I think you can tell alot about a person by what's on their iPod. Unless you're me in which case Freud would be scratching his beard and smoking his cigar (which of course, is just a cigar) because nothing about my iPod makes any fucking sense. I'm as likely to download Lady Antebellum as I am Lady Gaga and who else in the entire universe has a playlist containing Adam Lambert, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Jem, The Offspring and some song that I downloaded after hearing it played on SoapNET commercials one summer only then to discover it was actually on a Disney soundtrack? Who? No one I tell you because no one is quite as insane as I am has quite the same eclectic taste in music as I do.

I used to tell people that I had awful taste in music. Looking back - I think that's silly.  99% of my male friends might think that Tik-Tok is the equivalent of a mammoth-sized musical piece of crap, but guess what? It was #1 on the charts for practically ever so someone, somewhere thinks it has value. And don't judge me for listening to Indigo Girls either. Or showtunes. Anyways - my point is that this is all entirely subjective and if I want to listen to Rhianna followed by Daughtry followed by Katy Perry followed by Sugarland, then who's to say I'm wrong?

Once upon a time, I used to agonize over making mixes: what songs made sense together? What flowed well? The genius of iTunes is that you can create, edit and adjust playlists all at the touch of a button. Now I keep a playlist at the top of the pack called "New Faves." I know - the title is soooooooooooooooo painfully unoriginal and 10 points (or cookies) to whoever comes up with a better name for my list of most-favorite-play-all-the-time songs. Anyways, about once a week I hop on iTunes and download whatever tickles my fancy and then I juggle my playlist accordingly. In an attempt to give you insight into my dark, twisted psyche, here's a glimpse at my to-be-renamed playlist and also a look at what songs I've been listening to a lot, in general:

• According to You by Orianthi: So I seriously, seriously love this song and basically listen to it on perma-repeat 5 or 20 times in a row. The thing is, I never quite know how to feel about the lyrics. On the one hand, it's quasi-empowering because she's basically telling her asshat boyfriend/husband/sugar daddy to fuck off. Then again, it's only cuz she's all like: there's A DIFFERENT HIM who likey me. So yeah. I struggle politically. But I still dig the song.
• If You Only Knew by Shinedown: I am fairly certain this might be a religious band but I refuse to confirm my suspicions.  The lyric that drew me to this song was: "It's 4:03 and I can't sleep without you next to me I toss and turn like the sea." So yeah. Been there, done that with the whole "no sleep at 4:03" thing.
• If I Knew Then by Lady Antebellum: So I just downloaded this song last night and "Need You Now" and "All We'd Ever Need" are kind of my big Lady A obsessions but 5 plays in and...BIG SIGH. Frankly Lady Antebellum could sing the Physician's Desk Reference and I'd download it. 
• For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert: I want to say that Adam Lambert is my guilty musical pleasure but Holy Hell a gajillion people loved him on American Idol so I can't be wrong. Ironically - he annoyed the crap out of me on American Idol but I totally dig this mass-produced, Wonder Bread pop sound they've engineered for him currently. This song in particular makes me wish I had a pole in my living room because it's the ass-shakingest song ever. {Sorry mom and dad. Just kidding about the pole. I meant this song makes me want to put on my glasses and read a book while sipping a cup of chammomile tea.}
• Poison by Beyonce: Ok - so I was about 400 years late to the Beyonce party but I am now on that train BIG TIME and this song just kicks ass and is just like poison, my affliction, my addiction, I can't lie. 
• Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga used to scare me. Then she confused me. And then I fell in love. The first 3 times I listened to this song I scratched my head. Now I know the lyrics by heart. Including the French ones.
• Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis: I missed this train too. But now I'm all aboard. Choo-Choo.
• Come Back To Me by David Cook: You'll notice an obscene amount of American Idols on my iPod. This is one of those songs I heard randomly on the radio and it just GRABBED me because of the lyrics. Really. I think at one point or another we've all faced the "If you love something, set it free" conundrum.
• Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback: I LOVE Nickelback which means you either love me or you hate me. Sorry. But I do. And who the fuck isn't waiting for their silver screen moment?
• Complicated by Avril Lavigne: Like most everything else, I'm about way late on this song but I'm not ashamed. I might however be ashamed for downloading Alice since that seems to be nothing more than 1 never ending 3-minute shriek.
• Over You by Daughtry: Like many before (and after) him, Daughtry sort of annoyed me on the show but now I kind of heart him. This is one of his older songs but I adore it.
• Keeps Getting Better by Christina Aguilera: My personal anthem.
• Dollhouse by Priscilla Renea: Falls into the Empowering Girl Rock category of which I am so fond {See also: P!nk}. "So glad I kept my receipt." Hellz to the yeah.  
• You're in My Heart by Rod Stewart: Probably slightly out of place amidst the pop, rock and country, but this a beautiful ballad that I love. Although I confess - I don't quite get the part about the big-bosomed lady with the Dutch accent.
• Love Story by Taylor Swift: I have mixed emotions on Miss Swift. I love her music and her albums and her songs but when I listen to her live my ears bleed and I want to stick a spork in my head and slowly twist it until I lose consciousness which leads me to the conclusion that she's wonderful produced but sucky live.
• How Low by Ludacris: LUD-A-CRIS. He's awesome. C'mon.
• Cry by Kelly Clarkson: I can not discuss this song. I don't think it's been released as a single which means if you haven't downloaded the entire album you probably aren't familiar with it. And if you're happy - you won't get it. But if there's even the tiniest sliver of pain in your life, you'll know what I'm talking about. 

That's just a sampling. There are 50+ songs on the playlist inlcuding way more Lady Antebellum and Lady Gaga than I acknowledged.

Now....looking at my entire iTunes library here are my Top 10 most played songs (and their playcounts):

1) Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback (408)

2) Keeps Getting Better by Christina Aguilera (369)

3) Best Days of Your Life by Kellie Pickler (325)

4) Goodbye by Kristiana DeBarge ( 322)

5) It Happens by Sugarland (313)

6) Cry by Kelly Clarkson (258)

7) Irreplaceable by Beyonce (257)

8) U + UR Hand by P!nk (239)

9) So What by P!nk (224)

10) It's Alright, It's Ok by Ashley Tisdale (218)

First of all: Bite Me to anyone who says anything about Ashley Tisdale. It has got a snappy beat and is a great running song. Secondly: any of you Freuds-in-Training who want to offer up an analysis, go ahead. But frankly? I'd rather hear what's on your playlist. What songs can't you stop listening to?