I joke (mostly) about being lame and getting old. Last week, I did something unpleasant to my knee and have been using a brace in my Zumba classes for a little extra support. When I get out of bed in the morning, my body sounds like Rice Krispies with its snaps, crackles, and pops. I see laugh lines around my eyes and mouth that even a month ago did not appear as pronounced.
I am introverted, a loaner, and living in a city where I have very few friends nearby so I tend to spend a lot of my time when I’m not working walking the dogs, taking classes at the gym, or hanging at home to read, rock out to good music, or watch movies.
Yesterday, I made a comment on Facebook about having Billy Joel’s “Captain Jack” in my “Old and Busted” playlist. A friend from college asked me what else was in this playlist, so I thought I would share the group of songs I compiled awhile ago – there is no rhyme or reason other than these are songs I love. Some are old, some are newer, but all appeal to this lame old gal who occasionally likes to turn the volume up to 11 and dance around like no one but the doodles is watching.
Song
Artist
Album
Across The Universe
Rufus Wainwright
I Am Sam Soundtrack
Alberta
Eric Clapton
Blues [Disc 1]
All Souls Night
Loreena McKennitt
Live in Paris and Toronto Disc 2
All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
R.E.M.
Reveal
American Dreaming
Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance: 1981-1998 [Bonus Track] [Disc 3]
And She Was
Talking Heads
David Byrne Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites [Disc 2]
Anemone
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request
Angel Mine
Cowboy Junkies
Lay It Down
Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
Morrissey
Viva Hate
Aniron
Enya
The Very Best Of Enya (Deluxe – Amazon Exclusive)
Annie’s Song
John Denver
Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
Any Sense Of Time
Inbreds
Kombinator
Anything For Your Love
Eric Clapton
Journeyman
Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie
Changesbowie
Avalon
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Street Life – Greatest Hits
Babylon II
David Gray
Greatest Hits
Be Back Soon
Justin Nozuka
Holly
Beg Steal Or Borrow
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise
Big Bad Wolf
The Heavy
How You Like Me Now EP
Bittersweet
Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Sister Sweetly
Blackbird
The Beatles
The Beatles (White Album) [Disc 1]
Blackbird
Sarah McLachlan
I Am Sam Soundtrack
Blessed
Elton John
Love Songs
Blue On Black
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Trouble Is…
Bodies
Soul Miner’s Daughter
The Sacred And Profane
Brokedown
The California Honeydrops
Spreadin’ Honey
Broken Hearted Savior
Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Sister Sweetly
Buddy Holly
Weezer
Weezer
Burning Down The House
Talking Heads
Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites [Disc 1]
Can’t Find My Way Home
Blind Faith
1969 Soundtrack
Captain Jack
Billy Joel
Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II [Disc 1]
Cecilia
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits
Chain Of Fools
Aretha Franklin
The Best Of Aretha Franklin
Chasing Pirates
Norah Jones
The Fall
Clobbered
Buffalo Tom
Sleepy Eyed
Clocks
Coldplay
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Closer
Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
Closer
Riley and the Roxies
LOLA
Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
Classic MTV: Class Of 1983 [Disc 1]
A Common Disaster
Cowboy Junkies
Lay It Down
Courage
Sarah Polley
The Sweet Hereafter Soundtrack
Crazy Life
Toad The Wet Sprocket
P.S.: A Toad Retrospective
Crossing Muddy Waters
John Hiatt
Crossing Muddy Waters
Crunchy Granola Suite
Neil Diamond
Hot August Night (Disc 1)
Cuts You Up
Peter Murphy
Deep
Default (Tom Furse Remix)
Django Django
Django Django
Dice Behind Your Shades
Paul Westerberg
14 Songs
Don’t Know Why
Norah Jones
Come Away With Me
Don’t Tell Me
Madonna
GHV2 – Greatest Hits Volume 2
Don’t Wake Daddy
The Tragically Hip
Trouble At The Henhouse
Drunken Lullabies
Flogging Molly
Drunken Lullabies
Elegy
Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy
Immortal Memory
An End Has a Start
Editors
An End Has a Start
Everlong
Foo Fighters
The Colour And The Shape
Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
Beck
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Music From The Motion Picture Once
Feeling Good
Muse
Origin Of Symmetry
Flash
Joan As Police Woman
The Deep Field
Gentleman
Kim Logan
Kim Logan
Giftshop
The Tragically Hip
Trouble At The Henhouse
Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones
Hot Rocks (1964-1971)
Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet
Girlfriend
Give A Little Bit
Supertramp
Supertramp – The Very Best Of
God Only Knows
David Bowie
Tonight
Gold Dust Woman
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Got To Give It Up
Marvin Gaye
The Complete Collection
Gray
Justin Nozuka
Blue Velvet Sea EP
Greenman
XTC
Apple Venus Volume 1
Gun
Emiliana Torrini
Me And Armini
Happy For You
Lloyd Cole
Love Story
Hard Sun
Eddie Vedder
Into the Wild Soundtrack
The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle the Thistles Undone)
The Decemberists
The Hazards of Love
Heavy
Collective Soul
Dosage
Heroes
David Bowie
Changesbowie
Hold On, Hold On (Album Version)
Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (Bonus Track Version)
Holly Holy
Neil Diamond
Hot August Night (Disc 2)
Hotel California
The Eagles
Hotel California
How Soon Is Now?
The Smiths
The Best Of The Smiths
I Got A Name
Jim Croce
Photographs & Memories – His Greatest Hits
I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked
Ida Maria
Fortress ‘Round My Heart (Deluxe Edition)
I Never Loved A Man
Aretha Franklin
The Best Of Aretha Franklin
I Walk The Line
Chris Isaak
Beyond The Sun
I’ll Stick Around
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
I’ve Got A Woman
Ray Charles
Ray!
If I Didn’t Know Better
The Civil Wars
Live at Eddie’s Attic
If You Were Here
Thompson Twins
Love, Lies And Other Strange Things: Greatest Hits
Immigrant Song
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Karen O
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Let’s Face It
In The Evening
Led Zeppelin
In Through The Out Door
In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel
So
Is This It
The Strokes
Is This It
Is Your Love Strong Enough? (feat. How To Destroy Angels)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Billy Joel
Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II [Disc 2]
Kandi
One eskimO
One EskimO (Deluxe Edition)
Kind & Generous
Natalie Merchant
Ophelia
Kiss Them For Me (Single Version)
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Very Best Of Siouxsie And The Banshees
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
The Last Worthless Evening
Don Henley
Actual Miles
Late In The Evening
Paul Simon
Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-1986
Lay All Your Love On Me
Erasure
ABBA-esque
Learn To Fly
Foo Fighters
There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Leave
R.E.M.
New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Leaving On A Jet Plane
John Denver
John Denver Greatest Hits
Let’s Go To Bed
The Cure
Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985
Let’s Spend The Night Together
The Rolling Stones
Hot Rocks (1964-1971)
Lifetimes
Sheryl Crow
Wildflower
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
R.E.M.
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite [Single]
Living On A Thin Line
The Kinks
Come Dancing With The Kinks – The Best Of The Kinks [UK]
Loneliness & Alcohol
Jars of Clay
NoiseTrade Eastside Manor Sessions
Lotus
R.E.M.
Up
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
Substance 1977-1980
Loving The Alien
David Bowie
Tonight
Low
Cracker
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lucky Man
The Verve
Urban Hymns
Mad World (Alternate Version)
Roland Orzabal
Donnie Darko Soundtrack
Mercy
Duffy
Rockferry (Deluxe Edition)
Midnight On The Interstate
Trampled By Turtles
Stars And Satellites
Morningside
Neil Diamond
Hot August Night (Disc 2)
Mr. Brightside (Original Demo)
The Killers
Direct Hits (Deluxe)
Mysterious Ways
U2
Achtung Baby
Nautical Disaster
The Tragically Hip
Day For Night
No Love Today (Live)
Chris Smither
Live As I’ll Ever Be
Norwegian Wood
The Beatles
Anthology 2 [Disc 1]
Oh Yeah
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Save My Soul
Once In A Lifetime
Talking Heads
Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites [Disc 1]
The One I Love
R.E.M.
Eponymous
One Man Army
Our Lady Peace
Happiness Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch
One of These Things First
Nick Drake
Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake
One Tree Hill
U2
Joshua Tree
Palaces Of Montezuma
Grinderman
Grinderman 2
Paper In Fire (Album Version)
John Mellencamp
The Best That I Could Do 1978 – 1988
Peace Frog
The Doors
Morrison Hotel
Perfect Circle (2006 Digital Remaster)
R.E.M.
And I Feel Fine…..The Best Of The IRS Years 82-87
Perfect Day
Lou Reed
Trainspotting Soundtrack
Poets
The Tragically Hip
Phantom Power
Preparedness [Explicit]
The Bird And The Bee
the bird and the bee
Promises
Eric Clapton
The Cream Of Clapton
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites [Disc 1]
Put Your Hands On Me (Album Version)
Joss Stone
Introducing Joss Stone
The Race
Johnny Edward
Perfect Sense to Me
Rakim
Dead Can Dance
Toward The Within
Regret
New Order
Republic
Remedy
The Black Crowes
The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
Ring Of Fire
Chris Isaak
Beyond The Sun
The River Song
Soul Miner’s Daughter
Hallelujah
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)
Elton John
Rocket Man -Number Ones
Rocky Mountain High
John Denver
John Denver Greatest Hits
Run
Collective Soul
Dosage
Sax And Violins
Talking Heads
Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites [Disc 2]
Say Goodbye
Dave Matthews Band
Crash
Seasons
Chris Cornell
Singles Soundtrack
Sex
The 1975
HGTV/Paste SXSW 2013 Sampler
Sex On Fire
Kings of Leon
Only By the Night (Deluxe Version)
She
The London Suede
The Best Of
She Walks The Night (Acoustic Version)
Matthew Sweet
Acoustic & Live NoiseTrade Sampler
She’s Waiting
Eric Clapton
The Clapton Chronicles
Shelter from the Storm (Album Version)
Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks
Shotgun Down The Avalanche
Shawn Colvin
Live ’88
Shower The People
James Taylor
Greatest Hits
Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Ting Tings
Shut Up and Let Me Go – Single
Sick Of Myself
Matthew Sweet
100% Fun
Situation
Yaz
Upstairs At Eric’s
Sleepy Maggie
Ashley MacIsaac
Hi™ How Are You Today?
So Hard Done By
The Tragically Hip
Day For Night
So Much to Say
Dave Matthews Band
Crash
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield
Pulp Fiction Soundtrack
Soolaimon/Brother Love’s Traveling Salavtion Show
Neil Diamond
Hot August Night (Disc 2)
Sour Girl (LP Version)
Stone Temple Pilots
Thank You
Stand Back
Stevie Nicks
The Wild Heart
State Of Love And Trust
Pearl Jam
rearviewmirror (greatest hits 1991-2003)
Stay Young, Go Dancing
Death Cab For Cutie
Codes and Keys
Steam
Peter Gabriel
Us
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
Stevie Nicks
Bella Donna
Strip
Adam Ant
Classic MTV: Class Of 1983 [Disc 2]
Suck My Kiss
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream
The Cream Of Clapton
Suspicion
R.E.M.
Up
Synchronicity II
The Police
Synchronicity
Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks
Teardrop
Massive Attack
Mezzanine
Thank You
Tori Amos
Crucify [EP]
Think
Aretha Franklin
The Best Of Aretha Franklin
Thinking About Tomorrow
Beth Orton
Daybreaker
Thugs
The Tragically Hip
Day For Night
Time Stand Still
Rush
Chronicles [Disc 2]
Tiny Dancer
Elton John
Rocket Man – Number Ones
Tonight
David Bowie
Tonight
Torch Singer
Buffalo Tom
Big Red Letter Day
Trouble
Cat Stevens
The Search: Box Set [Disc 1]
Try Not To Breathe
R.E.M.
Automatic For The People
Trying Your Luck
The Strokes
Is This It
Tuesday Morning
The Pogues
Waiting For Herb
Turn You Inside-Out
R.E.M.
Green
Two Points for Honesty (Live)
Guster
Guster Live With The Redacted Symphony
The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
Dead Can Dance
Wake
Uncertain Smile
The The
Soul Mining
Under The Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
What Hits!
Undone (The Sweater Song)
Weezer
Weezer
Until The End Of The World
U2
Achtung Baby
Venus In Furs (Album Version)
The Velvet Underground
The Very Best Of The Velvet Underground
Walk On The Ocean
Toad The Wet Sprocket
P.S.: A Toad Retrospective
Warehouse
Dave Matthews Band
Under The Table And Dreaming
We Are All Made Of Stars
Moby
18
What Difference Does It Make?
The Smiths
The Best Of The Smiths
When I Go
Dave Carter
When I Go
When You’re Falling
Afro Celt Sound System
Volume 3: Further In Time
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Jim Oblon
Curse of the Telecaster
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles
The Beatles (White Album) [Disc 1]
Whiskey In The Jar
Thin Lizzy
In The Name Of The Father Soundtrack
White Room
Cream
The Cream Of Clapton
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
Best Of Chris Isaak (Remastered)
Wide Lovely Eyes
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Push the Sky Away (Deluxe Edition)
Wild Honey
U2
All That You Can’t Leave Behind
World Leader Pretend
R.E.M.
Green
Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (LP Version)
Gordon Lightfoot
Rhino Hi-Five: Gordon Lightfoot
You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
Sinéad O’Connor
In The Name Of The Father Soundtrack
Your Song
Elton John
Rocket Man – Number Ones
Vamp of New Orleans
Red Skunk Jipzee Swing Band
Hot And Haunting
Maybe there is a tune or two new to you – give it a listen. Heck, listen to some old, busted favorites, too. And don’t judge me too harshly – great thing about music is that there is something out there for every mood and taste. Enjoy!
