The "Workout" Playlist

(just what you've all been dying to know)

First of all, it's important to note that I don't have an I-pod or anything like that that enables me to put together a personalized play list. So I'm just going to list my seven favorite songs to work out to. This is actually pretty accurate because even though I may have an entire album of someone's in my CD player, I will usually get in a groove with one song and play it on repeat for the duration of my torture work-out. This is what I do when I write too. I can listen to the same song at least twenty times before I feel like my ears are going to wither. You begin to see how come I could never divorce Philip? How many people are willing to live with this quirk? (Because I also watch the same movies over and over.)

More importantly, how many other people out there do the exact same thing? Philip does. He's a good man.

Anyway, here are my top seven favorite songs to move to:

Out of reach- Gabrielle (This is on my soundtrack to Bridget Jone's Diary, I just love the words and when I listen to it housecleaning, I sing along REALLY LOUD. Satisfying smooth rhythm. And that voice is like silk. Did I just say that?)

Tuesday Morning- The Pogues (Because it's just so happy sounding.)

Drunken Boat- The Pogues (for the angry swearing and all that talk of death and drunkenness, really helps me work out my kinks.)

I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor (Do I even need to comment on this one?)

Mambo Italiano- Rosemary Clooney (This just makes me laugh because you know everyone else in the YMCA is listening to hip hop or something equally modern and new. This song just makes me happy.)

Wherever You Will Go- The Calling (This is on my soundtrack to Love Actually. I tend to like soundtracks. Did you already figure that out? I love this song kind of for the same reasons I love Drunken Boat. There's a kind of angry quality to it even though it's actually a very sweet song. I have no idea who "The Calling" are. I would probably hate the rest of their music, but I could listen to this song all day.)

Like A Prayer- Madonna (This is my newest favorite. I have hardly followed her career, but I like her compilation album "Immaculate Collection". This song just has that sound I love so much that most of the songs I love have which I have no idea how to describe. A truth to it. A kind of emotional and musical power to it that feel a lot like gospel.)

There you have it.

And now I'm off to make walnut pasta. And photograph it for a post that Michelle from Michelle Sews has requested.