Earlier this week, Gawker stumbled upon a page on Last.fm that shows the music files its users have most often deleted. The ensuing comments sent me down a shame spiral, reminding me of the time I tried to erase the catchy head-bopper "Popcorn (Techno mix)" (it helps me write about DWTS, I swear!) mere hours before my friend with superb taste in music came to stay in my apartment. CHECK IT:
Oh, crap. Slezak just IMed me to fact-check this post: "Did you really delete ‘Hot Butter’ before Kristian’s arrival?" And you know I cannot lie to the Blogfather (unless it’s about how great he looks in a zesty new shirt): "No…I removed it from an iTunes playlist, but I did not delete it from my computer."
Big diff. Now it’s your turn. Heed the command in the headline above and name the last song you deleted out of shame!
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I didn’t make the school musical, Jekyll and Hyde, but after seeing the show I became upset with the music. Months later, I finally got rid of In His Eyes, but I’m listening to Someone Like You as I type…
I did a ipod clean out recently, but if I can recall, I deleted “Have a Drink On Me” by ACDC (Listening to that song at work just doesn’t seem right) AND “Gimme More” by Britney Spears. . which I swore to myself I would never download.
Stacy Q’s Two of Hearts – I loved that song so much when I was 14. In a purely nostalgic mood, I downloaded it and then became totally paranoid that it would ever be seen on my machine…
Oh Lord. “MMMM Bop” which in all honesty I do not remember down loading.
I got a new Nano for Christmas, and quite a few songs didn’t survive the switch from my old iPod Mini. Most notably were several albums worth of Dave Matthews Band, as I was tired of listening to them and being transported back to high school. I figured it was time for my musical tastes to grow up.
Some song called “Pink Panties”. It was by some generic Beyonce/Rihanna wannabe. Horrific.
(But in my defence, I’d originally downloaded it because I needed songs for a mix I was making for a mixclub I’m in when the theme was ‘clothing’.)
I honestly don’t know that I’ve felt shamed enough to delete anything. I should be that embarrassed by some of it, but I’m just not.
We used “Popcorn” in a comedy show I did last month for a German stand up comic’s dancing girls. So it’s on my iPod too. No shame!
NKOTB. I had my pod in the car the other day and realized about halfway through the song that I’d been groovin to Hanging Tough. It was removed immediately as it’s the SECOND time I’ve caught myself trapped in its web of “oh oh oh oh oh”s!
Just deleted “Get Low” by Lil Jon & Ying Yang Twins. The “clean” version, by the way. Just didn’t want to hear it anymore.
Definitely just deleted the song “One in a Million” from Miss Congeniality. Sadly, I think it was nominated for a Golden Globe. (Even sadder: I think that’s why I downloaded it in the first place.)
Annie- shame on you for being embarrassed! Let your music freak flag fly! I was in the car with a friend and our 2 14 year old sons last week. I turned on my ipod and the Carpenters came out- everyone else howled so I hit next anf the Blood House Gang The Roof Is On Fire came on- my friend’s son asked what I was doing with this on my ipod. My friend and I then proceeded with a full on 80’s flshback with the Go-gos, Bon Jovi, the Police, Prince, etc. I’ve got something for everyone on my ipod from Frank Sinatra to Chris Brown and love them all unconditionally.
Oh, by the way- I think I’ll download that Popcorn techno mix for my older son- he’s into techno. Thanks!
I suppose it was a Good Charlotte song, the last one clinging onto my iPod’s life. The only reason why it was there for so long was because it featured M Shadows and Synster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold.
“Wait a minute” Ray J – what was wrong with me?
Who Let The Dogs Out
Man…who let the dogs in??