Cup IX: Snagged on Pop Hooks

Tea: Ginger Peach with honey

Music: Absolute fluff. You got a problem with that?

Time: Night.

I always laugh when people ask me to name a favorite anything, and music is no exception. My CD, mp3 and WMA collections look as though they should belong to at least six people, maybe seven.

So yeah, I love a good three-minute pop song.

Killer hooks? Check. Tight harmonies? Check. Absolutely nothing weighty to say? We have a winnah!

And because I can't own every song I want, I love to go pop-hunting on YouTube.

Songs like this and this and this. This one, too, and this, and by all means this and this. (And just try to tell me that "Wayne Famous" isn't the greatest rock and roll name. Ever.)

Fine. Let's make it an even dozen: This and this and this and this and this -- yeah, even if Andy Taylor did lift the riff from "Bang a Gong (Get it On).

OK, a baker's dozen: Stick this one on top, and there's a flufftastic bagful of ear pastries.

Not all of the tunes on YouTube come attached to the original promotional videos. The Marshall Crenshaw song, for example, is a fan vid. Still, the music makes it worth sitting through the various homages.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some background la-las to sing.