1. "Apologize" by OneRepublic and Timbaland - This song ATE UP the airwaves of radio around here, but I was glad because I never got sick of it. I first heard it during So You Think You Can Dance when Danny (THE AWESOME!) danced to it. Can't remember who he danced with. Just remember Danny and this awesome song. Hee!
2. "Before It's Too Late" by the Goo Goo Dolls - I have loved the boys of Goo since I was ten or so, and this song just made me love them even more. It's become the theme song of the novel I've been writing, and my iTunes says I've played it over fifty times since I reloaded it onto my computer. Plus, it gets extra points for being the love theme for Sam and Mikaela in "Transformers."
3. "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's - There was no escaping this song this year, but I didn't care. Whether I was grooving to it in the car, or crooning to it with Autumn and my mom just before the midnight showing of Harry Potter 5, I was loving it to death. It never seemed to get old! Wish I could be Delilah to some guy....
4. "The Way I Are" by Timbaland and Keri Hilson - Dude, I friggin ADORED this song even though the lyrics were just short of ridiculous. I even used it as my ringtone for a while. Of course, this might be because I first saw it used during one of Neil's (MY FAVORITE SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CONTESTANT EVER!!!!!) performances. Might've made me a little biased, I don't know.... *g*
5. "Sober" by Kelly Clarkson - I'm a HUGE Kelly Clarkson fan. That being said, I didn't buy her last album because I didn't like what I heard of it beforehand. This song, however, was the one exception. It is completely beautiful and shows off just how gorgeous her voice really is. I much prefer this mellower side of her to the trying-too-hard rocker side.
6. "Heaven Forbid" by The Fray - Just when I thought I couldn't love The Fray anymore than I already did, I went to their concert in Columbus in June, and I fell in love all over again. I didn't think it could be possible for them to be better live, but damn it they were. I can't wait until their next album and tour. Go FRAY!
7. The entire "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer - I simply couldn't pick just one track, so I just decided to include the whole album. I was so excited for Pirates 3 this summer and went with my family to the sneak preview the night before it's true release date. As I expected, it was AWESOME and I loved how everyone's stories came out, even the Will and Elizabeth love story whose ending I know a lot of people were upset about. Anyway, I bought this album the very next day, and I've been listening to it ever since. It's my writing soundtrack for when I'm writing my novel, and it brings back wonderful memories of the entire Pirates trilogy which I will always love no matter what. Take what you can! Give nothing back!
8. "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani and Akon - If I ever have to hear Whoo-hoo! Whee-hoo! again, I'm going to jump off the roof. I hated this song with a passion because of it's annoying chorus and because it was VASTLY overplayed in our area. But that's what makes it so memorable!
9. "Glamorous" by Fergie - So damn catchy that I couldn't get it out of my head for most of the summer. I had a quite the love/hate relationship with this one, but ultimately? Love.
10. "What I've Done" by Linkin Park - The BruBros have always loved Linkin Park, so I was shocked when I loved this song more than they did. I cranked it up LOUD whenever it came on and headbanged my ass off. (Is that an oxymoron?)
11. "Umbrella" by Rihanna - When this song was popular, I wanted to kill myself. But now, looking back, it reminds me of summer and all of the good times I had this year. And now I actually like it!
12. "Renegade" by Styx - Best use of mullet rock on Supernatural EVER. Period.
13. "Nobody's Perfect" by Hannah Montana - Yes. I watch Hannah Montana. And I listen to her songs. And I like it. Sue me.
14. "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty - They're BAAAAAAAAAACK! Rob Thomas is a god, and this song is a tribute to his fabulousness.
15. "Summer Love" by Justin Timberlake - A great song to drive to with the sunroof open and the sound cranked up. Perfect summer grooving song.
16. "Wait For You" by Elliot Yamin - A very sweet and catchy ballad that made my ears perk up every time it came over the radio.
17. "What You Want" by the Original Broadway Cast of Legally Blonde: The Musical - I caught a showing of LB:TM on MTV one day and INSTANTLY fell in love. I love the movie, but the Broadway show is even BETTER. I got the soundtrack for Christmas, and I've been grooving to it ever since. I definitely recommend everyone to check it out!
18. "Are You the One" by the Presets - Yet another So You Think You Can Dance song! This time it's the song for Neil and Danny's DUET. So much hotness, so little time.... Oh, and the song rocks too.
19. "S.O.S." by the Jonas Brothers - During our last trip to Disney, they played this song NON-STOP and BruBro2 was about to strangle himself. I think I like it just because it got on his nerves so badly. Hee! Good times, good times....
20. "You Can't Stop the Beat" by the cast of Hairspray - Between So You Think You Can Dance and the actual movie of Hairspray, I heard this song a LOT this year, and I couldn't help but smile and sing along every time I did.
21. "Never Too Late" by Three Days Grace - THE most played song on my iPod and the one that I propose to be the theme song of the third season of Supernatural. What with the whole Dean dying storyline and everything, I think it fits perfectly.
22. "Stronger" by Kanye West - I dare you to listen to this song and NOT bob your head to the beat. It's friggin impossible, I tell ya!
23. "I Don't Dance" by Chad and Ryan in High School Musical 2 - Yes, it's true. I love High School Musical. Even though I'm almost twenty and should be beyond such things. I can't help myself. I'm a cheese magnet. The baseball/dance-off number between Chad and Ryan? Cheese-tastic in the BEST possible way. You can't make me hate it, okay? You just can't!
24. "Better Than Me" by Hinder - I love this song's chorus, and whenever I hear it I think of summer and cute boys and how I DID turn out to be better than CuteGuy this summer. Hell yeah! Sorry, sweetie, I'm moving on to greener pastures!
25. "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash - Not only is Johnny Cash the MAN, but this song was a part of the BEST SUPERNATURAL PROMO EVER!
26. "That's What You Get" by Paramore - Best new band of 2007 by FAR is Paramore in my opinion. I have both of their albums and I just can't get enough. This song is my favorite from both albums and I think I've been singing it in my sleep I've listened to it so much. Hee!
27. "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance - An incredibly epic song that I originally started listening to because it reminded me of Supernatural, but has become a part of my listening habits outside of my Supernatural playlists. Just a wonderful, amazing song.
And there you have it. Twenty seven songs to sum up my 2007. It's been a great year, and I can't wait to discover the music that I'm gonna love in 2008. Here's to great music and great memories! Woo!
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40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SET FOR FOLSOM STATE PRISON
Cash Drummer WS Holland to Lead Band in Free Concert for Folsom Inmates
HOLLYWOOD: On January 13, 2008, forty years to the day, longtime Johnny Cash drummer, W.S. “Fluke” Holland will lead his band in a return to Folsom State Prison in Northern California to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the recording of "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison," widely considered to be the best live album ever made.
Johnny Cash's performance on January 13, 1968, was a seminal moment in music and pop culture history. Released by Columbia records in the summer of 1968, "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison" made a 90-week assault on the country music charts, peaking at Number 1 for three weeks in July and August.
The story was the same on the pop charts, where the album spent an incredible 122 weeks in the Top 200. In 2003, the National Recording Preservation Board chose “Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison” for its select list of recordings to be preserved for posterity in the Library of Congress.
At the 1968 Grammy Awards, Johnny Cash was named Best Male Country
Cash's addiction to amphetamines, barbiturates and alcohol, which began in the late 1950s, had overtaken the singer by the mid-1960s. While Cash was never incarcerated in prison (a popular misconception), he was jailed several times on "drunk and disorderly" charges. In October 1965, Cash was famously arrested in El Paso, Texas, for smuggling pills across the border from Mexico.
By 1967, Johnny Cash was missing more shows than he played. The Johnny Cash Show, as his traveling act was called, was then being referred to by music insiders as "Johnny 'No Show' Cash." In October 1967, contemplating suicide, Cash claimed to have crawled inside Nickajack Cave near Chattanooga, Tennessee, only to hear God telling him to go on.
After spending the month of November 1967 undergoing rehab at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the singer emerged clean and sober and recommitted to God and to his career. Less than two months later, Johnny Cash recorded at Folsom prison. And the rest, as they say, is history.
The "40th Anniversary of 'Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison'" is replete with history and coincidence. The free concert will feature several members of Cash's original group. Most notable is drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland [a special guest vocalist will be introduced at the show!].
Mr. Holland, who joined the Cash group in 1960, kept the beat for the 1968 concert at Folsom. Mr. Holland worked behind Cash for nearly 40 years and was the only member of the band never to have been fired by “The Man In Black.”
"I'm just tickled pink about goin' back to Folsom after all these years and doin' it all over again," said Mr. Holland from his home in Jackson, Tennessee. "I think John would be tickled pink too," he added.
Coincidentally, Jonathan Holiff, son of the late Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash’s personal manager from 1960 to 1973, will produce the 40th anniversary event. Saul Holiff, a Canadian entrepreneur, started promoting Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two in 1958. After becoming Cash's manager, it was Holiff who put his client together with June Carter on December 7, 1961.
In an interview he gave to WHN Radio's Ed Salamon in 1980, Cash recalled how the two started working together. “In late '61 we played the Big D in Dallas, Texas, and my manager, Saul Holiff, said, 'We need a girl singer on the show tonight. They want more than just you and your band.' And I said, 'Well, get one.'
He said, 'What do you think about June Carter?' I said, 'I've always been a fan of hers' and I had, you know. I loved her work. I said, 'Get her if you can.' So we booked June Carter on the Big D in Dallas and then that night my manager asked if she would work the next tour with us. So she did,” Cash said.