unravelling the string: happy playlist

Thursday, 28 April 2011

happy playlist

I loathe taxes. Funny that some people in my life think that is what I do for a living. Sometimes, accountant = taxes. I'm cool with that - most of the time I don't explain anymore. But anyway I don't like them... and for this reason, even up until about 2 days before I left for this trip, even things like downloading music and making playlists seemed to rank about 10 notches above them on the priority scale.

But now I'm patting myself on the back, thinking that my priorities were just right - I really would go nuts without music, and today as I sat in a 105 degree office sweating like crazy, my 'happy playlist' made me, well, really happy. (I know, really creative title for a playlist.) I was trying not to do any unconscious dancing in my chair (look, when you're not wearing shoes, it's easy to forget you're in an office)... I am not sure if monks are cool with music in this place, so was trying to keep it on the DL.

So, I thought I would share it with you. If you ever need a pick me up.... go to YouTube and type them in.

1. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
2. Bill Withers - Lovely Day (one of my favorite songs. ever.)
3. Paolo Nutini - New Shoes*
4. Scissor Sisters - Don't Feel Like Dancing*
5. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
6. If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
7. Love You Madly - Cake
8. Ain't Got No / I Got Life - Nina Simone
9. Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby? - Doris Day
10. Bi*ches Ain't Sh*t- Ben Folds (Mom. Grandma. Please give this one a miss for me, okay... you won't like it. In fact, none of you should listen to it unless you grew up listening to American gangsta rap and thinking it was really, really cool at the time. Because only then will you appreciate this spoof. It makes me laugh out loud every time I listen to the lyrics in Ben Folds' ballad style... the piano really puts it over the top for me...)

* To my Aussie mates who are getting married this Saturday. You're in my thoughts a lot right now anyway, but these two songs are so inextricably linked to you it's ridiculous. And speaking of the songs, I would like to give you some advice for your new life as a married couple: get a new bloody CD for your dinner parties besides Paolo.... it's a wonder I can still stand to listen to him :). On a less critical note, when and if those dinner parties degenerate into dance parties on the living room floor where everyone is adorning hats from your closets - #4 is a keeper. (That song is so mistitled. Makes me the exact opposite...)

1 comment:

kyleswife28 April 2011 at 09:56
playlists are the new mixtape, eh? happy listening! :)
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What the hell am I doing

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