30 Day Blog Challenge - My Soundtrack

Day 05- List 15 songs that represent your life’s soundtrack.

I was born in 1979. A good year for music with songs such as “I will Survive” but Gloria Gaynor and “Do you think I’m sexy” by Rod Stewart, but on MY soundtrack, it’s gotta be “Heaven Must Have Sent You”, by Bonnie Pointer. Fitting, no? I mean I am pretty awesome.

I am a child of the eighties, and it shows. I still long for legwarmers and technicolor T’shirts (but wouldn’t be caught dead in them) and sometimes, when I am feeling nostalgic, I look for the way-back-when radio stations and sing my face off while driving down the freeway. My children are still too young to judge. Here are a few that you may remember and that I just HAD to include on my soundtrack:

• Never Surrender, Corey Hart. I could have included 'I'm Wearing My Sunglasses at Night" but BAH, so over-played.

• I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), Whitney Houston 

• Only In My Dreams, Debbie Gibson. She's so wholesome, dontcha think?

• I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me, Expose

• Hungry Eyes, Eric Carmen. The best thing about this song? My husbands name is Eric. Should have been our wedding song. Seriously. 

 

The 90’s is where I really became obsessed with music. You weren’t cool if you weren’t (and still, I wasn’t cool. Weird) In this era we were introduced to boy bands such as New Kids on the Block and later on, The Backstreet Boys and N’Sync. I won’t lie, I probably wear glasses now because of how close I used to sit to the TV whenever they aired a concert.  I also had a closest-love for Vanilla Ice, and to this day can still recite Ice Ice Baby like a rock star…errrr… rap star. For your enjoyment:

• Step By Step, New Kids On The Block. I used to think I was going to be a New Kids back up dancer. That dream hasn’t come true. Yet.

• Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice

• Show Me Love, Robyn. One of the first CD’s I ever bought. I hear she’s making a comeback. Maybe.

• All That She Wants, Ace Of Base. Ever notice they translate a bit weird to English? Ya, me neither.

• How Do You Talk to an Angel, Heights. I was obsessed with this song, until the lead singer beat Donna on 90210. Not Cool. Cause TV isn’t fake ‘yo. 

 

It was the late 90’s when I started to like country music. You remember when it kinda went all pop-like? Thank you Shania. I never did jump on the hip-hop/rap bandwagon. Well, except for my short-lived Vanilla Ice stage, but whatev.  

• You're Still the One, Shania Twain

• I'll Be, Edwin McCain

• ...Baby One More Time, Britney Spears. I was OBSESSED. Embarassingly obsessed. As in, I may have copied a few of her looks. I can't confirm or deny. 

I couldn’t leave out Ghetto Superstar from my soundtrack. Way back when I was sneaking into bars underage, I mean when I turned 19 (legal age in Canada is 19) this was MY jam. In fact, whenever it was played at a certain bar that should remain nameless, the DJ would announce hat it was going out to their own Ghetto Superstar (ME!) and I’d be dancing up on the stage like I was the hottest shit around (I wasn’t.)

So that’s 15, but I can’t stop there… here are a few songs from 2000 and up and that I wouldn’t be me without.

• Fighter, Christina Aguilera

• Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson

• Wait For You - Elliott Yamin. He's seriously unattractive, but this song gives me chills.

• No One, Alicia Keys. This song is a CLASSIC.

• Stay, Sugarland. When I discovered youtube, I played this song on repeat. A LOT. I think my husband knows all the words. He isn't happy about that.

• Colder Weather, Zac Brown Band. Zac Brown is my secret husband. Secret only to me. I am sure he doesn't know. Or care.

• American Honey, Lady Antebellum.

 

Seriously, I could go on forever…and you're probably happy I'm stopping here. That's a shit-ton of Youtube videos you need to watch. Get on it.