Songs I Wish Someone Would Put On A Mix CD For Me, Or, My Play-And-Replay Songs Of The Past, Plus A Few

"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" by Lesley Gore -- It's just so darn catchy.

"I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio" by the Monty Python gang -- Again, catchy.

"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot -- I don't think I have enough serious music in my collection, and this one might impress people, especially if I learn all the words.

"You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive -- I used to have an awesome extended version on my iPod, but I lost it one of the times my iPod broke. I do have the Dope version though, and that's not bad.

"No Mermaid" by Sinead Lohan -- I had this on a mix tape once upon a time and just loved it. I still have a tape player, and I probably have the tape somewhere, but I'd like to be able to listen to the song on my computer like people in this century do.

"Don't" by Yve.N.Adam -- I believe this was on the same mix tape, and if I'm not mistaken, I copied both from the "Message In A Bottle" soundtrack a friend of mine owned. I used to listen to it over and over and over.

"Theme from The Greatest American Hero" by Joey Scarbury -- My sister tells me I used to love this show, or at least the song, when I was little. I don't remember that, but I do remember liking this catchy tune when it played on the sound system at the grocery store where I worked in high school.

"More More More" by whoever sang it first, not Rachel Stevens, who redid it, but all I know about the first lady was that she did porn -- I wish a knew another word for catchy, but I don't. So I'll just say that about this one too.

"Fields of Gold" by Sting -- This is another that I had on tape at one point. I saw Sting in concert for the first time in 1996, and that summer became the Summer of Sting. Everything he'd recorded up to that point made it into my (tape) collection, and this is one I'd really like to have in my iTunes as well.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole' -- After I graduated college and was living alone, miserable, in Pittsburgh, my friend BJ made me a video of himself lip-synching to this song. The song is sweet, but the video was hysterical, and every time I needed to be cheered up, I would watch it. I also heard this song almost every day when I was on my honeymoon, so now, the song reminds me of happy Hawaiian days.

"Careless Whisper" by George Michael -- I never could resist the sultry sax of this song. This is another sense memory song for me; when I was in seventh grade (the best year of my life up to that point, and the best year I'd have till I was 15), we played it in jazz band (my favorite activity that year), so every time I hear it, I think of the fun times of my youth.

"I Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher -- I just can't help liking this one, cheesy as it is. It's another I once had on tape. In fact, I even had the Beavis and Butthead version, courtesy of my freshman year college roommate.

"The Hustle" by Van McCoy -- Doing this dance was a tradition at parties thrown by my college friends. I'm not sure we did it right, but we sure enjoyed ourselves.

"Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez -- My sister and I like to play this game called Encore, which is played by rolling a die, landing on a colored space, choosing a card, reading the word in the color of your space and singing at least eight words of a song which include the word on your card. We're quite competitive. Anyway, once my brother-in-law entered the picture and started playing with us, he'd always sing this song. Neither of us had ever heard the song and thought he might have made it up. Finally, about a year after he'd first sung the song, I was in an aerobics class one day and lo and behold, this song came on. I laughed so hard I almost couldn't follow the instructor.

"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" by Glenn Medeiros -- If this song came out today, I'd probably gag every time I heard it, but when I was in elementary school, I loved loved loved this song. I couldn't get enough of it. I haven't heard it in about 15 years, but for some reason, I still remember it as one of my absolute favorite songs of the past.