160. Honky Tonk Part I by Bill Doggett (Blue Velvet Original Soundtrack)
I loved Blue Velvet so much—I thought it was hilarious—that I memorized the soundtrack.
161. Johnny Are You Queer by Josie Cotton (A Date with John Waters)
Add it to the list of possible Adele covers.
162. Young Guns (Go for It) by Wham! (Fantastic)
Speaking of which....
163. I Don't Like Your Band by Annie (Don't Stop)
"Your latest 7-inch sounds obscene unless you spin it at 45." Burn!
164. Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) by Haircut 100 (Pelican West)
I'm imagining a tropical-themed supper club, maybe with Peggy Lee at the mike....
165. I Want You Back by Hoodoo Gurus (Stoneage Romeos)
Roll down all the windows because we're going to sing—and loud.
166. Train Song by Feist and Ben Gibbard (Dark Was the Night)
I like Feist, and I like Ben Gibbard, and yet both can be incredibly annoying. This song skirts the minefield—it helps that it sounds like an outtake from the Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session.
167. I Can't Help It by Gretchen Parlato (In a Dream)
Stevie Wonder wrote it for Michael Jackon, but in my mind, it's Gretchen Parlato's song.
168. Hand on Your Heart by José González (Stay in the Shade)
And this was a Kylie Minogue song, or so I learned later.
169. Change Is Hard by She & Him (Volume One)
I'd like to hear José González sing with Zooey Deschanel—and part of her charm is that she seems like the kind of person who would like to hear it, too. Or maybe he should sing this song alone, and she should sing that one.
170. Gone by Jack Johnson (On & On)
I heard Jack Johnson the other day in a store, and I felt a twinge of embarrassment, like it was too easy, too obvious, like he was John Mayer. But why? This song is lovely, especially the way he sings "bling bling."
171. I Could Be Happy by Altered States (Gold: New Wave)
An insanely catchy sad song.
172. Genius Of Love by Tom Tom Club (Tom Tom Club)
I didn't get it at all at the time, but now it's in the canon. Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon / Who needs to think when your feet just go?
173. Ooh La La by Goldfrapp (Supernature)
This sex-addled song makes me want to write X-rated lyrics.
174. Summer Never Ends by Northern State and Har Mar Superstar (All City)
Because summer always ends.
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