Friday Funtime: Pop Argot Shuffles Songs, Shares

The Facebook meme-o'-the-week is "Shuffle Song Share": people on the social-networking site put their iPod or iTunes on "shuffle" setting and post the first 20 songs that come up. It's a way to find out one another's tastes and collections.

I sent one of these lists to some FB friends, and thought I'd share it with you as well. Or at least, the ones that exist in the semi-Alexandrian library of pop culture that is YouTube. This set isn't perfectly representative of my collection - it defies the odds that none of these 20 songs are by the Beatles, Monkees, or Jefferson Airplane/Starship - but I hope it's entertaining.

1. The Subways, "Rock & Roll Queen"
2. Blues Image, "Ride Captain Ride"
3. Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, "It's Hard to Believe"
4. Matthew Sweet, "What Matters"
5. Yaz, "Don't Go"
6. Blackbox, "I Don't Know Anybody Else"
7. George Michael, "Secret Love"
8. Level 42, "Tracie"
9. Rod Stewart, "Tonight's the Night" (Gonna Be Alright)
10. Fountains of Wayne, "Hackensack"
11. Rock Stars, "Red Room Anthem"
12. Sonny & Cher, "You Better Sit Down Kids [Live]" (Ed. note: This live version featured Sonny singing instead of Cher. Alas, it's not on YouTube, so here's Sammy Davis Jr. warbling it instead.)
13. Chris Connelly and the Bells, "Blonde Exodus II"
14. Kim Wilde, "Love in the Natural Way"
15. Donna Summer, "Dim All the Lights"
16. Starsailor, "Counterfeit Life"
17. Stories, "Brother Louie"
18. Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Born to Run"
19. Alex Dolan, "Give 'em What They Want"
20. Bruce Springsteen, "Loose Ends"