If you ever wondered what Anderson Cooper from CNN listens to well here it is. Anderson recently put together a celebrity playlist of his favorite songs for iTunes. I love to read these, I like to see what musicians and actors/actresses are into. Anderson's songs say a lot about him as a person. He is well rounded in the music world and still loves his college days with The Pogues, REM, U2, The Clash and New Order. He dips into the new world of indie rock with +/- and also goes after the pioneers of the scene with Pavement and Yo La Tengo. Anderson keeps his finger on the pulse of whats going on in the music world, yeah he gets caught up in the moment with crappy bands like the Smashing Pumpkins but makes up for it with his other selections. From this list you can deduct that he would be a pretty cool person to hang out with....

1. Summer In Siam 3:50 The Pogues Streams of Whiskey - Live In Leysin, Switzerland 1991
2. Set the Ray to Jerry 4:10 Smashing Pumpkins Rarities and B-Sides
3. New Year's Day 5:35 U2 War
4. Feeling Good 2:53 Nina Simone Four Women: The Complete Nina Simone on Philips Recordings
5. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? 4:00 R.E.M. In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
6. Move On Up (Extended Version) 8:56 Curtis Mayfield Curtis
7. You've Just Got It All 4:25 Plus/Minus (+/-) Holding Patterns
8. Pressure Drop 3:24 The Clash Clash on Broadway
9. Tive Razão 4:32 Seu Jorge Cru
10. Coffee & TV 5:18 Blur The Best of Blur
11. You Can Have It All 4:37 Yo La Tengo Prisoners of Love - A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003 (Box Set)
12. Summer Babe 3:21 Pavement Slanted and Enchanted - Luxe and Reduxe
13. Speed Trials 3:15 Elliott Smith Speed Trials - EP
14. Crystal 4:16 New Order Singles
15. Ko Ko 4:59 Charlie Parker Bird of Paradise