Test 1, 2, 3.

I Don't Want To Be -- Gavin DeGraw

Beautiful -- Christina Aguilera

Video -- india.arie

Just The Way You Are -- Bruno Mars

Firework -- Backbeats

Believe In Yourself (Reprise) -- Lena Horne

One Man Guy -- Loudon Wainwright III

One Man Guy -- Rufus Wainwright

I'm A Woman -- Koko Taylor

A Woman's Worth -- Alicia Keys

Ain't Nothing Wrong With That -- Robert Randolph and the Family Band

Feeling Good -- Nina Simone

Travelin' Thru -- Dolly Parton

Swim -- Jack's Mannequin

Yes, We Can -- will.i.am, Barack Obama

Different People -- No Doubt

Everything's Gonna Be Alright -- Bob Marley

There's Always Tomorrow -- Janet Orenstein

Put One Foot In Front Of The Other -- Mickey Rooney & Keenan Wynn

Joy -- Janis Ian

Don't Stop Believin' -- Journey

Good Life -- One Republic

So What -- Pink

It's My Life -- Bon Jovi

Download

Doesn't everybody have one?

All Along The Watchtower -- Bob Dylan
Only Ashes -- Something Corporate
Bad Moon Rising -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Eve Of Destruction -- Barry Mcguire
The End's Not Near -- Band of Horses
London Calling -- The Clash
Till My Days Are Through -- Sanders Bohlke
For Whom The Bell Tolls -- Metallica
Fire On The Mountain -- Asa
Didn't It Rain -- Jim Byrnes
How Far We've Come -- Matchbox 20
End Of The World -- Armor for Sleep
It Ends Tonight -- All American Rejects
Santa Monica -- Everclear
Letters From The Sky -- Civil Twilight
Silent Spring -- Blackbird Raum
Everything Goes To Hell -- Tom Waits
It's All Over But The Crying -- Garbage
The Man Comes Around -- Johnny Cash
2525 -- Zager and Evans
Goodnight Saigon -- Billy Joel
One Last Breath -- Creed
Who Will Save Your Soul -- Jewel
Handlebars -- Flobot
Crossfire -- Brandon Flowers
Counting -- Me
I Will Follow You Into The Dark -- Death Cab For Cutie
O Fortuna -- Carl Orff
All Along The Watchtower -- Jimi Hendrix

Not included because Stupid iTunes is stupid and won't let me download a song without downloading Stupid iTunes. I mean, Amazon desperately wants me to download their player, but they let me buy songs without doing so. Do you want my money or not, iTunes?: Till The World Ends -- Jimmy Wong

I like the song, and then the video just adds another layer of coolness.

or, Why Katy Perry Annoys The Crap Out Of Me

Katy Perry singing her song, "Firework":



People with actual talent (The Backbeats from NBC's The Sing-Off) singing Katy Perry's song, "Firework":

So, "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" was running through my head last night, and it occurred to me that there's an Oklahoma musical, but there isn't a New Jersey musical.. and if you know me at all, you know what's going to happen next...

New Jersey: The Musical! With it's hit song, "What's That Smell?"!

What's that smell?
Comin' from round the corner?
What's that smell?
Driftin' on the breeze?

That's the smell of Jersey!
Yeah *jazz hands*

I entertained myself during my commute today by listening to the Power Rangers: The Movie soundtrack that I got via SwapTree because I am a dork.

Overall, I have to say I found it somewhat bizarre. It starts out with the theme song as you might expect, but it's all jazzed up, "Oooh! We're a movie now!" and there's a verse I don't remember about them only using their weapons for defense, which amused me and reminded me of those hysterical PSAs they'd have after the show, which amused me even more.
Then there's the Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover of "Higher Ground", which I like, but seemed sort of out of place? I realize the Red Hot Chili Peppers themselves probably had nothing to do with it, and it was all the record company, but that was sort of weird.
Less weird was the one song I remembered from the movie with the "Uh oh, we're in trouble, someone's (except it's actually something's) come along and burst our bubble.." I have a very distinct memory of that playing while the kids are running amok due to Ivan's purple ooze (PSA: Don't do drugs).
And then there was that "I've got the power!" song, that I've apparently never heard in it's entirety because wow, is it long.
Also long: the bizzaro dance mix cover of "Free Ride", and the most accurate description I can come up with for what they did to this song is that they Motown-ized it, and it is strange.
Somewhere in there was a rap re-mix of "Kung Fu Fighting" called "Kung Fu Dancing", a Van Halen song, and a They Might Be Giants song amongst others.
But the crowning glory, the pièce de résistance, the gem that makes it all worthwhile, has got to be the "Ayiyiyiyi Alpha Song" that was obviously written by people who watched Power Rangers and is hysterically awesome.

A song for each episode of Supernatural Season 5.

( Season 5 )
Link to every previous musical thought I've had in relation to Supernatural including the song memes for past seasons.

but this is what happens when I listen to Come What May over and over again while contemplating this prompt (I was also making book labels at work, but that's neither here nor there).

Ryan:
Never knew it could be like this
'Cause I've never kissed a guy before
Want to ignore but can't dismiss
Once just bros, but now we're something more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing
Telling me that this is more than a fling
Work may get in the way of things
But we're partners until the end of time

Let them scoff, let them scoff
I'll be with you until the wheels fall off

Esposito:
We have always been up in each other's space
We have always moved in such concerted grace

Both:
You were always there right in front of my face

Esposito:
I'm so glad I found you

Both:
And there's no crime spree too vile, no corpse that's too fried
Call my last name, and I'll be there by your side
Castle may blather and Kate may smile wide
But I love you until the wheels fall off

Let them scoff, let them scoff
I will love you until the wheels fall off
Oh let them scoff, let them scoff
I will love you

Esposito:
With you I want to work on every case...

Both:
Let them scoff, let them scoff
I'll be with you until the wheels fall off

Have some wintery songs:
Winter by Joshua Radin
Winter Winds by Mumford & Sons
Valley Winter Song by Fountains of Wayne

zip file.

Because why the hell not?

This one cuts off sorta weird (it's a black screen for the tail end of the song which doesn't count as video, I guess):


And this one has very quiet audio, but if you turn it up too loud it gets distorted (and I think it works better mood-wise on the quiet-side):

Because it's a good description of how I've been feeling this week:

I'm waiting for
A miracle to save me,
I'm waiting for
A brand new day,
I'm waiting for
That Knight in Shining Armour,
But part of me hopes he'll stay away.

I'm waiting for
The turning of the switch,
I'm waiting for
The day I step out of the proverbial ditch,
I'm waiting for
The magical cure,
In the hope that things will be better than they were before.

I'm waiting for
A miracle to save me,
I'm waiting for
A brand new day,
I'm waiting for
That Knight in Shining Armour,
But part of me hopes he'll stay away.

The 2003 version.

And I re-recorded it for the chuckles.

So, I read this article.

And this is what ensued.

( It fits together better if you listen to the audio file, and you know, watch Lost. )

So sometimes that lullabye about how Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird starts running through my head. The trouble is that I only know the opening lyrics:

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird,
And if that mockingbird won't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring...

And that is the point where I forget what comes next and start making shit up:

And if that diamond ring should crack,
Mama's gonna buy you a Cadillac,
And if that Cadillac won't start,
Mama's gonna buy you a beating heart,
And if that beating heart should stop,
Mama's gonna buy you a traffic cop,
And if that traffic cop should die,
Mama's gonna buy you an apple pie,
And if that apple pie should rot,
Mama's gonna buy you a cooking pot,
And if that cooking pot should burn,
Mama's gonna buy you a flowered urn,
And if that flowered urn should break,
Mama's gonna buy you a wooden stake,
And if that wooden stake should split,
Mama's gonna buy you a first aid kit,
And if that first aid kit won't heal,
Mama's gonna buy you a spinning wheel,
And if that spinning wheel should prick,
Mama's gonna buy you a fried drumstick,
And if that drumstick clogs your veins,
Mama's gonna buy you a flying plane,
And if that flying plane should crash,
Mama's gonna buy you some V8 Splash,
And if that V8 Splash should spill,
Mama's gonna buy you a daffodil,
And if that daffodil should wilt,
Mama's gonna buy you a highland kilt,
And if that highland kilt should tear,
Mama's gonna buy you a grizzly bear,
And if that grizzly bear won't growl,
Mama's gonna buy you a hooting owl,
And if that hooting owl won't hoot,
Mama's gonna buy you some drugs to shoot,
And if those drugs don't make you high,
Mama's gonna buy you tsetse fly,
And if that tsetse fly should bite...

This is why it's really for the best that what little maternal instincts I have are directed at cats.

Even though it's a dark outside.

I sing to the light that I see out the door, and it's dark, dark inside.
I sing for the challenges this path has in store, and it's dark, dark inside.
Oh, the darkness takes courage; the darkness takes time.
Living in the darkness brings a different state of mind.
The darkness knows healing; the darkness knows change,
Oh, Mother darkness, I return to you again.

And according to my googlings, the song is by a UU Minister, Mary Grigolia, and there are two more verses. I like the third:

I sing to the curtain surrounding my fear, and it's dark, dark inside.
I'm breathing the grief I've been holding for years, and it's dark, dark inside.
Oh the darkness takes courage; the darkness takes time.
Living in the darkness brings a different state of mind.
The darkness knows healing; the darkness knows change.
Oh, Mother darkness, I return to you again.

Song: "#1 Fan" by Voltaire

Fandom: Multi-fandom

Specific Idea: Clip of Jess and/or Mary burning on the ceiling for the line "scrape me off the ceiling".

Yeah, that's all I got.