Break Out Your Box of Kleenex

The Top 5 Friday topic is in, courtesy of Steve. Originally, the topic was Top 5 Sad Songs. However, I felt the need to jazz it up a little (jazz hands everyone). So, it is now Top 5 Songs That Make You Want To Quit Your Job and Sleep All Day Because What's The Use In Giving A Damn Anyway.

Enjoy. . . errrr or don't enjoy.

Better Late Than Never - Top 5 Songs About Places

Sorry for the delay. Here are the lists.

• Connie
  Walking In Memphis - Mark Cohn
  Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
  Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
  Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
  London Calling - The Clash
  
  
• Eric
  Down Rodeo - Rage Against The Machine
  Big in Japan - Tom Waits
  China - Tori Amos
  Walking In Memphis - Mark Cohn
  Paradise City - Guns n Roses
  
  
• Aaron
  Lake Pontchartrain – Ludo
  Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
  Jackson – Johnny Cash (w/ June Carter)
  New York New York – Frank Sinatra
  Going Back to Cali – Sevendust
  
  
• Steve
  Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
  I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
  That's Right (You're Not From Texas) - Lyle Lovett
  Florida - Modest Mouse
  405 - Death Cab for Cutie
  
  
• Benjamin
  Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
  Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
  I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
  Walkin' to New Orleans - Fats Domino
  California Dreaming - The Mamas and The Papas
  
  
• Travis
  Return To Oz – Scissor Sisters
  Hotel California – The Eagles
  Orinoco Flow – Celtic Woman
  Boston – Augustana
  Kokomo – The Beach Boys
  
  
• Jayme
  Not California – Hem
  Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen
  Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
  I Can Still Make Cheyenne – George Strait
  Mexico – Jump, Little Children
  
  
• Lisa
  Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
  Tennessee - Arrested Development
  Highway 61 Revisted - Bob Dylan
  Georgia - Ray Charles
  Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
  
  
• Louis
  Island In The Sun - Weezer
  Kokomo - The Beach Boys
  Back to California - Sugarcult
  I Woke Up In A Car - Something Corporate
  Lonesome Town - MxPx
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Topic's In - Top 5 Songs About Places

Thanks to Connie for this week's topic. For anyone that's new to this, create your playlist at PlayList.com and send me an email with the link to your playlist by Friday. Also, PLEASE list the songs in the email. It makes it easier for me to update the Blog on Friday. Happy hunting.

The Envelope Please . . . Top 5 Convertible Songs

As promised, Top 5 Friday brings you Top 5 Convertible Songs. Special thanks to Lisa on the topic.

• Lisa
  They - Jem
  Did Ya Ever Look So Nice - The Samples
  Float On - Modest Mouse
  Laid - James
  District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
  
  
• Jayme
  Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Whale
  Comedown - Bush
  Fantasy - Mariah Carey feat. ODB
  Superman - Our Lady Peace
  Everlong - Foo Fighters
  
  
• Benjamin
  Graceland - Paul Simon
  Roam - B52's
  500 Miles - Proclaimers
  Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
  End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys
  
  
• Travis
  Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
  Lay Down - Priestess
  Break Down Here - Julie Roberts
  Wreck of the Day - Anna Nalick
  Cruel Summer - Ace of Base
  
  
• Steve
  Panama - Van Halen
  Fine + 2pts - Minus the Bear
  What's Golden - Jurassic 5
  Bones - Radiohead
  Good Vibrations - Brian Wilson
  
  
• Connie
  A Sorta Fairytale - Tori Amos
  Monday - Wilco
  In A Big Country - Big Country
  Hoover Dam - Bob Mould
  Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
  
  
• Eric
  Drive - Melissa Ferrick
  Nuthin' But a G Thang - Dr. Dre
  How Will I Laugh Tomorrow - Suicidal Tendencies
  Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
  Billy - Blue Murder
  

Top 5 Convertible Songs

This week's topic - Top 5 Convertible Songs

Compliments to Lisa this week. She has been chosen as the wielder of the Top 5 Topic. Get to gettin'.

Get Up and Dance

Thanks to Travis for this weeks topic. This was the hardest yet for me. Way too many great songs!

• Eric
  Primal Scream - Motley Crue
  Operate - Peaches
  Pimp Juice - Nelly
  Ready to Go - Republica
  Girls - The Prodigy
  
  
• Travis
  Mony Mony - Billy Idol
  Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
  Everytime We Touch - Cascada
  Lose Control - Missy Elliot
  Pon De Replay - Rihanna
  
  
• Jayme
  Funk Phenomenon - Armand Van Heldon
  Erotic City - Prince
  You Can Do It - Ice Cube
  You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Crocker
  White Horse - Unkn.
  
  
• Connie
  Dancing Queen - Abba
  Rush - Big Audio Dynamite II
  Daft Punk Is Playing at My House - LCD Soundsystem
  Technologic - Daft Punk
  The Nearness of You - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
  
  
• Benjamin
  Numa Numa remix - Drago Tea
  One Word - Kelly Orbourne
  Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
  Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
  Love Shack - B52s
  
  
• Lisa
  Flathead - The Fratellis
  Do Whatcha Wanna - ReBirth Brass Band
  Ecstasy - Rusted Root
  Raum Der Zeit - WIZO
  Like A Prayer - Madonna

Top 5 Songs That Make You Want To Get Up And Dance

The topic is selected for this weeks Top 5 Friday. Thanks to Travis on his topic. Have fun.

Top 5 Cover Songs

The results are in for Top 5 Friday! Thanks to Jayme for her great topic - Top 5 Cover Songs. I had a terribly hard time with this one. There are so many amazing choices.

• Jayme
  The Say Vision - Res
  Turn the Page - Metallica
  Raining in Baltimore - Brandi Carlile
  Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
  Put Da Lime in Da Coconut - Kermit the Frog and the Muppets
  
  notes: Jayme would have chosen Creep by Brandi Carlile as her number 3rd selection and Coconut by PM Dawn for her 5th selection, but they were not available.
  
  
• Eric
  Blue Monday - Orgy
  Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
  Hurt - Johnny Cash
  Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Revolting Cocks
  Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
  
  
• Lisa
  Rainbow Connection - Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
  Hurt - Johnny Cash
  Mad World - Gary Jules
  Proud Mary - Tina Turner
  Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
  
  
• Travis
  Hallelujah - by Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainright, and Brandi Carlile. All of these performers do such an amazing job on this song I couldn't pick which one was best.
  Blue Monday - Orgy
  Creep - Brandi Carlile
  My Humps - Alanis Morissette
  Storm - Lifehouse
  
  
• Connie
  Let the Mystery Be - 10,000 Maniacs
  Uncle John's Band - Indigo Girls
  Desolation Row - Grateful Dead
  Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
  My Way - The Sex Pistols
  

Apparently, Orgy, Jeff Buckley, and Johnny Cash deserve some extra props. Great minds think alike. All the lists are awesome! Thanks to everyone. And remember "we never eva do anything nice . . . and . . . easy."

Top 5 Cover Songs

That's right. The topic this week - kudos to Jayme - is Top 5 Cover Songs. Get to work.