<p>So here's a cool little challenge. Put together 15 songs that either you think define who you are either through the lyrics, rhythm, or sounds, or use songs that are simply some of your favorite. They can be inspiring, funny, or off-beat, but they have to be 15 songs that you could give to someone else to help them picture who you are and what your tastes are.</p>
<p>Here's Mine:
1)Float On- Modest Mouse
2)Land of Confusion- Genesis
3)For the Moments I Feel Faint- Relient K
4)In too Deep- Sum 41
5)Life Is A Highway- Tom Cochrane
6)Perfect Situation- Weezer
7)Drive- Incubus
8)Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)- The Offspring
9)Plush- Stone Temple Pilots
10)All My Life- Foo Fighters
11)Such Great Heights- The Postal Service
12)Good Riddance- Green Day
13)A Little More- Skillet
14)Lonely Nation- Switchfoot
15)Lithium- Nirvana</p>
<p>1) Rockin' the Suburbs- Ben Folds
2) Girl Anachronism- Dresden Dolls
3) She's Only 18- Red Hot Chili Peppers
4) This Fire- Franz Ferdinand
5) Minority- Green Day
6) Under Pressure- Queen and David Bowie
7) Undone- Weezer
8) Kiss Off- Violent Femmes
9) Bandages- Hot Hot Heat
10) No Phone- Cake
11) Teenage Dirtbag- Wheatus
12) Apocalypse Please- Muse
13) Saturday Night- Kaiser Chiefs
14) I Think I'm Paranoid- Garbage
15) Tied Up Too Tight- Hard-Fi</p>
<p>Second Place Victory- This Day & Age
Long Time Coming- Oliver James
Cry on My Shoulder- Overflow
Testing the Strong Ones- Copeland
There Cannot Be A Close Second- Copeland
You Get Me-Michelle Branch
There Is Nothing Like- Hillsong United
Everything-LifeHouse
Restored-Jeremy Camp
Love is a Marathon- Teddy Geiger
Time-Chantal Kreviazuk
You Love to Sing- Copeland
Overture-The Notebook (I don't care it's instrumental)
Long Shot-Waking Ashland
Ride of Your Life- John Gregory</p>
<p>1) Dance On the Devils Dance Floor- Flogging Molly
2) No Control- Bad Religion
3) Don't Pray On Me- Bad Religion
4) Haste Killed Creativity- Against Me!
5) Scream Out- The Unseen
6) Leaving Jesusland- NoFx
7) Like A Record Player- The Lawrence Arms
8) This Town- Flatfoot 56
9) Stars and Stripes- Anti-Flag
10) T.S.R- Against Me!
11) Blue Carolina- Alkaline Trio
12) Religious Vomit- Dead Kennedies
13) Kind of In Love- The Avett Brothers
14) 'Merican- The Descendents</p>
<p>1) New Shoes--Paolo Nutini
2) Be The Girl--Aslyn
3) All American Girl--Train
4) Blue Suede Shoes--Elvis Presley
5) Beverly Hills--Weezer
6) Good People--Jack Johnson
7) Love and Memories--O.A.R.
8) Hotel Roosevelt--Augustana
9) Its My Life--Bon Jovi
10) Take Me Out--Franz Ferdinand
11) SexyBack--Justin Timberlake
12) Stars and Boulevards--Augustana
13) Over My Head--The Fray
14) 12-51--The Strokes
15) Boston--Augustana</p>
<p>Santeria - Sublime
Would? - Alice in Chains
Hey Ya - Outkast
Black - Pearl Jam
End of the Innocence - Don Henley
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Beatles
Goodbye Forever - Alkaline Trio
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts - I prefer the Joan Baez version
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
Angry Chair - Alice in Chains
Corduroy - Pearl Jam
Come As You Are - Nirvana
Rotten Apple - Alice in Chains</p>
<p>I actually have very diverse taste, but I was trying to imagine the movie of my life and think what songs would be playing....and....well, Alice in Chains just kept coming up.</p>
<p>1} My Generation- The Who
2} Back in Black- AC/DC
3} Changes- David Bowie
4} Suddenly I See- KT Tunstall
5} Cheryl Tweedy- Lily Allen
6} Have a Nice Day- Bon Jovi
7} We Got the Beat- The Go Gos
8} LDN- Lily Allen
9} Eye of the Tiger- Survivor
10} Goody Two Shoes- Adam Ant
11} She Moves in Her Own Way- The Kooks
12} No Sleep Tonight- The Faders
13} Move Along- All-American Rejects
14} Barracuda- Heart
15} Suffragette City- David Bowie</p>
<p>1) Majoring In Minors -- Sugarcult
2) Invincible -- Muse
3) Gender Bombs -- The Stills
4) Showbiz -- Muse
5) Getting Somewhere -- Allison Moorer
6) Audrey, Start the Revolution! -- Anberlin
7) Your Heart Is An Empty Room -- Death Cab for Cutie
8) And It Rained All Night -- Thom Yorke
9) The Voice Within -- Christina Aguilera
10) Sound the Bugle -- Bryan Adams
11) Broadway -- Goo Goo Dolls
12) Two Story Town -- Bon Jovi
13) Hanging By A Moment -- Lifehouse
14) Waiting -- Over It
15) Fade Out (Street Spirit) -- Radiohead</p>
<ol>
<li>Ani Difranco - Self-evident </li>
<li>David Bowie - "Heroes"</li>
<li>Woody Guthrie - Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done</li>
<li>Dan Bern - We Will Not Be Divided</li>
<li>Cole Porter - Anything Goes </li>
<li>Ella Fitzgerald - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)</li>
<li>Dion - Abraham Martin and John</li>
<li>Liza Minnelli - Maybe This Time</li>
<li>Morrissey - Seasick, Yet Still Docked</li>
<li>Marlene Dietrich - Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingelstellt</li>
<li>Frank Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid</li>
<li>Phil Ochs - Power and Glory
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<li>Ani Difranco - Out of Habit</li>
<li>The Smiths - Cemetry Gates</li>
<li>Bob Dylan - With God On Our Side</li>
</ol>
<p>Yeah, basically, the last three songs are <em>really</em> all you need to know me. But still.</p>
<p>hemingwayisdead - Ani Difranco is amazing! </p>
<p>Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
Foo Fighters - Aurora
Goo Goo Dolls - We Are the Normal (or Broadway or Big Machine)
Ani Difranco - Evolve (or Not a Pretty Girl or 32 Flavours)
Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days in May
Great Big Sea - End of the World
The Beatles - Blackbird
Ashley MacIsaac - Bog an Login</p>
<p>eh, 15 songs is a lot and people prolly won't read them all, so.....</p>
<p>Hate (I Really Don't Like You) - Plain White T's
Move Along - The All-American Rejects
Come Out And Play - The Offspring
Kernkraft 400 (Sports Stadium Remix) - Zombie Nation</p>
<p>swing life away-rise against
the wrong way-sublime
snow-red hot chili peppers
santaria-sublime
heres to the night-eve 6
jumper-third eye blind
losing my way-justin timberlake
where da cash at- lil wayne
what i got-sublime</p>
<p>overprotected - britney spears
slinkey - eminem
hit me baby one more time - Britney spears
Karma - Alicia Keys
Party for Two - Shania Twain
Cry me a river - Justin Timberlake.</p>
<p>Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Gary Portnoy, Judy Hart Angelo
Suicide is Painless - Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman
Battlestar Operatica - Bear McCreary (Cuz I'm a cylon)
Polkamon - Weird Al Yankovic
ROBOVoice (Final Fantasy V) - Joe Redifer.</p>
<p>Ehhhhhhh, tired.</p>
<p>I can't believe no one has put "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al yet... I would, except that I'm Asian. :D</p>
<ol>
<li>Totally *****ed - Spring Awakening </li>
<li>You Get What You Give - New Radicals</li>
<li>Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen</li>
<li>Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve</li>
<li>Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin</li>
<li>I Would Rather Hide - Joseph Arthur</li>
<li>Crystal Ball - Keane</li>
<li>Colorful - Rocco DeLucca & the Burdens</li>
<li>I'd Rather Dance With You - Kings of Convenience</li>
<li>Interstate Love Song - STP</li>
<li>Sea Legs - The Shins</li>
<li>Rejazz - Regina Spektor</li>
<li>Postcards From Italy - Beirut</li>
<li>Pulling Our Weight - The Radio Dept. </li>
<li>Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel</li>
</ol>
<p>1) Be Prepared -- Tom Lehrer
2) Finite Simple Group (of Order Two) -- the Klein Four
3) Never Give Up On The Good Times -- Spice Girls
4) Imagine -- The Beatles
5) Everybody Plays The Fool -- The Main Ingredient
6) I Just Called To Say I Love You -- Stevie Wonder
7) Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) -- Crystal Waters</p>
<ol>
<li>Mainstream by Thea Gilmore</li>
<li>Hope by Apocalyptica</li>
<li>Pray by Apocalyptica</li>
<li>Until It Sleeps by Metallica</li>
<li>Ghost Love Score by Nightwish</li>
<li>Elegy by Leaves Eyes</li>
<li>White and Nerdy by Weird Al (except I'm not white...)</li>
<li>Rosenrot by Rammstein</li>
<li>Cloud Nine by Evanescence</li>
<li>The Sun by Maroon 5</li>
<li>Derniere Danse by Kyo</li>
<li>Hotel Song by Regina Spektor</li>
<li>Bless the Child by Nightwish</li>
<li>Over My Head by The Fray</li>
<li>Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Karma Police (Radiohead)</li>
<li>Sunny Came Home (Shawn Colvin)</li>
<li>Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? (Paula Cole)</li>
<li>Mayonaise (The Smashing Pumpkins)</li>
<li>Vienna (The Fray)</li>
<li>The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete (The Smashing Pumpkins)</li>
<li>Suddenly I See (KT Tunstall)</li>
<li>My Stupid Mouth (John Mayer)</li>
<li>Can't Stop Now (Keane)</li>
<li>My Life (Billy Joel)</li>
<li>Bennie and the Jets (Elton John)</li>
<li>Unwritten (Natasha Bedingfield)</li>
<li>This Charming Man (The Smiths)</li>
<li>Drive (Incubus)</li>
<li>Vision of Division (The Strokes)</li>
<li>Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)</li>
<li>A Question of Lust (Depeche Mode)</li>
<li>I'm Still Remembering (The Cranberries)</li>
</ol>
