Song-memory association. Hmmm. Interesting. I preface this by saying these are not allsongs I enjoy hearing, I simply have memeories attached to them (I aim this particularly at Mambo #5, that song hurts)

"I Got My Mind Set On You" By George Harrison. Back in the Christmas of 1987, we heard this seven hundred times while driving the 24 hours to Florida in a powder blue 1979 Chevy Impala Station Wagon. If I hear it I picture us humming along while laying down in the rear section of that car.

"Oh What A Night" by the Four Seasons. At the Communion of Joe Gagalia's daughter Valentina, the whole party stopped so that a man could grab the mike and give an unforgettable performance...that man's name was Cousin Jimmy. Who's cousin he was is still a mystery but what I do know is everytime I hear the song I picture him up there and I say out loud "Hey its Cousin Jimmy!"

"At The Hop" by some 50s group. We all know when I hear this I picture Joe Fatone Sr.'s sitting in his patio singing "when your ass gets kinda itchy you can stop scratch your pishy at the Hop" ....and its funny every time. The mans a genius.

"Lady Marmalade"by Missy Elliot, Mya, Pink and Christina. My mother singing karaoke at a bar joined by her sister Phyllis and the girls and laughing so hard she peed herself...live on stage. Even Ozzie Osbourne was never so bold.

"Mambo #5" by Lou Bega. This of course is the trip I made with Bazzuka Joe and Steve Fatone to Club Safari a few years back and watched a shmuck jump on stage in a zuit suit and ridiculously try to dance and act out the lyrics. he came up short on all counts...in particular when Lou Bega shouts "The TRUMPET!!", except this genius would act out playing the trombone. Right beside this guy on stage was awhite-haired octogenarian degenerate on pcp who was molesting a pair of college girls.....to the music. It was a troubling night.