I’ve entered the 21st century by picking up a smartphone with my phone plan.
It’s a bit of a novelty, but in all honesty I have a certain ambivalence to being permanently tethered to the real world via mobile communication. Which explains why my ring tone is “Communication Breakdown” by Led Zeppelin.
Regardless, I’ve got about 8 GB of memory on the phone and I set about putting together a playlist that could both energize and entertain, should my trusty Sony Bean breakdown.
So, without further ado, my iPhone playlist, The Two-Ten.
- “Thunderstruck” – AC/DC
- “Stiff Upper Lip” – AC/DC
- “Sweet Emotion” – Aerosmith
- “Whipping Post” – The Allman Brothers Band
- “Say Hello” – April Wine
- “Cochise” – Audioslave
- “Followed The Waves” – Auf Der Mar
- “Push Push (Lady Lightning)” – Bang Camaro
- “Rockin’ The Suburbs” – Ben Folds
- “Sing, Sing, Sing” – Benny Goodman
- “Better Get Used To It” – Big Sugar
- “Howlin’ For You” – The Black Keys
- “Gold On The Ceiling” – The Black Keys
- “Berlin” – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- “Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton
- “Two Times” – The Blakes
- “Godzilla” – Blue Oyster Cult
- “Public Service Announcement” – The Bravery
- “Play Something Country” – Brooks & Dunn
- “Treasure” – Bruno Mars
- “Lit Up” – Buckcherry
- “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” – Cage The Elephant
- “Bye Bye Love” – The Cars
- “Before You” – Chantal Kreviazuk
- “Get Some” – Chevelle
- “The Red” – Chevelle
- “Watcha Gonna Do” – Chilliwack
- “Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing” – Chris Isaak
- “Rock The Casbah” – The Clash
- “Precious Declaration” – Collective Soul
- “Heavy” – Collective Soul
- “Dreams” – The Corrs
- “Hanginaround” – Counting Crows
- “Love Removal Machine” – The Cult
- “Around The World” – Daft Punk
- “We Used To Be Friends” – Dandy Warhols
- “Lovercall” – Danko Jones
- “I’m Afraid of Americans” – David Bowie
- “Deny” – Default
- “Sausalito Summernight” – Diesel
- “Not Ready To Make Nice” – The Dixie Chicks
- “Fall Behind Me” – The Donnas
- “Mercy” – Duffy
- “Hungry Like The Wolf” – Duran Duran
- “Life In The Fast Lane” – The Eagles
- “All That You Are (x3)” – Econoline Crush
- “Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues” – The Eels
- “Turn To Stone” – Electric Light Orchestra
- “Danger! High Voltage” – Electric Six
- “Pump It Up” – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
- “Bossa Nova Baby” – Elvis Presley
- “Free Your Mind” – En Vogue
- “AM Radio” – Everclear
- “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” – Fallout Boy
- “Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)” – Fatboy Slim
- “Paralyzer” – Finger Eleven
- “Let It Die” – Foo Fighters
- “All My Life” – Foo Fighters
- “Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster The People
- “Flathead” – The Fratellis
- “Some Nights” – fun.
- “Push It” – Garbage
- “Freedom ’90” – George Michael
- “In The Mood” – Glenn Miller
- “Rhythm Is Going To Get You” – Gloria Estefan
- “Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley
- “Some Kind of Wonderful” – Grand Funk Railroad
- “Madder” – Groove Armada
- “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature” – The Guess Who
- “Walk Idiot Walk” – The Hives
- “Sequestered In Memphis” – The Hold Steady
- “You Owe Me An IOU” – Hot Hot Heat
- “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” – The Human League
- “Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons
- “Elegantly Wasted” – INXS
- “Freedom At 21” – Jack White
- “Love Foolosophy” – Jamiroquai
- “White Knuckle Ride” – Jamiroquai
- “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys
- “Play” – Jennifer Lopez
- “Crush” – Jennifer Paige
- “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” – Jet
- “Crosstown Traffic” – Jimi Hendrix
- Funk #49 – James Gang
- “Crumblin’ Down” – John Mellancamp
- “Sold (The Grundy County Auction)” – John Michael Montgomery
- “What Goes Around … / … Comes Around” – Justin Timberlake
- “Ruby” – Kaiser Chiefs
- “Running Up That Hill” – Kate Bush
- “Hot N Cold” – Katy Perry
- “Is It Any Wonder?” – Keane
- “Footloose” – Kenny Loggins
- “Mr. Brightside” – The Killers
- “Bette Davis Eyes” – Kim Carnes
- “My Sharona” – The Knack
- “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” – KT Tunstall
- “Slow” – Kylie Minogue
- “Come Into My World” – Kylie Minogue
- “Born To Die” – Lana Del Rey
- “North American Scum” – LCD Soundsystem
- “Over The Hills And Far Away” – Led Zeppelin
- “The Ocean” – Led Zeppelin
- “Fool In The Rain” – Led Zeppelin
- “Misty Mountain Hop” – Led Zeppelin
- “Steal My Sunshine” – Len
- “Fly Away” – Lenny Kravitz
- “Mambo No. 5” – Lou Bega
- “Finding Out True Love Is Blind” – Louis XIV
- “Lovin’ Every Minute Of It” – Loverboy
- “Simple Man” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- “Into The Groove” – Madonna
- “Hello Time Bomb” – The Matthew Good Band
- “Enter Sandman” – Metallica
- “Fuel” – Metallica
- “Dead Disco” – Metric
- “Smooth Criminal” – Michael Jackson
- “Beds Are Burning” – Midnight Oil
- “Gunpowder & Lead” – Miranda Lambert
- “Kerosene” – Miranda Lambert
- “Dashboard” – Modest Mouse
- “Gemini Dream” – The Moody Blues
- “Dr. Feelgood” – Motley Crue
- “Starlight” – Muse
- “96 Tears” – ? & The Mysterians
- “Shiver” – Natalie Imbruglia
- “Hair of the Dog” – Nazareth
- “Cosmopolitan” – Nine Black Alps
- “Only” – Nine Inch Nails
- “Capital G” – Nine Inch Nails
- “Someone Who’s Cool” – The Odds
- “Invincible” – OK Go
- “Look Away” – The Ozark Mountain Devils
- “Yeah!” – Paul Brandt
- “Live and Let Die” – Paul McCartney & Wings
- “Do The Evolution” – Pearl Jam
- “Let My Love Open The Door” – Pete Townshend
- “1901” – Phoenix
- “I Feel A Sin Comin’ On” – Pistol Annies
- “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” – The Police
- “Stop Your Sobbing” – The Pretenders
- “Let’s Go Crazy” – Prince
- “Voodoo People” – The Prodigy
- “Harden My Heart” – Quarterflash
- “Sick, Sick, Sick” – Queens of the Stone Age
- “You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire” – Queens of the Stone Age
- “Salute Your Solution” – The Raconteurs
- “Black Betty” – Ram Jam
- “Ich Will” – Rammstein
- “Moskau” – Rammstein
- “Blitzkrieg Bop” – The Ramones
- “House of Jealous Lovers” – The Rapture
- “Snow (Hey Oh)” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Don’t Stop the Music” – Rihanna
- “Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” – Robert Palmer
- “Car Wash” – Rose Royce
- “Tom Sawyer” – Rush
- “Brother Down” – Sam Roberts
- “Almost” – Sarah Harmer
- “Stompa” – Serena Ryder”
- “Objection (Tango)” – Shakira
- “Steve McQueen” – Sheryl Crow
- “There Goes The Neighbourhood” – Sheryl Crow
- “The Rest Of My Life” – Sloan
- “If It Feels Good Do It” – Sloan
- “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” – Sly & the Family Stone
- “Eastside” – Smoother
- “Spoonman” – Soundgarden
- “True” – Spandau Ballet
- “Tempted” – Squeeze
- “Save Yourself” – Stabbing Westward
- “Stuck In The Middle With You” – Stealers Wheel
- “Peg” – Steely Dan
- “Reelin’ In The Years” – Steely Dan
- “Jet Airliner” – Steve Miller Band
- “Edge Of Seventeen” – Stevie Nicks
- “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder
- “Vasoline” – Stone Temple Pilots
- “You Only Live Once” – The Strokes
- “Reptilia” – The Strokes
- “Pumping On Your Stereo” – Supergrass
- “Goodbye Stranger” – Supertramp
- “Love Is Like Oxygen” – Sweet
- “Get It On” – T. Rex
- “Once In A Lifetime” – Talking Heads
- “Elephant” – Tame Impala
- “Cobrastyle” – The Teddybears
- “New Fang” – Them Crooked Vultures
- “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” – They Might Be Giants
- “The Rocker” – Thin Lizzy
- “Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)” – Three Dog Night
- “Something Like That” – Tim McGraw
- “Refugee” – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- “Draggin’ The Line” – Tommy James
- “Hold The Line” – Toto
- “Poets” – The Tragically Hip
- “Cry” – The Trews
- “Fight The Good Fight” – Triumph
- “Lay It On The Line” – Triumph
- “Even Better Than The Real Things” – U2
- “Jump” – Van Halen
- “Panama” – Van Halen
- “Get Free” – The Vines
- “Blister In The Sun” – Violent Femmes
- “Beverly Hills” – Weezer
- “Hash Pipe” – Weezer
- “Seven Nation Army” – The White Stripes
- “Blue Orchid” – The White Stripes
- “Woman” – Wolfmother
- “Making Plans For Nigel” – XTC
- “Since When” – 54-40