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Jump Around by House Of Pain, and Pull Up To The Bumper by Grace Jones: stuff people could dance to.
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Suzanne Vega
American singer-songwriter
Something by Leonard Cohen, I haven’t figured out which song yet.
Paul Giamatti
American actor
Highway To Hell.
Shania Twain
Singer and songwriter
I’ve been through a lot of grief in my life and there are intimate moments where you need to bawl your eyes out. As the dead person, I want to say: this is a moment you cannot control, life goes to shit sometimes. So I would choose Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin; some things you can’t change.
Rita Ora
British singer-songwriter
Frank Sinatra singing My Way.
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