A meme...

[fleetfootmike]

from lutonianbill:

Name a song that:

...reminds you of an ex.
If I *had* an ex.....

...makes you cry.
the finale of Les Miserables, every damn time, somewhere about the time Fantine and Eponine chip in in harmony with "To love another person is to see the face of God...", it holds for a single, perfect moment, and then the ghostly chorus at the back come drifting in softly with "Do you hear the people sing..."

...reminds you of high school. (I changed that to "Secondary School" for UK reasons.)
Anything from "El Loco" by ZZ Top

...reminds you of childhood.
"After The Ball Is Over", and several late 19th century Army songs, that my gran and grandad used to sing

...reminds you of junior high. (I changed that to "Junior School" for UK reasons.)
"Blockbuster", the Sweet. First single I ever bought.

...mirrors true life a little too closely.
"I Believe In Father Christmas", Greg Lake. Sadly.

...makes you laugh.
Any number - prime candidate though is Frank Hayes "When I Was a Boy"....

...will always get you up to dance.
Any rock or rock'n'roll, "Time Warp"...

...you used to hate but now love.
A fair number of songs on "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac

...you used to love but now hate.
"Lady in Red", Chris de Burgh - it was nice once or twice, but I am SO sick of DJ's who reach for it on a reflex as their only 'smooch' track!

...you love but wouldn't know about if it wasn't for a friend.
Many!

...you like from your parents' record collection.
"Downtown", Petula Clark

...makes you think of sex.
"Tango In The Night", Fleetwood Mac: I used to have a housemate who did *everything* loudly with his girlfriend, from fight to... you got it. One evening I was reading, and they started up, so I reached for the first handy CD, cranked the stereo and hit play. Perfect choice!

...is your anthem.
"Free Electric Band", Albert Hammond

...is your ultimate love song?
"Songbird", Fleetwood Mac

...reminds you of something nasty?
"Love Resurrection", Alison Moyet - reminds me of a band I was in - lets just say that the keys player and bassist wanted to do this one, and I thought it was *not* the kind of thing we oughta do. I lost. The band split not long after.

...reminds you of a breakup?
Again, that would assume I'd had one! ABBA's "My Love My Life" would be a likely candidate.

...makes you think of your friends?
"The Way Old Friends Do", ABBA, "Sam's Song", Zander and Soren Nyrond

...is held between you and a specific friend?
"Ticket to Ride", the Beatles, and "Eternal Flame", the Bangles - same friend, and that's all the info you get!

...would be your choice for the national anthem?
Actually, I like the one we've got! But can we have all the verses, please? (evil grin)

...would be your choice for the planetary anthem?
Definitely "The Green Hills Of Earth", as sung by the NMC

...that you can't sing because you're crying?
The end of the last verse of my own "Leviathan's Farewell".

...that you can't sing because you're laughing too hard?
"Heaving On A Jet Plane", the Barron Knights

...that you can't sing because you can't pronounce?
Can't actually think of anything: I have trouble getting my teeth round "Like a Lamb to the Slaughter" by Frank Hayes at any decent speed.

...that makes you want to go off to war?
"Do You Hear The People Sing" from Les Miserables

...that makes you want to stop a war? Any war?
"Do You Hear The People Sing (Reprise)" from Les Miserables (and no, I'm not kidding - the two versions are so beautifully, subtly changed...). On a totally different track, Bruce Springsteen's angry, shuddering live version of "War".

...that changed your life in some pragmatic way?
"Rhiannon", Fleetwood Mac, which had a huge impact on my lead guitar style

...that you gave someone else and it took root there?
autographedcat would probably claim "Monday Morning" by Fleetwood Mac :-)