Well did you evah from Red Hot + Blue, a Tribute to Cole Porter. It’s Debby Harry and Iggy Pop covering Cole Porter and dissing Pia Zadora. Who needs more?

I almost used this one! Superfun video too.

Superfun video too.

Ooh, do you have it, by any chance? I saw it once or twice, but a very long time ago.

Here's my notes:

1. The first song you'd put on a mix tape for somebody you were attracted to - The Reasons - Weakerthans

This caused some agony, and my pick was probably the fifth song that I had for this category. I decided all the others were either too mushy, love-you-forever romantic or were just too baby-I-want-to-do-you. (Maybe that's why I'm still single.) Anyway, this song should have been obvious to me, but it wasn't.

2. A song that makes you think of BTVS that was never used on the show - Busby Berkeley Dreams - The Magnetic Fields

Before the disappointment that came with seeing "Once More With Feeling," my anticipation of the BTVS musical always conjured the wit and style of this song what would be present. Instead I got SMG singing, in a tinny voice, songs reminiscent of 1980's Yes.

3. Cross-genre cover song (such as a soul musician covering a country song) & 20. A song with a chorus that compels you to sing along or that you cannot not dance to

Money - The Flying Lizards

This is a soul classic done in a cool New Wave style, and I literally cannot not dance to it, even if I am just bopping up and down in my chair.

4. Quotes another song, either in the music or words – bonus points if by the same artist - Little Girl Blue [Mono Alternative Take] - Nina Simone

This just doesn't quote another song, but builds over the melody of one song to create a whole other song. What I recognize as the tune to Good King Wenceslas, Wikipedia tells me is "Tempus Adest Floridum" ("Spring has unwrapped her flowers"), a 13th century spring carol. Anyway, this song is gorgeous, heartbreaking and I bought a whole box set just to get this song after I heard it once.

5. Makes you want to get high, drunk, or, if it's your druthers, dizzy & giddy from spinning around in circles - Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground

The day I graduated from university was also the first time I tried LSD. After wandering around the city all night we came back to my apartment and someone put this on the turntable. This song felt like falling into a cozy bed, then...

9. A song about committing a crime- I'm Waiting for The Man - Velvet Underground. As cozy as Sunday Morning is, the energy of this song makes my want to stir the pot, do something crazy. However, it's never made me want to buy heroin, which is what this is about.

6. Features a great bridge & 8. A song dedicated to your nemesis (or who you imagine your nemesis to be) & 14. A song by a band that you could have, but didn't, write about for Lost in The Grooves & 21. A song that starts with a bassline - Sick - Rebecca West

Four in one. Rebecca West were a local band in the early-90's that released one album and one EP. They weren't a girly rock band that were typical of the Sloan-centric scene. This is a great song that starts with the bass (and finger snaps) and is about discovering that someone isn't quite the stand up person you thought. It’s really a break-up song, but it works for a nemesis.

7. A song released the year you turned 21 (you didn't have to know about it then) - Oh! - The Breeders

This could have also been in the category of song that makes you what to get high or drunk.

11. A song with a year in the title & 26. A song by a band with an awful name - Hatfield 1980 - Everything But the Girl

Okay their name isn't the worst name, but it also doesn't trip off the tongue, either. I have managed to stick with this band from their folksy pop beginnings through many style changes to where they ended with electronica influenced music. Tracey Thorn's voice is just that great.

12. A song about traveling: Buddah - Al Tuck & No Action

From a band with a bad name to a band with a great name. (It took me a while to get it.) A song about the perils of leaving home, if you're the Buddah. Maybe this song is only funny if you had a run in with the crazy Halifax Buddhists--largely comprised of former American former hippies who are now yuppies and very defensive about it. A lot of them are (continued...)

( continues...) anything but Zen.

13. A song that does not feature a guitar or a piano as the main instrument - This is the Dream of Win and Regine - Final Fantasy

A song featuring violin. Final Fantasy is mostly, Owen Pallett, a Toronto guy obsessed with video games, who has played with The Arcade Fire and The Hidden Cameras. Strangely, he's toured with the Vinyl Cafe, which is the Canadian equivalent of a Prairie Home Companion.

15. An upbeat song about a sad thing. - Jolie Louis - Daniel Lanois

Unemployment, despair, domestic violence, in Franglais, all to a Cajun inspired ditty. I don't know whether to pity Jean Guy or not.

16. Midnight driving in the rain music. - Climb On (A Back that's Strong) - Shawn Colvin

I like to sing along when I drive. (Or when I'm in the passenger seat.) This album has always been a road trip favourite for me and my BFFs.

17. More cowbell: A song containing that essential instrument - Bye Bye Mon Cowboy - Mitsou

One of the few Quebec pop songs that crossed over into English language charts. After years of being a pop princess, she's now also a journalist and an actress.

18. A song that reminds you of your first love & 19. A song that references some kind of technology - Cloudbusting - Kate Bush

A strange combination, I know. I realized that Cloudbusting doesn't really mention outright the weather machine that's in the video, but I'm sticking with it. And all Kate Bush reminds me of my first love.

22. A song that relates to science - Bachelor of Science - Buck 65

Buck 65 was from Mt Uniacke, NS, but now he lives in Paris. Having a science degree is related enough, eh?

23. A song you sing (or would sing) to your pet and/or child & 10. A song from a tribute or charity album - Biko - Peter Gabriel

Most of my songs for my pets are original works, thank you very much. But since there's no recording of "Mr. Handsomepants" we'll have to settle for Biko. One of my cats is named Pico, so he would often have the chorus of this song sung to him with his name and different lyrics.

24. A song that haunts you - Powerful Lights - The Joel Plaskett Emergency. (with Al Tuck)

You might argue that it's a worse band name than Everything But the Girl and you wouldn't get much disagreement from me. I don't know why this song haunts me, but it does. If it comes up on my iPod, I don't just listen to it once, but 3 or 4 times in a row.

25. A song that you would sing to yourself if you were ever in a dire situation and needed it to keep going - The Theme to Indiana Jones.

It's crazy but true. Whenever I'm under the gun to get something done, I find myself singing this. Whenever, I'm sleep deprived and stressed out, show tunes pop in my head, and I hate that.

27. A song that when you know it's time to LEAVE the BAR someone can put on the jukebox to make you stay - The Best of You - The Foo Fighters.

I am having a little love affair with this song. A month from now, I might look at this mix and say, "What was I thinking?" It's very of the moment.

I bought the "Ramblin' Man" ep by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan on itunes a while back and really enjoy it. So, I plan on getting the album.

I'm loving that we're getting some NS and other 'regional' songs/artists. This will make me think extra-hard about including some Boston-music.

Sue, I think it is evident from your mix that we both watched a lot of MuchMusic around the same time. I'm laughing and loving being reminded of that era by some of your choices. I have to say I hadn't thought of Mitsou in a long time.

I love that Cloudbusting video and always will.

I swear, Mitsou is everywhere!

I am slooooooow, but I'll have mine up by tomorrow night...

Is there a max size of file that you can send through gmail? I'm on attempt #3 to send one file that almost 6Mb.