My Lip Gloss Be Poppin!

Finally, about a year ago, I got an iPhone.  It was like magic.  Generally, I'm resistant to technology because I can't figure the damn stuff out.  But my friend Gerardo was upgrading to the iPhone 4 and he gave me his old phone.  Great friend...I know!

It seems like every time I go to one of these tournaments, there's a song or two that become part of the tournament soundtrack in my mind.  And it's always something weird too that makes it happen.  Like at the Louisville tournament about four years ago when a certain someone walked around singing aloud Danity Kane's Damaged...non-stop!  It was funny because I don't even think he realized he was doing it.  And way back at my first tournament in a moment of dramaness (see earlier blog post) I yelled to the heavens:  Jesus Take The Wheel.  I think that was even in a match against Bluegrass Co-Tournament Director Todd Bird.  And one of my favorite soundtrack songs is Lip Gloss by Lil' Mama.  My friend Louie just broke out in a song and dance number to that song during one of our doubles matches.  These songs just get stuck in my head.  Do you know how embarrassing it is as a 39 year old man to be walking around the supermarket singing "my lip gloss be cool, my lip gloss be poppin, I'm standing at my locker, and all the boys be stopping?"  Any wonder why I'm single?  And I didn't even tell you why Candy by Mandy Moore is a soundtrack song.  I've got to keep some of the mystery.

Right about now you're probably wondering what my friend Gerardo has to do with my trip down soundtrack memory road.  Well now, with my iPhone, I get to make playlists!  I know, I know, you've probably already been doing this for years.  But for me, short of creating a mix tape to get the girl in high school (I was confused, my bad), I haven't really made playlists before.  I try to make a playlist before each tournament.  I love listening to these songs while waiting to play.  It congers up great memories from tournaments gone by, and it helps me get focused for my matches.

So it's about that time-time to get the Louisville 2011 playlist together.  I've got some of these old soundtrack songs that I'll include, but I need help coming up with some new additions.  What songs do you use to get you motivated and pumped up?  What would you include on your tournament soundtrack?  Let me know in the comments below.