I've always identified with strong, animated women
All of my friends (aka Cyber Agatha and Rusty) know that I have astoundingly bad taste in music. Although there are a few exceptions here and there, my "Top 25 Most Played" playlist in iTunes is dominated by Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and, inexplicably, Christy Carlson Romano.
(Technically, my No. 1 most played song is "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys - the only not-entirely-shameful favorite on the list. The play count amounts to 348, only because I passed out drunk after unintentionally setting it to repeat.)
That said, you will never believe the playlist I created for my workout yesterday. And by "playlist I created" I mean "individual song I chose to play on repeat." It goes a little something like this:
Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Recognize it yet? No? Surely you, too, have heard this in a TJ Maxx recently.
Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
It is, of course, everyone's favorite body dysmorphic anthem, "Reflection" - as sung by Christina Aguilera on Disney's "Mulan" soundtrack!
This song is completely inappropriate for weightlifting purposes, and yet, somehow, it motivated me throughout a grueling chest/back/traps/rear delts workout. I almost fell off the incline bench when I spotted myself looking all ripped and mean and angry in the mirror and then realized I was casually mouthing the words to the "Mulan" theme song like the huge fag that I am.
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Please help this girl or she may never get to St. Tropez let alone Tie-land...
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May 21st, 2006
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Posted by: matthew | May 31, 2006 12:13 PM
hi T - here it is in chinese by coco lee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB8nuIioyy0
Posted by: ap | May 31, 2006 01:09 PM
Being the completely out-of-the-pop-culture-loop loser that I am, I don't get how you could work out to that.
I mean, if someone ripped my ipod away from me at the gym and forced me to listen to that kind of Christina Celine Britney non-inspired dink-dink crap while I was trying to get that work-out inspiration going on, I think I'd go ape-shit, grabbing the heaviest weights I could find, tossing them violently around the gym.
Oh wait, now I get it! I guess I had to work through that thought process with my out-loud voice.
Posted by: atari | May 31, 2006 02:58 PM
duh
Posted by: Kwake | May 31, 2006 05:37 PM
Working out to that song takes a lot of focus.
Normally, I crank it up full-blast and sing to it when I'm driving through the ghetto with my windows open.
Posted by: Steven. | June 2, 2006 09:42 AM
didn't the tony award winner lea salonga sung reflection in mulan.....?
Posted by: yj | June 4, 2006 04:13 AM
Funny you list "Wouldn't It Be Nice" at #1.
My friend, who is a known songwriter/musician said that a young age he always heard a gay/forbidden love sentiment in the lyrics.
I love it, but I really dig God Only Knows.
It's sad you have such "astoundingly bad taste" in music, as I find you one of the more intelligent bloggers around.
You deserve to make more money. Be patient. Don't stop drinking, but don't let it stop you from writing a great novel for us all to read soon. We're waiting.
Posted by: Thadeus | August 3, 2006 09:27 PM