Getting Stuff Done

 Sometimes the hardest thing is simply getting started.  Winter can be especially difficult that way; the dark grey days sap my energy and leave me wishing for nothing more than to curl up with a book.  But I've got a lot I want to do; lots of ideas and experiments that I'm itching to complete, if I can just get up the energy to start and keep going.

That's where my Getting Stuff Done playlist comes in - 100 songs guarenteed to make me want to DO something.  They're all vocals - when I'm beading I need my music to have words.    (I have another playlist called writing music, which is all instrumental).  I think the vocals occupy that portion of my brain that the beading doesn't, and everything just seems to flow more freely.

Today was a Getting Stuff Done sort of day.  And it worked - I accidentally left my camera at the studio, so no pictures today - but I'll try to add those tomorrow.  In the meantime, here's a sample of my playlist:

1. "Road of the Gypsy", Adrenaline
2. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas", Alabama
3. "Roam", B-52s
4. "Manic Monday", The Bangles
5. "If She Knew What She Wants", The Bangles
6. "Walk Like an Egyptian", The Bangles
7. "If I Had $1,000,000", Barenaked Ladies
8. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", Blue Oyster Cult
9. "Live Before You Die", Bon Jovi
10. "You Give Love a Bad Name", Bon Jovi
11. "Another Saturday  Night" Cat Stevens
12. "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" The Clash
13. "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival
14. "Misguided Angel", Cowboy Junkies
15. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper
16. "Gimme Da'ting", David Lindley & El Rayo-X
17. "Hide in the Rainbow", Dio
18. "Romeo and Juliet", Dire Straits
19. "We Know This Town" The Fox Hunt
20. Go Home, Girl!, Gaelic Storm
21. "The Banana Boat Song", Harry Belafonte
22. "Get Out the Map", Indigo Girls
23. "Great Balls of Fire", Jerry Lee Lewis
24. "Jack in the Green", Jethro Tull
25. "Volcano", Jimmy Buffet
26. "Pencil Thin Mustache", Jimmy Buffet
27. "Somebody's Eyes", Karla Bonoff
28. "Faithfully", Journey
29. "I'm Free, Heaven Helps the Man", Kenny Loggins
30. "Trouble", Kym Tuvim
31. "Strangers in a Car", Marc Cohn
32. "True Companion", Marc Cohn
33. "Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)", Meatloaf
34. "Bat Out of Hell", Meatloaf
35. "The Safety Dance", Men Without Hats
36. "Pop Goes the World", Men Without Hats
37. "Walk on Water", Men Without Hats
38. "Never", Moving Pictures
39. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", Pat Benatar
40. "We Belong", Pat Benatar
41. "I Know What I Know", Paul Simon
42. "Let My Love Open the Door", Pete Townshend
43. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Poison
44. "I'm Gonna Be" The Proclaimers
45. "Bohemian Rhapsody", Queen
46. "Under Pressure", Queen
47. "I Want it All", Queen
48. "'39", Queen
49. "Bang Your Head", Quiet Riot
50. "Freewill", Rush
51. "The Pass", Rush
52. "War Paint", Rush
53. "Rock You Like a Hurricane", Scorpions
54. "The 59th Street Bridge Song", Simon and Garfunkel
55. "Cecilia", Simon and Garfunkel
56. "Royal Forester", Steeleye Span
57. "Boys of Bedlam", Steeleye Span
58. "The Joker", Steve Miller Band
59. "Shout", Tears for Fears
60. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" They Might Be Giants
61. "We're Not Gonna Take it", Twisted Sister
62. "The Boat Song", Lyle Lovett
63. "Eye of the Tiger",
64. "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", Warren Zevon
65. "Boom Boom Mancini", Warren Zevon
66. "Piano Fighter", Warren Zevon
67. "Werewolves of London", Warren Zevon
68. "Hungry", White Lion
69. "All Join Hands", White Lion
70. "All You Need is Rock & Roll", White Lion

 So, what do you listen to while you work?  What songs get you moving?