No Hit Wonder

Recently, I purchased a new mp3 player. OK, not recently, I bought at the Circuit City failure sale, but just now getting a chance to use it.

I ripped most of the cds I own to my new laptop. (Yeah, I really needed to buy one those too) And then I set about finding more music on the Internet, only a legal and authorized sites like amazon.com, walmart.com(they have the best prices), etc.

The nice way to describe my musical taste is eclectic. A more accurate term is schizophrenic dj.

If you were to get your slimy (not Sliimy) hands on my collection, it might just drive you a little batty, if not down right crazy.

There is the usually collection of hair bands(Journey, Nickelback), hard rock (Cabo, Slayer), country pop(Big and Rich, Brad Paisley), mega acts (Beyonce, Green Day), odd balls (Rehab, the band not the song, Rednex) and pretty much everything in between.

So, I was searching for songs I love, songs I like, songs i forgot, and songs I never heard of before. Some of the gems I've discovered or recovered include such classics as Covens's One Tin Soldier or Paris Hilton's Stars are Blind. And who doesn't love the rousing sing along (at the top of your lungs) quality of You Don't Have to Call Me Darling, Darlin'?

Sometimes I don't even know what triggers a search, by artist or song. A song clip during a commercial or a US Weekly fresh scandal might explain the presence of Britney Spears, Eminem, and Whitney Houston. (Wait, I don't think I have any Whitney.)

Anyway, whilst checking out perezhilton.com, my interest was peaked by Jessica Simpson. She's a singer, or so I thought. After a little search, I realized I don't know any of her songs. Oh, there are a couple of cover songs and a bunch of Christmas songs, but nothing original that I recognized.

That does not bode well for Jessica. Seriously, not one song title stood out. I love a one hit wonder, Mambo No. 5, anyone? I even have a few (ok, a lot) of songs by obscure artists few people ever heard of, Dear and the Headlights, Amy LaVere, The Beat Farmers or Jane Child ring a bell?

So, unless Miss Simpson starts worrying more about music and less about men, she may be destined to be a no hit wonder.

Oh, wait, I do own some of the shoes she designed. She put her name on. Whatever