So if I had to pick only some songs to have on my iPod

I think I'd have to pick these songs first - (not in any particular order - just what I came across in the iPod)

Everything I Own - Bread (one of the best love songs of all time)
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper & the Innocents
Time of the Season - Big Blue Missle (one of my fave re-makes)
Fell in Love with the Girl - white stripes (the white stripes kick fucking ass)
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot (I know, I heart Gordon Lightfoot)
Cold December - Matt Costa
Picture Book - Young Fresh Fellows (thanks to the people at HP for introducing me to this song, I know it's a remake, but I like this one)
Malibu Love Nest - Luna
Float On - Modest Mouse (one shy mouse)
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot (what can I say, I love him)
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (best drug song ever)
Give a little Bit ( I enjoy the original and the re-make, Supertramp and Goo Goo Dolls)
So Nice (Summer Samba) Bebel Giberto
Jolene - White Stripes
New York Groove - Ace Frehley (Kiss)
Oh L'Amour - Erasure
Always Saturday - Guadalcanal Diary
40 - U2 (heart u2, where's my concert T?)
Stir it Up - Bob Marley
Rosarito - Long Beach Dub Allstars
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
California (Part II) Mason Jennings
Tropicalia - Beck
More Bounce (In California) - hate to admit it but I love it - Soul Kid #1 (yeah I know)
Nightswimming - Dashboard Confessional
E-Pro - Beck (I didn't know they rocked so hard)
Santa Monica - Everclear
A little less conversation - Elvis
Your love is like Las Vegas - The Thrills (if your love can't be like Las Vegas? what good is it?)
Oh, Goddamnit - Hot Hot Heat
Good Fucking Bye - Matt Skiba
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and the Shonels
Everlasting Love - U2
Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful
Lady Madonna - Beatles
La Mar (the ocean) someone french (version on bobby darin beyond the sea) love it
Give me the beat boys - Bill Withers
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
Brandy - The Looking Glass
Heaven's on Fire - Kiss ( I adore fire)
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum (One of my top 5 for sure)
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Baby I'm A-Want you - Bread
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
Heroine - The Dandy Warhols
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
Beverly Hills - Weezer
Time of the Season - the Zombies
Heart of Gold - Johnny Cash
Knock Three Times - Tony Orlando
Black and White - 3 Dog Night
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Southern Cross - Mason Jennings
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead (saw them at RFK in 1994 or 1995 backstage, it rocked, by far the coolest concert I've ever been to)
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
That was a crazy game of Poker - OAR
Goodnight Moon - Shivaree
Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band (why does everyone think this is the song "The Joker" some people call me the space cowboy. It's not the same song - )
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Tiny Dance - Elton John
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson

Not sure if this is exactly 50 songs - I'm going to blog about my evening and my top 50 songs if I had to pick right now.... however, if you are going to pick some of my fave songs from all the crap I have on the pod - these would have to be most of my can't live without songs"

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