"Dirty Laundry" Don Henley

I've been wearing the same clothes for the past couple days while waiting for my laundry to be done. Monday can't arrive soon enough.

"Dirty Laundry" Don Henley

"My Style (DJ Premier Remix)" The Black Eyed Peas

This song was never anything special for me until I heard the remix at Zanzibar. fun, fun, fun.

"My Style (DJ Premier Remix)" The Black Eyed Peas

"Together Forever" Rick Astley

 
















Thank you, South Africa, for reminding me Rick sang more than Never Gonna Give You Up.

"Together Forever" Rick Astley

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin' " Scissor Sisters

This song made it into my iTunes library after a music swapping session with ES. Isn't music swapping the best?

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin' " Scissor Sisters

"Drive" Cars

 
















This song played while I was out with other volunteers and I had no choice but to sing along. My companions were simultaneously weirded out and impressed that I knew all of the words.

"Drive" Cars

"Air on a G String" Johann Sebastian Bach

This song was used for meditation today when township children were preparing to draw and write about the monsters that haunt them. It was an emotional afternoon that will be a memory forever adhered to this classic(al tune).

"Air on a G String" Johann Sebastian Bach

"I Can't Dance" Genesis

I'm not sure how recently this actually happened, but I just read about Phil Collins' declaration of retirement. Here's a tribute to his legend.

"I Can't Dance" Genesis

"Woman to Woman" Shirley Brown

One of the project directors enjoys playing this song when were driving between locations. An assistant who we call Aysta (meaning iron man in Xhosa). Iron man indeed.

"Woman to Woman" Shirley Brown

"For You And Your Denial" Yellowcard

 
















I could have sworn this band no longer existed. Let the rock-violining continue.

"For You And Your Denial" Yellowcard

"End of the Road" Boyz II Men

 















The locals we work with at one of the volunteer projects put this song on repeat while we cleaned/organized a room for an hour. There are worse songs for such circumstances.

"End of the Road" Boyz II Men

"Circle of Life" The Lion King

 
















 ES, on of the other Americans in the volunteer house starts most mornings by walking out onto the deck, throwing open her arms, and belting the start of this song. It's perfect, really.

"Circle of Life" The Lion King

"Sold My Soul" Goldfish

This band is quite popular in SA right now. I'm trying to acquire the taste.

"Sold My Soul" Goldfish

"Helplessness Blues" Fleet Foxes

 















Not representative of how I feel, just a song I've been enjoying.

"Helplessness Blues" Fleet Foxes

"Hello" Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette

I've heard this track at least three times since arriving in South Africa.

"Hello" Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette

"Only Girl (In The World)" Rihanna

I'm spending the next month in a volunteer house with ten girls! Today I was singing a parody version of this song to myself: "Only Guy (In This House)". Feel free to sing the new lyrics along too.

"Only Girl (In The World)" Rihanna

"Cough Syrup" Young the Giant

 

It's pretty easy to overload on Kwaito music. I find that interspersing it with dashes of your favorite genres makes it more palatable. (If I had listened to the whole "Y the G" album before posting a track in December, this would've been the one)

"Cough Syrup" Young the Giant

"Gogo Tsotsi" New Age

 
















I'm loving this song's groove.

"Gogo Tsotsi" New Age

"Nkalakatha" Mandoza

I present to you music from a genre that I was entirely unaware of: kwaito.

"Nkalakatha" Mandoza

"Nelson Mandela" The Special A.K.A.

 















This song's chorus was ingrained in my head after visiting the Apartheid Museum. It's not a great song, but it is for a pretty great guy.

"Nelson Mandela" The Special A.K.A.

"Civilian" Wye Oak

This cover depicts exactly how I would handle the Johannesburg heat, if only Joburg had beaches.

"Civilian" Wye Oak