My top 5 guilty pleasures - music edition
On my iPod, I have close to 20,000 songs or so. Most of that is music I am very proud to own, and I certainly would not mind listening to it in public with the windows down. That being said, I do have some tunes that I want to keep to myself. Of those, here are my top 5 (and some attempt at justification at each). Keep in mind, I don’t listen to these a lot, but if I can’t decide what to listen to, one (or all) of these will do the trick:
5. Britney Spears - Stronger
I think the video for this song originally got me hooked, or maybe it’s the refrain of the last chorus, but whatever it is, this song has a pretty solid groove!
4. N’Sync - Dirty Pop
On a production level, this song is so complex, I can listen to it over and over again, and each time hear a new sound effect or loop. And yeah, I guess the “we don’t take crap from anyone because we’re N’-stinkin’-Sync” theme of the song is ok. But listen to it, and you’ll find yourself singing DDDDDDDDDDDDirty pop, y-y-y-y-y-you can’t stop”.
3. Backstreet Boys - Everybody
“Dun, dun dun dun dun dun, dun, dun dun dun, O my God, we’re back again, dun, dun nuh nuh.” This song has a great beat, tune, plus I ripped it off several years ago when I needed a beat for a remix I made. I’m THAT guy that when the line comes on, “am I sex-u-al”, I always say “Noooo,ooooo”.
2. Various - Lady Marmalade
Christina Aguelara (sp?) has a great set of pipes (read: vocal chords), and she uses every bit of them in this song. Also, Pink sounds pretty good in this song. Plus, how often do you get to sing in French?
1. Hanson - Mmmm Bop
If you have a list similar to this, most likely this song is somewhere on it. I will freely admit that this song is one of the catchiest dang songs I have ever heard. Plus, when the video came out, I thought “Hey, that girl lead singer is kind of cute”. Then I found out she was a he. Now that I think about that, I kind of wish I had not revealed that here. All that aside, this is a fun song about who-knows-what, but it tops my list of guilty pleasure songs.
So, what are yours??
UPDATE: Celie Dion’s “The Power of Love” falls somewhere in this list. Just sayin…
Tags: backstreet boys, britney spears, guilty pleasures, hanson, Music, pink, songs
A Couple of Questions
Feb 6, 2008 Questions
I came across some random, thought provoking questions online this morning and I thought I would answer them. There were a lot more, so be looking for more of these in the future. But for now, feel free to comment, and to answer them yourself in the comments. Here we go:
1. If you could sport any accent, what accent would you speak with for the rest of the day?
I would have to say an Australian accent. That is HANDS DOWN my favorite accent of all time. If a female is speaking with one, I get the urge to propose. And how manly is the phrase “That’s not a knife, this is a knife!” from Crocodile Dundee. And come to think of it, the 2nd season of Survivor was my favorite. You know, the one in the Australian Outback? So, I would want an Australian accent. And I would use the Dundee line as often as I could.
2. If you won a million dollars and had to spend ALL of it — every last penny, what would you spend it on?
I would do the following:
- Pay off any and all debts
- Build a Mac Pro configuration that can only be referred to as “bitchin’”
- In addition to the Mac Pro, do a “technology upgrade” of my entire house
- A new car. Or maybe just fix mine
- Buy my mom a new house
- Probably spend the rest on Wal Mart gift certificates. You can get almost everything there!
What about you? What accent would you speak for a day, and what would you do with the money?
Tags: britney spears, language, money, Questions, Thoughts
