Kevin Smith’s iTunes Playlist That Never Was

Kevin Smith was asked to submit a Celebrity Playlist to iTunes but in the end it didn’t work out because he wrote too much for each song. Apparantly “two sentences” is all the iTunes Store can handle. So instead of editing it down, Smith just posted the entire list on his blog. A highlight:

Track: Living in Sin

Artist: Bon Jovi

Album: New Jersey

Some folks may feel like I’ve tossed my street cred by ranking Bill Hicks and Bon Jovi in the same playlist, but fuck ‘em. I’m from Jersey; what do you expect? Besides – anyone who denies ever enjoying any Bon Jovi track is lying to you. It was a tough call, picking just one Bon Jovi track instead of twelve; and the temptation was there to go with one of the bigger, stadium-rock anthems like “Wanted Dead or Alive” (because, I’ve seen a million faces, and I like to think I rocked ‘em all, too). But for repeated plays, I lean toward the more ballad-y Jon Bon, and more than “Never Say Goodbye” and “I’ll Be There for You” (which will forever represent the Prom song genre to me), I dig this track. Fuck you – it’s sexy, man. This song makes me want to get into some heavy teenage petting. But, y’know – with my wife, not an actual teenager; sex with an actual teenager would be illegal, and as much as I love the Jov, I ain’t doing time for any former hair-band.

PS: The excellent “Clerks 2” comes out on DVD tomorrow.