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My Favorite Songs Of All Time - What A Mix
jstephens9:
My blog seems to contain a whole lot of music and that is because I like so much of it plus so many eras and styles. Some of them are things that are new now, some of them came out way before I was even born, and some of them are somewhere in the middle. At one point, on my blog, I tried to separate these into types, but it just didn't work so let's just go for a mix. So here as I find it I will post it and then maybe I can create a list at some point. Deciding on an order would be hard cause there is so much and so many differences. For each one I will put the words and hopefully a youtube video if one exists. And if I have a story behind the song I will add that as well.
jstephens9:
So for the first song and that is only because it is on the mixed CD that I am listening to is Closing Time by Semisonic, not because it is my favorite song of all time, although it would be somewhere on the list. This song represents so much of what everyone experiences in one way or another at a bar or nightclub at some point in their lives. Will you be leaving there with someone or will you be leaving by yourself? Is that person who is so attractive to you find you attactive as well? Will the lights come on and leave you standing up against the wall or will you be walking out the door with someone who is going to be someone who will be of the places who you will be from? Everything is a big question mark.
Closing Time by Semisonic
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Closing time
Open all the doors and let you out into the world
Closing time
Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every
girl
Closing time
One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or
beer
Closing time
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from
Closing time
This room won't be open till your brothers or your
sisters come
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend
Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other
beginning's end
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other
beginning's end
jstephens9:
I remember hearing this song on the radio at work while eating lunch in the car and I thought it was the coolest song I had heard in a long time. It has remained one of my favorite songs. Sex And Candy by Marcy Playground
You have to click on this one to see the video:
Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had so much time
To sit and think about myself
And then there she was
Like double cherry pie
Yeah there she was
Like disco superfly
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had too much caffeine
And I was thinkin' 'bout myself
And then there she was
In platform double suede
Yeah there she was
Like disco lemonade
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Mama this surely is a dream
I smell sex and candy here
Who's that lounging in my chair
Who's that casting devious stares
In my direction
Mama this surely is a dream
Mama this surely is a dream
Yeah mama this must be my dream
jstephens9:
For the third song in my favorite songs blog it has to be Hey Jude by The Beatles. I was a kid when this song was popular, but it had a long lasting effect on me. I can actually remember somewhat when The Beatles came on and sang this on some variety show. I remember my parents talking about how they had become hippies. I thought they were so cool, especially John Lennon with the glasses and long hair. The song was incredible, but at the time it was not a good thing or so I was told. But even so I got my mother to buy me the 45 cause I went to the dentist The Apple on the record label was so cool. Revolution was on the flip side of the 45. That Christmas I got the White Album and when it was playing at my family's Christmas I got the idea that they did not think much of it. The Beatles were not very popular then with a lot of people including the kids at my school. I didn't really understand why but with me that made them more popular so I went out with every allowance I got and bought their old albums. I remember taking other records back to KMart to exchange for Beatles albums. My father said to take eveything I owned and exchange it for Beatles albums. I was a little late at Beatlemania. It seemed back then that I was too young for everything that was going on....lol
So here it is and I would say it is still number 1 with me since that is the song that made music so important to me and made me look at music from before and beyond..........This is actually the same video I think I saw.......
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXG83p2nkHw[/youtube]
Hey Jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
Hey Jude, dont be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.
And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Dont carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that its a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.
Hey Jude, dont let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
So let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin,
Youre waiting for someone to perform with.
And dont you know that its just you, hey jude, youll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.
Hey Jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then youll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.
Na na na na na ,na na na, hey Jude...
jstephens9:
As I said, this will be a mixed up ride of music. This is a song that reminds me of a coworker that appeared one day to be a temporary roommate in my office that literally threw me off my feet for awhile. We became good friends and he even gave me his bad cold when he first arrived >:( Anyway, I will never forget going to an ice hockey game with him and hearing this. Would you believe I still have dreams with him in it sometimes? I thought he was all that and more. Oh well, another married straight guy.......
Angel by Shaggy
You have to click on this one too:
Shooby dooby dooby doo woi
Shooby doo
Oh
Shooby doo dooby doo boi oi
Yeah, ah
Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady
Life is one big party when you're still young
But who's gonna have your back when it's all done
It's all good when you're little, you have pure fun
Can't be a fool, son, what about the long run
Looking back Shorty always mention
Said me not giving her much attention
She was there through my incarceration
I wanna show the nation my appreciation
Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady
You're a queen and that's how you should be treated
Though you never get the lovin' that you needed
Could have left, but I called and you heeded
Begged and I pleaded mission completed
Mama said that I and I dissed the program
Not the type to mess around with her emotion
But the feeling that I have for you is so strong
Been together so long and this could never be wrong
Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady
Uh, uh
Girl, in spite of my behavior, said I'm your savior
(You must be sent from up above)
And you appear to me so tender, say girl I surrender
(Thanks for giving me your love)
Girl, in spite of my behavior, well, you are my savior
(You must be sent from up above)
And you appear to me so tender, well, girl I surrender
(Said thanks for giving me your love)
Now life is one big party when you're still young
And who's gonna have your back when it's all done
It's all good when you're little, you have pure fun
Can't be a fool, son, what about the long run
Looking back Shorty always mention
Said me not giving her much attention
She was there through my incarceration
I wanna show the nation my appreciation
Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady
Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady
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