Life's Soundtrack Is Not Out Of Print

[I see a meme/I pick it up/What I wouldn't give/For one good...]

[(Sam posted this...)]

Name a song....

...that reminds you of an ex:
"Nathan Jones" Bananarama.

...that makes you cry:
"The Wrong Child" R.E.M.

...that reminds you of your childhood:
"Elvira" The Oak Ridge Boys.

...that reminds you of high school:
"Relax" Frankie Goes To Hollywood. (Or any of the many vaguely Latin-sounding marching band charts whose titles always seemed to begin with "C": "Conquistador," "Cayetano," etc. Bonus points when the title included an exclamation point.)

...that mirrors you too closely:
Wise Up Aimee Mann.

...that makes you laugh:
I'll Never Tell Emma Caulfield & Nicholas Brendon. (You knew I'd throw one from "Once More With Feeling" in here somewhere, right?)

...that will always get you up to dance:
"You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record)" Dead or Alive.

...that you used to hate, but now love:
"Material Girl" Madonna. (I took myself and the world way too seriously in high school; unique, right?)

...that you love but wouldn't know of if it weren't for a friend:
"This Charming Man" or really anything by the Smiths. (One was so clueless in 1989...)

...that you like from your parents' collection:
"Poison Ivy" The Coasters

...that makes you think of sex:
Kundalini Express Love and Rockets

...that is your anthem:
True Faith New Order.

...that is your ultimate love song:
Pure" The Lightning Seeds.

...that reminds you of something nasty:
"Cream" Prince.

...that reminds you of a break-up:
"Sitting Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" Primitive Radio Gods.

...that makes you think of your friends:
I Thought You Were My Boyfriend The Magnetic Fields. (Will the National Guard please come police my boundaries?)

...that is held between you and a friend:
"Treachery" Kirsty MacColl.

...that would be your choice for a national anthem:
"Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille b/w "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Joy Division. (Which nation was not specified.)

...that changed your life in some pragmatic way:
"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor. (Yes, really. Hey, I was ten years old, and the teenage girls over on the next street used to play disco records in their garage. I learned to play well with others to that song and several others on this fine company's compilations - I think it was Hot Nights and City Lights.)

[Well...this shows more clearly than anything that I'm white, middle class, gay, and about to turn 37.]

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