Because I had to or I would think about it waaaay too much while I should be sleeping...

I fully admit to being an obsessive compulsive music snob of the worst kind.
Even though I only listen to Christian music nowadays, I'm still a music snob. Very much so.
Here are 25 songs that rock, period. And they might make it quite evident that I am a white female partial to classic rock. I'm sorry I don't like Prince or country music enough to allow them on the list.


25. Free Fallin' : Tom Petty (As long as you can get the image of Tom Cruise singing this one out of your head, it rules.)
24. Don't Stop Believin' : Journey (I would have picked a cheesier Steve Perry song, but, well, nah.)
23. Young Girl : Gary Puckett and Union Gap (My dad liked GP/UG, I just like to sing like GP really loudly.)
22. Got my Mind Set on You : George Harrison (All the stuff in your house will dance if you play this song, seriously. I've seen the video.)
21. The Seeker : The Who (Because I was one.)
20. Show me Your Glory : Third Day (The first Christian song I loved)
19. The Way you Make me Feel : Michael Jackson (I dare you to not groove to this one.)
18. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes: Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and sometimes Young, but who cares, really.)
17. Save Me: Queen (Anthem! Scream it!)
16. Tie between: Devil in Disguise/Hard Headed Woman : Elvis (I wonder why I like Hard Headed Woman so much, and why I sing it with such zest?)
15. The More : Downhere (A Christian band with a lead singer that sounds like Freddie Mercury)
14. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant : Billy Joel (it's only annoying when everyone sings along)
13. Daniel : Elton John (we sang this on our own plane to Spain.)
12. The Lighthouse Song : Nickel Creek (This band just rules. Never heard them? Do so now.)
11. I've Just Seen a Face : Paul McCartney/The Beatles (You cannot NOT like this song.)
10. Dance, Dance, Dance: Steve Miller Band (Do as the song says and it's even more fun.)
9. Under Pressure : Bowie/Queen (Who is cooler? Freddy or Bowie? Hmmm...tough call.)
8. Levon : Elton John ("He calls his child Jesus because he likes the name." Weird lyrics, great melody.)
7. I Believe (When I fall in love it will be forever) : Stevie Wonder (Awwwwwwwwwww. Swoooooooooooon.)
6. Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) : Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (Thanks again, Dad.)
5. Baba O'Riley :The Who (just hearing the first few seconds of this song makes me crazy.)
4. Your Song : Elton John (aka, My Song.)
3. Summer/Highland Falls: Billy Joel ("It's either sadness or euphoria," you are so right, Billy.)
2. Tiny Dancer : Elton John (soundtrack to my high school years.)
1. I Will : Paul McCartney/The Beatles. (This is "our song" (Seth+Me) and it is also the song I sing to my children when I put them to bed at night. It rules. The chorus is the sweetest thing ever. "Love you forever and forever...")

Honorable Mentions that I just thought of:

I've Seen All Good People/Your Move: Yes
America : Simon & Garfunkel
That's The Way : Led Zep (these first three are all on the Almost Famous soundtrack, which I no longer own....but I'm ok with that...)

Crazy on You: Heart
A little bit me, A little bit you : Monkees
Livin' on the Edge : Aerosmith
Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard : Paul Simon
White Room : Cream
Fox on the Run : Sweet
Carry on Wayward Son : Kansas
The Wind/Wild World/Don't Be Shy/If you want to sing out, sing out: Cat Stevens (he's generally pretty cool.)
Closer to Fine/Power of Two/Least Complicated/Get out the Map : Indigo Girls (cannot beat these two icky women for some killer harmony.)

and then of course, there's the stuff I listen to exclusively these days,
You are my Joy/Forever and Ever Etc: David Crowder Band
Here I Am/The Real Jesus/Stir/Little is Much: Downhere
Altar and the Door/Caught in the Middle/Slow Fade: Casting Crowns
Revelation/Born Again/Who I Am: Third Day

Now that I've gotten all those secular classics out of my system, I'll go right back to music with a more important purpose...glorifying my Lord. Who needs any other music when you got that kind of music??