Theme 24: Greatest Hits

Currently Participating (6): Stefanie, Scott, Fran, AJ, Melissa, Marcus...

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April 20, 2009

24: Scott

  1. Where the Streets Have No Name (from "Pickin' on U2")
  2. Since U Been Gone (from "Pickin' on Kelly Clarkson")
  3. Steal My Kisses (from "Pickin' on Ben Harper")
  4. Going to California (from "Pickin' on Led Zeppelin")
  5. Rift (from "Pickin' on Phish")
  6. Heaven (from "Pickin' on Los Lonely Boys")
  7. Long Neck Bottle (from "Pickin' on Garth Brooks")
  8. No Such Thing (from "Pickin' on John Mayer")
  9. Hotel California (from "Pickin' on the Eagles")
  10. Closer to Fine (from "Pickin' on the Indigo Girls")
  11. Rag Doll (from "Pickin' on Aerosmith")
  12. We Can Work it Out (from "Pickin' on the Beatles")
  13. Long Train Runnin' (from "Pickin' on the Doobie Brothers")
  14. Running Down a Dream (from "Pickin' on Tom Petty")
  15. Bennie & the Jets (from "Pickin' on Elton John")
  16. Everyday is a Winding Road (from "Pickin' on Sheryl Crow")
  17. Legs (from "Pickin' on ZZ Top")
  18. Why Don't We Get Drunk (from "Pickin' on Jimmy Buffet")
  19. Another Brick in the Wall (from "Pickin' on Pink Floyd")

24: Marcus

  1. Cold Beverage (from "G. Love & The Special Sauce")
  2. Kiss & Tell (from "Coast To Coast Motel"
  3. Rodeo Clowns (from "Philadelphonic")
  4. Beautiful (from "Lemonade")
  5. I-76 (from "Yeah, It's That Easy")
  6. Baby's Got Sauce (from "G. Love & The Special Sauce")
  7. Holla! (from "Lemonade")
  8. Mellow Mood (from "Step Into Liquid")
  9. Friday Night (Hundred Dollar Bill) (from "Philadelphonic")
  10. Stepping Stone (from "Yeah, It's That Easy")
  11. Honor & Harmony (from "Philadelphonic")
  12. Astronaut (from "The Hustle")
  13. Dreamin' (from "Philadelphonic")
  14. The Things That I Used To Do (from "G. Love & The Special Sauce")
  15. Jungle Gym (from "Curious George")
  16. Free At Last (from "The Electric Mile")
  17. Rainbow (from "CMJ New Music Monthly: Vol. 119")
  18. Missing My Baby (from "Lemonade")
  19. Shooting Hoops (from "G. Love & The Special Sauce")
  20. Hot Cookin' (from "Lemonade")
  21. Sunshine (from "The Hustle")
  22. Blues Music (from "G. Love & The Special Sauce")

February 28, 2009

24: Greatest Hits

Stefanie says the next theme is...

"Greatest Hits". This is your chance to make the ultimate "Greatest Hits" album for the band/performing artist of your choice.

23: Fran

  1. Believe – Tykwer, Kilmek, Heil
  2. Not Enough Time – INXS
  3. Praying For Time – George Michael
  4. She Has No Time – Keane
  5. Time – Pink Floyd
  6. Time is Running Out – Muse
  7. Wait – Alexi Murdoch
  8. Wasting Time – Jack Johnson
  9. I Can't Wait – The Sundays
  10. Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  11. Wait – Sarah MacLachlan
  12. In the Waiting Line – Zero 7
  13. Well Goodnight, it's Time to Go – The Spaniels

February 23, 2009

23: Stefanie

  1. Eight Days a Week – The Beatles
  2. Friday I'm in Love – The Cure
  3. Friday Night – G. Love & the Special Sauce
  4. Five Days of the Week – The Pietasters
  5. Saturday in the Park – Chicago
  6. Saturday Night – Lucky Boys Confusion
  7. Saturday Night – Ozomatli
  8. Saturday Night – Ta-Gana
  9. Saturday Night's Aright for Fighting – Elton John
  10. Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke
  11. Sunday Morning – k-os
  12. Lime Sunday – Nelika
  13. Everyday is Like Sunday – Morrissey
  14. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
  15. Manic Monday – The Bangles
  16. Monday – The Living End
  17. Monday Monday Monday – Tegan & Sara
  18. Come Monday – Jimmy Buffet
  19. Monday – Wilco
  20. St. Monday – Billy Bragg
  21. Days of the Week – Stone Temple Pilots

23: Marcus

  1. New Millennium Homes – Rage Against the Machine
  2. 21st Century (Digital Boy) – Bad Religion
  3. I Got You at the End of the Century – Wilco
  4. Fraud in the '80s – Mates of State
  5. A Decade Under the Influence – Taking Back Sunday
  6. Paris 1919 – John Cale
  7. 1985 – Bowling for Soup
  8. In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
  9. Winter Song – Screaming Trees
  10. May-December – Mos Def
  11. July, July! – The Decemberists
  12. Seven Days a Week – The Sounds
  13. Welcome to the Working Week – Elvis Costello
  14. Once Around the Weekend – Paul Westerberg
  15. April 29, 1992 (Miami) – Sublime
  16. A Night – The Harlem Shakes
  17. Late in the Evening – Paul Simon
  18. Nine in the Afternoon – Panic at the Disco
  19. Breathe (2 AM) – Anna Nalick
  20. 7:30 – The Pernice Brothers
  21. 00:15:00 (15 Minutes to Rock) – Chomsky
  22. Concrete Seconds – Pinback

23: Melissa

  1. Time – Pink Floyd
  2. This is the Last Time – Keane
  3. Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is? – Chicago
  4. Stay (Wasting Time) – Dave Matthews Band
  5. Time and Time Again – Counting Crows
  6. Two at a Time – Guster
  7. High Times – Elliot Smith
  8. Wasting Time – Jack Johnson
  9. Running Out of Time – Hot Hot Heat
  10. It's the Nighttime – Josh Rouse
  11. Sometimes – Joe Pisapia
  12. A Time to Be So Small – Interpol
  13. That Time – Regina Spektor
  14. Comes a Time – Nada Surf
  15. This Time – Starsailor
  16. 3 Times and You Lose – Travis
  17. This is the Time – Billy Joel
  18. Time – Ben Folds

February 16, 2009

23: Scott

  1. Never on Time – Mel & Tim
  2. Might Be Late – The Tories
  3. I Was a Little Too Lonely (and You Were a Little Too Late) – Nat King Cole
  4. Too Little Too Late – Slightly Stoopid
  5. A Step Behind – Teddy Thompson
  6. Late on Arrival – Alison Brown Quartet
  7. One Day Late – Sam Phillips
  8. Too Late – M83
  9. Mr. Late – Jellyfish
  10. Always Late – Utopia
  11. Sooner or Later – Michael Tolcher
  12. I'm Always Late – Max Allen
  13. Late Again – Mxpx
  14. A Day Late – Anberlin
  15. From Four Until Late – Eric Clapton
  16. Late – Ben Folds

January 4, 2009

23: Time after Time

Scott says the next theme is...

Time after Time. Early or Late? Figuratively or literally? Find the mix that best suits your sense of time.

October 15, 2008

22: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man/Woman

Marcus says the next theme is...

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man/Woman. What are the songs that remind you of growing up? What was your first favorite song? What songs make you nostalgic for your youth? Share the music that makes you YOU.

21: Fran

  1. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
  2. Nasty Boys - Janet Jackson
  3. Bad Boys - Inner Circle
  4. The Boy From New York City - Ad Libs
  5. Thank God I'm A Country Boy - John Denver
  6. My Boyfriend's Back - Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
  7. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys
  8. The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
  9. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams
  10. The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
  11. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen
  12. When I Grow Up To Be A Man - The Beach Boys
  13. Brackish Boy - Frank Black
  14. Eli, the Barrow Boy - The Decemberists
  15. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy* - Queen
  16. The Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg
* Unintentional duplicate song, but unfortunately the CDs are already burned and sealed in their packages ready to go, so I'm not going to fix it. Hope you all like Queen!

21: Erin

  1. Let's Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams
  2. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
  3. Daniel - Elton John
  4. Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
  5. Vincent - Don McLean
  6. Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition
  7. In Praise of the Vulnerable Man - Alanis Morissette
  8. Fernando - ABBA
  9. Man In Motion - John Parr
  10. Beautiful Boy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
  11. Galileo - Indigo Girls
  12. What A Good Boy - Barenaked Ladies
  13. Love Man - Otis Redding
  14. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
  15. A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
  16. Me and Julio Down by the School Yard - Paul Simon
  17. Micky - Toni Basil
  18. One Man Wrecking Machine - Guster
  19. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
  20. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

August 16, 2008

21: Boys

Erin says the next theme is:

How about songs all about men... ok, boys! You guys did girls, girls, girls.....it's about time we had our fun!

August 15, 2008

20: Melissa

  1. Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
  2. Good Day to Die - Travis
  3. Evil Angel - Rufus Wainwright
  4. Perfect - Alanis Morissette
  5. What a Good Boy - Barenaked Ladies
  6. Bastard - Ben Folds
  7. The Good Fight - Dashboard Confessional
  8. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz
  9. Evil and a Heathen - Franz Ferdinand
  10. Good Feeling (Live) - Guster
  11. Good Day to Die - Hot Hot Heat
  12. Evil - Interpol
  13. Good Things - Kathleen Edwards
  14. The Good Times are Killing Me - Modest Mouse
  15. Mediocre Bad Guys - Jack Johnson
  16. Good Souls - Starsailor
  17. Good Man - Third Eye Blind
  18. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - The Arcade Fire

20: Stef

  1. Dance With the Devil - Breaking Benjamin
  2. Ten Thousand Angels - Mindy McCready
  3. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
  4. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares
  5. Bad Boys (Theme From "Cops") - Inner Circle
  6. Heaven - Better Than Ezra
  7. Hellraiser - Ozzy Osbourne
  8. Centerfold - The J. Giles Band
  9. The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Primus
  10. Angels Don't Fall In Love - The Bangles
  11. Saints of Los Angeles - Mötley Crüe
  12. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
  13. Too Sick To Pray - Alabama 3
  14. Used To Be A Sweet Boy - Morrissey
  15. Satan's Bed - Pearl Jam
  16. Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
  17. Dragula (Mix) - Rob Zombie
  18. Send Me An Angel - Zeromancer
  19. Vampires - Adam Ant
  20. Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel