What is Playing On Brady Quinn's iPod?

This is a new feature here at the Ghosts that spawned as a bastard child to our slightly more serious music posts - the Mixed Tape collection. Anyway, from time to time, we'll catch up with our favorite athletes (well, theoretically that is) and let the world know what they are tuning into on their iPods.

For Brady Quinn it’s been an off-season where he can’t seem to keep himself away from a suspecting camera lens and/or constant internet ridicule. And so today, we’ve decided to jump in on the party while the music is still playing. And thus, we are scoping out Brady Quinn's “On-The-Go/Guilty Pleasures” playlist on his iPod. Needless to say, we were more than pleasantly surprised by the findings. Take a listen…

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – R.E.M: If ever Brady gets his song of choice in the locker room, Browns players will be treated to this ditty. This is only selected after a win though and it’s a little victory cigar for B-Quinn to tune into as he showers with the other fellas. It also goes well as a shower sing-a-ling and a towel snapper on the bare butt cheeks of unsuspecting teammates. “That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn…”

Let's Hear It For The Boy, Deniece Williams: You know how a few years ago it was en vogue for football players to work on their dexterity by training in ballet dancing. Well, Brady really dug that whole idea and took it a step further. This Youtube clip highlights pretty much exactly what Brady Quinn does with his receivers every year. What you couldn't see in A.J. Hawk's wedding photos was Samardzija and Quinn performed this scene in its entirety. According our Cleveland insider, McBain, Brady Quinn and Kellen Winslow have been seen around town doing that chicken strut every day after practice.



Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson: Pure Gold. This is the song Brady would sing if he were ever on “Star Search” or now-a-days “American Idol.” He often practices the performance of his dreams shirtless in front of his own mirror, crotch grabs and all ladies. He’s even um, rumored to have, um…pleasured himself to this song while giving the “mean face” in the mirror. Now, that I guess really is talking to the man in the mirror. “If you want make the world a better place, take a look at yourself…and make that change.”

I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd: Now you may be thinking that this song is well before Brady Quinn’s time, but you have to understand the man is a musical connoisseur. Fittingly enough, he uses this as his “sexy time” track…even if that means sex without contact. Rumor has it he can make a woman or a gay man climax if they were to stare at his bare chest for longer than 2 minutes. And we wonder why he is known as man casserole?

Africa - Toto: Africa has always been in heavy rotation in Brady's shower repertoire. He loves to whisk hair back and kiss the rain, just like he too is in Africa. Rumor has it that he actually used his classic "kiss the rains down in Africa" pose in the recent article of Men's Health magazine. A source close to the male modeling world has indicated that "this pose is going to be big, like Blue Steel big."

Besides, who doesn’t love Toto? Don’t ask Brady Quinn, because he doesn’t want to hear that nonsense. This is also a staple of Brady’s private Myspace profile. To him, there is no such thing as an ubberly gay 80’s love ballad with a peppy beat. Music is simply music, and there are only two categories…good or bad. Guess where this fits on the B-Quinn grading system?

Every Rose has its Thorn - Poison: We all know Brady Quinn is a huge Bret Michaels fan. Yet, this one still always gets Brady where it hurts most - in the thorn wound. Bittersweet. This was on the first mixed tape he ever made for his long time crush in middle school. They used to dance at the sock hops and sway, as this became “their” song. Yet, I guess every rose does have its thorn, because she moved on and left Brady with a broken heart. He carries those memories with him everyday and uses it as motivation on the field.

Chains of Love - Erasure: Un-leashing the inner ubber-gayness from deep down.

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves: This is Brady’s “TGIF” song. He usually tunes the iPod on the FM dial and rolls the windows down once he leaves the Browns Summer practice facility. Once he vanishes from the parking lot, he wildly immerses himself in this 80’s classic (hand motions and all). He was seen humming this tune with his Earbuds on just after the Browns drafted him. And he’s never been shy about singing-a-long: “I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! And don't it feel good!”

Down Under - Men at Work: Ever since we heard what Brady Quinn thought a "giving a vegemite sandwich" meant, we're sort of weirded out by this one.

YMCA - The Village People: Look, if you feed me in the paint, I'm gonna lay it in.

Everybody (Backstreet's Back) – Backstreet Boys: This is war music. Most people prefer Metallica, maybe System of a Down, Korn…etc…something loud, heavy and full of adrenaline to get ready for Football. Not B-Quinn, no sir -- nothing spells pure, raw energy like this tune. He loves to give the chest a rub down and throw on the eye black, as he rehearses the moves of his favorite boy band evah! How could he not get pumped listening to this song? “Everybody. Yeah. Rock your body. Yeah. Everybody…rock your body right…Backstreet's back, ALRIGHT?”

How to Save a Life – The Fray: This is Brady’s chance to get his mind away from the football field. It’s a chance to build the comrade and share a normal life with his "true" buddies, who still know him simply as Brady. Many a night has Brady and his boys shared Zima’s and sung the heartfelt lyrics to this tune as the wee hours of the morning sank in. “Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend..somewhere along in the bitterness. And I would have stayed up with you all night…had I known how to save a life.”