My "New" Play List

Good evening to you!

I had to put the "New" in the header in quotes, as most of the songs on my new favorite playlist are not new songs, nor are they new to me! I'm titling it "Half-caf." Like the coffee style namesake, do not underestimate it's power to rock.  So without too much hype, here is my current absolute FAVE songs in the order they appear in my iPod:

1. I Want You Back-   KT Tunstall
2. Closer To Me - Dar Williams
3. As Cool As I Am- Dar Williams
4. Ironic-   Alanis Morisette (the MTV Unplugged version)
5. New Shoes-   Paolo Nutini
6. Stuck In The Middle With You-  Stealer's Wheel
7. Faith -George Michael (everyone has a guilty pleasure song, and I'm letting my Freak flag fly)
8. Hand Me Down World- The Guess Who
9. Let It Be- The Beatles
10. Blackbird (cover)- Ani DiFranco
11. Over My Head (Cable Car)- The Fray
12. You Gotta Be- Des'ree
13. No Rain- Blind Mellon
14. Soul Meets Body- Death Cab For Cutie  (because I can't find Catie Curtis's version ANYWHERE!!!
15. To Be With You- Mr. Big (I needed a song for my vocal range, imagine my dismay when I found out they were all dudes....)
16. Classical Gas- Mason Williams (sometimes it's all about a little classical guitar)
17. These Dreams- Heart
18. Kiss That Counted- Catie Curtis
19. 78% H2O- Ani DiFranco
20. Face Up And Sing- Ani DiFranco
21. Shameless- Ani DiFranco (I'm seeing a trend...)
22. Dog Days Are Over- Florence + The Machine (It's as weird a transition as it seems like)
23. I Hate Myself For Loving You-  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts  (Because if you don't have a big relationship regret, you're either lying or seven years old.)
24. Edge Of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks 
25. Just A Girl- No Doubt (remember Gwen back when she had braces and blue hair?  Back when there was still music on MTV and life was good?)
26. Santa Monica- Everclear  Okay so quick side-note, when I went to LA last Nov, this song was my anthem! "I just wanna see some palm trees..."  It always takes me back to my vacation and how fantastical California is.  And then I remember Bobby and I trespassing, climbing a gravel mountain along the PCH, and me cutting my toe.  It was a total rock-n-roll trip.  If you really want to know more, just ask me. (It's funny because I'm the only reader and I wrote it!)Oh, and Santa Monica is the background for my profile pic. See the pier?)
27. Six States Away-Bitch and Animal (I think that one's pretty self explanatory...)
28. Once In A Lifetime- The Talking Heads (because every one of my favorite songs lists has this in it.)  David and Tina rock.  "...And you may say to yourself, my god, what have I done?"
29. Today- Smashing Pumpkins (oldie but goodie)
30. Lightning Crashes-Live ( And they are from where I'm from, so auto-cool band from my favorite time in rock music!)

Okay that about sums up my playlist.  I've got this rockin' in the background as a tribute to you, the world out there! Actually, I have to go tweak a paper, but until next time, take care and remember to be good to people. The bum you don't give a penny to might be your boss someday...

Rock and Roll, Heart and Soul.
Shayna