Music? Perfume? Free Books! It MUST BE A CONTEST!
Tragic news in Romancelandia. Pamela Clare, gracious and talented author of Unlawful Contact, had a computer commit suicide on her. And thus she has lost her music! Which is why there was no contest during her Guest Quacking... and why she seemed to disappear for half of the day. Technology. She's a fickle mistress. I mean. It's a tragedy of Shakespearian proportions in this day and age.
Therefore, in an effort to remind her of all her music, and perhaps help her build her collection again, the Duckies (or Sybil) had a fun idea.
Oh, and we get to have a contest. It's a great one too: the winner will get a signed copy of Unlawful Contact and a set of perfume appropriately named "Marc" and "Sophie" in honor of the book.
And I get to come up with the rules. Excellent. Imagine me saying that like Mr. Burns. No? Oh well.
Pamela says this, as some guidance on her tastes:
- I love 3 Doors Down and lost them. I love rock.
- I lost the Tudors soundtrack.
- God, I lost a ton of 70s, 80s, 90s rock.
Here are the rules:
- Come of up with a list of your top 10-25 favorite songs OR albums. A catchy tune or two or uh... 3,756 (don't judge me!).
- Comment to this thread with that list before midnight (according to the blog's timestamp) next Tuesday, 8 April (technically 12:00am 9 April, but you know what I mean).
- A winner will be chosen from the comments.
- Only one entry per IP address (per household) will be considered for the contest, but you can comment as often as you wish.
Good luck and have fun with lists... it's a listmania! 
Madonna- material girl,like a virgin
carrie underwood- before he cheats
micheal jackson- thriller
shania twain- come on over
mariah carey- fantasy album
christian agulera, brittany spears
beyonce- bday
smokey robinson
the tempations
diana ross and teh supremes
teh beatles
elvis
justim timberlake- futuresexsound- bringing sexy back
the bee gees- saturday nitel live
hight school muscal
1. This Corrosion - The Sisters of Mercy
2. Wheels - CAKE
3. Inside Out - Eve 6
4. Border Song - Elton John
5. Fairmont Hill - The Dropkick Murphys
6. Under a Glass Moon - Dream Theater
7. Ragdoll - Aerosmith
8. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9. The Noose - A Perfect Circle
10. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
11. Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
12. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
13. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
14. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
15. Mirror in the Bathroom - The English Beat
16. Pepper - The Butthole Surfers
17. Money for Nothing - The Dire Straits
18. Surrender - Cheap Trick
19. Supervixen - Garbage
20. Spoonman - Soundgarden
21. Hotel California - The Eagles
22. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
23. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
24. Ana NG - They Might Be Giants
25. Christine - Siouxsie & The Banshees
I don't know much about Pamela's taste, and my own is eclectic . . . but I hope these help.
On the Way Down, Ryan Cabrera
Enter Sandman, Metallica
Go Hard or Go Home, E-40
Savin’ Me, Nickleback
December, Collective Soul
Pictures of You, The Last Goodnight
What I’ve Done, Linkin Park
Life is Beautiful, SixxAM
Carry On, Burnt Season
Bodies, Drowning Pool
Had Enough of You, Breaking Point
Over and Under, Egypt Central
Apologize, Timbaland (feat. One Republic)
Free, Train
Just Like Wylin, Bone Crusher & Three Days Grace
Without Me, Eminem
Low, Flo Rida
Shake, Yin Yang Twins
Never too Late, Three Days Grace
Move, Thousand Foot Crutch
Africa, Toto
Everyday People, Sly and the Family Stone
Crazy, Seal
Undo, Rush of Fools
Lithium, Nirvana
Justin Timberlake-What Goes Around/Comes Around
Korn-Evolution, Hold On
Hypnogaja-Nothing Box
Aerosmith-Back in the Saddle, Dream On
Blue Oyster Cult-Dont Fear the Reaper
Cranberries-Zombie
David Bowie-Space Oddity
Dixie Chicks-Not Ready to Make Nice
Dragonforce-Through Fire and Flames
Foreigner-Cold As Ice
Green Day-Wake Me Up When September Ends
Heart-Alone
Lit-My Own Worst Enemy, Miserable
Meredith Brooks-Bitch
Michael Andrews-Mad World
Nightwish-Bye Bye Beautiful
OneRepublic-Say All(I need)
Queen-Who Wants to Live Forever, Another One Bites the Dust
R.E.M.-Losing My Religion
Sheryl Crow-I Shall Believe
Steve Winwood-Higher Love
Strays Don't Sleep-For Blue Skies
Survivor-Eye of the Tiger
Tommy James-Draggin the Line
Trapt-Made of Glass
2gether-Hardest Part of Breaking Up
311-Love Song
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Layla - Eric Clapton/Derek and the Dominos
Freebird - Lynrd Skynrd
Moon Dance - Van Morrison
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Freebird - Lynrd Skynrd
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Suite Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
Who Are You - The Who
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
What Is and Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin
Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Empty Pages - Traffic
In a White Room - Cream
Evil Ways - Santana
Ok, so these aren't *really* my top 25 b/c I'm fickle so I can't pin that down... so in no particular order...
1st Piano Concerto - Tchaikovsky
Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap
Start of Something - Voxtrot
One Million Miles Away - J. Ralph
With or Without You - U2
Stand Inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
Linger - Cranberries
Stay - Lisa Loeb
Run - Collective Soul
I'll Stop the World (and melt with you) - Modern English
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
Defying Gravity - Wicked
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morisette
Until You - Dave Barnes
The Mating Game - Bittersweet
Demons- Guster
The World I Know - Collective Soul
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake
Breathe In - Frou Frou
In the Sun - Joseph Arthur
Da Dip - Freak Nasty
Breakable - Ingrid Michaelson
Brick - Ben Folds Five
Knock Em Out - Lily Allen
Lovefool - Cardigans
Garth Brooks-Shameless
Garth Brooks-Friends in Low Places
Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive
Guns N'Roses-November Rain
Guns N'Roses-Sweet Child of Mine
Steppenwolf-Magic Carpet Ride
War-Low Rider
Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
Aerosmith-I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Aerosmith-Dream On
Warrant-Heaven
Alan Jackson-Remember When
Alan Jackson-Itty Bitty
Bonnie Tyler-Total Eclipse of the Heart
Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams
Thompson Twins-Hold Me Now
INXS-Need You Tonight
Gary Allan-A Feeling Like That
Sugarland-Settlin'
BTO-Taking Care of Business
Uhm... so my first comment was labeled as spam. *cries* no idea why... sooo... here's my list again. They're not my top 25 - I'm too fickle to pin that down, but I do like these a lot. In no particular order...
1st Piano Concerto - Tchaikovsky
Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap
Start of Something - Voxtrot
One Million Miles Away - J. Ralph
With or Without You - U2
Stand Inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
Linger - Cranberries
Stay - Lisa Loeb
Run - Collective Soul
I'll Stop the World (and melt with you) - Modern English
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
Defying Gravity - Wicked
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morisette
Until You - Dave Barnes
The Mating Game - Bittersweet
Demons- Guster
The World I Know - Collective Soul
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake
Breathe In - Frou Frou
In the Sun - Joseph Arthur
Da Dip - Freak Nasty
Breakable - Ingrid Michaelson
Brick - Ben Folds Five
Knock Em Out - Lily Allen
Lovefool - Cardigans
1. Metallica - The Unforgiven
2. Creed - My own prison
3. Creed - With Arms wide open
4. Sunrise Avenue - Fairy Tale Gone Bad
5. HIM - Vampire Heart
6. Evanscence - My immortal
7. 3 doors down - Kryptonite
8. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
9. Evanescence - Bring me back to life
10. The Rasmus - Dead promise
11. Sunrise Avenue - Wonderland
12. Metallica - Nothing else Matters
13. Aerosmith - Idon't wanna miss a thing
14. Phil Collins - Another day in paradise
15. Heroes Del Silencio - Entre dos tierras
16. Green Day - Wake me up when September goes
17. Green Day - Boulevard of broken dreams
18. REM - Losing my religion
19. Creed - One
20. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
21. HIM - Join me
22. Elton John - Circle of Life
23. Sunrise Avenue - Chose to be me
24. Metallica - Enter Sandman
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge
Blondie-"Heart of Glass"
Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Welcome to the Jungle", "Mr. Brownstone"
Okay, so I'm just gonna lump "bootie music" together" which consists of such classics as "Doo Doo Brown", "I Like Big Butts", "Me So Horny", and "You Got What I Need" by Biz Markee...
"Planet Rock", "Freakazoid" by Midnight Star, "Let the Music Play"
Oh, and I LOVE Fergie! And my Ipod is stuffed with Bollywood mixes...
1. Roll With It-Steve Winwood
2. Summer of 69-Bryan Adams
3. Unchained Melody-Righteous Bros
4. Beat It -Michael Jackson
5. Saving Grace-Everlast
6. Kiss From A Rose-Seal
7. Halleluyah-Jeff Buckley
8. Are You Sure?-Willie Nelson
9. Give Give Me Some Lovin Everyday-Spenser Davis
10. Diamond's & Rust - Joan Baez
11. Fall To Pieces-Velvet Revolver
12. The Replacements Soundtrack
13. I Want To Come Over-Melissa Etheridge
14. Holding Out For A Hero-Bonnie Tyler
15. Stand Back-Fleetwood Mac
16. It's My Life-Jon Bon Jovi
17. Do You Know What I Mean-Lee Michaels
18. Enjoy The Silence-Depeche Mode
19. Ride On-America
20. Brothers In Arms-Dire Straits
21. Find Another You-John Mayer
22. I Put Your Picture Away-Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock
23. Run Through The Jungle-Creedence
24. Music of the Night-Phantom of the Opera
25. Memory from Cats Soundtrack
U2-The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby
Tupac-All Eyez On Me
Madonna-Like A Virgin, True Blue
Jay-Z-The Blueprint
The Verve-Urban Hymns
Oasis-(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Whitney Houston-Whitney, Whitney Houston, Bodyguard Soundtrack
Blondie-The Platinum Collection
Coldplay-Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head
Jeff Buckley-Grace
New Order-Technique, Republic
The Cranberries-Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
No Need to Argue
The Beatles-1(Compilation)
Def Leppard-Hysteria
Miss Saigon Soundtrack
Band of Brothers Soundtrack
Tchaikovsky-The Nutcracker Suite
Beethoven-Symphony No.5 and No.9
Mozart-Symphony No. 40
Pachelbel-Canon
Bach-Cantata 140
Handel-Messiah
Samuel Barber-Adagio for Strings
whoops - sorry for the spammyness, but when I got to school the page told me my post had been deleted as spam - and it was gone.
Now hours later, I just look silly.
Oh how could I forget U2?
I hate it when computers go crazy. I was just working on my daughter's computer last week since Vista had updated itself and then nothing would work.
My suggestions are:
Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run and Born in the USA
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself, Mony Mony
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
Queens Greatest Hits
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
U2 - Mysterious Ways
Oh. for me.. (I'm bad with song and album titles)
Let's see
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA and more
song of that he sings Jersey Girl
The Corrs - Breathless
Soundtrack from Lord of the Rings
Pete Murray - Opportunity
Soundtrack Wicked
Enya
Great Big Sea (great Canadian group)
Queen - Night at the Opera (love that album)
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Dan Fogelberg - Longer
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (much better than the Sting version)
Not sure if my first post got taken away by Calgon.
Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl
The Corrs - Breathless
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (better than Sting's version IMHO)
The Eagles - Hotel California (album)
Pete Murray - Opportunity
Queen - Night at the Opera (album)
Soundtrack - Lord of the Rings
Soundtrack - Wicked
Great Big Sea
The Beatles - Abbey Road (album)
Dan Fogelberg - Longer
Barenaked Ladies - As You Like It (album)
Enya
OMG, I just watched Sense and Sensibility on PBS, and Lucy Steele's sister reminded me so much of a Valley girl. It was like so funny. Just because the 1980's remind me so much of Jordache jeans, leg warmers, Candie's, Smurfs, bodice rippers, and lots of other cool stuff, I have compiled a list of some 80's music. I hope this helps.
Rock the Casbah -- The Clash
Never Say Never -- Romeo Void
Don't You Want Me -- The Human League
One in a Million -- The Romantics
Pretty in Pink -- The Psychedelic Furs
High 'n' Dry album -- Def Leppard
Pyromania album -- Def Leppard
To Live and Die in L.A. -- Wang Chung
Hazy Shade of Winter -- Bangles
The Reflex -- Duran Duran
Need You Tonight -- INXS
Flash's Theme -- Queen
Paradise City -- Guns N' Roses
Xanadu soundtrack
200 cigarettes soundtrack
My list will be all albums (I know, it's a cop out, but come on I can't just pick one song!)
1. Thriller, Michael Jackson
2. Immaculate Conception, Madonna
3. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
4. Earth, Wind and Fire's Greatest Hits
5. Huey Lewis and the News Greatest Hits
6. Crash, Dave Matthews Band
7. Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chics
8. Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow
9. James Taylor's Greatest Hits
10. Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits
The Beatles
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
What I Got - Sublime
Enter Sandman - Metallica
All Apologies - Nirvana
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lightening Crashes - Live
Cryin' - Aerosmith
Wonderwall - Oasis
Glycerine - Bush
Shimmer - Fuel
3 A.M. - Matchbox 20
November Rain - Guns N' Roses
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Imagine - John Lennon
Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Light My Fire - The Doors
With Or Without You - U2
Free Fallin - Tom Petty
I hope this helps
Top 10 albums:
1. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. MJ - Thriller
5. Beatles - White Album
6. Neil Young - Harvest
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
8. Radiohead - the Bends
9. Elvis - Sun Sessions
10. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
I want to thank all of you who brainstormed these super playlists. Being without music has got to be a form of torture! As of last Monday evening, the Mac dudes at the Apple Store had managed to rescue my iTunes (finally!!!) off my deceased hard drive.
But now you all have given me hours of sampling to do to check out the songs I haven't heard. I love music so much, so this is going to be great fun.
I'm very grateful to all of you and to TGTBTU for running this contest!
And I thought I'd share Marc's playlist with you.
The songs that brought him alive for me include:
Nickelback — "Savin' Me"
3 Doors Down — "Here Without You"
3 Doors Down — "When I'm Gone" <----- if this isn't Marc, nothing is
Hinder — "Better than Me"
If you haven't checked 'em out, give them a listen.
And thanks again!
And the winner is...
DANNY!
Get your snail addy, and Marc will be on his way to your mailbox.
wtg danny, lucky
Woohoo thanks so much.
Congrats, Danny.