deja vuing

i've had several moments of deja vu/weirdness lately as it relates to listening to music. observe:

1. heading home from work on tuesday, i heard one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands, 'hungry like the wolf' by duran duran. i happened to look at the clock in my car, to see how early or late i was leaving work: 5:40 p.m. the very next day, as i was driving to memphis, "hungry like the wolf" popped up on my random ipod playlist at exactly 5:40 p.m.

2. i was listening to some 80s tunes on one of the radio stations in memphis yesterday. i turned it on mid-song and at first thought i was listening to "jessie's girl" by rick springfield. i wasn't, but guess what the very next song was? indeed it was "jessie's girl" (i know you may think i've misspelt jessie, but i haven't.)

3. as i was headed back to nashville yesterday, i had the ipod random playlist back on. a poor copy of jimmy buffett's cover of "southern cross" came on and i chose to skip it because, well, it's of poor quality and i do have a better version of it on my playlist which numbers about 540 songs. the next song which popped up (and again, the playlist plays in random order) was the good version of jimmy buffett's cover of "southern cross."

somebody tell me what it all means.