This Was Fun
A big ol' music list. I found out about this by reading the Cheek blog.
1. Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.
The Standells - "Dirty Water"
2. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
The Verve - "So It Goes"
3. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and winded up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song.
The Waterboys - "A Life Of Sundays"
4. A song whose lyrics you thought you knew in the past, but about which you later learned you were incorrect.
Aerosmith - "Mama Kin"
5. Your least favorite song on one of your favorite albums of all time.
Black Sabbath - "Am I Going Insane"
6. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
Billy Idol - "Sweet Sixteen"
7. Your favorite song that has expletives in it that's not by Liz Phair.
Guns n' Roses - "You're Crazy" (Lies acoustic version)
8. A song that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.
The Knickerbockers - "Lies"
9. A song you like (possibly from your past) that took you forever to finally
locate a copy of.
Angel City - "Face The Day"
10. A song that reminds you of spring but doesn't mention spring at all.
The Ohio Players - "Fire"
11. A song that sounds to you like being happy feels.
Sly & The Family Stone - "Life"
12. Your favorite song from a non-soundtrack compilation album.
Soul Asylum - "Summer Of Drugs"
13. A song from your past that would be considered politically incorrect now
(and possibly was then).
Mott the Hoople - "All The Way From Memphis"
14. A song sung by an overweight person.
Steve Earle - "Everyone's In Love With You"
15. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise hate.
Radiohead - "Optimistic"
16. A song by a band that features three or more female members.
Sleater-Kinney - "Milkshake n' Honey"
17. One of the earliest songs that you can remember listening to.
Johnny Cash - "Ring Of Fire"
18. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.
Prince - "Let's Go Crazy"
19. A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.
Faster Pussycat - "You're So Vain"
20. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "When The Time Comes"
22. A song not in English—preferably a foreign-language version of an English-language hit.
David Lee Roth - "Yankee Rose" (Spanish version)