on Random Fridays)
Just Rock
Just Sing
Just Sad
Just Stuff
Just Twang
Pure Pop
Posted by: Christie | 29 April 2006 at 01:06 PM