Last night after work, I was hyper and wound-up. I was so energetic, in fact, that before I knew it, it was 11 o'clock and Matt and I were just hanging out in the kitchen watching the top 100 songs of the nineties re-run on VH1. That was
so fun. We were laughing at the comedians' commentary of the songs and critiquing the order of the list.
Before I knew it, M slipped downstairs and returned with a large black binder case. Enclosed in the case were all of his old cds. He asked me if I wanted to laugh at him and placed a stack of strategically pulled mix cds in front of me to listen to. I love nothing more than a good mix. In fact, playlist crafting is an art of mine. I enthusiastically accepted his offering of cds.
One by one, we popped the cds into my computer and laughed and bonded over all the old tunes. The best part was when a song reminded me of fun times I had during my junior year of high school and he simply responded, "I was in the middle of college...think about how much fun I had with that song." Guess that's a fair response to get as I was trying to play the "you're-older-than-me" card.
We sat around in our pajamas for hours listening to these mix cds...until 2AM, to be exact. I got to interject some of my old music into the conversation, as well. It was so fun, and to top it all off, I now have some new old tunes to import today.
I know you're dying to hear some titles we came across. Maybe they will make you smile, too.
They included but were not limited to:
Chemicals Between Us
Bush
What's My Age Again
Blink 182
Show Me Love
Robyn
Da Rain
Missy Misdemeanor Elliot (Remember this crazy video?)
Goodies
Ciara
Seven Days
Craig David
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
Deep Inside of You
Third Eye Blind
Inside Out
Eve 6
Butterfly
Crazy Town
Beautiful
Snoop and Pharell (sp?)
You Give Love a Bad Name
Bon Jovi
Groove is in the Heart
Dee-Lite
Ruff Ryders' Anthem
DMX (Worth mentioning here that M says this was his "main jam". I have never heard him use the term "jam" to describe anything before...)
Get F*&^ed Up
Iconz
Informer
Snow
All Mixed Up
311
Slide
Goo Goo Dolls
It's Gonna Be Me
N Sync
Jerk It Out
Caesars
Turn Off Light
Nelly Furtado
Hear it From You
Gin Blossoms
Change Clothes
Jay Z
Put It On Me
Ja Rule (Who in fact, I forgot existed)
Hey Pretty
Poe
Everywhere
Michelle Branch (in my husband's collection, not mine!)
Shine
Collective Soul
Tom's Diner
Suzanne Vega (I like Luka better personally)
Shake it Like a Salt Shaker
Ying Yang Twins
Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover
Sophie B. Hawkins
Weapon of Choice
Moby
Clint Eastwood
Gorillaz
Fat Lip
Sum 41
Ride Wit Me
Nelly
Rearrange
Limp Bizkit
Days Go By
Dirty Vegas
XOXO,
