erin's ipod - first ten on shuffle

here's how you play:

set your ipod to shuffle and then write down the first 10 songs that play - NO CHEATING to be MORE cool or LESS embarrassing! a good commentary is always appreciated :)

1 - Forgive & Forget, Get Up Kids
i love GUK, just love them. they're one of those bands i hardly ever listen to anymore but everytime i do, the songs just take me back to those crazy years. i love the way music just transforms the moment
2 - Damn Girl, Justin Timberlake
courtesy of weston - yes, he's a JT fan, who knew. i like a few songs, but this one does not strike my fancy at all ...
3 - California, Phantom Planet
i LOVE LOVE LOVE the o.c. and this is the theme song so again, this song just takes me right back to the pilot episode and watching sweet ryan atwood try to be so tough and ride his little bmx around chino looking for a place to crash :) then super cool sandy cohen drives up and rescues the kid :) i just love it! funny story, last time we were in california this summer, we were driving north on the 101 into laguna beach and i had control of the music so we were listening to my uber-o.c. mix and we had the windows down. embarrassingly enough, this song comes on at a pretty high volume and we both jumped for the ipod to change the song because we didn't want people thinking we were just those annoying tourists who were IN california and blasting this california song at full volume with our windows down on coast highway :)
4 - Little Drummer Boy, Bright Eyes
so this is a christmas song :) i love bright eyes though, and it's another one that i never listen to - but when i do it just reminds me of weston and the few years after he got home from his mission, love that. back to the christmas theme though, i will completely admit that, even though it is mid-october, for the last 4 days i have been willing myself not to play my christmas playlist - "just wait until at LEAST november starts!" haha
5 - Queen of Apology, The Sounds
so i really like this song and the sounds. i'm so dumb and stubborn about some things, music being one of them. if weston gets some new album or new band, he'll say "you'll love this" immediately i shut off all options to liking the cd :) SO DUMB! so now he just tells me, "you're going to HATE this, but I like it" anyway, this is how it went for me and the sounds. i couldn't take all the hype :) and it was one of those things that i will deny forever but secretly think it's the coolest. i did that with the movie 300 ... acted COMPLETELY bored and disgusted with that movie, but inside i was thinking it was the coolest :) it only took me about 6 months to finally admit that to weston, haha :)
6 - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor, Arctic Monkeys
weston loads up my ipod with new stuff he finds and some of it i listen to and some of it i don't even know it's there, i'll be honest :) the good thing about his collection is i can always find something "beaty" to walk to, and it gives me ammunition for more teasing :) haha
7 - From Point A to Point B, Modest Mouse
this is a band that my little brother has been trying to get me into for years. i used to think MM was too random and all over the place and you couldn't really follow their music, but then one day it just grew on me. again, i'm thinking it has to do with the "taking you back" thing. i think i equate a lot of emotion with music! :)
8 - Bad Sects, Cursive
cursive is cool - what else can you say. this is another band that took me some time to come around on, mostly while weston was on his mission. honestly, i think i gave it more of a chance because i was missing him and it reminded me of him :) but they keep coming out with good stuff and a side project, the good life, is super good.
9 - The Park, Feist
i am in love with feist. i just love her. she's definitely one of my favorite artists and i could listen to her all the time. it's always annoying when you hear one of your favorites on commercials, though. oh well, more success to the artist, i guess. she's just got a distinct sound and smooth vocals - just love her!
10 - The Spoils of the Spoiled, The New Amsterdams
another great one! i love this band, they're awesome. funny - you never know what you'll get on shuffle - a lot of my old favorites popped up this morning. i just love this band for their almost acousticness and chill themes. excellent song.

what's your first ten??? inquiring minds want to know!