For Every Occasion

Hard to avoid Red's musical memes.

This one? Best songs for twenty different occasions.

1. Hate song? Best song about hate? "Clampdown" by the Clash. Best song expressing hatred? Red's call, "Father of Mine" by Everclear, is a good place to start.

2. Love song? "All I Want Is You", U2

3. Crush or Flirt song? "Dover Beach", Bangles.

4. Fuck song? "Duelling Banjos", Eric Weissberg. No, I'm just kidding. It's really "Voodoo", Godsmack.

5. Goofy song? Either "Cretin Hop" by the Ramones, or Prince's "Housequake".

6. Dance song? "DMSR", Prince.

7. Rage song? Always, always "Anarchy In The UK" by the Sex Pistols

8. Slow song? "Baby Be My Friend", Iron City Houserockers.

9. Make-up Song? "Dance With Me", Iron City Houserockers.

10. Redneck song? "Sweet Home Alabama" is, first, last and always, the best in this category.

11. Make-out song? Much as it pains me to say, "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones.

12. Break-up song? "Jenny", Richard Thompson

13. Happy song? "Closer To Free", BoDeans.

14. Sad song? This is a solid tie between "I Wish It Would Rain", by the Four Tops, and "Here Comes A Regular" by the Replacements. I love them both.

15. Corny song? "These Boots Were Made For Walking", by Nancy Sinatra and a dizzying variety of covering artists, from Jessica Simpson to Megadeth.

16. Christmas song? Of the rock and roll era? "2000 Miles", Pretenders. Of all time? "Oh Come All Ye Faithful". Or maybe "The Hallelujah Chorus".

17. Perverted or Horny song? Gotta be "Erotic City" by Prince. There really is no substitute. Although "Laid" by James has its place as well.

18. Boring song? If I could remember the names and/or artists, I'd have hundreds of finalists; I just don't retain the names or artists of things that bore me. Many possibilities; most of the Pink Floyd, Yes, Yngwie Malmsteen, Alan Holdsworth or Steve Howe discography.

19. Favorite song? At the moment: Hard to pick. Probably Allison Krause's "And The Angels Cried" - I've been humming it nonstop for a week or so now. Etermally: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town", Springsteen. No question. Close second: "Great Northern Avenue", Tenant's Union. Favorite recent (last five years) song: "Love And Hate", Frankie Perez.

20. Funeral song? I don't know many good "funeral" songs per se, but my favorite song involving the untimely death of a principal is "1952 Vincent Black Lighting" by Richard Thompson.

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