So, my blogger and Facebook friend Barb asked yesterday about our musical guilty pleasures. We all listed songs that we adore but we are a but chagrined to admit. The conversation was prompted by someone admitting that they like La Vida Loco by Ricky Martin. And I was stunned because who can’t shake their money maker to that song? And honestly, he is a sexy thing. Come on! But after posting my guilts: Jane’s Addiction Caught Stealing and that annoying but silly song, Hey Ricky, I started collecting songs in my head all day. These are some of my favorites in no particular order:
- Space Oddity by David Bowie…..This is ground control to Major Tom
- I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith
- I Feel for You by Chaka Khan
- We Got the Beat by the Go-go’s…seriously, how many times did I drive to this song?
- Big Boned Gal by K. D. Lang
- Conga by Gloria Estefan
- The Glamorous Life by Sheila E
- Rico Suave by Gerardo…its the price you pay for being a gigolo
- Don’t Look Back by Boston
- Call Me by Blondie
- Love Shack by the B52’s
- Whip It by D.E.V.O.
- The Reflex by Duran Duran…..Why don’t you use it?
- Show Me the Way by Framptom
- Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel
- Born in the USA by Bruce…not because it is the best of his work but it is iconic for my freshman year in college
- I Would Die for You by Prince
- Tom Sawyer by Rush
- Jamie’s Cryin’ by Van Halen
- Jack & Diane by John Cougar [AKA Mellancamp]
- Pride by U2 [aka In the Name of Love]
- Jungle Love by The Steve Miller Band
- Fire by The Ohio Players…the way you swerve and curve, really wrecks my nerve….the more elegant and smooth version of “pop and lock”
- Bye Bye Love by The Cars
- Don’t Do Me Like That by The Heartbreakers
- Give it Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Don’t Stands So Close to Me by the The Police
- Got to Get You Into My Life by Earth, Wind & Fire…..I was alone, I took a ride, I didn’t know what I would find…there…..
- Easy by the Commodores….and did they do the BEST make out music EVER? Thank you Lionel. Lioenl begets Luther begets Freddie
- Creepin by Luther Vandross
And some of my newest favorites include
- Wretches and Kings by Linkin Park
- Knock ‘Em Out by Lily Allen
- Winter Winds by the Mumford Brothers
- The Great Destroyer by Nine Inch Nails
- If You Could Hold Your Woman by Sarah Jones….great first line in a country song by a woman
- Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z
- Grounds for Divorce by Elbow…great guitar rif…with the bass I think
- You Looked So Good by Clare Bowditch
- Straitjacket by Alanis Morissette
Okay, now off to write in earnest.