Song Off!

December 28, 2007 - 7 Comments by Mishelle - Uncategorized

Michael and I had a song off tonight. I was sitting here listening to one of my Project Playlists and on came the Back Street Boys.
(Whaaa? You got a problem? Let’s go. Parking lot.)

He said, “Is that the best you can do? I might have to find something better to drown that garbage out.”

“Back Street Boys are not garbage, excuse me, thankyouverymuch!” I proclaimed.

As soon as my song, “Larger Than Life”, was over he digitally spun his attempt; on came The Game and 50 Cent’s, “Hate it or Love it”. My response, naturally, was Run DMC and Aeorsmith’s, “Walk This Way”. He came back with old school Run DMC, “Peter Piper”.

I would not be put down as such.

On came The Charlie Daniels Band’s, “Devil Went Down to Georgia”. Afterwards he asked, “Do I have to respond in Country?”

I said, “Nope, play whatever you want!”

He put on some good ole Blue Grass; it was Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, playing the shit outta their bango and fiddle on “Mountain Dew”.

I had to do something. I threw it back to the 80′s with Dexys Midnight Runners, “Come on Eileen”. He looked over his laptop, at me, with laughter in his eyes. God, I love that song! We both recalled the video and laughed at how stupid videos were in that decade.

“I may have to change it up,” he declared as he took it back to the year we got married, and played my favorite Foo Fighters song, “You Don’t Owe Me Anything”.

What would I do now? I needed a glass of wine in me for this as I clicked on Pearl Jam’s, “Crazy Mary”. He said, “Hmmmmmm.”

Take a bottle drink it down. Pass it around.
Take a bottle drink it down. Drink it… Pass it around. Pass it a…
A-take a bottle drink it down. Pass it… Pass it a… Pass it around.

He fired back with another Pearl Jam. “Indifference”

Oh. Ouch. That was good.

My reply to that was, I went on the upbeat, and chose Sublime’s, “What I Got”. He said, “Cool!”

Life is too short so love the one you got
cause you might get run over or you might get shot
Never start no static
I just get it off my chest
Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest
Take a small example
A tip from me take all of your money and give it up to charity
Lovin’s what I got
It’s within my reach

“So, it’s weed songs you want?” he asked, as I burst out laughing, and on went 311, “Feels So Good”.

“It’s kinda a weed song and a sex song!” he giggled.

SLAM. Now what? I responded in the only way I knew I could. Cake’s, “Short Skirt, Long Jacket”, yo! He raised his brow. I got him. What’choo gone do now, boi?

Who’s slammin’ who? He put on “Woke Up”, by Alabama 3, known to laymen -with HBO- as “The Sopranos Theme Song”. DAMN.

I responded the only way I knew I could, with smoking hot Shakira and her “La Tortura”. Let’s see what Mix Master Mike would do with that. Booyakasha!

He didn’t even know what it was until I reminded him of the hot video.

“This is my kind of sexual song,” he interjected, and on came Nickleback’s, “Figured You Out”.

I like your pants around your feet
I like the dirt that’s on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you’re looking up at me
You’re like my favorite damn disease

I wanted to play my favorite Dave Matthews song with sexual connotations, but I couldn’t get my player to play it, so I chose something equally good, “Lover Lay Down”. What a beautiful song. He smiled, and then stupidly I closed the window down. “Meh, it wasn’t my favorite Dave Matthews tune anyway,” he said, and on came Lil John and Eminem. I think it was called “Rock Away”, but I can’t be entirely sure. It was fun to listen to, though, and we had a good laugh over some of the lyrics.

For my turn I queued up Snoop D-O-double G’s “Gin and Juice”. If you could’ve seen our heads bopping. Shhhhhhh…. laid back…. As soon as that one ended he jetted off, upstairs, to get his iPod. This was getting exciting! Finally, after fifteen minutes of fiddling with his iPod, he realized it wasn’t on there so he put on Audioslave’s “Doesn’t Remind Me of Anything”. Good choice, MMM.

I just had to be a shit-head, and I chose Spice Girls’ “Wannabe”. He goes, “It makes me want to play some Primus!”

They are the one musical group that makes me want to stab myself in the eye, repeatedly, with a rusty fork. I guess he feels the same way about the Spice Girls. The looks he was giving me as it played, and I sang, were PRICELESS!

Thankfully, he didn’t put any Primus on. He put on Tool’s “The Pot”. It is a pretty bad-ass song.

I responded with a serious song, Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige, “Runaway Love”. Serious song with a message. A powerful message. His response was more Luda, and that’s all I’ll say. No radio versions on his computer. haha.

It could have kept going and going. I ended it with Matt Kearney’s, “Undeniable”.

It’s undeniable how brilliant you are
In an unreliable world you shine like a star
It’s unforgettable now that we’ve come this far
It’s unmistakable that you’re undeniable

Suffice it to say, it was a fun Song Off!

We’ll have to do this again! Soon.