Did I tell you? Mike bought me Led Zeppelin - Mothership for Christmas! I didn’t waste any time loading it on my iPod and now I’m rocking out to my favorites: Over The Hills And Far Away, Dy’er Mak’er, Kashmir. The perk of being shut off to the rest of the office is that I can crank up the volume!

I heart Led Zeppelin!

Currently Listening: The Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah, performed by the London Symphony.

I downloaded it from iTunes today. Every week they offer a couple free songs and this was one of them. I LOVE THIS SONG. I remember singing it in choir in high school (maybe middle school, I can’t remember). So you can imagine how much fun it is for me to sing along here at work

I love how music brings back good memories. Actually, most of the time it doesn’t bring back the details of the memory but it brings back the feeling of the memory. I wish I could recall details better, but I’ll settle for the good feelings. (more…)

• Sail On - Lionel Richie
• Baby I’m A Want You - Bread
• We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel
• Babe - Styx
• Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

See? I’m puttin’ it right out there for all to see. Unashamed.

What songs are you not ashamed to love?

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XM: Simon & Garfunkel - “Mrs. Robinson”

This song always reminds me of when I was in high school. It was on a mixed tape I used to listen to on road trips or when driving around town. It especially reminds me of the times I would take my little brother with me to run errands. He loved this song. He would sit in his carseat and bob his head to the rhythm. When the lyric “koo-koo-ka-choo, Mrs. Robinson” came up he would sing along with it full force and then erupt into the most infectious laughter. He was only 3 or 4 years old at the time so I’m sure he wouldn’t remember that now, but I sure do.

Singing in the car is a great activity for all ages and it doesn’t cost a thing (only perhaps a bit of dignity but who really cares about that anyway). I highly recommend it!

I’ve been stuck on XM channels 45 and 75 lately and though they play great music, I’m realizing that many of the songs are outright downers. I need some cheering-up music, music that will energize me and keep me plugging through the day’s work! So I logged on to Rhapsody today to listen to some G. Love and Special Sauce. Good stuff. I can’t help but smile and bounce around when I listen to it. Other bands that have a similar effect on me are Arrested Development, The Fugees, The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper’s album in particular), Black Eyed Peas (the old stuff), and The Clash. There are so many others but they get stuffed in the closets of my memory and you know how closets can get. You can never find what you’re looking for but in the process of looking you always find something you were looking for a long time ago.

What I want to know is: What kind of music puts you in a good mood? What bands, artists, songs or albums trigger your happy meter? I expect some of you lurkers to chime in on this too. Oh and speaking of lurkers, we have a new one as of two weeks ago… my dear hubby. Hi Mike

R.E.M. Inducted Into Music Hall of Fame

XM: Rita Springer - “Worth It All”

I don’t understand Your ways
Oh but I will give You my song
Give You all of my praise
You hold on to all my pain
With it You are pulling me closer
And pulling me into Your ways

Now around every corner
And up every mountain
I’m not looking for crowns
Or the water from fountains
I’m desperate in seeking, frantic believing
That the sight of Your face
Is all that I need
I will say to You

It’s gonna be worth it
It’s gonna be worth it
It’s gonna be worth it all
I believe this

This song is so perfect for me right now. All of it is true. I have been having such a bad day at work today and that coupled with the stress of hoping I’m pregnant this month had just about set me over the edge. But then I heard this song and it put things into perspective all over again.

Another great song that comforts me in times like this is “All I Need Is Everything” by Over the Rhine. It’s one of my all time favorite songs, from one of my all time favorite bands. You can read the lyrics but it’s best to hear it in order to get the full effect. You can download the mp3 for free here. Beautiful song.

Homestar Runner

http://www.homestarrunner.com/weeklies/jammintunes.mp3

Soon they’ll be playing this in all the clubs…

Rhapsody: R.E.M. - “Sitting Still”
Mood: Breathing

Perfect song for the moment. It’s after 5 and I finally get to sit still and take a moment to rest. What a hectic day. I complain, but secretly I love being needed by this crazy bunch at the office. It should slow down soon.

I started reading a book for “fun”, as opposed to all those philosophy books I like to read. It’s still a nonfiction though. I’m not big on fantasy and make-believe. It’s a fairly thorough book about R.E.M. I’ve been hooked on them for 15 years now and they still hold my “number one favorite” ranking. The stuff I’m learning in this book is only solidifying that ranking. It’s fascinating stuff for an R.E.M. fan like me. I bought the book six years ago in the U.K. via mail order. This was back when I was using my credit card for “necessary” purchases and I just had to have this book. It sat on a shelf most of those years. I guess I was just waiting to pay off that credit card. How terrible is that? “Hey everybody, this book is paid for!”

So no one guessed the answer to the movie quote, “I love all pony songs,” unless you count Kari playing 20 questions with me on IM. She figured out the movie in 3 or 4 questions, but it took her a few minutes before she could think of the title. It’s BANDITS! Great movie. Come over and watch it with me. It’s stinkin’ hilarious.

Now for some cheesy, nostalgic song lyrics from 1987 (sing along if you recognize them):

Calling all dreamers, and optimistic fools.
Don’t let go of your dream, make it now, make it all come true
If you believe in a brighter day
I know we can find our way

To this island, in a starry ocean
Poetry in motion, this island earth
Spinnin’ like a dancer, gravity is the answer
Rendezvous in the blue, this island earth

Or how about this one (this one oozes like Velveeta):

I’ll always remember the night that we met. Was it May or September? Somehow I forget. We were taken surprise by the moon on the rise and the stars in the skies matched the stars in our eyes and then… Oh, what a feeling, taking our breath away…

It’s what they call magic, the stuff dreams are made of. It’s comic and tragic. It’s heartbreak and true love. The world keeps on spinning. It spins like a wheel. Young hearts are burning, yearning to feel the magic. Feel the magic. Woah, oh, oh. Ooh ooh ooh.

From New York to London, from Tokyo to Rome, some things never change whereever you call home. The heart speaks a language the ear cannot hear but to body and soul the message is clear. It says dance to your heartbeat. Fly on the wings of love!

This whole Nylons album is so totally 80’s. Sadly, I know all the lyrics by heart. Even though it’s beyond cheesy, it’s still crazy fun to sing along too.