Idea #9: Rediscover Music

In the age of Itunes and iPods, most of all CDs and cassette tapes either end up in some box, second hand music store, or in the trash. But unemployment gives us the time to listen to those albums that we've tossed aside, in an "old school" way.

My car has a 6-disc CD player, so I decided to start listening to old CDs that I had buried in a drawer in my bedroom. Here's what I've rediscovered:

Spice Girls Greatest Hits: "Move Over" and "Who Do You Think You Are", both very upbeat. I also realized how dirty "2 Become 1" is...something I didn't get when I was 13.
Beach Boys Greatest Hits: On a sunny day, driving around to the Beach Boys doesn't get much better. Plus every song is catchy and everyone knows the words.
Bryan Adams "So Far So Good: It's actually a good album with a lot of his popular stuff. However "Everything I do, I do it for you" was the song for my first love and I, and since we ended, I still won't listen to that song.
Backstreet Boys "Millenium": The start of the century was a hot time for the Backstreet Boys. "I Want It That Way" has become the anthem for boys and karaoke.
Sister Act 2 Soundtrack: Lauren Hill was so young in this 1993 movie. What a soundtrack! Even if you aren't religious, their version of "O Happy Day" and "Joyful, Joyful" will have you listening to the album on repeat. Plus Whoopi is the coolest nun.
Random CDs 1-26: Okay this isn't a band, but it represents a collection of mixed CDs that I made over the years 2000-2005, and they are full of songs that I got from other people to add to my music collection. I love going back and listening to the old mixed CDs I made as well. For me they represent songs I was into at that time, songs that were popular in the mainstream media, or they were put together to symbolize a trip or event. It's a powerful thing how listening to certain songs can take you back in time.

I also have old tapes of Ace of Base and Montell Jordan. I just need to find a tape player to play these....

Useless information for today:

On this day 19 years ago, Diana Spencer and Prince Charles got married. (Now if only Prince William would hurry up and get married....I need a royal wedding in my life!)
President Obama is the first sitting president to go on a daytime talk show
A typical Starbucks customer goes there about 18 times a month (Also got that beat - thank you unemployment)
According to onlinedatingmagazine.com, over 120,000 marriages in a year resulted from online dating

Song of the Day: "Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac (One of my favorite songs of all time)