42 - jukebox!

on very rare occasions, i find myself upset, angry, or in a bad mood. ask my friends, this really doesn't happen too terribly often. today happens to be one of those days, so rather than continue to dwell on the little crappy things that have happened in the past 24 hours, i'm starting a new segment on my blog to cheer me up. and no, i refuse to say this will happen every week, because let's face it - i'm a very temperamental blogger. sometimes i want to write all the time, and sometimes i won't write anything for months. therefore, i don't want to make you any promises i can't keep. i'm sorry, these daily updates may not last forever. don't blame yourselves. it's not you, it's me.

new segment - jukebox!

i have a very eclectic taste in music, so i've decided to occasionally share the music from one of my favorite artists/bands with my vast readership (of three people - welcome to my little fruititarian, i see you over there reading my blog during work!). enjoy.

today's featured band: aerosmith!

now, i get made fun of sometimes for the randomness in my musical preferences, but no one in my life has ever teased me about my sincere adoration for aerosmith. i don't find steven tyler attractive, but you've got to love a 125 year old man who dresses like this and has scarves hanging from his microphone:

also, their music is basically genius, as evidenced by this collection of my favorite aerosmith songs:

"angel", circa 1987's permanent vacation album

reason: back when i was about 16, some dude told me this song reminded him of me. i had never heard it, so i had a friend download it from napster and burn it to a CD for me (ah, musical piracy - RIP). i was kind of freaked out by the guy after listening to the song, but i realized it's not the song's fault that the guy is creepy. it's still my second favorite song of all time (bonus points to the reader who knows the song that beats this on my list!)

you're the reason i live, you're the reason i die

you're the reason i give when i break down and cry

you're the one reason why

baby, baby, ba-a-a-by

you're my angel, come and save me tonight

you're my a-a-angel, come and make it all right

"fly away", circa 2001's just push play album

reason: i debate leaving my little suburb all the time. like, on a daily basis. this song is always the one i listen to when i'm in one of my "get me out of here" moods, and it makes me so happy. i recommend it for singing-along-in-the-car-with-the-windows-down (SAITCWTWD, if you will) purposes. it's also the only song from that album that was worth mentioning.

gotta find a way, yeah, i can't wait another day
ain't nothin' gonna change if we stay 'round here
gotta do what it takes, 'cause it's all in our hands
we all make mistakes, but it's never too late to start again
take another breath and say another prayer
and fly away from here, anywhere, yeah, i don't care
we just fly away from here
my hopes and dreams are out there somewhere

"walk this way", circa 1975's toys in the attic album

reason: not only does it remind me of greek week lip-sync 2006 (i still maintain we were robbed - i mean, we opened with a rockin' dance to this song and ended with an even better dance to AC/DC's back in black and didn't even PLACE. are you kidding me, otterbein?!), but it is easily one of the most mainstreamed songs about being a girl who is a giant hobag. plus, i'm almost convinced you can't find a better music video than when run-dmc covered this song and steven tyler came bursting through a wall.

see-saw swingin' with the boys in the school
and your feet flyin' up in the air
singin, "hey diddle diddle" with your kitty in the middle
and you swing like you just don't care
so i took a big chance at the high school dance
with a missy who was ready to play
wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin'
when she told me how to walk this way

"what it takes", circa 1989's pump album

reason: okay, i'll admit it. i'm totally a sucker for power ballads/break-up songs, and this is one of the greatest of all-time, in my (totally un-biased) opinion. the lyrics are heartfelt and also heartbreaking and so relatable. ugh, who hasn't felt like this?!

tell me that you're happy that you're on your own (yeah yeah yeah yeaaah)
tell me that it's better when you're all alone
tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch
tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much
tell me you ain't dyin' when you're cryin' for me
tell me what it takes to let you go (oooh)
tell me how the pain's supposed to go
tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night

without thinkin' you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice

tell me what it takes to let you go

oh aerosmith, i love you more than puppies and rainbows and glitter combined. (truthfully, i prefer kittens and sunshine and shimmery lip gloss - but you get the point.)