It's back (Thanks to The Vintage Apple - go play along and link up!!) and I'm totes doing it again! Oh what fun :)
The point of this game is to pick 3 celebs and tell your readers (and everyone who comes through from the link up) who you'd Eff, Marry, and Kill of those 3.
My 3 picks for this week: The cast (guys) from How I Met Your Mother! Steve and I have been watching this show (from Season 1) on Netflix... we LOVE it.. .can't believe we've been missing it for years! I'm going to make these picks based on the character in the show.. cause duh!
Eff - Barney Stinson.
I mean come on, he may be dirty, but I'd HAVE to see what the hype is all about :) Plus he's not husband material and no way could I kill someone that funny!
Marry - Ted Mosby.
He's cute enough... and let be real, he's super romantic. Who wouldn't want that every day for the rest of their lives? I love a guy who makes me his world, Ted would do that, for sure!
Kill - Marshall Eriksen.
Is this really a surprise? He's annoying to me.. funny, yes.. but overall, annoying.
Sorry Marshall, no more lily pad for you.
What would YOU do?
Okay, so why haven't you linked up yet (click the button at the top, yo!)? Get on it, this is FUN stuff people - make your Tuesday a super Tuesday :-P
I feel like the 2000's (how else should that be said; it sounds funny to me) were so lame, with one exception - Eminem. This post will probably be full of him, I just feel like music lost it's way during this decade. Sure, there was a fair share of fun music, but a serious lack of true talent.
By far, my all time number 1 Eminem song is The Way I Am. That being said, I will forever have one negative connotation that goes with it - that is: I was dating a boy when this CD came out and this song quickly became my favorite. A fact about me; I rap - some call it good, some call it bad - I do it regardless because I'm passionate about rap music, especially if I like a song. I digress... when this song came on in my car, I was driving, he was shotgunning (not this shotgunning, but the act of riding shotgun) and I began my passionate rap along with my favorite song. He looked at me and busted a gut, like seriously laughing, not just a little chuckle over how cute I was. He OBVIOUSLY was a major loser and I'm happy to report that my current boyfriend encourages me to rap and quite enjoys it. Unfortunately for me, I always think of that moment when this song comes on - it's still my favorite though, because it's a bomb ass song.
On Em's next CD, my top pick was Superman - I tried to rap/karaoke this song on one of my birthday's.. I was already 3 sheets to the wind... it was a mild fail (as opposed to an epic one)... later that night I fell off my barstool. Have I ever told you that story? Doubt it; I don't remember it happening. I only pick this song because it has that wonderful night associated with it.
Another wonderful memory I have is driving my mom's HUGE pick-up truck down to a car show, this song came on the radio, I turned it up and started belting it from the top of my lungs - I guess I also started speeding too.. I got pulled over and got a ticket :( I still LOVE to jam to this song! At the time, there was no better group of women than these; Pink, Mya, Christina, Lil' Kim, and Missy - Lady Marmalade. This also used to be my favorite song to dance to at the clubs - I was 20 when it came out, so I was big into the club scene then.
A song about shoes? Hells to the yes! Do you guys remember Air Force Ones? What ever happened to Nelly anyways? I LOVED this song - it was popular when I worked at a shoe store with my friend Pam, I remember trying to teach her the words and how to slang them up like these guys do... lol, good times!
Back when she went by Jennifer Lopez she teamed up with Ja Rule (who later proved to be a douche).. and I loved this song: I'm Real
Don't hate on me for throwing R. Kelly in the mix - at the time he was a decent enough dude.. and The Remix of Ignition was another of my club jams!
I've never likes any music that Kanye West has put out except for this one song, Gold Digger with Jamie Foxx. It's upbeat and fun, makes me want to shake my tailfeather.
Man - the 90's were MY decade, not to say anyone else can't claim the same, but in terms of music... I was all over the place. I had a tendency to buy an album and just listen to it over and over and over... something I still do today. So trying to pick out specific songs is ... hard.
I'm going to start off with my X-rated fantasy, if I'm being honest, I discovered my sexuality at a young age, so that being said... In the 90's The Box Channel was huge (you call in and pay to play the video you wanted), every time this Madonna song came on it was the closest thing I could find to sex on TV (aka porn)... so I fell in love with it; do you remember this song/video? After watching it now, it's pretty weird...
Next up is a sad one, but a great song, nonetheless. Toni Braxton's Un-Break My Heart. Watching through all these videos over these posts its funny to me how people film the videos. She's just prancing around her house in a bra and panties with a big shirt covering her - cause obviously we all do that (shit, I would if I had her body too though!)
One of my favorite 90's albums was The Presidents of The United States of America's self titled album. Picking one song off this album was extremely difficult. I narrowed it down to Lump, Dune Buggy, Boll Weevil, and Kitty. I went with the classic Kitty because it is an awesome song. Take a listen:
Another of my favorite 90's albums is from Weezer, The Blue Album as it's more commonly known. While I love all the songs on this disc, the one that has always been my favorite is Undone (The Sweater Song) - simply classic to me. I scream this shit from the top of my lungs!
Another of my favorite albums from this decade is What's The Story Morning Glory? by Oasis. I still keep this one in my car and listen to it quite a bit. Literally every song on this album is amazing... my favorite though, without a second thought is Champagne Supernova; enjoy...
I also enjoyed the album Pieces of You by Jewel - as I began my search of the album for this post I couldn't help but feel maybe this didn't quite qualify for my tops picks of the 90's... I continued on looking at the track list and picking based on memory what I thought would be my favorite - I did my youtube search and began to listen. So many memories flooding back to me, not to mention just her voice sends chills down my spine - this lady is talented! Here is Near You Always by Jewel.
Moving on to En Vouge - a group who straight out ROCKED the 90's. Funky Divas was another great album of the 90's - my favorite though, I think mostly because of the video was Giving Him Something He Can Feel... I loved those red dresses!
Everyone knows Alanis Morissette and every one knows her Jagged Little Pill album and if you don't climb out from under your rock fool! She recorded an acoustic version of this album a few years back and I rushed out to get it.. it's probably a bit more amazing than the studio recording. I loved her in the 90's and she can still belt it out today! My pick from this album is You Oughta Know
One of my favorite songs in the late 90's (while I was in high school) was Picture Me Rollin' by 2Pac.
Alright, let us round up the 90's with some crazy, sexy, cool ladies by the names of T-Box, Left Eye, and Chilli. I remember being in middle school when this album came out and everyone loved it, including myself. creep... a classic, waterfalls.. amazing... my favorite? Red Light Special - what a bunch of freaks!
Geez - I don't even know where to start here... While I was born in 1981, I still have LOTS of music memories and songs that I'd still, to this day, jam out to! Debbie Gibson, Madonna, Rick Astley, Tiffany, Cyndi Lauper... oh, the 80's!
I LOVED Madonna in the 80's (and 90's and so on)... but in the 80's she had balls and wasn't afraid to discover herself and turn a few heads in the process. I have two songs by Madonna here, Borderline and Cherish. Two of the songs I remember most by her in the 80's. Borderline... I LOVE this video, I loved being a little girl and watching her spray paint all over the wall! That being said, this song was released in 1984, which would make me 3... why on Earth would I remember this AND why would I love watching her spray paint the walls. I loved watching her get her photos taken, and I LOVED her clothes! I know, right?!
Cherish was such a neat video to me as well... mermaids, B&W filming, not to mention how beautiful she is in this video! I was sure this was a 90's song, but it was released in 1989, so it makes the 80's cut. I remember singing along to every word of this song as well... from the TOP of my lungs. I really thought I was the best singer in the world when I was little... true or not, we may never know!
Next up is probably one of my favorite 80's songs - Tainted Love by Soft Cell. I hadn't seen this video before today, and it's fucking weird... so if you listen, close your eyes and don't watch. I have no idea why this is my favorite 80's song other than the fact that I LOVE the way it makes me feel and it's soooo under rated.
Any little girl who grew up in the 80's fell in love with at least ONE song by Debbie Gibson... she was ALL THE RAGE! Only In My Dreams was my favorite - though... I remember loving the entire A Side of the cassette tape (yep, I went there!)
These days, the Rick Roll is all the rage, but it's all the rage for a reason - Rick Astley was amazing for his time. I had this tape and I'd listen to that thing OVER AND OVER... my mom still has the same tape we had in the 80's and every now and again she'll pop it in (she especially loved to play it randomly on the weekends when I still lived there) - I'm not giving you the Rick Roll song today, but rather my favorite, Together Forever.
Lastly, rounding up the 80's with his bleached torn jeans and badass leather jacket is George Michael because, seriously, who doesn't jam out with their guitar right next to the jukebox?! Faith is one of those classic songs that you hear in random places and just start dancing - no? just me? crap.
So, the idea of this linkup really excited me... a way to take a look through all your music and remember the times in your life that shaped who you are and the music that was playing in the background. Krystal and Jen are hosting this Tuesday Linkup for the next several weeks, so it's not too late to join in and play along! Each Tuesday, from today until December 6th, has a different theme. This weeks theme is Oldies (Anything 1979 or earlier). After putting the list together, I realize that most of my picks are slower songs.
So Oldies... I was born in 1981, so pre-1979 doesn't have any memories of the things going on in my life... but I do love me some old songs! A couple of my favorites:
I absolutely LOVE Etta James, specifically the song At Last. When no one is watching, I WAIL thing song at the TOP of my lungs (...and I obviously sound JUST like Ms. James, herself). There is nothing magical about this song as far as why or how I know it - I heard it once, and fell in love; it's been one of my favorites ever since.
I think I mentioned on a different music post that I love the song Imagine by John Lennon. It's a magical and powerful song to me.. simply put.
Anyone who says Queen isn't talented has NO idea what talent is. I first heard this song, as I'm sure most people my age, in the movie Wayne's World, I specifically love the part where they all begin headbanging! Anyhow, ever since then, when I hear this song, I think of that movie. It's a great song, and it's fun!
The last song I'll list here is a faster, groovier song... it's a dance song, about a dance... a little ditty called The Locomotion. If you don't sing along to this, you're just a party pooper!
