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I've been meaning to start this post for a long time...since August, to be exact! That's when I started pole dancing, you see, and I've been meaning to make a list of all the music I bring to class to dance to each week.

How it works is...we get half an hour at the end of class to dance. The first 4 months we stick to the routine we're taught in the beginning, as we get more comfortable with the movement and expression. Now that I'm in Level 3, we start moving away from the routine and towards free dance, which I really can't wait for! I don't think that comes until the end of Level 4 though.

Anyway, during this dance time we each get to bring in a song we want to dance to. At first they had to be slow, but now it can be anything. So I am going to make an effort to keep track of everything I bring to class.

+ RCV 22:20 - Puscifer (AWESOME SONG.)
+ Joyful Girl - Dave Matthews and Soulive
+ Change - Deftones (sometimes you're just angry.)
+ My Body is a Cage - Arcade Fire (another awesome song.)
+ Glory Box - Portishead (this was really powerful. give me a reason to love you)
+ Mouth (Stingray Mix) - Bush (wanted to dance to this since high school)
+ Hang Me Up to Dry - Cold War Kids (kinda defiant, I got pretty sassy)
+ Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden (another high school dream)
+ Psychotic Girl - The Black Keys (very sexy song)
+ Paper Planes - MIA (did not work. at all.)
+ If You Wear That Velvet Dress - Bono and Jools Holland (super sexy. needs a strip tease)
+ Erotica - Madonna (wanted to dance to this since I was 8. Seriously. I used to get yelled at for singing it.)
+ Careless Whisper - Seether
+ Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer (poignant. Working through stuff.)
+ Worrisome Heart - Melody Gardot (stole from work. Very jazzy.)
+ The Warning - Neverending White Lights (I tore this song up. Again, working through stuff.)
+ Do It Again - Tori Amos
+ Videophone - Beyonce and Lady Gaga (so hot. Love them)
+ Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
+ Abnormally Attracted to Sin - Tori Amos
+ Easy - Faith No More
+ Queer - Garbage
+ Daisy - Brand New
+ Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leopard
+ Appetite (For Lightin' Dynamite) - Citizen Cope
+ Voodoo - Godsmack
+ Me, I'm a Thief - Sarah Slean
+ iieee - Tori Amos
+ Smokey Joe - Tori Amos
+ I've Been Thinking - Handsome Boys Modeling School
+ Long as I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival
+ Love the Way You Lie - Eminem
+ Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation
+ The Plan - Battlestar Galactica
+ Lavinia - The Veils
+ Everything Will Be Alright - The Killers
+ Brave New World - Richard Ashcroft
+ Pretty Piece of Flesh - One Inch Punch
+ Skullflower - The Sound of Animals Fighting
+ Lakini's Juice - Live
+ Rooster - Alice in Chains
+ Heartless - Kanye West
+ Devil's Got Ahold of Me -
+ Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
+ Strong Black Vine - Tori Amos
+ Closer (Deviation Mix) - Nine Inch Nails

Some songs that other people have brought in or that we've danced to during class:

+ Feelin' Love - Paula Cole (this was on my list, someone just got to it first. SO HOT)
+ Shadowboxer - Fiona Apple (the longing. oh man.)
+ Naughty Girl - Beyonce
+ Buttons - Pussycat Dolls (super fun)
+ Purple Rain - Prince (this song was made to be danced to)
+ Last Name - Carrie Underwood
+ Nasty Naughty Boy - Christina Aguilera
+ Red Light Special - TLC
+ 9 Crimes - Damien Rice
+ Criminal - Fiona Apple
+ Womanizer - Britney Spears
+ The Beginning is the End is the Beginning - Smashing Pumpkins (another YES. super hot and dark)
+ Talk Show Host - Radiohead
+ El Tango De Roxanne - Moulin Rouge
+ Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing - Chris Isaak (but she's sooo good at it)
+ Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith (great for the pole!)
+ Bossy - Kelis (another great pole song)
+ Comedown - Bush
+ Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
+ This is How a Heart Breaks - Rob Thomas (different from the album version, much darker and smoking hot)
+ Unsuffer Me - Lucinda Williams
+ Closer - Kings of Leon
+ Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
+ Apologize - OneRepublic
+ Take My Breath Away - Berlin

There are more, obviously, but I can't remember them. Oh well.

I have a lot more in my poledancing playlist that I haven't been able to use yet. I'm also constantly on the lookout for more! I've spent so much on iTunes, I love it.

I really need to get my own pole...

One of the best things in the whole world is being in a dark room listening to your iPod, just letting your mind go where the music takes you.