I’m sure you’ve got some Go To songs in your back pocket, am I right? Songs that no matter where you are, no matter what you’re doing, put you in a good mood. Get your feet moving. Whether you’re in the kitchen making dinner, in the car driving for hours on end, you’ve got a bunch of songs that are always good to go, no matter what. Songs that have been in your own personal Top 40 for perhaps the past 40 years. That’s what I’m talking about. Those are the songs you’re going to eventually hear today.
So how did this come about? I’m in the kitchen the other day, just minding my own business, making dinner and whatnot for the family, when my teenage daughter blurts out, “I started a new blog today, wanna hear it?”
Well, duh. Whatever you’re doing, I’m happy to be included in it. If only every parent could be so lucky with their sixteen year old, right?
Turns out, it’s like mother like daughter.
My little chica (who dressed up like a cross between Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn for 60’s day today during Spirit Week at school, I’m so proud), decided to write her own column, along with her own streaming playlist of some of her favorite songs that she never gets tired of. Songs that she listens too so often that she should be tired of them, but for some strange, inexplicable reason, isn’t.
I gave it a quick read (it’s not that long, go ahead, check it out ). Turns out, I know these songs well, since I listen to them every time we’re in the car together for more than 2 minutes (You know the routine: “Mom, can I plug in my iPod?”).
Suddenly I realized exactly what my own playlist would have to be this week: all the songs that I have never ever ever ever gotten tired of. No matter if I’ve been listening to these songs for 3 weeks or 3 decades, I have a pretty decent list of songs that, if I hear them, I’m helpless for the next 3 or 4 minutes. I must sing. I must dance. I must remain in the moment of that song. These are the songs that no matter what I’m doing, if they come through the speakers, I stop, drop and boogie (or just start singing). And her songs too, of course. So today, you’ve got 2 playlists to appreciate, mine and hers. Both of these are the songs that we can never seem to get enough of. Because you can never get too much of a good thing, right? Right.
And while I’ve got your attention, if you’ve got an extra 5 minutes, check out this sweet video montage of the best movie dance scenes ever, just because. Because they’re awesome!
To hear today’s most amazing streaming playlist from the mommy, click on the arrow below, or find it at the Grooveshark website.
And for the daughter’s, find it here, or click on the arrow below.
MINE
- Uh – Fujiya & Miyagi
- Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
- Short Skirt/Long Jacket – CAKE
- Astronaut – G. Love
- Love Me Again – John Newman
- Treading Water – Alex Clare
- Fox On The Run – Sweet
- Good Times – Chic
- Happy – Pharell Williams
- Swing My Thing Back ‘Round – Beth Hart
- Got To Get You Into My Life – Earth Wind & Fire
- Best Day Ever – Bob Schneider
- Please Ask For Help – Bob Schneider
- Breakfast In America – Supertramp
- Love Is In The Air – John Paul Young
- Emotional Rescue – The Rolling Stones
- Pop Muzik – M
- Reggae Music – Jimmy Cliff
- Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads
- Aint No Rest For The Wicked – Cafe The Elephant
- September – Earth Wind & Fire
HERS
- Gorilla – Bruno Mars
- Welcome To The Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
- Walking On Air – Katy Perry
- Trespassing – Adam Lambert
- Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
- Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
- Happily – One Direction
- Holocene – Bon Iver
- Bang Bang – Knaan
- Golden Baby – Coeur de Pirate
- One Might Night – Maroon 5
- 19-2000 – Gorillaz
- Somewhere Beyond The Sea – Bobby Darin
- Weight of Living Pt 1 – Bastille
- Hey Jude – Joe Anderson (Across The Universe)
- Dingue Dingue Dingue – Christopher Mae
- Big Machine – Ryan Miller
- Cayucos – Cayucas
Valerie Ing-Miller has been the Northern California Program Coordinator for Jefferson Public Radio in Redding for nine years and can often be found serving as Mistress of Ceremonies at the Cascade Theatre. For her, ultimate satisfaction comes from a perfect segue. She’s the mother of a teenage daughter and a 7-year-old West Highland Terrier, and can’t imagine life without them or music. Valerie wakes up with a song in her head, she sings in the shower and at the top of her lungs in the car.
