Category Archives: Music and Lyrics

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Music Mondays – 40 Greatest One- Hit Wonders of the ’90s

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***Taking it back a little bit, VH1 did a special called, “VH1′s 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’90s”, if you haven’t seen it, I recommend it – the following is the list***

40. Whoomp There It Is – Tag Team
39. I Touch Myself – Divinyls
38. How Do You Talk To An Angel – The Heights
37. Bitch – Meredith Brooks
36. Bad Boys – Inner Circle
35. Sex & Candy – Marcy Playground
34. You Gotta Be – Des’ree
33. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Proclaimers
32. MyBabyDaddy – B-Rock & The Bizz
31. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm – Crash Test Dummies
30. Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
29. Lullaby – Shawn Mullins
28. Flava In Ya Ear – Craig Mack
27. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
26. Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of….) – Lou Bega
25. The Impression That I Get – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
24. Feed The Tree – Belly
23. What Is Love – Haddaway
22. Walking In Memphis – Marc Cohn
21. Legend Of A Cowgirl – Imani Coppola
20. Good Vibrations – Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch
19. Steal My Sunshine – Len
18. Unbelievable – EMF
17. Informer – Snow
16. Jump – Kris Kross
15. No Rain – Blind Melon
14. Rump Shaker – Wreckx-N-Effect
13. Cotton Eye Joe – Red-Nex
12. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
11. You Get What You Give – New Radicals
11. One Of Us – Joan Osborne
9. Jump Around – House Of Pain
8. Barely Breathing – Duncan Sheik
7. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
6. Closing Time – Semisonic
5. Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
4. Macarena – Los Del Rio
3. Rico Suave – Gerardo
2. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
1. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot

***Now tell me you didn’t just go listen to them***

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Music Monday – Music Obsession

The following songs I am completely addicted to and listen to them over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over (ok, I think you get it) again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Music Mondays – Coldplay – Paradise

 

The lyrics of this song speak volumes to me. To me this song says how when we are little we have big hopes and dreams, and expect a lot; but as we grow we realize that some of those things aren’t going to happen however we must continue to dream. And that no matter how bad it seems, we have to make the best of what we have, we have to make it our paradise.

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Music Mondays – Work Out Playlist

I was working out today at the YMCA and usually I just let whatever movie they are playing in the background dictate my workout. I realized today that I have to stop doing that. Depending on who is the “floor” person determines if we listen to Top 40 or Easy Listening…and let’s just face it, easy listening doesn’t suit well for a workout.

So my current “Work Out” playlist consists of the following:

  1. Jessie J – Domino
  2. Gotye/Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
  3. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj – Turn Me On
  4. Kelly Clarkson – What Doesn’t Kill You
  5. One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
  6. Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
  7. Breathe Carolina – Blackout
  8. Gym Class Heroes – Back Home
  9. Chris Brown – Beautiful People
  10. Outasight – Tonight is The Night
  11. LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking
  12. Train – Drive By
  13. Maroon 5/Wiz Khalifa – Payphone
  14. HOt Chelle Rae/New Boyz – I Like It Like That
  15. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
  16. Jennifer Lopez/Pitbull – Dance Again
  17. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
  18. Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger
  19. Britney Spears – Toxic
  20. Gym Class Heros/Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts
  21. Foster The People – Don’t Stop
  22. Yolanda Be Cool/Dcup – We No Speak Americano
  23. Estelle/Kanye West – American Boy
  24. Cobra Starship/Leighton Meester – Good Girls Go Bad
  25. Dev – In The Dark
  26. Havana Brown/Pitbull – We Run The Night
  27. Alexandra Stan – Mr. Saxo Beat
  28. Afrojack – Take Over Control
  29. LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
  30. Cee Lo Green – Forget You
  31. Chris Brown – Turn Up The Music
  32. Hot Chelle Rae – Tonight Tonight
  33. Cobra Starship/Sabi – You Make Me Feel…
  34. Kanye West – All Of The Lights
  35. Luke Bryan – Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
  36. Neon Trees – Animal
  37. Get Cool – Shawty Got Moves
  38. Marianas Trench – Cross My Heart
  39. K’naan/Adam Levine – Bang Bang
  40. Animotion – Obsession
  41. Junior Senior – Move Your Feet
  42. Jason Derulo – It Girl
  43. Chris Trousdale/Nevermind – Not Too Young
  44. Groove Armada – I See You Baby
  45. Tina Parol – Who’s Got Your Money

So, I ask you….what do you work out to?  What should I add to my Work Out playlist?

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Music Monday – Favorite Christmas Carols

The following are my favorite Christmas Carols:

“Angels We Have Heard On High” – 1862 – a French traditional carol “Les Anges dans nos Campagnes“

“Away in a Manger” – 1885 – first two stanzas attributed to unknown auther with the third stanza written by John McFarland in 1904

“Do You Hear What I Hear?” – 1962 – written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne

“Joy to the World” – words by Isaac Watts based on Psalm 98; music arranged by Lowell Mason based on themes in Handel’s Messiah

“Noel nouvelet” – French Carol – 15th century – translated into English as “Sing We Now of Christmas“

“O Holy Night” – words by Placide Cappeau de Rouquemaure, translated by John Sullivan Dwight, music arranged by Adolphe Adam

“Silent Night” – “Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!” – written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Josef Mohr, English translation by John Freeman Young

“We Three Kings of Orient Are” – 1863 – written by Rev. John Henry Hopkins – strictly an Ephiphany carol