Three posts in a day coming up!

Seems as though the incomparable Castor Troy wants to put my playlist skills to the test, and ask which dozen songs would be on that magical indestructible iPod that would survive a crash on a desert island.

Course, this sort of question could keep me shuffling through tracks for days…I mean twelve songs??!! But rules are rules and if I had to slog it out through day after day on this island with only my doofy headphones and a dozen songs to make it through, these would be my choices.

Oh – I should stipulate, I had one rule…I wanted to stay away from songs that only play under title sequences or end credits. Thus no Simple Minds or Pixies to be found here. Pardon me as I begin with my favorite karaoke number…

“Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” by The Blues Bros (THE BLUES BROTHERS)
We’re on a mission from God

“You Make My Dreams Come True” by Hall & Oates (500 DAYS OF SUMMER)
It’s love, not Santa Claus

“Everybody Knows” by Leonard Cohen (PUMP UP THE VOLUME)
Talk hard!

“Shipping Up to Boston” by The Dropkick Murphys (THE DEPARTED)
I don’t want to be a product of my environment; I want my environment to be a product of me

“Big Bottom” by Spinal Tap (SPINAL TAP)
There’s a fine line between clever and stupid

“Belleville Rendez-Vous” by Benoit Charest (THE TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE)
Is it over do you think?

“The Only Living Boy in New York” by Simon & Garfunkel (GARDEN STATE)
Good luck exploring the infinite abyss.

“The Origin of Love” by Hedwig and The Angry Inch (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH)
From this milkless tit, you have sucked the very business we call “show”

“Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (ONCE)
Do you love him?

“In the Midnight Hour” by The Commitments (THE COMMITMENTS)
Say it once, and say it loud – I’m black, and I’m proud

“Try a Little Tenderness” by Otis Redding (PRETTY IN PINK)
May I admire you again today?

“As Time Goes By” by Dooley Wilson (CASABLANCA)
You played it for her, you can play it for me

The playlists of other survivors can be found here – what would be on yours?