By no means do I think I'm going to accomplish something from the list every day, but it seemed so anti-climatic to just post my list and then not attempt to do something to kick things off. And I didn't want it to just be something super-easy either, like buying a lottery ticket. I wanted it to be something with a little more significance.
There was one item on my list that jumped out at me as being something fun that would take a little thought & effort, and that was #26 - creating an iTunes playlist of my 101 favourite songs. Quiet, dreary day at the office on Day 1? Perfect opportunity!
Let me tell you this: For a kid who has over 3500 songs in her iTunes library (that's over 9 days' worth of music, folks) - it was a lot harder than I thought it would be! Even more difficult than compiling my 101 List.
I started by going through the entire list and transferring songs that I considered favourites into the 101 playlist I had created. After working at it on-and-off for a few hours, I finally came to the end.
And I had over 300 songs selected. Apparently I have a lot of "favourites". Whoops!
Another few hours of trimming and down-sizing, weighing certain songs against others, attempting to create a good mix, trying to evaluate their meanings to me and their importance in my life...I finally made the last deletions and finalized the list. I've had second thoughts about some of them and wondered if I made some wrong decisions, but for someone who loves music as much as I do, there really can't be a wrong answer, right?
So here it is. And in no particular order. (I found it hard enough to pick just 101, there's no way I could start deciding what was #1!)
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
- I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
- When U Love Someone - Kid Rock
- Love You Til The End - The Pogues
- Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
- Hang - Matchbox Twenty
- Desperately Wanting - Better Than Ezra
- Try - Blue Rodeo
- Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
- Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
- Picture - Kid Rock ft. Sheryl Crow
- Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
- The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
- Fix You - Coldplay
- Your Winter - Sister Hazel
- Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
- Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
- Into the Mystic - Colin James
- Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
- The Reason - Hoobastank
- I Hope You Dance - LeAnn Womack
- The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
- You Are Not Alone - Patty Griffin
- Here's to the Night - Eve 6
- Drops of Jupiter - Train
- Sandy - John Travolta as Danny Zuko in Grease
- These Are The Days - Van Morrison
- All For Love - Serena Ryder
- What's Going On - 4 Non-Blondes
- Such a Shame - The Dustin Bentall Outfit
- The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
- Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
- Long May You Run - Neil Young
- Go Rest High on that Mountain - Vince Gill
- Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
- Better Man - Pearl Jam
- Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
- Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas
- Fire & Rain - James Taylor
- My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
- Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
- You Are my Sunshine - Ray Charles
- Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
- My Wish - Rascal Flatts
- Gotta Be Somebody - Nickelback
- I Told You So - Randy Travis
- Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
- Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw
- Wonderwall - Oasis
- Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
- Song 2 - Blur
- She Talks to Angels - The Black Crowes
- That's The Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard & Jewel
- Thunderstruck - AC/DC
- Old School - Hedley
- If I Had a $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
- Patience - Guns 'N Roses
- Lean on Me - Bill Withers
- Santa Monica - Everclear
- Fiddlers Green - The Tragically Hip
- I Wanna Love Somebody Like You - Keith Urban
- All I Want is You - U2
- Collide - Howie Day
- I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
- Down on the Corner - CCR
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- The Great Pretender - The Platters
- Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
- Like a Prayer - Madonna
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
- Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
- All These Things That I Have Done - The Killers
- Two Steps Behind - Def Leppard
- There You Go - Johnny Cash
- Missing You - John Waite
- Sweet Caroline -Neil Diamond
- Green, Green Grass Of Home - Elvis Presley
- American Pie - Don McLean
- Forever & Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
- The River - Garth Brooks
- The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett
- Old Time Rock 'N Roll - Bob Seger
- Lucky Man - The Verve
- Love Lifted Me - Kenny Rogers
- Can't Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley
- To Be With You - Mr. Big
- Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
- Don't Stop Believing - Journey
- Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
- I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett
- Banditos - The Refreshments
- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
- I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
- I'll Be - Edwin McCain
- Lost Together - Blue Rodeo
- Here For A Good Time - Trooper
- I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
- Lose Yourself - Eminem
- Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
- Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke
- Have a Little Faith in Me - Joe Cocker
I know I've left some out...and I'm feeling sorry for the ones that didn't make the cut. I suppose this list could change 1000 times in the next 1000 days, but today, it stands as is.
Feels great to stroke that first item off the list! :)
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