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My 100 most favorite songs
There are two kinds of music fans: The fans of artists and the fans of songs.
I used to be a fan of artists. As one, I had to like every song of every artist that I like. Years later, after my introduction to Japanese pop (Jpop) artists AKB48 and fripSide, I become a renewed music fan, this time a fan of songs. Because I realize I have the right not to love, memorize, or dance to every song of every artist that I like. I have to pick out the songs among their discographies, the ones that I can truly love and consider the soundtracks of my life.
As a collector of sorts, I "collected" some "favorite" songs way back in college, when I was still a college junior. Music was my life. I was never into high school or college romance, was never into booze or drugs, was never into fraternities, outings, or late night parties. Straight edge? Nerd? Studious type? Nay! I'm just plain lazy or say, I value my life. Should I hanker after those things, I wouldn't be in the library, compiling the list I am about to share now.
But enough talk. Here are my 100 most favorite songs as of 2006, in no particular order:
| A-Teens | Can't Help Falling In Love With You |
| A-Teens | Upside Down |
| A1 | One Last Song |
| A1 | Caught In The Middle |
| Aaron Carter | I'm All About You |
| Avril Lavigne | I Don't Give A Damn |
| Avril Lavigne | My Happy Ending |
| Backstreet Boys | Drowning |
| Backstreet Boys | I Want It That Way |
| Backstreet Boys | More Than That |
| Backstreet Boys | Shape Of My Heart |
| Backstreet Boys | Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely |
| Billie Piper | Day And Night |
| Blue | All Rise |
| Bon Jovi | It's My Life |
| Boyzone | A Different Beat |
| Boyzone | All That I Need |
| Boyzone | Picture Of You |
| Britney Spears | Cinderella |
| Britney Spears | Lucky |
| Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again |
| Britney Spears | Stronger |
| Christina Aguilera | Infatuation |
| Christina Aguilera | Reflection |
| Eminem | Like Toy Soldiers |
| Eminem | Lose Yourself |
| Eminem | Mockingbird |
| Eminem | When You're Gone |
| Eminem | Without Me |
| Evanescence | My Immortal |
| Evanescence | Tourniquet |
| Evanescence ft. Paul McCoy | Bring Me To Life |
| F4 | Ask For More |
| F4 | Can't Help Falling In Love With You |
| F4 | Can't Lose You |
| F4 | Meteor Rain |
| Gareth Gates | Say it Isn't So |
| Goo Goo Dolls | Iris |
| Jeremiah | Nanghihinayang |
| Jewel | Intuition |
| Jimmy Eat World | Work |
| Jump 5 | Spinnin' Around |
| Justin Timberlake | Cry Me A River |
| Kawago | Kailanman |
| Kelly Clarkson | Because of You |
| Kelly Clarkson | Behind These Hazel Eyes |
| Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway |
| Kelly Clarkson | Since U Been Gone |
| Kimberly Locke | 8th World Wonder |
| LeAnn Rimes | Can't Fight The Moonlight |
| LeAnn Rimes | I Need You |
| LeAnn Rimes | Life Goes On |
| Linkin Park | Crawling |
| Linkin Park | Faint |
| Linkin Park | In The End |
| Linkin Park | Points Of Authority |
| Linkin Park | Somewhere I Belong |
| M2M | Everything You Do |
| M2M | Mirror Mirror |
| M2M | The Day You Went Away |
| Mandy Moore | Cry |
| Marilyn Manson | This Is The New Shit |
| MEA | Suspension |
| Meja | All 'Bout The Money |
| Michael Bolton | Go The Distance |
| Michael Learns To Rock | Paint My Love |
| Michael Learns To Rock | Sleeping Child |
| Michelle Branch | Breathe |
| Michelle Branch | Everywhere |
| My Chemical Romance | Famous Last Words |
| My Chemical Romance | Helena |
| My Chemical Romance | Welcome To The Black Parade |
| NSYNC | This I Promise You |
| NSYNC | Bye Bye Bye |
| NSYNC | It's Gonna Be Me |
| NSYNC | That Girl Will Never Be Mine |
| NSYNC | I'll Never Stop |
| NSYNC | Tearin' Up My Heart |
| Nutricia McNeal | 365 Days |
| O-Town | Liquid Dreams |
| Paramore | Crushcrushcrush |
| Plus One | Here In My Heart |
| Plus One | Last Flight Out |
| Scatman Jones | Scatman Jones |
| Steps | Happy Go Lucky |
| Steps | It's The Way You Make Me Feel |
| t.A.T.u. | All The Things She Said |
| t.A.T.u. | Not Gonna Get Us |
| The Calling | Whenever You Will Go |
| The Killers | Mr. Brightside |
| The Killers | Somebody Told Me |
| Vanilla Ice | Ice Ice Baby |
| Westlife | If I Let You Go |
| Westlife | If Your Heart's Not In It |
| Westlife | Unbreakable |
| Westlife | Uptown Girl |
| Westlife | World Of Our Own |
| Westlife | You Raise Me Up |
| Wyrd | Scream |
| Yellowcard | My Only One |
You may notice that most of the songs in the list are pop songs and a number of them are boy band pop. Well, it was the most popular material on FM radio. Some of the songs in the list are not even popular among my peers, and I can't only know a few people who knew about some of the artists, like The Killers and t.A.T.u. - people I really knew. And yes, I got no access to the Internet then. My first experience with the Internet was when I got into college, and it was even a slow connection.
Those were the times. You won't hear almost all these songs anymore, except if you pass by a karaoke/videoke bar or if someone take time to dust off their old CDs or cassette tapes.
What's your list of favorite songs? Compile and share them to the world today.
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