Your Turn
In Your Turn we did cheesiest 80's song that you still listen to anyway. We also did the first concert you ever saw. But, now comes something even better. Your all-time favorite song. And when I say it is your all-time favorite, it means that no matter what you are doing, when you hear that song on the radio, you are going to listen to the entire thing. Late for an appointment, kids are screaming, and it just doesn't matter. It is your song and not going anywhere until it is over.
What You Won't Do For Love, Bobby Caldwell
ReplyDeleteI wonder who will say Desperado? LOL.
ReplyDeleteI will date myself...
ReplyDeleteI Got You - Split Enz
This is tough, I have so many but I will say for this one line in the song, Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand, Enough is Enough.
ReplyDeleteThe line:
"I always dreamed I'd find the perfect lover, but he turned out to be like every other man I loved"
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
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ReplyDelete"Waterfall" by the Stone Roses. Almost twenty years after I first heard it and it still grabs me in the exact same way.
ReplyDeleteTHIS QUESTION IS TOO HARD. I FEEL LIKE MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE.
ReplyDeleteI'll get back to you on this one, but I don't think picking one song is going to be a possibility for me.
Lucky Man - The Verve
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyTO0jW8T2o
"One of These Nights" by the Eagles from my childhood.
ReplyDeleteStill gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.
Heaven by Bryan Adams.
ReplyDeletehands down...
ReplyDeleteimagine
~ john lennon
"Sway" - Dean Martin, also covered by The PussyCat Dolls.
ReplyDeleteEither version, gotta hear it all the way through and if I'm not driving, I'm dancing to it.
@ life, good one! probably a close second but i have to go with
ReplyDeleteEscape (The pina colada song)
Rupert Holmes
If you like PEEN ya COLADAS! (good song to sing while looking at FFF too!
No Woman No Cry: Bob Marley
ReplyDeleteThat's the first one that popped into my head.
Hmm, Merlin just got me thinking...does it make me a bad spouse if my favourite song ISN'T my wedding song???
ReplyDeleteIt is next in line though keeping with the Rat Pack prompt...Fly Me To the Moon, Ol' Blue Eyes.
Simple-
ReplyDeleteAll of My Love by Led Zeppelin
"Wildflower", by Skylark
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Makes me cry EVERY time... :/
I am well over 40 and there's so many to choose from, but hands down it's gotta be "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters. Never tire of hearing it.
ReplyDelete"The Same Deep Water as You" by The Cure. With "Sugar Water" by Cibo Matto a very close second.
ReplyDeleteDamn you, Enty!!! I'm now in my 4th re-listen of Lucky Man on youtube. I have work to do... yet can't turn away.
ReplyDeletep.s. Enty, you should tell us yours!
ReplyDeleteSanta Monica, by Everclear.
ReplyDeleteOr Ice, Ice Baby.
Or Pour Some Sugar on Me, Def Leppard.
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
ReplyDeleteI know Ms. - there goes the rest of my day. I'm so happy iTunes lets you put a song on permanent repeat.
ReplyDeleteExcellent choice, Ms. Cool - mine's "Brilliant Disguise" by Bruce.
ReplyDeleteMooshki - how do I put a song on permanent repeat? I didn't know about this feature.
ReplyDeleteManaged to tear myself away from Lucky Man and am now listening to other choices nominated here. Bopping to Everlong by the Foo Fighters. I may as well give in to the dark force and say 'fuck it' to the rest of the work day...
The first song I thought of is "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order. I still get up and dance whenever I hear that song. A lot of great memories attached to it too.
ReplyDelete"Still the Same" by Bob Segar
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ReplyDeleteJACK AND DIANE, JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
ReplyDeleteMs, in the bottom left corner, there are two arrows making an oval. If you click the button once, it will put the current playlist on repeat. If you click it twice, a little "1" appears and it repeats the same song. (I don't know if an iPod has the same feature or not...)
ReplyDeleteOh, man, this is too hard. But the first song that popped into my head is "So Alive" by Love and Rockets. Don't hear it very often, so when I do, have to stop and listen. And pretend I'm still in college!
ReplyDeleteParadise by the Dashboard Light by Meatloaf.
ReplyDeleteI'm also extremely partial to "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton but my last gf kinda ruined that for me.
Anything by Queens of the Stone Age or HIM
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you use Firefox or IE, you should download FoxyTunes - it lets you control iTunes (or other players) through buttons at the bottom of your browser. (It's free.)
ReplyDeleteShit I can't think of just one. Maybe one from each artist or year or decade or genre but not only one fricking song ever.
ReplyDeleteOther faves:
ReplyDeleteThunder Road by Bruce Springsteen
For Classical it has to be Pachelbel's Canon.
Romeo & Juliet--Indigo Girls version
There are so many!
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ReplyDelete"New York State of Mind" Billy Joel
ReplyDeleteMoments in Love - Art of Noise
ReplyDeleteSummer Madness - Kool & the Gang
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
(At least I narrowed it down to the top three.)
On every street - Dire Straits
ReplyDeleteand Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen
Some that make me cry:
ReplyDeleteThat I Would Be Good by Alanis Morisette
Daddy's Little Girl by Tim McGraw
There You'll Be by Faith Hill
You Can Let Go Now by Cystal Shawanda
I'm an emotional girl, can't help it! :)
master blaster - stevie wonder
ReplyDeleteU2-- I Will Follow. My husband even put it on my phone for me, but he did the live version, & I jump everytime my pocketbook goes off!!
ReplyDeleteHere I Go Again - Whitesnake
ReplyDeleteBlackbird - The Beatles
ReplyDeleteMooshki, no little arrows in my bottom left corner... I have the play arrow or the two STOP/PAUSE lines. I use Firefox.
ReplyDeleteYou Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate
ReplyDeleteEverclear: I will buy you a new life (I call it "the shopping song" lol)
ReplyDeleteDean Martin: Sway
David Bisbal: Buleria
(All three are tied for me)
melissa- you shook me all night long is my cell phone ring...very embarassing at work.
ReplyDelete"Get By"-- Talib Kweli
Or modern-day, Renegades of Funk by RATM.
ReplyDeleteDon't wanna be labled a 70's throwback!
Ms. - the repeat arrows are on the iTunes program window. Maybe you have an older version?
ReplyDeleteSort of OT, but another freebie that you might like is Pandora.com
ReplyDeleteaka "radio from the Music Genome Project".
They say give them an hour and it'll be like they're in your head. There are a few quirks, but for the most part it makes perfect background music.
Right now, I'm listening to a version of "Sway" I've never heard... by Ben E. King from the album "Spanish Harlem/Don't Play That Song". (and chair dancing because I'm at work)
I love Pandora
ReplyDeleteOK. For now, I pick "Barracuda", by Heart. Because I just read their open "Cease And Desist, You Old Fart" - letter to John McCain, and I want you all to go buy the song.
ReplyDeleteStevie Wonder -- Superwoman
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm doing it a disservice if I don't listen to the whole thing. It's that good.
Oh MAN this is tough!!! I can't pick one, I have to pick one oldie and one newie:
ReplyDeleteI Don't Want to Lose Your Love Tonight - The Outfield (oldie)
First Time - Lifehouse (newie)
"Blackbird" by The Beatles.
ReplyDeleteI have always said that the person I marry has to know how to play it on the guitar.
Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
ReplyDeleteAmerican Girl - Tom Petty
ReplyDeleteI thought "you shook me all night long" they were saying "you took me all night long" LOL Ent the next Your Turn should be mis-heard song lyrics. LOL
ReplyDeleteAlmost everything I have a top 10 for based on my mood but the only exception is favorite song. Knowing the history of it makes me love it that much more.
ReplyDeleteFire & Rain by James Taylor
Time Heals Everything - Bernadette Peters or We Want the Funk -Funkadelics...y'know..I have my moods
ReplyDeleteSarah said I have always said that the person I marry has to know how to play it on the guitar.
ReplyDeleteWhat if they only know how to play it on bagpipes or accordion?
"I Can't Fight this Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon!!! I remember that was the song that I had my first dance to in junior high (Stonewall Jackson Junior High School, Orlando Florida) with this boy named Aden. I remember that he was wearing a surfer shirt from Ron Jon's surf shop and his hands were sweaty.
ReplyDeleteWhen my family and I went to see Horton Hears a Who and that song came on-oh my-you should have seen all the grown ups singing that song on the way out of the theater.
Love it!
"1979" by Smashing Pumpkins is my official favorite, though "Badfish" by Sublime ranks high for me, as does "URAQT" by M.I.A., "Work That" by Mary J Blige, "Lie In Our Graves" by DMB, and "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
ReplyDeleteIt's damn near impossible to narrow to just one song.
ReplyDeleteSo today (and tomorrow it will be different), it's Los Angeles by X.
Cellphone ringtones is a good topic too.
ReplyDeleteMine is "September", Earth Wind and Fire.
Nearly impossible to pick, and mine are a very weird group. It would be one of four songs:
ReplyDelete"Thunder Island," Jay Ferguson
"Couldn't Get it Right," Climax Blues Band
"Dancing in the Moonlight," Toploader
"Brandy," The Looking Glass
Stairway to Heaven !!!!
ReplyDeleteBohemian Rhapsody
ReplyDeleteUnchained Melody
Bluetonic - The Buetones
ReplyDeletehttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVFHCcHv5Y
Choosing only one is too hard, Enty. There are SOO many classics. Everyone above has mentioned great ones. I also LOVE Ramble On - LZeppelin, As - Stevie Wonder, I like Astrid Giberto's version of Fly Me to the Moon (it's a touch faster than Sinatra's), really any of the greats from the 60s and early 70s. Anything by STP and Soundgarten. For just about any of those, I would stop what I was doing and listen 'til the end.
ReplyDeleteI Didn't Mean To Turn You On--Robert Palmer
ReplyDeleteRush Rush--Paula Abdul (I think that was 90s but whatever)
Careless Whispers--Wham!
Africa--Toto
God, did I just admit this out loud?
okay, Mooshki - I thought you were referring to youtube.
ReplyDeleteNikita Elton john
ReplyDeleteI've been losing You A-ha
Im a HUGE A-ha fan
Oh shoot I'm an idiot! I didn't read that carefully enough, so I put down the cheesiest 80s songs. Oops. Ok here are my all time favorite songs:
ReplyDeleteThere is a Light That Never Goes Out--The Smiths
Procession--New Order
Sealings--Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Caroline--MC Solaar
Miss You--The Rolling Stones
Ultraviolet--U2
chevy van,... its actually a good song.
ReplyDeletedancing in the moonlight.
mama kin-aerosmith
take it easy-eagles
Bizarre Love Triange by New Order
ReplyDeleteComfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
ReplyDeleteAll We Are - Kim Mitchell
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
OK everyone STOP!!!! You're all making me have acid flashbacks!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
ReplyDeleteHa, oops, Ms! I blame Friday brain - I'm half checked out now.
ReplyDeleteAlexis, I'm SO glad you misread the question - that's an awesome list! :)
So many great songs, guys!!!
I Love You - Climax Blues Band
ReplyDeleteRhiannon -- Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Magic Man -- Heart
How about a top five?
ReplyDeleteMuse 'Unintended'
Jeff Buckley 'Hallelulah'
Damien Rice 'The Blower's Daughter'
The Knack 'My Sharona'
Stone Temple Pilots 'Creep'
How about songs that make you change the station after the first note!
ReplyDeleteAll I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow)
She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
I'm sure there are more but these were the 1st three that I can't stand! :)
sweet child o mine
ReplyDeleteguns n roses
when i hear the guitar played by slash in the beginning...i get allm sorts of excited
shoe addict--great one. I'm the same way. I had it as my ring tone for awhile and one day I was at CVS (drug store) and Slash was there and I SO wanted my phone to ring but it didn't! :(
ReplyDeleteamerican pie - don mclean
ReplyDeletejack n diane - john COUGAR melloncamp.
Summer of 69 - b. adams. (yeah,. i know)
kate said:
ReplyDeleteStevie Wonder -- Superwoman
I feel like I'm doing it a disservice if I don't listen to the whole thing. It's that good.
Yes Kate I agree and I also love Golden Lady by Stevie.
both "blue moon" by the marcels, or any version, and "hooked on a feeling", either by b.j. thomas OR blue suede, will have me singing and dancing in the grocery store, embarrassing my children and onlookers.
ReplyDeleteof course, when you run a "fan club" for many years, you're out of touch with current music. i have a new fave from buffett's "take the weather with you": "breathe in, breathe out, move on"
"if a hurricane doesn't leave you dead, it will make you strong,
don't try to explain it, just bow your head, breathe in, breath out, move on"
i've been trying to make that my motto this year.
i also have to add mr. bunny's and my song,
"you're my inspiration" by chicago.
yeah, i'm old, bite me!
My goodness we are all telling our age.
ReplyDeleteAlways Something There to Remind Me by Naked Eyes
ReplyDeleteDrive by the Cars
Bela Legosi's Dead by Bauhaus
I can't choose.
Led Zeppelin
ReplyDeleteAll of my Love
Just Like Heaven by The Cure
ReplyDeleteGreen wave gal; YOU MET SLASH???? *hyperventilating*
ReplyDeleteOkay, everyone else is listing more than one song....
ReplyDeleteNo Heaven by DJ Champion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwPyNOhXFd0
I *love* this song.
I didn't talk to him. He was just standing next to me. He was just running errands like me. Here in LA I try to not approach celebrities doing everyday things. :)
ReplyDeleteFor example, Tuesday night I was representing my alma mater at a college fair and the crazy neighbor/dad from Desperate Housewives came up to me (with his HS-age son) and was asking me questions. It was so difficult to just pretend that I didn't know who he was!
"Ain't No Sunshine," by Bill Withers. It's so sexy. I love it. It always soothes me. It's a perfect road trip song -- it's singalongable and only about three minutes long.
ReplyDeleteOr..."Just Like Heaven," by The Cure. That MIGHT be my all-time favorite song, which basically means that it's been my favorite song since junior high. Which might be kinda lame, but I don't care.
It's impossible to pick one favorite song, dammit. There are so many good tunes in this post, though! I love being reminded of The Verve and Cibo Matto. And "In Your Eyes" is still beautiful. I love it. I don't think it's dated.
I wanna be adored, Stone Roses
ReplyDelete"Parabola" by TOOL.
ReplyDelete"This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion"
Best. Lyrics. Ever.
OMG so sorry ms. forgot this was your blog.
ReplyDeleteOh wait.
Its not.
If you are forcing me to pick, it would have to be "Theme From the Greatest American Hero" Joey Scarbury. It is impossible to be in bad mood when that song plays.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I'm walking on air. I never thought I could feel so free-ee-ee!
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ReplyDeleteOh yes, bad fish, I forgot how sensitive, deep and tortured you are. (yawn). You're the Keira Knightly of CDCN.
ReplyDeleteI posted one of my favourite songs earlier and posted another. Get over yourself.
Mags-I LOVE that song. I just recommended it to a friend today for her free itunes song coupon that she had! :)
ReplyDeleteI hate to admit this, but I love Paula Abdul's 'Forever Your Girl'
ReplyDeleteCan't pick just one.
ReplyDeleteStairway to Heaven--Zepplin
Livin on a Prayer ---Bon Jovi
Don't want to miss a thing --Aerosmith
There are so many more but those three are definite tops in the stop whatever I am doing to listen category.
You're awesome, Greg! :-)
ReplyDeleteHas everyone forgotten about the King?
ReplyDeleteAll time favorite song - Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley.
If I only had one wish, it would be to have been one of the Sweet Inspiratons and to have sung back-up vocals on that masterpiece. My world stops everytime I hear it.
yes I love suspicious minds!
ReplyDeleteI think my all-time is Wonderful tonight..the way EC sings it "unplugged'" amazing.
And since everyone is listing more than one, I do love "More today than yesterday" by Spiral Staircase, lol..
Not a big Madonna fan but
ReplyDeletewhen "crazy for you" comes on
I swear I'm right back at a school slow dance!
damn mags "greatest american hero" was a good song. Funny that song has really stayed around so long much better than the show ever did.
ReplyDeleteI still love "my life" by Billy Joel just because it makes me think of Bosom buddies!
caravan of love, the housemartins
ReplyDeleteJames - Sit Down
ReplyDeleteMuse - Time is Running Out
ReplyDeletecan't...pick...just...one GRRRRR
ReplyDeleteI have to employ revolving top-ten lists for my various media favorites. Typically about 6 or 7 spots are permanently taken and the other 3 or 4 are occupied by lustful dalliances that may or may not become permanent. Do feel free to use my strategy if it helps y’all cope with media pleasure overload. ;)
HAVING SAID THAT:
Sailing by Christopher Cross [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi88a4YGc3g]
(with Celebration by Kool and the Gang [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ] and Black Coffee in Bed by Squeeze [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=610nUOJWxGc] as honorable mentions). Something about being a bitty wee one and loving to dance just by spinning in circles endlessly, with a little help from K-Tel.
I realize what I have just admitted to in a public forum, and I feel no shame.
Ummm, except I forgot this one for a minute: the SNL performance of Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison and Paul Simon [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAOclgppEXc]. Forgetting that IS shameful!
(p.s. ms., I think I love you!)
"I didn't talk to him. He was just standing next to me. He was just running errands like me. Here in LA I try to not approach celebrities doing everyday things. :) "
ReplyDeleteHaha, that's probably a good thing. There are only a few celebs that I would totally lose my cool with....and Slash happens to be one of them...*L*
"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure...always.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that someone said "Brandy" was their favorite song! I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers version.
I also love "Crush" by DMB...I want to dance with someone to that song someday.
Something (in the way she moves) by the Beatles.
ReplyDeleteElsieFire - my second would be anything by Split Enz or Crowded House. :)
Oopsie! I forgot "The Working Hour" by Tears for Fears. I love the saxophone...I listen to it over and over along with the others.
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun!
Loves me some Marty Balin.
ReplyDeleteMiracles by Jefferson Starship came out when I was in college working as a barmaid. This was on the box and I still stop and listen to it - and get chills.
This one by Alive 'n Kickin' always stops me in my tracks. Reminds me of my first junior high school crush:
ReplyDeleteTighter & Tighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcqfaWsMIoM&fmt=18
Everyone has such terrific songs! Like ya'll, I just cannot pick just one fav. So...
ReplyDeleteTainted Love - Soft Cell
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Closer - NIN
9th Symphony, New World Movement - Dvorak
Wonder - Natalie Merchant
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Desert Rose - Sting
The Rain, The Park, and Other Things - Cowsills
God, I am a such a schizo-music freak...
"Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush. The music feels like the rhythm of my heartbeat.
ReplyDelete♫ What is love... ♫
ReplyDelete"Be My Baby" - The Ronettes, although anything by them makes me stop, dance and sing along.
ReplyDelete"Tied Up Too Tight" - Hard-fi, they're one of my favourite bands.
"With or Without You" - U2 and I loathe them usually.
"Always on my mind" or "What Have I Done to Deserve This" - Pet Shop Boys.
"Can't Turn You Loose" - The man, Otis.
I couldn't just pick one hehe.
The Passenger - the Siouxsie version. The horns just make me move my shit!
ReplyDeleteOkay, did anyone else just blow their yearly iTunes budget because of this topic? SO MANY GREAT SONGS HERE!!! I wanted to say "me too!" to a bunch of people, then I realized I'd be re-posting the entire thread.
ReplyDeleteWhat it Takes - Aerosmith
ReplyDeletewhen I'm going crazy -
Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden
and way old -
ReplyDeleteUs and Them - Pink Floyd
too many!
ReplyDeletesomething so strong - crowded house
geez -
ReplyDelete1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Santa Monica - Everclear
Long December - Counting Crows
so many! my head is bursting!!
best dance song of all time, bar none (at least for me!)
ReplyDeleteSexual Healing (Dance Remix) - Max-a-Million
Panama - Van Halen
ReplyDeletemags-
ReplyDeletegreatest american hero was mike post (MIKEY!) and steve geyer.
we're big fans of mike around here!
Billy Joel -
ReplyDeleteUntil the Night
Half a Mile Away
New York State of Mind
I still love him. He's on my freebie list. Now if I can just distract Katie Lee......
... I love '80s rock/hair metal bands and songs - Journey, Van Halen, Night Ranger, Whitesnake, etc. ... "cheesey" or NOT... bands like those kick the CRAP out of the *cRap/nu-metal/EmoScreamo/Techno/Schmeck-no CESS* that passes for "music" today...
ReplyDelete... BTW... Ent... "heard" any more *distressing news* re: the DRUGGED-UP/BLACKMAILED WH0RE w/ the ow 'DEAD' acting "career" aka Brittany Anne Murphy Bertolotti?
... and NO... I DON'T and WILL NEVER "recognize" Her *FAKE/FONY/FRAUDULENT/BLACKMAILING SKUM-jack "husband's" PUTRID "name"*... NEVER.
^... *that's* now-'DEAD' acting "career"... that *is*.
ReplyDeleteFool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
ReplyDeleteEverlong always and forever!!! I'm with you, mes!!
ReplyDeleteand by "mes" I mean Mazemerizing ;)
ReplyDeleteMan, this was really tough, took me all weekend to decide (ironically enty's question coincides with my making some CDs of my favorite songs-at least my favorite country songs)-I'm still
ReplyDelete"Classic" Country: there are COUNTLESS, but I listed only 2):
Redneck Girl-Bellamy Brothers
Seven Spanish Angels-Willie Nelson & Ray Charles
Newer Country: (ironically, 1st 2 are remakes of old songs)
Life in a Northern Town-Sugarland, Little Big Town & Jake Owens
Lucille-Billy Currington's remake
Whiskey Girl-Toby Keith
Non-Country:
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd (Marty Casey's version was damn good too)
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ReplyDeleteTiffany "think we're alone now"
ReplyDeleteDolly parton "9 to 5"...
Dan Fogelberg"Same Old Lang Syne"
Soooooooooooooo sad...
Scandal -- Good-bye to you!
ReplyDeleteMama Kin - aerosmith ..
ReplyDeleteI have to add:
ReplyDeleteSmooth Criminal by Michael Jackson
worst part is that he made this song when he was already in his "freak transformation", but still a great song.
Wow! I totally forgot about "I Got You" - Split Endz!That's my runner up for sure.
ReplyDeleteMy winner: Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) - Talking Heads...always and forever!
I know I'm late to the party. Haven't had time to come on much.
ReplyDeleteLook Up to the Sky by The Indians. It played during the credit roll at the end of Kalifornia.
Love the variety here - Cowsills, Stone Roses, Jay Ferguson. Sounds like my iPod! Miss You by the Stones makes me 16 again. At least in my head.