Erica's Running Music: Part 1

July 30, 2010

Last year, Erica Ehm started running and because running sucks when you're doing it alone she formed Team YMC.

And after conquering the Midsummer Night's Run (15K race in Toronto), Team YMC has taken on an even bigger challenge - but there is wine involved so it's not all that painful.

The Yummy Mummy Club is hosting a three day getaway (September 30 - October 3, 2010) to run the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon. Needless to say the training for Team YMC is in full swing.

So with that all said, about a month ago I got an email from Erica asking me to put together a running playlist for her new iPod to use during her marathon traning sessions. Umm hello the woman is my boss - like I'm gonna say no.

Erica and I went back and forth on email discussing the kind of music she wanted to include...the artists, the vibe, the tempo. Bottom line she wanted the music to keep her company and her mind off of the running.

A few of you have left me messages on Twitter asking for the a copy of the playlist...so here it is...there's a lot of songs (I went a little crazy...music, it's kind of an addiction for me) so I've alphabetised the list of songs and will dish out the playlist in a four-part series. Here are songs A thru C.

 

Aerosmith: Rag Doll 

Alicia Keys: Rapture 

Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal 

The All-American Rejects: Swing Swing 

All Saints: Lady Marmelade, Pure Shores 

Amy Winehouse: Rehab 

Andy Stochansky: Shine 

Aretha Franklin: Freeway Of Love 

Ashlee Simpson: Boyfriend, Pieces Of Me

Audioslave: Like A Stone, I Am The Highway

Autamata: Bring It On 

Bad Religion: Sorrow 

Bananarama: Venus 

The Bangles: Hazy Shade of Winter 

Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At 

Beck: Devil's Haircut 

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive 

Beyoncé Feat. Jay-Z: Crazy In Love 

Big & Rich: Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich), Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) 

Big Wreck: The Oaf 

Black Box: Strike It Up 

The Black Crowes: Jealous Again, Hard To Handle

Black Eyed Peas: Let's Get It Started 

Blondie: Call Me 

Blue Rodeo: All the Things That Are Left Behind 

Blur: Girls & Boys 

Bob Marley: One Love/People Get Ready 

Brian Melo: All I Ever Wanted 

Britney Spears: Gimme More (Paul Oakenfold Radio Mix), Me Against The Music, Womanizer 

Bruno Mars: The Other Side (feat. Cee Lo Green & B.o.B)

Bryan Adams: Summer Of '69, Run To You 

BT: Never Gonna Come Back Down 

The Caesars: Jerk It Out (Åhlund) 

Cage the Elephant: Ain't No Rest for the Wicked 

The Calling: Our Lives 

Candi Staton: He Called Me Baby 

Carrie Underwood: Play On, Before He Cheats 

Cascada: Evacuate the Dancefloor 

Chad Kroeger Feat. Josey Scott: Hero 

Charlie Winston: In Your Hands 

Chris Cornell: You Know My Name 

Christina Aguilera: Ain't No Other Man, Fighter 

Cobra Starship: Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester) 

Coldplay: Clocks, Violet Hill, Viva la Vida, Speed Of Sound

Corinne Bailey Rae: Put Your Records 

Cornershop: Brimful Of Asha 

Counting Crows: Mr. Jones 

Crash Kings: Mountain Man 

Crazy Town: Butterfly 

Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 

Matt Morris

July 29, 2010

Matt Morris (son of Country music star Gary Morris) is  a gifted singer/songwriter signed to Justin Timberlake's Tennman Record label.

Matt was in the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club (91-95) and his songs have been recorded by artists including Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, and Christina Aguilera. And he knows a thing or two about writing hit songs...he co-wrote Christina Aguilera's “Can’t Hold Us Down” and Kelly Clarkson’s “Miss Independent".

This is his new video for his single, "Live Forever," from his debut album 'When Everything Breaks Open'.

The song is about love that endures even as the world around you crumbles down...some Thursday morning inspiration to get you going.