Fiat Lux

Four songs you could listen to over and over again:

-The Downeaster "Alexa" (Billy Joel)
-City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
-Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
-A Change In My Life (Rockapella). I first heard a version of this song in the Steve Martin movie, "Leap of Faith". The movie was so-so, but the song stuck in my head and I eventually tracked it down as covered by Rockapella. I listened to this incessantly during 2001-2002, a very difficult time in my life.

Four songs that drive you up the friggin' wall. With a chainsaw:

-Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
-My Humps (Black Eyed Peas)
-Butterfly Kisses (Bob Carlisle)
-My Angel is a Centerfold (J Geils Band)

Add to this list anything even remotely heavy metal.

Four songs that you're embarrassed (or should be) to admit you like:

-Country Roads (John Denver)
-Dragostea din tei (O-Zone). Better known as "The Nummi Nummi song"
-Tubthumping (Chumbawumba)
-Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)

Four Best Driving Songs:
Pretty much anything by Bruce Springsteen fits the bill here. I can't narrow it down to just 4 songs, so here's 4 albums to drive to:

-Born To Run
-Tunnel of Love
-Lucky Town
-The River

Honorary mention: Silver Thunderbird (Marc Cohen)

Four songs that make you cry:

-New York New York (Sinatra). This one only started to bother me after I left NYC. When I was working at Starbucks last year, it was in one of the store CD rotations and I'd have to go hide in the back so customers wouldn't be upset by the sight of a barista pulling shots with tears running down her cheecks.
-Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (Simon & Garfunkle)
-White Cliffs of Dover (Burton & Kent). My recoding is by Very Lynn.
-Miami 2017 (Billy Joel)

Four best risqué songs:

-I Want You Now (Depeche Mode)
-Let's Do It (Cole Porter)
-Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
-Steamroller (James Taylor)

Four best kid songs:
Not having kids, this category is tough. Plus, I grew up in a household where we got a heavy dose of classical and light opera, and it stuck, so my favorites as a kid were pretty far off the beaten track. However, I did notice last week that my two nieces (7 and 4) love that pop song "Sk8ter Boy".

Four best (fill in your own category here):
"Short Classical Choral Pieces," because I really miss singing this stuff.

-Ubi Caritas (Maurice Durufle)
-If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis)
-Magnificat: Sicut Locutus Est (JS Bach)
-Hymn to St Cecilia (Benjamin Britten)

and a bonus for the VLOG gang down at the bar: The Pirates of Penjance: Hail Poetry! (Gilbert & Sullivan)

The last time I tagged someone with a meme it got totally ignored, so this time feel free to tag yourself if you so choose.