A question of taste, musically speaking

[eliyes]

I listen to music almost constantly, and always have. After hours at work, when the muzak (which I control, HAHA) is off, I sing. :3 I have gone through more mp3 players, sets of computer speakers, CD players, discmen, boomboxed, walkmen, record players... I'm glad my iPod seems to be holding up, but I've already cycled through 3 pairs of headphones with it. I don't know if it's the constant use or just that I have music-device-specific gremlins, but I keep trying, because I really really love music.

And thus, this meme offends me. The original challenge is this:

"Let's see how sad you really are.
Bold the ones you like (if you dare!) then count them up and use your shameful total for the lj-cut text. Add reasons if you dare."

Okay, first of all, I'm deducting points for unnecessary repetition of "if you dare". Second, HA HA NO.

This is what I'm going to do: I am going to the italicize the songs I've heard, underline the ones I have a copy of, and bold the ones I really like. If I have it by a different artist, I'm going to put that artist name afterwards in green. If you, the reader, want to know why I like a particular song, ask me! I'm happy to talk about my interests.

Ready?


100. Jennifer Lopez - Jenny from the Block
99. Beautiful South - Perfect 10
98. 'Weird Al' Yankovic - Eat It
97. Lionel Richie - Hello
96. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes
95. Nizlopi - JCB Song
94. Blur - Parklife
93. Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
92. Craig David - 7 Days
91. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up
90. Enya - Orinoco Flow
89. Coldplay - Yellow
88. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
87. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
86. Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
85. The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
84. The Police - Every Breath You Take
83. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
82. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
81. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

80. D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better
79. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
78. Sinitta - So Macho
77. James - Sit Down
76. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
75. UB40 - Red Red Wine
74. Michael Jackson - Earth Song
73. Robson Green & Jerome Flynn - Unchained Melody The Everly Brothers
72. Elton John - Nikita
71. M People - Moving On Up
70. Toni Basil - Mickey
69. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
68. Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
67. Europe - The Final Countdown
66. Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
65. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
64. Pussycat Dolls - Don'tcha
63. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next David Usher
62. Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only
61. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

60. Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up
59. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
58. 2 Unlimited - No Limit
57. Dido - Thank You
56. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
55. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
54. Akon - Lonely
53. Reynolds Girls - I'd Rather Jack
52. Shakira - Wherever Whenever
51. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
50. Westlife - Flying Without Wings
49. Starship - We Built This City
48. B*Witched - C'est la Vie
47. Ultravox - Vienna
46. Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song
45. Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt
44. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor
43. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
42. Lighthouse Family - Lifted
41. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You

40. All Saints - Never Ever
39. Alanis Morissette - Ironic
38. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
37. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
36. Whigfield - Saturday Night
35. The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
34. Wings - Mull of Kintyre
33. Spandau Ballet - True
32. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
31. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
30. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
29. MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
28. James Blunt - You're Beautiful
27. Sisqo - Thong Song
26. Katie Melua - 9 Million Bicycles
25. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me
24. Babybird - You're Gorgeous
23. Geri Halliwell - Look At Me
22. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
21. Cliff Richard - Millennium Prayer

20. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
19. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
18. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
17. Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight
16. Afroman - Because I Got High
15. Billie - Because We Want To
14. TATU - All the Things She Said
13. Ace of Base - All That She Wants
12. True Steppers ft. Dane Bowers and Victoria Beckham - Out of Your Mind
11. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
10. Aqua - Barbie Girl
9. Cher - Believe
8. Nickelback - How You Remind Me
7. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
6. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One
5. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
4. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
3. Robbie Williams - Angels
2. Crazy Frog - Axel F
1. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On

So there you have it.

Face it, baby: musical taste always has been and always will be subjective. Life is so much more interesting that way!