5 for Friday: Old Songs

Lately, for some reason, most of the music I've been listening to is from the past, from my teen years or thereabouts.  I don't know why.  Suddenly, though, I find myself thinking, "Hey, I want to listen to _____!" and fill in the blank with some song I haven't listened to in years and years.  Here are 5 of them that I've fixated on in the past couple of days:

1.  INXS "Need You Tonight"  Why did I never notice before how hot Michael Hutchence was in this video?  Maybe he was always hot.  I don't know.  I never really noticed it before, but now I'm kinda thinking I missed out on a pretty obvious teenage crush target.  But, like, those other INXS guys are kind of not so hot.  They should remain off screen.

2.  The Pursuit of Happiness "Cigarette Dangles"  Until I heard this song, I had no idea Canadians were sex fiends.  How happy I was to find this on the YouTube. 

3.  Scott Goddard "Cowpunk"  I couldn't find a video for this, which is probably just as well.  Let's see if we can find an mp3.  I have the CD somewhere, but...ah, I thought I had it, but it's failure.  Maybe I'll look for the CD tomorrow.  You can listen to it, if you're motivated, here.

4.  Soft Cell "Tainted Love"  I know, it's totally classic.  But I haven't heard it in forever, since back in my gay-clubbing days.  Um.  Don't tell my son about those days, eh?  Actually, maybe I should encourage him to hang out in the gay clubs.  That's where all the fun is.

5.  The Cure "Killing an Arab"  Yeah, sure, we were talking about The Cure a few days ago, and my man Itchy Dawg mentioned this song, so I suppose that's what made me want to listen to it again.  When you go through that phase when you first read The Stranger, I think you have to think this song is the coolest thing in the world.  Because when you read The Stranger, you are obviously deeper and darker and cooler and way more nihilistic than your companions.  You are too hip to continue referring to it by its English title--even though you cannot read French, you must refer to it as L'Etranger.  You, of course, are the only person who has ever read Camus.