Look, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way. You tell me the last five singles/albums you’ve purchased/downloaded (spill the beans in the comments section below), or else I’ll have to subpoena your credit-card records* and expose your secret Jonas Brothers obsession with your fellow PopWatchers.
Jill Scott, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac, Rumors (Indeed, the upgrade from cassette tape was tragically overdue.)
Jason Castro, "I Don’t Wanna Cry"
EMF (pictured), Schubert Dip (That’s right… the entire album, a polarizing decision which has won the hard-earned respect of my friend Drew, and the scornful opinion from my husband that I could’ve achieved the same result by spending 99 cents on "Unbelievable" and hitting "repeat" 10 times in a row. Check out the live version of "Girl of an Age" embedded after the jump and decide for yourself.)
* Surely this sort of thing is covered by the Freedom of Information Act, yes?
I recently jumped in the way-back machine and bought the following CDs:
1. Lyle Lovett – Joshua Judges Ruth
2. Dixie Chicks – Fly
3. Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
Andrew Morgan- As Long As We’re Together
Rademacher- Live at the ECHO
David Cook- Hello
David Cook- Always be my Baby
Dresden Dolls- No, Virginia…
Yup, a little eccentric here but seriously, everyone should own the Andrew Morgan album. Just beautiful…
1. Violet Hill/ Vida La Vida – Coldplay
2. Underneath – Alanis Morrisette
3. Leavin’ – Jesse McCartney
4. Love Remains the Same – Gavin Rossdale
5. Mercy – Duffy
Into the Nightlife by Cyndi Lauper (Yes, I was motivated by Popwatch)
Just Dance by Lady GaGa (motivated by a user comment in the said Popwatch)
A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley (Hey, Ocean’s Eleven was on TNT this past weekend)
Theme from Andrex by Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong
Indiana Jones Theme Song by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. (Guess what movie I saw over the weekend)
1. DisneyMania 6 – For my daughter. Really.
2. Love Song – Sara Bareilles
3. 4 Minutes – Madonna & Justin Timberlake
4. Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
5. Tower of Power – The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
I went on an album spree recently:
Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum
Ashton Shepherd – Sounds So Good
Emerson Hart – Cigarettes and Gasoline
Josh Kelley – Special Company
Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
Susan Egan – Disney Heroine Medley
Chumbawamba – Fade Away (I Don’t Want To)
Joe Hisaishi – Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl’s Moving Castle)
Citizen Cope – Let the Drummer Kick
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Madonna – Hard Candy
Rihanna – Take a Bow
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
Lupe Fiasco – Superstar
Aimee Mann- @!%$#& Smilers
Portishead- Third
The Commitments Soundtrack Vol 1
The Commitments Soundtrack Vol 2
Gnarls Barkley- The Odd Couple
1. We Made It-Busta Rhymes & Linkin Park
2. Mercy-Duffy
3. Got to be Real-Cheryl Lynn
4. One Week-Barenaked Ladies
5. Jungle Love-The Time
1. 6 songs from Duffy’s “Mercy”
2. Brandi Carlisle “Wasted”
3. Brandi Carlisle “Turpentine”
4. Elivs Presley “A Little Less Conversation”
5. Paula Abdul&Randy Jackson “Dance like There’s No Tomorrow” (not so happy with this one, I’ve decided)
My last 5 music purchases have been a combo of cds and ITunes:
1. Aquarion Original Soundtracks 1 & 2 by Yoko Kanno (cds)
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Original Soundtrack by John Williams (cd)
3. The World Ends With You Original Soundtrack (ITunes)
4. “Always Be My Baby” – David Cook (ITunes)
5. “Broken” – Seether feat. Amy Lee (ITunes)
Canned Heat (best of)
Complete Clapton
BB King (best of)
Stevie Ray Vaugh (live)
Allman Brothers (best of)
In the Heights OBC Recording
Superstar – Carly Smithson
Music of the Night – David Cook
Metamorphosis – Philip Glass
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
1. “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis
–I couldn’t get it out of my head
2. “The Way I Are” and “Give It To Me” by Timbaland
–long overdue purchases
3. “Everything” (Acoustic) by Alanis Morissette
4. “4 Minutes” by Madonna, Timbaland, JT
5. “No Air” (Acoustic) by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
–love the song and love acoustic versions, obviously