PeteHatesMusic Featured in the Guardian’s Six Songs Project, Name Drops Cookie Monster

Remember when PeteHatesMusic was featured in the Guardian’s Blog Jam section? Well, after some more blackmailing success, we’ve been featured again. The Guardian is running an interesting new series called Six Songs of Me. Even you can pick your Six Songs, although you might not get a fancy write up (unless you learn their darkest secrets like I did).

If you’re lazy and don’t want to enter, then don’t. But the Guardian anticipated your laziness, and sweetened the pot by putting 5 iPads up for readers to win. Conflicted now, aren’t you? Pop on over to the Guardian’s Six Songs site and answer these 6 questions:

What was the first song you ever bought?
What song always gets you dancing?
What song takes you back to your childhood?
What is your perfect love song?
What song would you want at your funeral?
Time for the encore. One last song that makes you, you.

Check out the PeteHatesMusic write up in the Guardian, or check out our full responses below. And yes, we picked the Cookie Monster as one of our songs.

What was the first song you ever bought?

Cookie Monster – Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco. Does this mean I lose all credibility as a music blogger, or gain credibility for brutal honesty? After this, I bought Achtung Baby by U2, so my music tastes grew by leaps and bounds (although Cookie Monster might disagree).

What song always gets you dancing?

MGMT – Electric Feel. Everything about this song just oozes dancefloor, which is great because everything about me oozes dancefloor too.

What song takes you back to your childhood?

Madonna – La Isla Bonita. My mom bought this cassette tape for my brother and I, and it was on repeat owing to lack of other available options, and always reminds me of swimming in our above-ground pool. (Remember when those were popular?)

What is your perfect love song?

U2 – With or Without You. Although it’s debatable whether it’s a love song and is open to many interpretations, the emotion Bono puts into his singing is amazing.

What song would you want at your funeral?

Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive. It’s either this or Live Forever by Oasis. Not really looking forward to this
death thing.

Time for the encore. One last song that makes you, you.

The Beatles – Nowhere Man. “Isn’t he a bit like you and me?” Spoiler alert: yes.