1. Shawty Get Loose - Lil Mama featuring T-Pain & Chris Brown
2. Superstar - Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
3. Pull Up - Paula Deanda
4. In The Air Tonight - Tupac featuring Phil Collins
5. Easy Lover (remix) - Phil Collins
6. Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley
7. Mad World - Tears For Fears
8. Take Me Home - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony featuring Phil Collins
9. It's A Man's World - Jeanie Tracy featuring Bobby Womack
10. Cry For Help - Rick Astley
11. Praying For Time - George Michael
So I was honored to have 4 amazing instructors in class today: Kirk Allen (who teaches Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:00am at Crunch), Guy B, Nick Oram and Dollar Tan - all of whom I am so lucky to have sub for me often. They are a great group of guys, very talented instructors, and definitely (if I may be so shallow) easy on the eyes! And not only are they awesome instructors, they all have so much talent in other areas as well. Kirk owns his own company. Nick, in addition to being a model and host/spokesperson, is the marketing manager for Sunstyle Tanning (the official sponsor of Sexy Spin!). Guy B is one of the most talented artist/musicians around (check out his website here!) And Dollar is also a model and actor who is also an extremely talented dancer and martial arts specialist. A big thanks to these guys for being in class today, inspiring me and the riders around them, and for subbing my classes whenever they can! You guys rock!
Today's track list includes a new single by Paula Deanda which samples Pebbles's Mercedes Boy. I love them both! I also put in a little bit of a Phil Collins theme: two covers of his songs which sample him as well ('In The Air Tonight' by Tupac and 'Take Me Home' by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), and a remix of 'Easy Lover'. I love Phil Collins! My favorite single of his is 'Against All Odds' which is the title theme to one of my favorite movies! I've also included another of Jeanie Tracy's songs, 'It's A Man's World'. You know how much I love her as I play 'Party People' by Alter so often - it is one of my favorite songs to run to! Her voice and the lyrics are so high energy you can't help but push yourself a little harder and faster! 'It's A Man's World' also features Bobby Womack. He is the artist mentioned in Mariah Carey's song, 'We Belong Together' ("I can't sleep at night when you are on my mind, Bobby Womack's on the radio saying to me: "If you think you're lonely now", Wait a minute this is too deep (too deep)") And I believe there is also a sample of a Donna Summer song in this mix which makes me love it even more (because we already know how much I love Donna! see previous post on April 5). Just as a little inside joke, after including 'It's A Man's World', I felt compelled to include 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears. Don't ask, I just thought it was funny...'man's world'...'mad world'...indulge me! After hearing Carrie Underwood sing the heck outta 'Praying For Time' with her own amazing and very unique arrangement, I thought I'd include George Michael's original version to cool down to today. My final track list note is in regards to Rick Astley. I'm guilty. I love Rick Astley! He hit it big back in the '80s when I was going to school over in Manchester, England. Just last week a came across a news item about 'Rickrolling'. This is where a link is described as leading to something very new, fun and exciting but instead takes you to a video of Rick's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'! Just recently on April Fool's Day 2008, YouTube linked all of it's front page videos to 'Never Gonna Give You Up'! Hilarious! So, see? Even when I play an 'oldie', I still keep it topical!
Well, thanks again for all of your support! I hope to see you in class soon!
In good health,
tommy
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