10 Songs to Power You Thru Your Cleaning
We couldn’t be any happier about this week’s list than if we had picked it ourselves, so a big thanks to Cassie at our Foto Friendly Family for asking us to make a list of songs this week.
In Erin’s house, nothing gets done without a playlist to push us through. We have five kids to please AND motivate, so we try to have a little something for everyone in every clean-up music mix we make. So here are some of the songs from our most recent playlist. Just imagine us bopping around the kitchen, making lunches, and sweeping floors with these playing in the background. And I’m going to pretend that everything I asked them to do actually got done.
1. Suicide Blonde–INXS
2. 1-2-3-4–Plain White T’s
3. 5 Feet High and Rising—Johnny Cash
4. What Makes You Beautiful—One Direction
5. Drive By—Train
6. London Calling—The Clash
7. Barely Legal—The Strokes
8. Somebody to Love–George Michael
9. Sometime Around Midnight–The Airborne Toxic Event
10. Hammer and a Nail—Indigo Girls
And thank you, of course, to the wonderful Stasha of Monday Listicles. It’s our favorite way to ease into our week!! Check out the rest of the fabulous lists there!
By Ellen Williams Erin Dymowski
You got me at INXS! Thank you as I need some new cleaning songs on my ITunes!
Jill recently posted..Monday Listicles: Break Up Songs
If I cleaned, your playlist would definitely rock. LOL
paul recently posted..If I knew then
I’m shamefully admitting that I recognize only a few of these songs. i did go to an INXS concert once upon a time.
Robbie recently posted..I Am
THAT right there gives you bragging rights! Ellen
I could clean to nearly all of these – except maybe One Direction. But I’ll give you a pass if you’ve got kids that age.
Ally recently posted..10 Songs for Monday Listicles
Who do you think we are trying to motivate to clean?
Ellen
I am sooooo not a cougar, but those boys from One Direction are total cuties! (Believe it or not, right here on your blog is the first time I have ever seen them.)
just keep swimming recently posted..An Honest Look at Swimming Telephone
Glad we could up your pop culture IQ. Their music is a little hard to take, but they are easy on the eyes and their accents are pretty delightful. Ellen
OOOH I like that One Direction song, I have heard it in passing places but didn’t know who sang it. Fun, thanks for including it in your list!!
Karen @ Desert Chica Ramblings recently posted..10 Awesome Songs
How are you so cool and hip? One Direction and INXS? Awesome.
Bridget recently posted..Monday Lisicles
Ha! You know the answer to that. We are children of the 70′s/80′s who currently have teenagers. (That might be a euphemism for old.) Ellen
That is a great list. The Inxs tunes was particularly good. I had forgotten about that song.
Wayne recently posted..Monday Listicles…Top Ten Song
Y’all are totally gonna make me clean, right? Damn Monday. Seriously, though, this is a great playlist and definitely makes me want to crank up the iPod…while sitting on the sofa!
thedoseofreality recently posted..Can You Ever Fully Cure a Case Of Volunteeritis?
What a mix! I totally forgot about INXS. Need You Tonight is one of my very favorites!
Stacie @ Snaps and Bits recently posted..I Fear Tornados
I’m glad I’m not the only one with a little One Direction on her list
But more importantly, Hammer and a Nail is one of my favorite Indigo Girls songs and so much fun! I wish I’d thought to put it on my list…
Katie E recently posted..Monday Listicles: 10 Songs
INXS!! I need to add them to my playlist! Dang, I wish Freddy was still alive. Queen was one of my first albums.
Emma @ Your Doctor’s Wife recently posted..What Makes Me Dance
Awesome! I can see myself adding most all of these to my bike riding list! I have my “running list” but biking is going to require a whole different type of music.
So MUCH fun….except its taking me forever to get through the posts this week. All this time to listen and love!
Ducky recently posted..Getcha Groove On…Ya Ya
Ooo, are you training for something?? Ellen
I like it. I was too afraid to click the one direction, have never heard of them before you wrote it as a comment on my blog but I feel like I am better not knowing…
London Calling-LOVE!! Always makes me think of rolled up jeans and my uncles brother.
Stasha recently posted..Monday Listicles
The Man in Black and London Calling……I’m in heaven. Imma gonna go do my floors now. thanks.
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“Somebody to Love” is at the top of my list…And I had a boyfriend who was uber nuts about the Clash. Combat Rock, right?
Jamie@SouthMainMuse recently posted..Let it Be…the way it wasn’t.
Love, love, love… I like to have music blasting away when I do a good scrubbing down of the house. Makes it soooo much easier and fun!!!
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Queen and Train – LOVE. One direction – that is Sycamore Canyon beach, about 20 minutes from my house. I have spent many a summer day there. I’ve never seen that. HOW COOL.
Great job ladies.
Kim @The G is Silent recently posted..Monday Listicles
I am so making a new playlist now! Thank you for the reminders!!! Awesome list!
Audrey recently posted..Monday Listicles – 10 songs
I love cleaning (or doing any activity) with great music. Thanks for this list–it gave me some great new ideas!
What a great, fun cleaning list! I was enjoying the music so much that I forgot they were supposed to make me clean!
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Ooh Indigo Girls! I forgot about them – awesome list
Oh the joys of cleaning house with up-beat music! I have no idea what that’s like! Maybe I will give it a try, LOL, starting with your list!
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