#26 - Make an iTunes Playlist of My 101 Favourite Songs

Yesterday was Day 1 of my 101 Adventure, and I didn't want it to pass by without accomplishing one of the tasks or goals on my list.

By no means do I think I'm going to accomplish something from the list every day, but it seemed so anti-climatic to just post my list and then not attempt to do something to kick things off. And I didn't want it to just be something super-easy either, like buying a lottery ticket. I wanted it to be something with a little more significance.

There was one item on my list that jumped out at me as being something fun that would take a little thought & effort, and that was #26 - creating an iTunes playlist of my 101 favourite songs. Quiet, dreary day at the office on Day 1? Perfect opportunity!

Let me tell you this: For a kid who has over 3500 songs in her iTunes library (that's over 9 days' worth of music, folks) - it was a lot harder than I thought it would be! Even more difficult than compiling my 101 List.

I started by going through the entire list and transferring songs that I considered favourites into the 101 playlist I had created. After working at it on-and-off for a few hours, I finally came to the end.

And I had over 300 songs selected. Apparently I have a lot of "favourites". Whoops!

Another few hours of trimming and down-sizing, weighing certain songs against others, attempting to create a good mix, trying to evaluate their meanings to me and their importance in my life...I finally made the last deletions and finalized the list. I've had second thoughts about some of them and wondered if I made some wrong decisions, but for someone who loves music as much as I do, there really can't be a wrong answer, right?

So here it is. And in no particular order. (I found it hard enough to pick just 101, there's no way I could start deciding what was #1!)

1. I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
2. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
3. When U Love Someone - Kid Rock
4. Love You Til The End - The Pogues
5. Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
6. Hang - Matchbox Twenty
7. Desperately Wanting - Better Than Ezra
8. Try - Blue Rodeo
9. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
10. Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
11. Picture - Kid Rock ft. Sheryl Crow
12. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
13. The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
14. Fix You - Coldplay
15. Your Winter - Sister Hazel
16. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
17. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
18. Into the Mystic - Colin James
19. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
20. The Reason - Hoobastank
21. I Hope You Dance - LeAnn Womack
22. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
23. You Are Not Alone - Patty Griffin
24. Here's to the Night - Eve 6
25. Drops of Jupiter - Train
26. Sandy - John Travolta as Danny Zuko in Grease
27. These Are The Days - Van Morrison
28. All For Love - Serena Ryder
29. What's Going On - 4 Non-Blondes
30. Such a Shame - The Dustin Bentall Outfit
31. The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert
32. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
33. Long May You Run - Neil Young
34. Go Rest High on that Mountain - Vince Gill
35. Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
36. Better Man - Pearl Jam
37. Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
38. Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas
39. Fire & Rain - James Taylor
40. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
41. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
42. You Are my Sunshine - Ray Charles
43. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
44. My Wish - Rascal Flatts
45. Gotta Be Somebody - Nickelback
46. I Told You So - Randy Travis
47. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
48. Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw
49. Wonderwall - Oasis
50. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
51. Song 2 - Blur
52. She Talks to Angels - The Black Crowes
53. That's The Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard & Jewel
54. Thunderstruck - AC/DC
55. Old School - Hedley
56. If I Had a $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
57. Patience - Guns 'N Roses
58. Lean on Me - Bill Withers
59. Santa Monica - Everclear
60. Fiddlers Green - The Tragically Hip
61. I Wanna Love Somebody Like You - Keith Urban
62. All I Want is You - U2
63. Collide - Howie Day
64. I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
65. Down on the Corner - CCR
66. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
67. The Great Pretender - The Platters
68. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
69. Like a Prayer - Madonna
70. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
71. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
72. All These Things That I Have Done - The Killers
73. Two Steps Behind - Def Leppard
74. There You Go - Johnny Cash
75. Missing You - John Waite
76. Sweet Caroline -Neil Diamond
77. Green, Green Grass Of Home - Elvis Presley
78. American Pie - Don McLean
79. Forever & Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
80. The River - Garth Brooks
81. The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett
82. Old Time Rock 'N Roll - Bob Seger
83. Lucky Man - The Verve
84. Love Lifted Me - Kenny Rogers
85. Can't Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley
86. To Be With You - Mr. Big
87. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
88. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
89. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
90. I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett
91. Banditos - The Refreshments
92. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
93. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
94. I'll Be - Edwin McCain
95. Lost Together - Blue Rodeo
96. Here For A Good Time - Trooper
97. I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
98. Lose Yourself - Eminem
99. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield
100. Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke
101. Have a Little Faith in Me - Joe Cocker

I know I've left some out...and I'm feeling sorry for the ones that didn't make the cut. I suppose this list could change 1000 times in the next 1000 days, but today, it stands as is.

Feels great to stroke that first item off the list! :)