six songs of me

I was really excited about the Six Songs of Me project when I read about it on The Guardian a couple of years ago. And recently my friends and I have been tagging each other about books, music and movies (all the stuff that are important!) and I fished this great project out to do with my friends.

Just by looking at what people read, watch or listen to gives me an idea of what kind of person they are. If I find out that someone loves Jonathan Franzen as much as I do, in my head I'd imagine us as BFFs already. Haha. Anyway, to give you an idea of the kind of person I am, here are my selections for the Six Songs of Me (tag):

1. What was the first song you ever bought? Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson.
I remember standing for ages in the music store, clutching this cassette tape over and over before deciding to buy it. I loved Debbie Gibson and I used to dance along to all her music videos.

2. What song always gets you dancing? Paper Planes by M.I.A.
My good friend has a theory that we all get restless at about 4pm at work every day. And every day, we'd do something at 4pm to break the monotony of work. Usually we'd be playing this song really loud and displaying some fancy footwork, ha.

3. What song takes you back to your childhood? Billie Jean by Michael Jackson.
I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson when I was growing up. He has so many awesome hits but Billie Jean really stood out. I used to watch this video over and over because I had no idea what was going on, other than it was so cool that the pavement would light up every time he stepped on it.

4. What is your perfect love song? Mayonaise by Smashing Pumpkins.
Actually C (love of my life) is responsible for turning me on to Mayonaise. I just love the opening riffs.

5. What song would you want at your funeral? Beautiful Life by Gui Boratto.
I guess a bit of house/techno wouldn't hurt. And there are very little lyrics in this track. I think the title says it all.

6. Time for the encore. One last song that makes you, you. Say It Ain't So by Weezer.
I picked this track even though the one that I would randomly belt out from time to time is The Sweater Song.

Now, tell me about your selections...