# Six Songs of You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041 "2012-08-10T02:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/1 "2012-08-10T02:48:15Z")
The Guardian is doing a thing called [The Six Songs of Me](http://sixsongsof.me/). The six songs are: 1.What was the first song you ever bought? 1. What song always gets you dancing? 2. What song takes you back to your childhood? 3. What is your perfect love song? 4. What song would you want at your funeral? 5. What song makes you, you? I’m still working on mine, especially the last one. In the meantime, I’m interested in hearing yours. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/2 "2012-08-10T03:09:58Z")
1. “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” by Hall and Oates 2. “Rock Lobster” by The B-52’s 3. “The Three Stooges Alphabet Song”, because my mom used to sing it to me 4. “The Very Thought of You” 5. “All Things Must Pass” by George Harrison 6. “Song for My Father”, because it was the first tune I suggested to my band that we should cover that they agreed to. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/3 "2012-08-10T03:21:21Z")
1. If albums count, it would be KISS\* Alive!\*. I was 10 at the time, and did not know any better. 2. - Louie, Louie\* as performed by The Kingsmen. 3. _Puff the Magic Dragon_-Peter, Paul, and Mary. 4. - Lady\* -Kenny Rogers. Dedicated to my Druidess. 5. - Free Bird\*-Lynyrd Skynyrd 6. _Free Bird_-Lynyrd Skynyrd ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/4 "2012-08-10T03:29:42Z")
1.The Cars - [Let’s Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExYsh1W22Wo) 1. The Smiths - [Ask](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_Dwpkzmuw) 2. The Beatles - [Strawberry Fields Forever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG2gNvqGJVU) 3. The Divine Comedy - [Perfect Lovesong](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674PtHca8Kg) 4. The Divine Comedy - [Tonight We Fly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnY9ea_q3nI) 5. Husker Du - [Celebrated Summer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtCL1xq6hNU) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/5 "2012-08-10T12:43:53Z")
1. Technically it was a cassette tape. “Appetite for Destruction” by GNR. I bought it for “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Paradise City,” though. 2. I don’t dance, but if I did it would probably be “Low” by Flo Rida or something similar. 3. “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club 4. “Love Boat Captain” by Pearl Jam 5. “If I Ever Leave This World Alive” by Flogging Molly 6. “Dig” by Incubus ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/6 "2012-08-10T12:57:27Z")
1.What was the first song you ever bought? It was an album actually: A Night at the Opera - Queen 1. What song always gets you dancing? I hate dancing. 2. What song takes you back to your childhood? I Want to Hold Your Hand 3. What is your perfect love song? Make it With You - Bread 4. What song would you want at your funeral? I don’t want a funeral. 5. What song makes you, you? Don’t know. Too obscure to answer. I always have a hard time with surveys. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/7 "2012-08-10T13:06:44Z")
1.What was the first song you ever bought? - “Big Bad John” by Jimmy Dean 1. What song always gets you dancing? - “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love” by the Swingin’ Medallions 2. What song takes you back to your childhood? “Columbus Stockade Blues” No idea who it was performed by. On the flip side of the 45 we had in our house was “Steel Guitar Rag.” I would rock out to both those tunes when I was 4 or 5 years old. 3. What is your perfect love song? - “Darling Be Home Soon” by the Lovin’ Spoonful 4. What song would you want at your funeral? - “Keep Me in Your Heart” by Warren Zevon 5. What song makes you, you? “Highway 61 Revisited” by Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/8 "2012-08-10T13:40:22Z")
1.What was the first song you ever bought? [“Since You’ve Been Gone” by the Outfield.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tw7wTWJpfk) Not a bad song, but not the best. 1. What song always gets you dancing? [Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow4t3C_gCCY) The gradual speed and excitement building up and it’s hard not to for me. 2. What song takes you back to your childhood? [“Sunrise, Sunset” from Fiddler on the Roof](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3upgk-If48&feature=player_detailpage#t=162s). My mom would play the Kimball spinet we had in the living room and wail out the lyrics. 3. What is your perfect love song? [Roky Erickson’s “I Had to Tell You”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5xZawdYZ4) The chorus is simply the most romantic notion of love I can think of: - I can hear your voice, Echoing my voice softly. I can feel your strength, Reinforcing mine.\* 1. What song would you want at your funeral? [“Angelika Suspended” by Palm Fabric Orchestra/Poi Dog Pondering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRieDJ12K_8) (Not the best video, but the song gets me as something so peaceful) 2. What song makes you, you? [Indigo Girls’ "Closer to Fine"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgwM1Ky228)While the lyrics are ‘meh’ to me, the song was an accomplishment for me when I got all the chords down on the guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/9 "2012-08-10T14:18:01Z")
1.What was the first song you ever bought? **“Catch Me If You Can,” The Dave Clark Five** 1. What song always gets you dancing? **The B52s’ "Rock Lobster."** 2. What song takes you back to your childhood? \*\*“Downtown.” \*\* 3. What is your perfect love song? **Joe Cocker’s "You Are So Beautiful."** 4. What song would you want at your funeral? **Alice Cooper’s "School’s Out."** 5. What song makes you, you? **No single song could be [del]blamed[/del] responsible for that.** ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/10 "2012-08-10T14:23:20Z")
**1.What was the first song you ever bought?** - 1983, _Cum On Feel The Noize_ by Quiet Riot, on a 45 RPM record. I’m not proud of this. **2. What song always gets you dancing?** - _(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty_, KC and the Sunshine Band. Again, I’m not proud of this. **3. What song takes you back to your childhood?** - Any of a number of kids’ songs sung to me by my mother, mostly in Chinese. Assuming this refers to a song on the radio, though, I guess it’s the disco version of the _Theme To Star Wars_ that was (a) a big radio hit (b) when I was a wee kid really into Star Wars. \*\* 4. What is your perfect love song?\*\* - I’ll go with, off the top of my head, _The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face_, Roberta Flack; or, _So In Love_ (the Cole Porter classic) as done by k.d. lang. \*\* 5. What song would you want at your funeral?\*\* - Never gave any thought to this before. Maybe _I’m Free_, by The Who? 🙂 (_“And I’m waiting for you, to follow me…”_, “_How can we follow?_”) It’d be my kind of black humor from beyond the grave. **6. What song makes you, you?** - This would be a different answer at different times in my life. Being 41 years old, I find myself thinking back a lot to a song that came up on my iPhone shuffle last week: _The Real Life_ by John Mellencamp. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/11 "2012-08-10T14:45:27Z")
1. “Another One Bites the Dust,” Queen 2. “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats 3. “I’m Going to Go Back There Someday,” The Great Gonzo 4. “He’s Funny That Way,” Billie Holiday 5. I’ve thought about this way more than I should. My usual answer is “Solsbury Hill” by Peter Gabriel, but as time has gone by, I honestly think this is a better song for a pet adoption service than for a memorial service. “Let It Be” would be a good one, though I’m not a huge Beatles fan. I’d like to have led the kind of live that would earn The Pogues’ “Sickbed of Cuchulainn,” but I haven’t. All said, Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” would probably be most appropriate. 6. “Thunder Road,” Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/12 "2012-08-10T14:47:16Z")
_1.What was the first song you ever bought?_ The first album? Like A Virgin, by Madonna. I still have it. _2. What song always gets you dancing?_ Nothing gets me dancing. _3. What song takes you back to your childhood?_ Superstar, by The Carpenters, plus all their other songs. 🙂 _4. What is your perfect love song?_ Amanda, by Boston _5. What song would you want at your funeral?_ I have already requested “Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead”. Instrumental slow-tempo version, please, I want the realization to break gradually. _6. What song makes you, you?_ This is a ridiculous question, of course. But a song I like is Revelations, by Iron Maiden. That was hard! I want to go back and change some of my answers now (or add new questions. You know what song I never burn out on? Lola, by the Kinks.) ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/13 "2012-08-10T14:53:49Z")
1.What was the first song you ever bought? It was either a three album set by Kiss (I don’t remember the name) or Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen). I don’t remember. 1. What song always gets you dancing? Feel Like A Woman (Shania Twain) 2. What song takes you back to your childhood? Anything from Fiddler on the Roof (we used to play the soundtrack a lot) 3. What is your perfect love song? God Gave Me You (Blake Shelton) 4. What song would you want at your funeral? Shine (Collective Soul) 5. What song makes you, you? Panhandlin’ Prince (Ugly Kid Joe) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/14 "2012-08-10T15:02:37Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > _5. What song would you want at your funeral?_ I have already requested “Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead”. Instrumental slow-tempo version, please, I want the realization to break gradually. That’s funny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/15 "2012-08-10T15:06:37Z")
1. My first music purchase was two singles: “I’m A Believer” by the Monkees and “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen. 2. There is no song that _always_ gets me dancing, and way too many to list that make me _want_ to dance… I can’t think of any one that stands out from a list of dozens and dozens. 3. Again, there are a whole lot of songs that take me back to childhood, but I guess I would start with certain songs that were on old Christmas albums… like “The Carol of the Shepherds” from _Joy to the World_ by Ivan Dittmars. 4. Perfect love song: Probably Dylan’s “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”, although Van Morrison’s “Crazy Love” is way up there too. 5. At my funeral: Probably “Ripple” by the Dead. 6. I don’t exactly know what it means to say a song makes me me. The song that expresses me the most is one I wrote earlier this year called “Hole Torn in the Sky”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/16 "2012-08-10T15:14:13Z")
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/17 "2012-08-10T15:16:30Z")
1.What was the first song you ever bought? The first record I ever bought with my own money was the .45 single “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney and Wings. 2. What song always gets you dancing? I’ve never liked dancing. I’ve learned to do it semi-competently, just to please the women in my life, but I have NEVER had the slightest desire to dance. I’d never do it if it weren’t so important to women. 3. What song takes you back to your childhood? Almost anything by John Denver- I associate him with happy family get-togethers, where everyone would sing his songs. “Back Home Again” stands out. 4. What is your perfect love song? “Here, There and Everywhere” by the Beatles 5. What song would you want at your funeral? Some old Clancy Brothers song about death… “Rosin the Bow” or “Isn’t It Grand, Boys,” something like that. But I’m a devoted Catholic, and there’s no way the pastor would allow that at church! Friends and family would have to sing it before or afterward. 1. What song makes you, you? I have absolutely no idea what this means. But my current favorite song is probably “Dancing With the Moonlit Knight” by Genesis. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/18 "2012-08-10T15:22:34Z")
**1.What was the first song you ever bought?** _Here’s Where the Story Ends_, The Sundays **2. What song always gets you dancing?** _Blue Water_, Fields of the Nephilim **3. What song takes you back to your childhood?** _Rock Your Baby_, George McCrae **4. What is your perfect love song?** _Love Song_, The Cure **5. What song would you want at your funeral?** _Goddamn The Sun_, The Swans **6. What song makes you, you?** _Atmosphere_, Joy Division ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/19 "2012-08-11T04:56:05Z")
1. Woo Hoo by the Rock-A-Teens (never thought i would hear it in a commercial.) 2. Roadrunner by Bo Diddley 3. Would You Like To Swing On A Star by Jimminy Cricket 4. I’d Rather Go Blind by Etta James 5. The Last Mile of the Way by Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers 6. Caruso by Lucio Dalla ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041/20 "2012-08-11T15:20:43Z")
> [@denquixote](#): > > 1. Would You Like To Swing On A Star by Jimminy Cricket Are you talking about Jiminy Cricket from the Disney movie _Pinocchio_? Cause he’s famous for singing “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which is a different song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-songs-of-you/631041.md?page=2)