1. Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.
--“Georgia” – Ray Charles I know, I know. 99.8% of people will say this song, but Ray’s voice sounds so plaintive and full of longing and you just know that deep in his heart he’s serious. I love it.
2. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
--“Ne Plus Ultra” – Mortal There was something about the intense industrial/thrash nature of this song that just seemed cleansing. I would emerge feeling fresh and ready to go again.
3. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and wound up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song.
--“Faded Love” - by ?. Not the Patsy Cline/ Leeann Rimes song. I don’t even remember the name of the group now. That one song was wonderful and lyric and transcendent, the rest of the album was putrid
4. A great song in a language other than English.
--La Bell Dame Sans Regrets - Sting. Tres Magnifique!
5. Your least favorite song on one of your favorite albums of all time.
--“Indian Winter” – 77’s. The rest of Drowning with Land in Sight is a fantastic album; this one's a clunker
6. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
--“Tainted Love” - Marilyn Manson. I can’t even stand the sight of the man, but this cover is so freakin’ good. I think it expresses the song better than the original.
7. Your favorite song that has expletives in it that's not by Liz Phair.
--Break Stuff – Limp Bizkit. Another catharticragereleasingbangyouhead song.
8. A song that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.
--from Mitch-”Take On Me, Ah-Hah.” Can’t do better than that one
9. A song you like (possibly from your past) that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.
--“King of Calypso” – Ed’s Redeeming Qualities. “ I could be like Belafonte, a calypso singer with a rock-n-roll body, but I’m not. I’m from Ohio.”
10. A song that reminds you of spring but doesn't mention spring at all.
--“DreamWeaver” – Garry Wright
11. A song that sounds to you like being happy feels.
--“Love Shack” – B-52’s. Bouncy Happy Joy Fun Time
12. Your favorite song from a non-soundtrack compilation album.
--“Bouquet” – Sixpence None the Richer, from I Predict A Clone
13. A song that reminds you of high school.
--“Here I go Again (on my own)” – Whitesnake. It was my schools senior song at the prom. Ahh, wistful youth……
14. A song that reminds you of college.
--“Dead Man’s Party” – Oingo Boingo. “Everybody’s calling, leave your body at the door”
15. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise dislike.
--“The Red Strokes” – Garth Brooks. Really don’t like the guys’ stuff, except for this gem.
16. A song by a band that features three or more female members.
--Highways & Hedges” The Little Warvey Girls.
17. One of the earliest songs that you can remember listening to.
--“Boy from New York City” – Manhattan Transfer
18. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.
--“Gangsters Paradise” - Coolio.
19. A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.
--“Istanbul” – They Might Be Giants. “Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the Turks!”
20. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
--“Spring” – Antonio Vivaldi. Never fails to pull my view off of my feet and point it to the horizon.

"Cruella de Ville!" How could I have forgotten? Lovely choice.

"World Shut Your Mouth" is a cool tune as well.

For "Tainted Love" - are you thinking Soft Cell? Because other than that song, they were a wretched group.

The happy happy joy joy song - Love Shack's not bad, but I could have answered "Roam", which really fits the bill (and I like the B52s when Fred Schneider's not singing).

Mitch,

Marilyn Manson did a cover of Tainted love, by Soft Cell. And you're right, they were a wretched group. Yes. Both of them.

And as for Fred Schneider, I think he's half the allure of the group. He's like watching the drunk guy at the party do all of those self-embarrassing tricks as the sobers egg him on. Always makes me laugh.

Reminds me of a pointless anecdote, I actually saw the 52's at Red Rocks, climbed over a bunch of rocks with my brothers friends to sneak in. One of the greatest Concerts I remember, mostly because of the fact that "we broke the law to get in " snicker snicker. A daring young outing and somehow fitting it should be for the B-52's.

Mitch,

"While You See A Chance" would've been a strong contender for my high-school song had I thought of it. Sophomore year I was in a band that played it, very, very badly, at the senior prom. Ah, heedless youth.

All off the top of my head, subject to change at whim. As a great man said, "this is music. Few things are more important."

1. Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.
"London Calling," The Clash

2. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
"Telling Me Lies," Linda Thompson. Worst. Breakup. Ever.

3. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and wound up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song.
It's probably happened many times, as that used to be just about the only way to figure out whether to buy an album, for me. No internet samples, no listening stations at the record shop in Snellville. I can't name one off the top, though. Probably because I wouldn't listen to that album if I didn't wind up liking it, and the song would be tainted.

4. A great song in a language other than English.
"Tsintsqaro (At The Spring)," Alan Gasser
"Polegnala E Todora," Bulgarian Women's Choir. Just flattens me every time I hear it, even if I play it 5 times in a row to try to build up immunity.

5. Your least favorite song on one of your favorite albums of all time.
"Star," From "Ziggy Stardust"

6. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
Just about anything by the Pretenders. Oh, Chrissy, why did you have to turn into such a virulent moonbat?

7. Your favorite song that has expletives in it that's not by Liz Phair.
Can't remember the title, it's a Julian Cope song in which the entire chorus is "Fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou."

8. A song that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.
Well, I like Madonna ok, and she sometimes affects a British accent, so I'm gonna say "La Isla Bonita."

9. A song you like (possibly from your past) that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.
I've never had any trouble finding songs.

10. A song that reminds you of spring but doesn't mention spring at all.
Can't remember the title, it's a Julian Cope song in which the entire chorus is "Fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou fuckyou."

11. A song that sounds to you like being happy feels.
"She's The One," Bruce

12. Your favorite song from a non-soundtrack compilation album.
My answers to #2 are both found on the album "Invocation"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JRMB/qid=1086966995/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-4603902-8971928

13. A song that reminds you of high school.
TCB by BTO! Of course, high school was very important, musically, but I bonded with a redneck chick over that song (nothin' carnal, mind you). It was my first inkling that music could mean as much to someone else, even someone as far removed socially from me, as it did to me.

14. A song that reminds you of college.
Not so much college because I was a commuter student so there's really no "there" associated with college for me. Also my student years were spread out over nearly a decade. So I'm going to substitute "Army days" and go with "Matte Kudasai" by King Crimson, which helped me through some serious hard shit.

15. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise dislike.
"Larger Than Life," Backstreet Boys. My son was at a perfect age to like them intensely for about 6 months, and I heard the CD a lot.

16. A song by a band that features three or more female members.
Anything by The Roches. Those girls rock so hard. Um, favorite? Right now, probably "Maid Of The Seas." No, "Quitting Time." No, "Mr. Sellack." Dang.

17. One of the earliest songs that you can remember listening to.
"Hang On Sloopy" by whoever did that. "I Love You a Bushel & A Peck" by my Aunt Pearl.

18. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.
Pretty much anything by Kate Bush.

19. A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.
Oh, wow...this is a hard one. I'm going to go with the entire "Pinups" album of Bowie. I suspect that never got its due.

20. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
"Rock and Roll Suicide," by Bowie, when I needed it most.

PS I've heard the Replacements "Cruelle de Ville"

1. Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.

Cities-Talking Heads. Did I forget to mention Memphis? Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks...

2. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.

In My Life-The Beatles.

3. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and wound up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song.

Desert Rose - Sting, Brand New Day. I like Sting, but that album sucks.

4. A great song in a language other than English.

Da, Da, Da-Trio...I'm not sure it's in any language, actually.

5. Your least favorite song on one of your favorite albums of all time.

Out on the Tiles-Led Zep III. This really is a great, and now often overlooked album, but when I get to this cut...

6. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.

Message of Love and lots of other Pretenders songs. Someone else said it: Chrissy Hynde is one of the great assholes of our time. And a lunatic.

7. Your favorite song that has expletives in it that's not by Liz Phair.

Why Am I Alway's Fuckin' Up? - Neil Young

8. A song that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.

ditto: Take On Me, Ah-Hah.

9. A song you like (possibly from your past) that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.

Robert Gordon: Are You Gonna Be the One? A Rockabilly great, made in the 1980s...try to find the CD.

10. A song that reminds you of spring but doesn't mention spring at all.

Pickin' Up the Pieces-Poco

11. A song that sounds to you like being happy feels.

Fly Me to The Moon - Frank Sinatra (tie) Volare! Dean Martin

12. Your favorite song from a non-soundtrack compilation album.

Not sure what this means...

13. A song that reminds you of high school.

Date me time. Fire-Jimi Hendrix.

14. A song that reminds you of college.

Gimme Shelter-Rolling Stones

15. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise dislike.

Alanis Morrisette's blow job song.

16. A song by a band that features three or more female members.

Cruel Summer-Bananarama

17. One of the earliest songs that you can remember listening to.

"Hound Dog" - Elvis

18. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

19. A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.

Powderfinger - The Beat Farmers

20. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty

Powderfinger is an amazing song, and not only am I surprised you've found a great cover, I'm always surprised when somebody mentions this song.