There's a feeling I get when I look to the West

Question was posed to me a couple days ago and I didn't sit down to think about it until tonight.

The world is coming to an end and it's just you and your spouse left. You can save 80 minutes of music (one CD). What do you chose?

Here was my list (when in doubt I usually went with the shorter tunes):

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (8:01)
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (6:53)
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (3:03)
Alicia Keys - Fallin (3:30)
Bob Marley - Redemption Song (3:49)
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire (2:42)
The Descendants - Silly Girl (live version) (2:09)
Diana Ross & The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On (3:15)
Massive Attack - Angel (6:19)
The Doors - Break On Through (2:26)
Eminem - Lose Yourself (5:26)
George Straight - I can still make Cheyenne (4:11)
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle (4:33)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (3:59)
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (3:09)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (3:18)
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (2:42)
Patsy Cline - Crazy (2:44)
Warren G - Regulate (4:09)
Yeah yeah yeah's - Maps (3:40)

1:19:58

Again there were SERIOUS trade-offs. Lots of tunes I wanted on here, but if they got over 4:30 in length I knew they would be costing a couple shorter songs their spots. In the end I wanted variety instead of the best of the best (which might have only been 8-10 songs).

The first two were the only absolute, stone cold locks. I knew I wanted Stairway and Hallelujah the moment I sat down to figure this out.

The rest is a mixed bag. Certainly not a representation of the best music ever, but then again I'm not an expert on music either. I've also got time restraints. Sorry Beethoven.

I tried to get a mix of genres.

- I chose Since U Been Gone over Billy Jean (pop)

- Welcome to the Jungle over Smells like Teen Spirit (honestly, time was the determining factor here)

- The Doors got in because of the instruments and the length of Break on Through.

- George and Patsy help out the country side.

- Warren and Eminem for hip-hop, thought I could have gone with EPMD or Mob Deep.

- Massive Attack, despite the length, had to be on there. Electronica, trippy, big time sound.

- I needed something punk. I thought Dead Kennedys but I don't know if they have the influence. The Descendants do. They invented pop-punk. When you hear The Ataris, Green Day, Paramore, New Found Glory and countless other four-chord wonders singing about teenage years and lost love, thank The Descendants. Silly Girl works for this list.

- Alicia Keys, her pipes and her piano needed inclusion.

- Jimi had to show what a guitar is capable of.

I'm satisfied.