Country Mix

The first of the 42 I listened to. Made for me by either Peter (who is now a country music recording artist) or Corey while we all worked at The Disney Store, circa 1994-96. Gosh those were good times. We'd go country dancing a couple times a month - I'm a mean two and ten stepper for the record.

On to the music. And yes, I had to look up most of these for the artist's name, but I was able to sing all the words to almost all the songs after having not heard most of them for over a decade. And people think I'm joking when I talk about my passion for music and how I really do have a soundtrack to my life. Pft.

Side A:

1. I Don't Think I Will - James Bonamy (The way he says "right there" in the first verse always cracks me up.)

2. Your Love Amazes Me - John Berry

3. Where Angels Live - Rhett Akins (One I didn't like then and don't like now.)

4. I Do - Paul Brandt (This has been one of my favorite songs since it came out - I will never not love this song nor stop looking forward to the day when it is sung to me sincerely by the man I love.)

5. I Am That Man - Brooks and Dunn

6. Who Am I? - Unfortunately, I'm unable to answer that question since I have no idea who sings this song...

7. What's Not to Love? - Mark Wills (Good Lord P or C sure had sappy taste in country music...)

8. Living In A Moment - Ty Herndon (And when they carve my stone all they need to write on it...cue drums)

9. Carried Away - George Strait (One of the greats. I don't care who you are, you are dead inside if you don't sing along with this song. Sorry for the crappy video, but hey! Japanimation!)

10. My Destiny - Alas. Another one for which I cannot figure out the artist.

11. What They're Talking About - Rhett Akins (Horrible video quality, and while ridiculous, a fun song.)

12. Love Of A Lifetime - Yet another for which I was unable to find the artist. Enjoy Keith Urban's song of the almost same name instead!

Side B:

1. One And Only Love - Paul Brandt (Another favorite. Actually from one of the few country cds I own. Shame I couldn't find a video of it anywhere-boo.)

2. Keeper of the Stars - Tracy Byrd (Doves! Doves in the video! I bet that wasn't an accident either.)

3. If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks (My fondness for Garth is well documented. For those who are mocking me for that, I give you this cover as punishment.)

4. Between Now & Forever - Bryan White (The country answer to NKOTB - sweet, adorable and asexual. See if you can figure out why I picked that clip. Go on. I dare you. I'll give you a hint, it is not the ass grab.)

5. What Love Is - If only I knew the artist to get clarification.

6. She's Every Woman - Garth Brooks (If I had to choose my one great love [at least to this point in my life] I would pick the man who used to sing lines from this song {always different} to me every time we would see each other because, as he said, it summed me up perfectly. I will forever love this song and probably him.)

7. Long As I Live - John Michael Montgomery (It's a bit ridiculous that people have this much time on their hands...)

8. My Love - Little Texas (Well, now I'm just getting silly. Let's blame the lack of sleep! Also, comment above applies even more here, although I must admit I can't stop giggling.)

9. On the Inside - Paul Brandt (Huh. We all really liked this guy, didn't we? It wasn't your dress and it wasn't my drink, you lit up the room with your smile.)

10. Her Heart Is Only Human - Ty Herndon (YouTubers must have used up all the cheese on 7 and 8.)

11. The Dance - Garth Brooks (I hope this kid didn't get beat up after the talent show and MY GOD THE CLAPPING.)

12. Look At You Girl - Chris LeDoux (This reminds me of something and I can't put my finger on it. Maybe an SNL skit? Gah. Oddly enough he and his band showed up at our favorite Irish bar one night and turned out to be really nice people.)

13. I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman (Probably the most used first dance song ever. Well, behind that one from Titanic.)