Tonight, I was cruising the I-Tunes store. For the past few days, ever since I flipped through the radio while coming home, I have had this particular song in my head. Now, anyone who knows me would certainly question why I even strayed from my metal and classic rock stations on the beloved dial, but as I was coming home the other day, I needed something different. I was scanning, when all of a sudden I stopped on this pop station. They were running through songs from that late '90's. And what did I hear? I heard NSync singing "Tearin' Up My Heart." Now, I was about to hit the scan button again, but I just listened. BIG MISTAKE. Since last Sunday, I have had this damn song running through my head. I even woke up yesterday with it's chorus buzzing through my head. GOD! WTF? Anyway, long story short, I can honestly say now that I have heard this song echoing in my brain a million times, it's not a bad song. Actually, to be honest, this is the ONLY NSync song that I like. Any boy band or group from that period, I tend to think is basically cookie cutter crap meant to sell millions of dollars worth of slickly produced, junior-high only dance songs! Hey, I can remember hearing New Kids On The Block back in the day, and as a vampire shutters from garlic and holy water, so did I from them or anyone who was remotely a "fan." It was nothing but Megadeth, Testament, Anthrax, Slayer and any other band I could obsess over. I remember going through a big Dokken phase too. Anyway, so I now own ONE NSync song for my Ipod. Surrounding that song by artists? Nine Inch Nails and Nuclear Assault! Que "One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other."

Other songs I downloaded tonight? I have always wanted the entrance theme when the Chicago Bulls had Jordan and were winning title after title...they would come out every home game to this song. I found out tonight, it's called "Sirius" by the Alan Parsons Project. Who knew? This song was even played at Karen's and my wedding dance as we came in. Strange entrance song for a newlywed couple, but then again, we are not normal, so it fit I guess. So, I downloaded the studio and live versions of that song. Very cool keyboard stuff going on...verging on progressive! In the checkout, I have MC Hammer's greatest hits, but have yet to purchase it. Frankly, it would save money to buy the whole album, instead of the seven songs I want. I found a metal version of the Pet Shop Boys song "It's A Sin" by some obscure European metal band. It's not bad, but this guy does not come close to Neil Tennant's voice at all! And, lately I have had these TV Theme songs rolling around in my head too. Namely, "Lost In Space," "Magnum PI," and "The Loveboat." I have also had my bouts with the "Chips" theme song too. What are some other good TV Show Theme Songs? Well, I remember a time when my cousins and I were literally groupies of a little show called Duke Of Hazzard. The theme song was cool, but Daisy Duke...well, what boy didn't have a thing for her? Actually it was the car...I wanted that car! But then, I found out the flag on top was not such a good thing...I was crushed! Other notable theme songs: Greatest American Hero, Knight Rider, A-Team, Airwolf, Miami Vice, St. Elsewhere, and Doogie Howser M.D. I actually have a bootlegged jazzy live version of the Magnum PI theme song played by the actual guy who wrote it. It is damn good! Now, the irony would be to listen to that song while driving a Ferrari, wearing a bad flower print shirt, and sporting some big Ray Bans and a cheesy mustache! I could do all that. Just need the car! More later...

P.S. With all that downloading and chatter about TV Theme songs, what am I currently listening to? One of the best albums to come out of the 80's metal catalog featuring Dave Meniketti and crew, including the very talented Jimmy Degrasso on drums:

Y&T - "Contagious"