2005-08-26 
 

tag you're it

My good friend Michael just tagged me with a meme. For this meme, I'm supposed to list out 10 tunes I've been listening to a lot lately. (For some interesting quotes about what a meme is go here.)

Note: there is a difference between 10 tunes you love at the moment and 10 tunes that you can't seem to get out of your life at the moment, but for me, almsot all of this list falls into the love category.

Two more points of explanation before the list begins.

1. I've recently become quite addicted to Sim City 4. As with the other Sims games, there's an option that allows you to input your own mp3s so that they'll play in the background, and I've made good use of this feature.

2. Point number one aside, my mp3 catalog is minimal and consists mainly of college memory music with some random new stuff sprinkled in. Okay, enough stalling.

My 10 songs in no particular order:

How Soon is Now - The Smiths
I no longer feel black on the inside, but I still wear black on the outside.

Bach – Brandenburg Concertos
It's great for the Region part of Sim City 4. Helps me feel like a real deity.

Ariel - October Project
Just a beautiful song that haunts me.

Love is a Stranger – Eurythmics
Such a soft spot for the whole Sweet Dreams album. (Yes, I remember owning vinyl, so I'm allowed to call them albums.)

Savage – Eurythmics
From a later album, but still gotta love lines like, "These are my guns, these are my furs, this is my living room…"

Filthy Gorgeous – Scissor Sisters
Already loved the Sisters, but when the video for this particular song came out it completely sucked me in. Reminded me of a very specific time in my life and inspired me to finally go buy the whole album.

Comfortably Numb – Scissor Sisters
My first glimpse of the Sisters. How can you not love a song that sounds like the BGs singing Pink Floyd?

Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
Can't say why, but this song almost always makes me happy.

Never For Ever - Kate Bush
Yes, I'm cheating on this one. The whole album is on the playlist and it's hard to say that one song sticks in my head more than any other. (Hounds would be on here if I'd moved that folder over into
the game instead .)

One Word – Kelly Osbourne
Well, I am a gay man after all.

SO, to make this a true meme, I need to propogate it. I tag Chris because he seems to like lists lately, though his list will probably be devoted to either Elmo tunes or songs from a certain group that starts with an R. I tag James because he needs a good excuse to write an update and has a nice eclectic taste in music, and...well Simon's on a break, though I'd be interested to know what the young folk are listening too.

Fact is, most folks I'd tag who also read this site don't do the blog thing. Dude and Dudette...no blogs. Brian O...no blog. M...out of the country, but also no blog. Michelle J....how I'd love to see your list!...but alas no blog.

Most of the other blogs I read, I'm too shy to tag. (Yes, I understand that the preceding statement may sound strange coming from someone who types his life out for all to read, but you'll have to believe me...it's true.)

So random blogger reading this. If you'd like to share your current 10 with the world, I say go for it.

Labels: memes

* posted by me at 12:39 AM

Comments:

sweet! i do love lists, and I can think of a few people to pass this along to

# posted by  Christoff : 11:42 AM, August 26, 2005

 

As you said, I don't have a blog of my own, so I'll use yours. I don't have time to think too hard right now, so I'll let iTunes do it for me. Here are my top 10 most often played (actually top 13, since some are tied for number of plays). There's a heavy 80's lean - I recently DJ'ed an 80's party, and I've been listening to that playlist a lot.

1) Mmmbop (Hanson): Yes, this is the number one most played song on my iPod. I'm not ashamed.

2) Filthy/Gorgeous (Scissor Sisters): This song is the soundtrack to my life. Sometimes.

3) Move Your Feet (Junior/Senior): I know this came out a while back, but I didn't have an iPod then.

4) I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow)

4) Video Killed the Radio Star (The Buggles)

4) Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)

4) Footloose (Kenny Loggins)

4) Our House (Madness)

4) Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and ELO)

10) It's a Sunshine Day (The Brady Bunch): This is a really, really good song. Honestly. Bobby gets seriously funky.

10) Michael (Franz Ferdinand): Gay song from cute straight Scottish rockers

10) Take Your Mama (Scissor Sisters)

Can you tell I like to dance?

# posted by  Brian O : 2:23 PM, August 30, 2005

 

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