Joaquin Phoenix + Reese Witherspoon: Jackson

Celebrity karaoke at its finest…and most attractive.

LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out

I don’t care what Antoine says: We’re definitely having this played at our wedding reception.

REM: Nightswimming

This must be my very favorite REM record. Beautiful.

Spin Doctors: Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong

My father and brother used to call me Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong. Wonder why!

Spin Doctors: Two Princes

I don’t even know if I like this song, but it reminds me of sitting in World History class when I was 15, singing it with Karri and Karen. Oh my gosh, we’re old.

Son Volt: Drown

I’ve never heard any other songs by Son Volt, but when I was a teenager, I remember driving around just wishing so hard that this song would come on the radio. (If someone had told me about mp3s and YouTube back then, I would have been even more pissed off about it still being the ’90s.)

Lee Majors: The Unknown Stuntman

I’ve never spent much time in school / But I’ve taught ladies plenty… My little brother and I absolutely LOVED The Fall Guy, and we HAD to be in front of the TV every Wednesday night in time to sing along to the theme song. (Thanks to Joe for having this on his iPod and blasting it in the car last night.)

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No 2

I loooooove this one, which one of my ex-boyfriends and I used to listen to obsessively. How cool that someone’s matched the music with Kate Moss stripping (originally from the White Stripes video she did)! I have no idea when this was composed.

Counting Crows: Hanging Around

Yes, I enjoy Counting Crows. (Or, at least, I loved their first album when I was a teenager and also very much enjoy this single. I haven’t heard anything else they’ve made since 1995.)

Mary Chapin Carpenter: I Take My Chances

I must have listened to the Come On Come On album about 60,000 times my senior year in high school. Now I can cry until I laugh and laugh until I cry. (Sorry for the homemade video some YouTuber made: This is the only time you’ll see Julia Roberts here, I promise.)

Alison Krauss + Union Station: New Favorite

Ignore the video. Why do you lie about love? I saw the light go out.

Alison Krauss + Union Station: Lucky One

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Alison Krauss can’t put a note wrong. (Though I am a bit concerned with how much she looks like Posh Spice in this video.) It would be wrong to ignore the awesomeness of the rest of the band, too.