Notes by Nectar

So it’s been over 2 years since I’ve been a regular gym-goer and the weirdest thing happened to my playlist. When I moved to Dubai, I bought a new laptop. Once I’d transferred all my music over to my new laptop and connected my iPod to it, several songs wouldn’t play. I kept getting the message that I wasn’t ‘authorised’ to play certain songs (Don’t Give Up – Bryan Adams, Doctor Pressure – Mylo, Fade – Solu Music to name a few) even after I’d authorised my computer to use them. I got used to not hearing them because they wouldn’t even play in iTunes on my laptop.

Last week, I plugged in my iPod to update it. I recently decided to start training for a 10k race in January and decided I needed to update my iPod. While I was on the treadmill last week, all the songs I hadn’t heard in ages started playing! And yes, some of it is cheesy but I grew up in the 80s…

So now my playlist consists of (in alphabetical order):

• Addy Traxxx Dance Mix Summer 2012 (this was made by one of my brother’s friends – it’s almost an hour long and includes artists like Gotye, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Maroon 5, Usher – it’s awesome)
• Meet Me Halfway – Black Eyed Peas
• World Hold On – Bob Sinclair
• Don’t Give Up – Bryan Adams and Chicane
• Jumbo Jumbo – The Caramel Club
• Got to Be Real – Cheryl Lynn
• Get Lucky – Daft Punk/Pharrell
• Under Your Spell – Desire
• We Came to Party – DJ Adam J
• You Know What’s Up – Donnell Jones
• Let’s Groove Tonight – Earth Wind and Fire
• I Like It – Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull
• Fastlove (Forthright Edition) – George Michael
• Flawless – George Michael
• Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
• Kiss on My List – Hall & Oates (cheesy but it makes me smile)
• Fame – Irene Cara
• Love Will Never Do (Without You) – Janet Jackson
• Beautiful (Jocie in My Room Mix) – Jask, Jocie
• On the Floor – Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull
• Man in Motion – John Parr
• Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
• Nightcall – Kavinsky
• I’m Free – Kenny Loggins
• All Night Long (House Remix) – Lionel Richie
• I’m in Miami Bitch – LMFAO
• Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
• One More Night – Maroon 5
• The Weekend – Michael Gray
• Don’t Stop Till You Get  Enough – Michael Jackson
• Remember the Time (New Jack Mix) – Michael Jackson
• Doctor Pressure (Dirty Radio Edit) – Mylo
• Closer – Ne-Yo
• Because of You – Ne-Yo
• Frontin’ – Pharrell/Jay-Z
• Easy Lover – Phil Collins
• Give Me Everything – Pitbull
• Calle Ocho – Pitbull
• Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke/Pharrell
• The Game of Love – Santana/Michelle Branch
• Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
• Fade – Solu Music
• Maybe Tomorrow – Stereophonics
• Dakota – Stereophonics
• Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
• The Way I Are – Timbaland
• DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love – Usher
• Somebody to Love – Usher/Justin Bieber
• If I Told You That – Whitney Houston/George Michael

The playlist is usually in ‘shuffle’ mode but I usually start with the hour-long mix at the top and never hear the other stuff on the playlist. I need to change that because it’s getting a little dull…

What am I missing? What works for you??