Life in the Key of Rory

So here it is—my opus to being unemployed and having too much fun with my CD burner. It took a long time and a lot of hard decisions but with the exception of one album (Dee Lite: ‘Dew Drops in the Garden’) every CD made the cut.

Fun facts about the collection.

Songs that appear more than once: ‘Put Your Records On’ by Corinne Ray Bailey. Not quite sure how that happened.

Artist that appears on most songs without their own single: Eve seems to be like Little John—just hanging around the studio and through down with everyone.

Number of covers: Eight very different ones including a punk cover of Liz Phair ‘Flower’ and a disco take on ‘If You Can Read My Mind’.

Number of show tunes: Three if you count ‘Grease 2’ as a real musical. Which it’s not.

Number of Madonna songs: Five which makes me realize I’m a very lax gay considering she has a lot more albums than that.

Number of remixes: Nine which just goers to prove how gay I am so we can really discount the lack of Madonna. I mean—having a Nancy Sinatra remix has to count for like four Madonna albums.

Number of albums I cheated and took two songs from: Four because some were two disc greatest hits. And two other times by accident because they were itunes I already had on my computer.

Number of homocentric songs: Two—the very sexy ‘Michael’ by Franz Ferdinand and the Pansy Division cover of ‘Flower’.

Number of songs that I would be mortified to listen to with my parents: One—Lil Kim’s ‘How Many Licks’. Its so hot and raunchy that I would die if played with the same state as my mother.

Anyways—here’s the list if curious.

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc One

Brass in Pocket-The Pretenders/ Tamara is a Punk-The Queers/ Lady Marmalade-Christina Aguilera /Just like a Pill-Pink/ Hung up- Madonna/ Freddy My Love-Grease/ Impossible (MI 3 Theme)-Kayne West/ Baby I Got Your Money-Dirty Old Bastard/ P.Y.T.- Michael Jackson/ Somebody Wants to Love You-The Partridge Family/ Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder/Straight to...Number One [Dreamcatcher's Mix]-Touch & Go/ Don't Call Me Baby-Madison Avenue/ Leather and Lace-Stevie Nicks/ These Boots Are Made for Walking (Remix)- Nancy Sinatra/ Proud Mary-Ike & Tina Turner/ Sex Bomb- Tom Jones/ Knock on Wood-Justine Bateman & Mystery/ White Flag-Dido/ Welcome to Paradise-Green Day

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Two

Say A Little Prayer-Arthea Franklin/ Again-Lenny Kravitz/ Everybody, Everybody-Black Box/ Tell Me Something Good-Rufus & Chaka Kahn/ Clint Eastwood-Gorillaz/ Ms. Jackson-OutKast/ Touch Me in the Morning-Diana Ross/ Morning Song-Jewel/ Say What I Mean-The Like/ What's Luv-Fat Joe & Ashanti/ Feed the Tree-Belly/ You Had Me-Joss Stone/ Rose Tint My World: Floor Show/Fanfare/Don't Dream It/Wild and Untamed-Peter Hinwood/ Every Ghetto, Every City-Lauryn Hill/ Hit Me With Your Best Shot- Pat Benetar/ U and UR Hand-Pink/ Like A Bird-Nelly Furtado/ Without Me-Eminem/ Rock DJ-Robbie Williams

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Three

Family Affair-Mary J. Blige/ China-Tori Amos/ Brotha, Pt. 2 [*]-Alicia Keys & Angie Stone & Eve/ Calling It Quits-Aimee Mann/
June Gloom-The Like/ Love is in the Air-John Paul Young/ Nookie- Limp Bizkit/ Party Lights-Claudine Clark/ Cruel Summer-Bananarama/ Heaven Must Have Sent You-Bonnie Pointer/ I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)-Marilyn Manson/ We Used To Be Friends-The Dandy Warhols/ Bills, Bills, Bills-Destiny's Child/ SOS-Rihanna/ It's Oh So Quiet-Bjork/ Connected-Stereo MC's/ 40 Boys in 40 Nights-The Donnas/ We Run This-(Stick It Edit)-Missy Elliott/ Hit Em Up Style (Opps)-Blu Cantrell/ Heartbreak Hotel-Whitney Houston

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Four

Smile Like You Mean It-The Killers/ Diamonds From Sierra Leon (Remix)-Kayne West/ Love's Got a Hold on My Heart-Steps/ Hip Hop Hooray-Naughty By Nature/ Wish I Didn't Miss You-Angie Stone/ I Got a Man-Positive K/ Tell Me How You Feel-Joy Enriquez/ Gold Digger-Kayne West & Jamie Fox/ Crazy In Love-Beyonce/ My Life-Mariah Carey/ Breakaway-Kelly Clarkston/ Hollaback Girl-Gwen Stefani/ Creep-Radiohead/ Little Star-Stina Nordenstam/ I Just Want to Celebrate [Mocean Worker Remix]- Rare Earth/ Hypnotize-Notorious B. I. G./ You and I Both-Jason Mraz/ Since You've Been Gone-Kelly Clarkston/ Life in Mono-Mono/ Brand New Key-Melanie

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Five

Shadowboxer-Fiona Apple/ Candy Shop-Little Kim/ Tiny Dancer-Elton John/ Put Your Records On-Corinne Bailey Rae/ My Babydaddy-B-Rock and the Bizz/ Legend of A Cowgirl-Imani Coppola/ Take A Bow-Madonna/ Are You Going To Be My Girl?- Jet/ High-James Blunt/ Endless Love-Lionel Richtie & Diana Ross/
I Want You Back-Jackson Five/ Signs-Snoop Dog & Justin Timberlake, Pharrell/ Bewitched-Nancy Wilson/ Promiscuous-Nelly Furtado & Timbaland/ Ray of Light-Madonna/ Roses-OutKast/ Baby Boy (remix)-Beyonce/ The Fallen-Franz Ferdinand

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Six

Bathwater-No Doubt/ Cherry Bomb-The Runaways/ Cool Rider-Grease Two/ A Thousand Miles-Vanessa Carlton/ Strut-Sheena Easton/ Me and Bobby McGee-Janis Joplin/ Waterloo-Abba/ Sunday Girl-Blondie/ Burning Up-Madonna/ Copacabana (At the Copa)- Barry Manilow/ Genie in a Bottle-Christina Aguilera/ When I Get You Alone-Thicke/ Stars Are-Paris Hilton/ Tyrone-Erykah Badu/ Amazed-Lonestar/ Scrubs-TLC/ Don't Leave Me This Way-Thelma Houston/ I Think I Love You-The Partridge Family/ All Through the Night (live)-Tori Amos/ Doll Parts-Hole

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Seven

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)-Donna Summer/ Beautiful-James Blunt/ Leaving Las Vegas-Sheryl Crow/ Flower-Pansy Division/ None of Your Business-Salt-N-Pepa/ If You Stay-Backstreet Boys/ A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall-Edie Brickell & New Bohemians/ Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon-Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band/ We Major-Kayne West/ One Way Ticket-Mama Cass Elliot/ Don't Phunk With My Heart-Black Eyed Peas/ Panic-The Smiths/ Native New Yorker-Odyssey/ Maneater-Nelly Furtado/ Solitaire-Laura Branigan/ Landslide-Dixie Chicks/ Giving Him Something He Can Feel-En Vougue/ Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk- Rufus Wainwright/ He Loves U Not [HQ2 Mix]-Dream

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Eight

Highway One-Justin Catalino/ (Keep Feeling) Fascination-Human League/ Caramba! It's the Samba!-Peggy Lee/ The One Thing-Annamerie featuring Eve/ Could Have Been-Tiffany/ My Favorite Mistake-Sheryl Crow/ Put Your Records On-Corinne Bailey Rae/ Caught Out There-Kelis/ Mercenary-The Go Go's/ Bouncing Back-Mystikal/ Like A Feather-Nikka Costa/ Underneath It All-Lady Saw & No Doubt/ Gossip Folks-Missy Elliot/ Supermodel (You Better Work)-RuPaul/ Let Me Blow Ya Mind-Eve & Gwen Stefani/ Foolish Love- Rufus Wainwright/ Xanadu-Electric Light Orchestra & Olivia Newton-John/ Rock Your Body-Justin Timberlake/ C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)-Quad City DJs/ How Many Licks?-Lil' Kim

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Nine

Baby Did A Bad Thing-Chris Isaak/ Two Doors Down-Dolly Parton/ Islands in the Stream-Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers/ Don't Tell Me to Stop-Madonna/ Give It To You-Jordan Knight/ Dilemma-Kelly Rowland & Nelly/ I Don't Know What It Is-Rufus Wainwright/ Come to Me-France Jolie/ Too Bad About Your Girl-The Donnas/ If You Could Read My Mind-54 All Stars/ All Tomorrows Parties-Velvet Underground/ I'm Real (Murder Remix)-Jennifer Lopez & Ja Rule/ The Art Teacher- Rufus Wainwright/ This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore-Elton John/ Girls, Girls, Girls (I do adore)-Jay Z/ Anticipation-Carly Simon/ I Try-Macy Gray/ More, More, More-Andrea True Connection/ Superstar-The Carpenters

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Ten

What Have You Done For Me Lately-Janet Jackson/ Change Clothes-Jay Z/ SexyBack-Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland/ Stacey's Mom-Fountains of Wayne/ Michael-Franz Ferdinand/ If I Ain't Got You-Alicia Keys/ Screwed-Paris Hilton/ How Deep is Your Love-The Bee Gees/ Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me-The Smiths/ You Make Me Feel Like Dancing-Leo Sayer/ Girls & Boys-Blur/ Private Dancer-Tina Turner/ Say My Name-Destiny's Child/ Love Will Keep Us Together-Bi Polar/ Jeffrey Calls Home-'Jeffrey'/ Absolutely Not-Deborah Cox/ Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants), Pt. 1-James Brown & The J.B.'s/ Little Less Conversation- Elvis Presley/ Stars and Boulevards-Augustana

Life in the Key of Rory—Disc Eleven

I Am Thin and Gorgeous-Junior Vasquez/ Ain't No Other Man-Christina Aguilera/ Say Something (Disco Remix)-Mariah Carey/ T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do-Billie Holiday/ Halleighluah- Jeff Buckley/ Stand Up-Ludacris & Shawnna/ Soul Meets Body-Death Cab for Cutie/ Pretty in Pink-The Psychedelic Furs/ The Shining-Badly Drawn Boy/ Honky Tonk Man-Ike and Tina Turner