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Songs For Earth Day

In honour of sweet Mother Earth on Earth Day, here are songs in my collection with "earth" in the title. Not to Touch the Earth - The DoorsPeace on Earth - U2Face of the Earth - Joel Plaskett EmergencyEarth Angel - The StarlightersMother Earth - Memphis SlimPlanet Earth - Duran
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My Ten Favourite Duets

retroCRUSH posted the best duets ever, so I've decided to follow their lead and throw down my top ten duets. I've disqualified all duets from bands that are naturally duets.  For example, Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher and Stars.  Here are my favourite ten. 10. Eminem and Dido -
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20 Movies I Reference Frequently

I like to litter my speech with pop culture references.  Often I'll reference a television show or a movie.  Most of my television references comes from "Seinfeld" or "The Simpsons", although I have been telling colleagues to "get in that ass, Larry" lately. Although I reference well over twenty movies,
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Love Songs For A Wedding

I put together a 100 song wedding playlist when my brother got married in 2006.  An Australian with the fantastic name Bella Rose chimed in this morning with this comment: Hi Mike!!Thank god I found your post! Your list is exceptional!!!!!!!I am trying to compile a list of
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In Praise of the Long Song

I discovered this Rolling Stone list after Fameone linked to it.  It's the 50 best songs over 7 minutes long, and it's got me thinking... What are my favourite songs over nine minutes in length?  Here are my top ten. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (17:02)The End - The
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More Cowbell

I watched Christopher Walken demand more cowbell in an SNL skit over on Humble's blog and it got me thinking about songs that feature a cowbell. Here are my ten favourite songs with cowbell.  I need more cowbell! Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The NameGuns N' Roses -
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Parade Songs

We're all set for tomorrow's Santa Claus parade.  As mentioned, this will be my fourth year in a row attending the world's largest Santa Claus parade, and I'll bring my camera to try and snap each float as it rolls by. Here are my entries and photosets from the last
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Most Used Film Lines

According to some British survey, here are the top ten lines from a film most commonly used in everyday conversation. "I'll be back." ("The Terminator")"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." ("Gone With The Wind")"Beam me up, Scotty." ("Star Trek")"May the force be with you." ("Star
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Black Music for White People

With apologies to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, I love this list of the top 10 rap songs white people love.  It's a pretty strong collection of rap songs your average white person will get awfully excited about. Here's their top ten: Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got BackHouse of Pain - Jump
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Top 5 Grunge Albums?

A web site called Cinema Blend ranked their top 5 grunge albums, and as a product of the grunge outbreak of the early 90s, I read with great interest. I'm not going to analyze their rankings, which includes a rather surprising number one, I'd just like to state how much
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Poisonous Songs

Poison was a guilty pleasure from the 80s.  They were more than just "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", they were "Talk Dirty To Me", "Fallen Angel" and "Something To Believe In".  But this isn't about Poison, this is about "poison" songs, or songs with "poison" in the title. Here are
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