Songs on TV

A lot of people have songs they like a lot that remind them of a certain movie (i.e. Eye of the Tiger reminds people of Rocky). What I found is that TV shows usually don't do that for as many people. In order to give songs from TV shows their due respect here are 9 songs with artist that remind me of a certain show. Try to identify the TV show, as well as the scene in which it was played that made it memorable:

At this moment - Billy Vera
Breathe Me - Sia
We've got tonight - Bob Segar
Winter - Joshua Radin
Live to Win - Paul Stanley
Mother of Pearl - Roxy Pearl
Anna - Arthur Alexander
With or Without You - U2
The Final Countdown - Europe


Here are a couple of hints:
1. I watch(ed) all these shows pretty consistently at one point or another, except for one, I just happened to catch an episode of it.
2. 1 of these songs is from a cartoon.
3. One of the songs is from a show, for which other songs are probably a bit more memorable.
4. 1 of the songs is from an 80s show, 3 are from shows aired in the 90s, and 5 are shows aired in the 2000s.

Best of luck to you!

Blast from the Past

Today while I was driving home from bowling I heard a song that brought me back to my childhood. I think it was around 6th or 7th grade, when the artist/genius that is Timmy T put out his single: One more Try. Naturally, I listened to the whole thing and reminisced about it. Anyway, once I got home I sent the video to Mac, who equally enjoyed it, which then led us to sending lame videos back and forth. Here is how our battle went (I have included links for you all to enjoy):

Me: Timmy T : One More Try
Mac: Tommy Page: I'll Be Your Everything
Me: Another Bad Creation: Playground
Me: The Boys: Dial My Heart
Mac: Stevie B: Waiting For Your Love
Mac: Jon Secada: Just Another Day
Me: Expose: Point of No Return
Mac: Wilson Phillips: Hold On
Mac: Richard Marx: Right Here Waiting
Me: Pointer Sisters: I'm So Excited
Mac: Peter Cetera: Glory of Love
Me: Joe Esposito: You're the Best
Me: Tiffany: I Think We're Alone Now
Mac: Hot Sundae: Put Your Mind To It
Me: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Good Vibrations
Me: Heavy D and the Boyz: Now That We Found Love
Mac: Snow: Informer
Me: Wreck N Effect: Rump Shaker
Mac: Biz Markie: Just a Friend
Me: Young Mc: Bust a Move
Me: Shanice: I Love Your Smile
Mac: Neneh Cherry: Buffalo Stance
Mac: C&C Music Factory: Gonna Make You Sweat

As you can easily tell, we are both quite knowledgeable when it comes to awesome music. I hope you all take the time to sit and watch these videos as remember, the "artists" put a lot of hard work into their work and deserve our respect.........okay who am I kidding feel free to mock away.

Don't you hate it when extremely lame songs get stuck in your head? What's even worse is when you are driving home from bowling and you hear both songs on the radio back to back and it makes you happy. I hate myself right now. Feel free to leave me what songs you think I had in my head, and lame songs you have had stuck recently.

My Launch.com Music Player

During slow sports weeks, I usually don't listen to sports talk because it's not that interesting. This is one of those weeks as the Superbowl is still more than a week away and for the most part they are discussing things that don't interest me that much. Being unable to sit and work in complete silence I decided to give my yahoo.com launch player spin to see what gems they can give me. Mind you, as you rank your favorite music, they will play more music similar to it.....or so they say. Here is a sample of my latest playlist:

1. John Mellencamp - "Our Country" - This is the song featured in those Chevy commercials, where we learn that Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, hicks and rodeos apparently make up OUR COUNTRY!
2. Seven Mary Three - "Cumbersome" - I hadn't heard this song in ages, but I for some reason remember my cousins John and Melissa enjoying it one summer I hung out with them in Santa Cruz .
3. Jimmy Fallon - "Troll Jingles" - This is from Fallon's "comedy" album. Here he does impressions of famous bands singing about those ugly troll dolls, in case you forgot what they look at here is a picture of something similar:

4. Tupac - "Lord Knows" - I can keep it real too!
5. Ian Van Dahl - "Secret Love" - I listen to some trance music occasionally, this is one of the better ones.
6. The Michael Garson Ensemble - Streets of Philadelphia " - Apparently this guy takes famous songs and does them with a symphony. It was actually pretty good. Maybe I'll look into other songs by him.
7. Garbage - "Milk" - This song, along with "Vow" made me by this album. One of my better music buying decisions.
8. The Smiths - "Big Mouth Strikes Again" - One of my favorite songs by the Smiths.
9. Blink 182 - "All of This" - Actually this is what happens when the Cure meets Blink 182. Surprisingly good!
10. Sigur Ros - "Untitled" - I think it was untitled #2, but it didn't say for sure. Hey Sigur, you wrote the song, give it a title!
11. Bill Conti - "Gonna Fly Now" - Don't recognize the song? Imagine Rocky running around and up the stairs...yep that's the song!
12. The Pixies - "Where is my Mind?" - Always makes me think of the end of Fight Club, perfect song for that scene too!
13. Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - "Uptown Girl" - Speeds up Billy's version just a little bit
14. Elliot Smith - "Everything Reminds me of Her" - I think I have all of Elliot's stuff rated pretty high so that way I get one of his songs pretty often.
15. Tori Amos - "Lust" - Ditto for Tori, get a song from her nearly every hour.
16. Oingo Boingo - "Not my Slave" - I wish they'd hurry up and come back for Halloween already, maybe this year? maybe?
17. Collective Soul - "World I know" - how the heck did this get on my list? Where's the skip button...oh yeah there it is.


Anyway, hope you all enjoyed this look into my launch player. You don't need to tell me that my music taste is weird, I'm fully aware

Foo Fighters are great

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holding you
Were you born to resist?
Or be abused?
Is someone getting the best of you?
Or are you gone and on to someone new?
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn't have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I'll break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can't choose
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse
Is someone getting the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
It?s real, the pain you feel
Your trust?
You must confess
Is someone getting the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
It's real, the pain you feel
The life, the love you'd die to heal
The hope that starts the broken heart
Your trust?
You must confess
Is someone getting the best of you?
I've got a another confession, my friend
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again somewhere new
Were you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in-I refuse
Is someone getting the best of you?

Cover songs

Today I heard an interesting version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. It was a cover done by Chris Cornell -