A Pirate’s iPod Shuffle

(Steroid eyedrops working. Eye now crusty and gross, but healing. Thanks for asking.)

All Along the Watchtower – U2

Sun Drenched – Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers

Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash

I Kissed a Girl (Live) – Katy Perry (this is a re-thinking of the entire song. It makes me sad that she is being so over-managed and over-produced right now. She’s got a nice voice. You can really tell here.)

You Better Believe – The Gay Poppers

Don’t You Want Me – the cast of Glee

Dolphin – Poe

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day (live – this is from their album that just came out)

Till We Reach That Day – from Ragtime. Goosebumps

I’ll Follow the Sun – The Beatles

William Bloat – The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Brilliant. Hilarious.

Home Now – No Doubt

Paint It Black – Rolling Stones

Cabaret – Natasha Richardsom, from the Broadway production. (My tribute piece here.)

The Things That I Used To Do – Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble

Sleep – My Chemical Romance.

Violet – Seal

I Was Born Without You – Tracy Bonham

I Hate Myself For Loving You – Joan Jett

Black on Black – Heart

Baby – Tenacious D

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon. This song scared me as a child. I got the image of people flying out of car doors and being pushed out of moving vehicles.

Floyd the Barber – Nirvana

Dancing Queen – Meryl Streep, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski from Mamma Mia!

Girl – Tori Amos

You Make a Fool Out Of Me – Brendan Benson. I love this guy.

Hey, Hey, Hey – Stevie Wonder

People Get Ready – Eva Cassidy

Joy to the World – Three Dog Night

Till I Collapse – Eminem

Who Feels Love? – Oasis

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite – The Beatles

You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi

Not About Love – Fiona Apple

My Friend of Misery – Metallica

Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt. God, this song brings back a whole time in my life.

Just Call Me Joe – Sinéad O’Connor

Panic – The Puppini Sisters

Baker Street – Foo Fighters

Killing the Blues – Robert Plant and Allison Krause

NaCl (Sodium Chloride) – Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum

Don’a Wan’a – Wanda Jackson

The Wild Boys – Duran Duran. Are ya, boys? Are you really wild???

Do Ya – ELO

Satisfied – Liz Phair

Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield

American Tune – Paul Simon. This song kills me.

Horseshoes and Handgrenades – Green Day

The Waitress – Tori Amos. I love it when Tori gets effed up and angry. “I believe in peace …BITCH.”

Too Young to Die – The Divine Comedy

Boys (The Co-Ed Mix) – Britney Spears. Oh, Brit. Just relax, everything’s going to be okay.

Honey Don’t – The Beatles

Breakthru – Queen

Winter Kills – Yaz. Might as well just open a vein.

Science Can’t Be Coy – Siobhan O’Malley. Yay!

Sing For the Moment – Eminem

I Want You So Bad I Can’t Breathe – Ok Go

Hell – Foo Fighters. I love it when he screams. On tune.

Pleasure Seeker – Brendan Benson

Please – The Nylons. These guys make me think of Brett. Brett introduced me to The Nylons.

Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Dinah Washington. INSANELY HOT.

18 Miles from Memphis – Stray Cats

Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Yellow Sun – The Raconteurs

Stars and Planets – Liz Phair. I just swoon into this song every time I hear it.

I Want To Hold Your Hand – T.V. Carpio, from Across the Universe

Sally Dances – The Longpigs

Whiskey in the Jar – Metallica

Stay With You – The Goo Goo Dolls

Being Alive – Dean Jones and original Broadway cast of Company

Lucky – cast of Glee. This is really cute.

Don’t Keep Me Waiting – Britney Spears. Brit-Brit, I’ll keep you waiting if I feel like it, okay?

Political Science – Randy Newman

Teach Your Woman Well – Siobhan O’Malley. This is one of my favorites of her newest songs.

Hanky Panky – Madonna. (When Madonna was fun and ironic.)

Orion – Metallica. Loooooove it. The slow build. Tremendously exciting.

Me and My Shadow – Robbie Williams & Jonatham Wilkes. I think I’ve covered my love of Robbie Williams recently.

Get Up – Bleu. I listen to this song once a day. Maybe even more.

Right Now – Cliff Eberhardt

Snuff That Girl – cast of Urinetown

Synchronicity 2 – The Police

Kiss This Thing Goodbye – Del Amitri. Fantastic song.

I Can Make You a Man – Tim Curry from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag – the cast of Glee and Gwyneth Paltrow. Adorable.

River Deep, Mountain High – Ike and Tina Turner

Trou Macacq – Squirrel Nut Zippers

Drink To Me Only / When You’re Smiling / The Lady is a Tramp – Dean Martin. Very funny. This is a live performance.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles

I’ll Stick Around – Foo Fighters

I Love the Rain – Lenny Kravitz

Dreams – Fleetwood Mac

Brown Eyed Girl – Everclear

Like Everyone She Knows – James Taylor. Ouch.

Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing – Lou Rawls

Heart-Shaped Box – Nirvana (live). A messed-up love song.

Take It to the Limit – The Eagles

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ruby’s Got a Big Idea – Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers

K.C. Loving – Little Willie Littlefield

Random Acts of Kindness – Robbie Williams. Love you, Robbie!!

Let Him Fly – Patty Griffin

My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy – Dolly Parton

You Talk Too Much – Joe Jones

Working for the Weekend – Loverboy. Oh God.

Halleluia I Love Her So – Ray Charles

Fake Plastic Trees – Scala & Kolacny Brothers. I am so into them right now.

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo: Allegro – Beethoven

The Way – Fastball. Wow, talk about your one-hit wonders.

Standing Outside the Fire – Garth Brooks

And They’re Off – Malcolm Gets and the company of A New Brain

Mean Green Mother From Outerspace – Levi Stubbs, from Little Shop of Horrors

Beautiful – Christina Aguilera. Girl’s got pipes.

Seven Seas of Rhye – Queen

Embassy Lament – from Chess in Concert, live

Stain – Nirvana

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – Kenny Rogers. I will always think of The Big Lebowski now when I hear this song.

Dr. Freud – The Raunch Hands. Childhood. I didn’t even know who “Dr. Freud” was, but I knew all the words. “It happened in Vienna not so very long ago / when there weren’t enough people getting sick / that a starving young physician tried to better his position by discovering what made his patients tick. Oh Dr. Freud, oh, Dr. Freud, how we wish you had been differently employed. For the set of circumstances now enhances the finances of the followers of Dr. Sigmund Freud.” Please imagine an 8 year old girl singing that at the top of her lungs.

Phoenix – Dan Fogleberg

Trust Me – Bleu. He’s so awesome.

Missing Person – Split Enz. This is a perfect album.

No Leaf Clover – Metallica (this is live, when they played with the San Francisco Symphony.)

Petit Poulet – Sinéad O’Connor

Who Says We Have To Be In Love – Pat McCurdy. I do.

C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips – Ok Go. I love them!

Born to Run – Frankie Goes to Hollywood. This is a surprisingly good cover.

Cockies Of Bungaree – Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

Big Boned Gal – k.d. lang

Talk About Love – The Judds

Love Buzz – Nirvana

Johnny Get Angry – Joanie Sommers. A very disturbing song. Made even more disturbing by the sweet sing-song melody.

Big Weenie – Eminem. I’m so glad to see he’s learned to have a mature response to the things that annoy him.