And yet again – the incomparable SallyDallyDo has struck…

The “Up-to-Three” Music Meme: The rules are that you can name fewer than three, but only up to a maximum of three, and, when required, you have to list specific songs.

Song(s) That I Loathe to the Core of My Being
* The Electric Slide – by whoever did it
* Anything by Mariah Carey

Musical Artist(s) That I Loathe to the Core of My Being
* Mariah Carey

Rolling Stones Song(s) I Love
* She’s A Rainbow
* Paint It Black
* Ruby Tuesday

Beatles Song(s) I Love
* Tomorrow Never Knows
* Happiness is a Warm Gun
* And Your Bird Can Sing

Who Song(s) I Love
* Love, Reign O’er Me
* Pure and Easy
* I Can See For Miles

Reggae Song(s) I Love
* Rivers of Babylon – Melodians
* Give Me the Reason – Lady Saw
* Miss Jamaica – Jimmy Cliff

Country Song(s) I Love
* Chatahoochie – Alan Jackson
* Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
* Ruby Pearl – Hackensaw Boys

Movie Soundtrack(s) I Love
* Garden State
* Storytelling
* Wings of Desire

Musical Soundtrack(s) I Love
* Carousel
* Cabaret
* A Chorus Line

Cover Song(s) I Love
* Who Knows Where the Time Goes? – Susannah Hoffs and Matthew Sweet (originally Fairport Convention)
* Hurt – Johnny Cash (originally Nine Inch Nails)
* Bron Yr Aur Stomp – Carbon Leaf (originally Led Zeppelin)

Contemporary Top-40 Artist(s) I Secretly Love
* I haven’t paid attention to the top 40 in so long I don’t even know who I should feel guilty about…

Song(s) That Bring Me to Tears
* Dancing at Whitsun – Maddy Pryor and Tim Hart
* Veronica – Elvis Costello
* Oh England, My Lionheart – Kate Bush

Song(s) That Make Me Shake My Behiney
* Dacing Queen – Abba
* Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
* Hungry Wolf – X

Classical Composer(s) I Love
* Debussy
* Bach
* Frazelle

Rap/Hip-Hop Song(s) I Love
* Hey Ya – Outkast
* Three (Is a Magic Number) – De La Soul

70s Disco Song(s) I Love
* No. I just can’t.

70s Supergroup Song(s) I Love
(first -just let me say that I define supergroup in perhaps a slightly different way than most…)
* Watch The Sunrise – Big Star
* Open My Eyes – The Nazz
* The Wild One, Forever – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Metal Song(s) I Love
* Ace of Spades – Motorhead
* Stonehenge – Spinal Tap
* Last Caress – Metallica (Danzig cover)

New Wave Song(s) I Love
* Venus – The X-Teens
* See Me – The Brains
* Not Juliet – Male Model

Soul/R&B Song(s) I Love
* Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
* Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
* Think – Aretha Franklin

Power Ballad(s) I Love
* Yeah. That’d be a no.

Pre Rock and Rock Era Songs I Love
* Sing Sing Sing – Benny Goodman
* She’s Got You – Patsy Cline
* Sabre Dance – Woody Herman

Punk Song(s) I Love
* Out of Step – Minor Threat
* Pay to Cum – Bad Brains
* Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols

Singer/Songwriter Song(s) I Love
* Greek Song – Rufus Wainwright
* Red Dirt Girl – Emmylou Harris
* Dixieland – Steve Earle

MTV Video(s) I Love
* Crash – Dave Matthews Band
* Hell – Squirrel Nut Zippers
* Hurt – Johhny Cash

“None of the Above” Songs I Love
* Going Underground – The Jam
* Forever Autumn – Justin Heyward
* Fanfare for the Common Man – Emerson Lake and Palmer

Guilty Pleasures
* Take on Me – Aha
* Dancing Queen – Wing
* The Sign – Ace of Base

Songs to Have A Little Fun (*ahem*) To
(if by ‘a little fun (*ahem*)’ you mean ‘clean the litterbox to’ – and how could it possibly mean anything else? I offer the following)
* Love Cats – The Cure
* Rats – Rasputina
* Fiddle About – The Who

Tag! Y’all are it!