My niece, who is the same age as my daughter, has been in town visiting us for the past several days. Yesterday we ventured out to do something fun so that when she gets home and her mom asks, “Did you have fun? What did you guys do?” she would have something to say besides, “We watched Sponge Bob while Aunt Kristy talked on the phone and made mac ‘n cheese.” It was a solid hour to our destination of the Alpine Slide in the mountains, so I put on a CD of some of my favorite songs and gave instructions to my passengers. “After each song you need to vote and give it a rating on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being ‘I’d rather crawl naked over broken glass before listening to that again’ and 10 being ‘I just decided I want dancing at my funeral so you can play this song.’” The votes are in, and I wanted to share with you what one 38-year-old, one 14-year-old, a 13-year-old and a 9-year-old voted as our top five songs for the road.
In first place with a score of 38 out of 40, “Ping Pong” by Enrique Iglesias. Do you know what it feels like lovin’ someone that’s in a rush to throw you away? Um, hi. Enrique? I don’t remember giving you permission to sing my life story.
In second place, “Black or White” by Michael Jackson. It don’t matter if you’re black or white. He’s been both, so I guess he should know!
We had a three-way tie for third place: “Yeah”, by Usher, “Just Can’t Get Enough” by Depeche Mode (still a good song even after 20 years, I don’t care what you say), and “Human” by The Killers. Are we human or are we dancer? Uhhhh, do I have to decide right now? I’d like to think I’m a little of both, but those who have seen me dance know better.
But now I’m less than 48 hours away from a ten hour road trip and I’m tired of all these songs so I need new ones. Care to share your favorites? Perhaps a few that aren’t stuck in another decade along with my big bangs?
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