Pick Your Topic

• Connie
  Ted Leo Love Fest
  A Bottle of Buckie - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
  The Sons of Cain - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
  C.I.A. - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
  Timorous Me - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
  Who Do You Love? - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

• Jayme
  Acoustic Girl Power
  Trouble - Over the Rhine
  Hummingbird - Kris Delmhorst
  Hockey Skates - Kathleen Edwards
  Where I Stood - Missy Higgins
  Wrecking Ball - Gillian Welch

• Travis
  One Song, each from my Top 5 Bands
  Excuses - Alanis Morissette
  The Story - Brandi Carlile
  Kiss You Off - Scissor Sisters
  Look What You've Done - Jet
  Shine - Anna Nalick

• Eric
  Parental Advisory
  Too Fast For Love - Motley Crue
  Bombtrack - Rage Against the Machine
  Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry
  The Denial Twist - The White Stripes
  Edie (Ciao Baby) - The Cult
  

Eeeks. Everyone's lazy this week.

Here ya go. All Hail Avril "Louis Luvs Me" Lavigne.

• Aaron Eversgerd - It Doesn't Matter What Your Voice Sounds Like; You're Pretty and We have a Synthesizer
  Stars Are Blind – Paris Hilton
  Bossy – Lindsay Lohan
  What A Feeling – Alyssa Milano
  Faster Kill Pussycat – Paul Oakenfold feat Brittany Murphy
  Pieces of Me – Ashlee Simpson
  
  
• Kati
  Pieces of Me – Ashlee Simpson
  Over – Lindsay Lohan
  Toxic – Britney Spears
  Right Here – Miley Cyrus
  Girl You Know It’s True – Milli Vanilli – they might not be ladies…..but they fit the topic, and they look like ladies.
  
  
• Lisa Childers
  Shadow - Ashlee Simpson (Vintage Asslee with her old nose)
  Higher - Heidi Montag
  Rumors - Lindsay Lohan
  Stars Are Blind - Paris Hilton
  Wake up Call - Hayden Pantettiere
  
  
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Your Pretty Good Looking . . . for a Girl

In honor of Avril Lavigne's St. Louis concert announcement, this week's topic is "Top 5 Songs from Unskilled Musicians Who Are Pretty Enough to Make It."

PLUS! A New Game!
Name that Talentless Hoochie.
Successfully identify the Talentless Hoochie in the picture and Win a bottle of sunscreen.
Leave your answer in the comments.

This week we pit song against song to see which one will rise in triumph as the best mashup.

• Lisa
  Elvis vs. Beastie Boys
  Madonna vs. Timbaland vs. Nelly Furtado vs. Justin Timberlake vs. Britney Spears
  Beastie Boys vs. Muse
  Leona Lewis vs. Kanye West
  Madonna vs. Lil Wayne
  Doors vs. Led Zepplin

• Aaron
  Numb/Encore – Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
  99 Problems – Jay-Z & Beatles
  Sweet Dreams vs. Without Me – Eurythmics and Eminem
  Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day vs. Oasis vs. Travis vs. Aerosmith
  Sweet Home – Lynard Skynard vs. Nelly

• Connie
  Since You Been Gahan - DJ Earworm
  Walk Close to Me - Voicedude
  Lullaby for Gorillaz - Metamix
  Smells Like Billie Jean - David Grohl
  No One Takes Your Freedom - DJ Earworm

• Travis
  Toxic vs. Yeah - Britney Spears & Usher

• Jim
  Epic Black Rock (Faith No More vs. Queen vs. ACDC) by dj lobsterdust
  Walk This Way ('98 REMIX) by Run DMC vs Aerosmith
  Another One Brick Bites You Tonight - Queen vs. INXS feat. Aerosmith by chinois
  99 Problems (Cheap Cologne mix) by Mash-Up - Jay-Z vs Metallica
  ACDC Rules The Nation by ACDC vs Daft Punk
  

Top 5 Mashups - Song vs. Song

For those who may be unclear on mashup face offs - Sweet Dreams vs. Without Me

Top 5 Independence Day Anthems

A big welcome to Jeremy to Top 5 Friday! Enjoy the lists and the fireworks!

• Aaron
  American Fuck Yeah - Team America
  Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
  Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
  R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Mellencamp
  Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith

• Benjamin (feeling very patriotic with 6 selections this week)
  Ceremony - Doro
  AC/DC - Back in Black
  Big Balls - The Dwarves
  FireWaterBurn - Bloodhound Gang
  Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
  You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band

• Jeremy
  Radio - Teenage Bottlerocket
  Bricks - Rise Against
  L.A. Girl - The Distillers
  Fuck Authority - Pennywise
  True Believers - Bouncing Souls

• Jayme
  Independence Day - Martina McBride
  American Soldier - Toby Keith
  Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith
  Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks
  My Baby is American Made - Oak Ridge Boys

• Travis
  Fireworks - School House Rock
  The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
  The War - Angels and Airwaves
  Taps - US Army Band
  Battle Hymn of the Republic - GNHCC (Note: We sang this version in choir in high school and for some reason it has always stuck with me.)

• Kati
  National Anthem (live) - Jimi Hendrix
  Proud to be an American - Lee Greenwood
  American Soldier - Toby Keith
  The Fireman - George Strait
  American Pie - Don McLean

• Connie
  American Idiot - Green Day
  Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
  Masters of War - Bob Dylan
  This Land is Your Land - Bruce Springsteen & Egidia's 1st Grade Class

• Jim
  Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
  Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
  Proud to be an American - Lee Greenwood
  Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
  When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again - Various
  

Top 5 Bottle Rocket War Anthems

Thanks to Connie for the holiday appropriate topic this week. Everyone get out your blankets to lay on and watch the fireworks to your favorite Independence Day tunes!