Let's have a give away Friday!

It's time once again to bare my soul to you guys. That's right...I'm once again disclosing my Most Played List on iTunes. Also, it once again comes with a give away! Paint me generous on this warm day in August.

But there is a catch...

You know you're daddy always told you nothing in life comes free. While I could dispute said proverbial wisdom with a slew of free stuff examples, it's never been the place of this blogger to make any one's dad, mom or any other relative look obtuse. One should always respect their parents despite the oft discovered errs of unfounded knowledge later in life.

But I digress...

So, here's the deal. Below is the list of my 25 Most Played List circa August 20, 2010. While I was quite humiliated by my first list back in November of last year (see Happy Thanksgiving), I was none the less honest about the line up. To win today's give away of a $25 iTunes gift card, all you need to do is list your Top 10 played on your mp3 player of choice in the Comments section of this post or on the post link on my Facebook profile. You'll have to leave your name and email address below if your not a blogger so I know how to identify you. We're all on the honor system, and I'd hate to dispute (and therefore disqualify) someone like say, Dave Tevdt, for listing ten classical hits from the Best of Bach to make himself look more enlightened.

Not that Dave would ever do something like that...

Okay, here's my Top 25 Most Played List (laughing aloud is considered rude):

1. Clumsy- Chris Rice

2. I Go To the Rock-Aaron Jeoffrey

3. King of Glory- Third Day

4. Train in Vain- The Clash

5. Back in Love Again- LTD

6. A New Hallelujah- Michael W. Smith

7. Hold Us Together- Matt Maher

8. I Am Free- Promise Keeper

9. The One Thing- Paul Colman

10. Landslide- Fleetwood Mac

11. Seeing Things- Black Crowes

12. 100 Years- Five for Fighting

13. Got to Give it Up- Marvin Gaye

14. Let's Go- The Cars

15. Listen- Collective Soul

16. Hearts and Bones- Paul Simon

17. Fly- Sugar Ray

18. Give Them What They Want- 10,000 Maniacs

19. Washed By The Water-Need to Breathe

20. Our God- Chris Tomlin

21. Limelight-Rush

22.White Sandy Beaches- Brutha Iz

23. All I Want to Do- Sugarland

24. Bright Side of the Road- Van Morrison

25. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me- Linda Ronstadt (Thank you Lord for it not being Donny Osmond)

Feel free to call out anyone you suspect of fudging too. Nobody likes a snitch until prizes are involved, then it's everyone for themselves! Just so you remember why I was humiliated in November:

Yes...I reset my counter after that. Comment and win a $25 gift card! I'll pick the winner by letting the teenager guess a number between 1 and however many comments there are next Friday (August 27) after randomizing the list (so you aren't penalized for being first or last).

Good luck!

Happy Thanksgiving....my very first Give Away!

I'm giving the Guest Blogger Wednesday bus a short hiatus. Everyone is so busy this time 0f year that trying to keep up your own blog can be taxing. Not that there's not a ton of material that surfaces this time of year.

I'm in a giving and appreciative mood today. As a token of said atmosphere, I'm sponsoring my very first give away! What's not to like about free stuff during the holidays?

First, I'm going to bare a tidbit of my soul to you. There have been a number of post on this blog about taste in music...mostly because I think what you listen to says a lot about you. It's just a snapshot, mind you, but nonetheless it does give insight. Music is a common thread in our world and has been said to be the very soul of a society or culture.

So what does Tony C listen to most? Here is a list generated from my work laptop of the 15 most listened to songs (usually at work) on iTunes....

1. My Love is Alive- Steve Winwood

2. Beautiful Loser (Live)- Bob Seger

3. Doctor My Eyes- Jackson Brown

4. I Just Love You- Five for Fighting

5. It's Alright- Traveling Wilburys

6. Back in Love Again- LTD

7. Who's Got the Hooch- Everything

8. Outta My Head- Fastball

9. I Am- Train

10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World- Brutha Iz

11. I Go to the Rock- Aaron Jeoffrey

12. King of Glory- Third Day

13. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me- Linda Ronstadt

14. Give Me One Reason- Tracy Chapman

15. 100 Years- Five for Fighting

You can stop laughing now. I must say I was a little shocked myself when this list generated using Smart Playlist...I even went back and checked it a couple of times. Just so you know I'm being completely upfront, here's a snapshot of my screen...

Keep in mind, I actively use a dozen different playlist of the 18 or so created, and I also listen to podcast quite often and...okay...yes, I'm a little embarrassed. I wish the list had more Christian music and less older-than-dirt stuff...but hey...the truth sometimes hurts.

One explanation: The Hawaiian version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow is my Serenity Now! song. It gets played when I'm most aggravated and need to lower my blood pressure back to somewhere near 120/80. I'm surprised it wasn't number one...

Now here's you chance. Leave us a short (5 to 10) playlist of your most listened to songs via iPod, iTunes, MP3 player, compilation CD or even cassette. No cheating! We obviously don't judge here at Tony C Today...or you wouldn't be reading this far down. Don't try to make yourself more cultured, hip or cutting edge than you truly are with a fictitious list. Bare it true, bare it all...we can take it.

From the comment list, I will randomly pick (read- have the teenager pick a number between...) someone next Monday to send either a $20 iTunes gift card or a comparable card if you're not an iTunes user.

Have fun sharing with us...and have a safe, wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving.