iPod Vs. Radio

I love my iPod. But there's something about a song just coming on the radio that is a lot more fun than listening to the same song on an iPod. I have suspected this phenomenon for some time, but Thursday it was confirmed. Jack and Diane came on the radio. It rocked my minivan. I had the song in my pocket on my iPod. I thought, I could have just plugged it into my tape adapter and played the same song. But I knew that just wouldn't have been as much fun.

New Michael Jackson Song - Released Today

My Top 10 Favorite Michael Jackson Songs

10. Jam
9. Remember the Time
8. P.Y.T.
7. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
6. Beat It
5. The Way You Make Me Feel
4. Rock With You
3. Black or White
2. Wanna Be Startin Something
1. Billie Jean

The Thriller

The catalog of Michael Jackson's work earns him the spot as my favorite musician of all time. I even chose two of his songs for my recent list of top 10 favorite songs of all time. I've been missing the Michael of old for a long time though. His strangeness over the past 15 years or so, I think, shows the unimaginable difficulty of gaining his extreme level of mega-stardom.

Still, I sure am glad that I have his music to enjoy - and even watch other people enjoy, like in this wedding reception video.

Running Songs - Tuesday

I think my Tuesday running playlist is the best of the seven.

• Bad Day by Daniel Powter
• Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
• Cool It Now by New Edition
• Don't Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra
• In Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues
• Kissing A Fool by George Michael
• Missing You by John Waite
• My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson
• New Sensation by INXS
• Roll With It by Steve Winwood
• Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds

This playlist has one of my two favorite running songs, Don't Bring Me Down by ELO. My other favorite is Stars on 45.

The day-of-the-week playlists are nice, but I think I've decided that I really need to make a playlist for each day of the month instead. It would be a lot less repetitious.

Running Songs - Sunday & Monday

Here are my running playlists for Sunday and Mondays.

Sunday

1. Le Freak by Chic
2. Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.
3. I'm Gonna Be by The Proclaimers
4. My Girl by the Temptations
5. Never Surrender by Corey Hart
6. Pop Muzik by M
7. She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Canibals
8. Something About You by Level 42
9. Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
10. Your Love by The Outfield

Monday

1. Breakout by Swing Out Sister
2. Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
3. I'm a Believer by The Monkees
4. Monday, Monday by The Mamas and the Papas
5. Nasty by Janet Jackson
6. Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel
7. Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees
8. Take it Easy by The Eagles
9. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
10. We Built This City by Starship
11. We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel
    

Running Songs - Friday & Saturday

My current playlist for running on Fridays:

1. All I Need Is a Miracle by Mike and the Mechanics
2. Beat It by Michael Jackson
3. Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp
4. The King of Wishful Thinking by Go West
5. Money for Nothing - Dire Straights
6. Wake Up Little Susie by Everly Brothers
7. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson
8. We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel
9. Wild, Wild West by The Escape Club

My current playlist for running on Saturdays:

1. Alive and Kicking by Simple Minds
2. All Summer Long by Kid Rock
3. Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird Medley by Will to Power
4. Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
5. Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
6. Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndy Lauper
7. Jive Talkin' by The Bee Gees
8. Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer
9. The Long Run by The Eagles
10. Puttin' on the Ritz by Taco
11. Stars on 45 by Stars on 45
12. You Might Think by The Cars
    

Running Songs - Thursday

Here's my running playlist for Thursdays.

1. Centerfold by J. Geils Band
2. Dirty Laundry by Don Henley
3. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) by Glass Tiger
4. Hey Mickey by Toni Basil
5. Invisible Touch by Genesis
6. Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
7. Shattered Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz
8. Things Can Only Get Better by Howard Jones
9. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!
10. Walk of Life by Dire Straights
11. West End Girls by The Pet Shop Boys
    

Running Songs - Wednesday

A general shuffle of all songs or a genre of songs just doesn't cut it when you are running. You just don't want to have to mess with pressing skip. To eliminate this problem, I made a running playlist for each day of the week.

Running Wednesday

1. All Summer Long by Kid Rock
2. The Climb by Miley Cyrus
3. Hippy Hippy Shake by The Georgia Satellites
4. Human by The Human League
5. Kiss by Prince
6. Lean on Me by Club Nouveau
7. Lonely Ol' Night by John Mellencamp
8. The Reflex by Duran Duran
9. Rumors by Timex Social Club
10. She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Canibals
11. Top Gun Anthem
12. Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
    

Found in the Attic

We cleaned out our attic a few weeks ago. I found a bunch of my old cassette tapes. I decided it was really time to get rid of them. I did take a picture of them first though.