Boy, do I like lists. So how could I resist this meme? Taken from Bill Sherman, with some of the categories he deleted added back in and some new ones of my own thrown on the end for good measure. Pass it on!
THE FAVORITE SONGS MEME
Favorite Beatles song: I prefer “the Beatles gestalt” rather than naming any one Beatles song, but okay, fine, “Mother Nature’s Son”
Favorite solo song by a former Beatle: “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison
Favorite Bob Dylan song: I don’t really have one
Favorite Pixies song: “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
Favorite Prince song: “Purple Rain”
Favorite Michael Jackson song: “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough”
Favorite Depeche Mode song: “Enjoy the Silence”
Favorite Cure song: “Pictures of You”
Favorite song that most of your friends haven’t heard: “2HB” by Roxy Music
Favorite Beastie Boys song: “Shake Your Rump”
Favorite Police song: “Synchronicity II”
Favorite Sex Pistols song: “God Save the Queen”
Favorite song from a movie: “Into the West” by Annie Lennox from The Return of the King
Favorite Blondie song: I dislike Blondie, but I guess “Heart of Glass”
Favorite Genesis song: I don’t really have one
Favorite Led Zeppelin song: sort of a Beatles-esque situation for me, but I guess I’d go with “No Quarter”
Favorite INXS song: “Don’t Change”/”Mediate” (tie)
Favorite Weird Al song: “Smells Like Nirvana”
Favorite Pink Floyd song: “Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up”
Favorite cover song: “Across the Universe” originally performed by the Beatles, as covered by David Bowie
Favorite dance song: “Born Slippy.NUXX” by Underworld
Favorite U2 song: “Lemon”
Favorite disco song: “Born to Be Alive” by Patrick Hernandez
Favorite The Who song: “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Favorite Elton John song: the opening riff from “The Bitch Is Back”
Favorite Clash song: “The Card Cheat”
Favorite David Bowie song: “Stay”
Favorite Nirvana song: “Come As You Are