couple of random music memes
1. Name a band or singer that you can’t believe you used to love when you were young:
.../grits teeth/ Okay, this is gonna be painful.
When I was a preteen and budding teenager, I liked Simple Plan. Oh, the pain. The pain.
2. Name a band or singer that you hated when you were younger but now love:
I always swore I would never like Panic! At the Disco. I still can't stand some of their more overplayed stuff (every time "Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" comes up on shuffle I think I might be able to stand it this time, but nope), but I have two of their albums now and there are quite a few songs that I like. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage," "That Green Gentlemen (Things Have Changed)," "Do You Know What I'm Seeing," and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" are probably my favorites.
3. Now name one that truly stands the test of time, whether they still make music today or not:
Fucking Nirvana. End discussion. /biased
4. Name a song that you can’t resist tapping your feet or fingers to whenever you hear it:
Oh god so many. I'm a big foot and finger tapper when I first get ahold of songs, but the instinct fades some once I learn them and they become background music. Ummmmm. Right now? "Basket Case" by Green Day, "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins, and "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring.
5. Name an album where you love listening to every single track:
I WILL NAME LOTS BECAUSE I CAN'T CHOOSE. Green Day's American Idiot, Nirvana's Nevermind and to some extent In Utero, Augustana's All the Stars and Boulevards, the FFVII Crisis Core soundtrack, Blue October's Foiled, R.E.M.'s Green, Rise Against's Siren Song Of The Counter Culture and The Sufferer & the Witness, Weezer's blue and green albums. I think those are all the important ones.
6. Band or singer you are so sick of that you wish you would never have to hear them again:
Katy Perry can go die in a fire... okay, well, I don't actually want her dead, but her music can go die in a fire. No offense meant if you like her, but she's very, very much not my thing.
I have also developed a self-righteous hatred of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus because of their inane comments re: Kurt Cobain but I think most of the world shares that with me, at this point...
7. Name a band or singer that your significant other/family loves, but you can’t stand:
My knee jerk reaction to Bob Dylan is aksldhgkldshh TURN IT OFF even though I think he's an amazing lyricist because that's ALL MY MOM EVER LISTENS TO. I also... /cough/ can't stand The Rolling Stones. >> They're a big family favorite.
8. Your favorite cover song:
I'm generally not that into covers. I like remixes okay, but covers always make me long for the original. I do have a cover of Third Eye Blind's "How's It Going to Be" by some band called This Century that I like okay? It's still nothing compared to the original, but it's got a softer sound that's nice sometimes if I'm in the mood for it.
9. Your favorite song or band, right this second:
I've been on a HUGE Nirvana and Green Day kick recently. That's practically all I've been listening to: Nirvana CDs in the car and Green Day on my iPod on the way to class. It's really weird for me to be this focused on a couple of artists--I usually make multiple-artist playlists that I put on my iPod and burn to CD for the car. I've been mixing it up with a little Florence and the Machine occasionally but it's mostly been those two.
1. Gasoline - Enter the Haggis (live version)
2. Everlong - Foo Fighters
3. This Velvet Gloves - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Speeding Cars - Imogen Heap
5. Half the World Away - Oasis
6. A Place to Call Home/Melodies of Life - Nobuo Uematsu
7. In the Garage - Weezer
8. My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne (shut up :|)
9. Girls and Boys - Blur
10. Selfless, Cold, and Composed - Ben Folds
11. Unsaid - The Fray
12. Angry Angel - Imogen Heap
13. Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
14. Breed - Nirvana
15. Hey Pretty - Poe
16. The Big Fight - Stars
17. Everywhere - Michelle Branch (... :|)
18. Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl) - Green Day
19. Hitomi no Tsubasa - Access
20. Emenius Sleepus - Green Day
21. Help I'm Alive - Metric
22. Wake Up - Lost Prophets
23. The Con - Tegan and Sara
24. After Dark - Asian Kung-Fu Generation
25. Moonlight Wandering - Takeharu Ishimoto
26. Broken Boy Soldier - The Raconteurs
27. Maybe I'm Just Tired - As Tall As Lions
28.Be My Escape - Vitamin String Quartets (This way I can have Relient K's melodies without, you know. The God part. >>)
29. Are We the Waiting - Green Day
30. Come As You Are - Nirvana (MTV Unplugged version)
31. Via Purifico - Nobuo Uematsu
32. There is a Boy That Never Goes Out - The Lucksmiths
33. Something in the Way - Green Day (MTV Unplugged version)
34. Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
35. The Remedy (I Won't Worry) - Jason Mraz
36. Life Less Ordinary - Carbon Leaf
37. Wide-Eyed, Legless - Laura Veirs
38. Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
39. Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
40. When I Come Around - Green Day
1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
40. Nostalgia trip yay.
2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Yes, actually. I used it for character inspiration for a story idea way back.
3. What album is #26 from?
I don't know off of the top of my head.
4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
Went through a phase of really liking a lot of her stuff, still like most of it.
5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
It's one of my favorite songs I've ever gotten from an anime.
6. Who does #38 remind you of?
Um... myself at fourteen years old?
7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
Both. :|
8. Do any of your friends like #3?
Possibly Kira since she likes the band?
9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
Not that I know of?
10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
Maybe? I don't listen to the radio much, but it's Green Day so could be.
11. What does #21 remind you of?
Fai from Tsubasa. Also kind of Joshua from TWEWY a little.
12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
5. Love that song.
13. What album is #17 from?
UM. I HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THIS SONG IN YEARS, BUT. I think Spirit Room...? Yes.
14. When did you first hear #39?
I was probably introduced to it by my known-him-since-I-was-born best friend back when Linkin Park first got big and I didn't pay any attention to music unless someone shoved it at me...
15. When did you first hear #7?
When I first got the blue album for Undone, Buddy Holly and My Name is Jonas. Not one of my favorite tracks, but still good.
16. What genre is #8?
...Pop?
17. Do any of your friends like #14?
Maybe possibly.
18. What color does #4 remind you of?
White.
19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
That's noooot really a song you blast.
20. What genre is #37?
Indie-folk? Sorta?
21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
I could theoretically learn but no.
22. What is your favorite lyric from #30?
Couldn't have picked an easy one, could you? I guess "take your time / hurry up / choice is yours / don't be late."
23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
Oh god, pick the hardest ones why don't you. The entire second verse:
Spelled out your name and lists the reasons
Faint of heart
Don't call me back
I imagine you when I was distant
Not insistent
I followed suit and laid out on my back imagine that
A million hours left to think of you
And think of that
24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
If they're into J-Rock, yeah.
25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
Not really. Maybe.
26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
Nope.
27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
Either. It's kind of a morning song to me.
28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
I listened to it a lot when I was in my mid-teens and in a not-so-great relationship, so yeah sorta.
29. Do any of your friends like #31?
Probably. I know a lot of people with the Final Fantasy music collections, so.
30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Slow.
31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
Pretty happy.
32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
Lawl this song. The chorus.
33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Either, I guess.
34. When did you first hear #27?
When I downloaded a friend's Yami no Matsuei FST.
35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29.
Holiday, Basket Case, Minority.
36. Do you know all the words to #6?
All of the non-existent words, yes. If it had words I probably would. I know all the words to most of the songs in the my library. >> I memorize things like that easily.
37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
Music. Even the original version.
38. What album is #10 from?
No idea.
.../grits teeth/ Okay, this is gonna be painful.
When I was a preteen and budding teenager, I liked Simple Plan. Oh, the pain. The pain.
2. Name a band or singer that you hated when you were younger but now love:
I always swore I would never like Panic! At the Disco. I still can't stand some of their more overplayed stuff (every time "Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" comes up on shuffle I think I might be able to stand it this time, but nope), but I have two of their albums now and there are quite a few songs that I like. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage," "That Green Gentlemen (Things Have Changed)," "Do You Know What I'm Seeing," and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" are probably my favorites.
3. Now name one that truly stands the test of time, whether they still make music today or not:
Fucking Nirvana. End discussion. /biased
4. Name a song that you can’t resist tapping your feet or fingers to whenever you hear it:
Oh god so many. I'm a big foot and finger tapper when I first get ahold of songs, but the instinct fades some once I learn them and they become background music. Ummmmm. Right now? "Basket Case" by Green Day, "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins, and "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring.
5. Name an album where you love listening to every single track:
I WILL NAME LOTS BECAUSE I CAN'T CHOOSE. Green Day's American Idiot, Nirvana's Nevermind and to some extent In Utero, Augustana's All the Stars and Boulevards, the FFVII Crisis Core soundtrack, Blue October's Foiled, R.E.M.'s Green, Rise Against's Siren Song Of The Counter Culture and The Sufferer & the Witness, Weezer's blue and green albums. I think those are all the important ones.
6. Band or singer you are so sick of that you wish you would never have to hear them again:
Katy Perry can go die in a fire... okay, well, I don't actually want her dead, but her music can go die in a fire. No offense meant if you like her, but she's very, very much not my thing.
I have also developed a self-righteous hatred of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus because of their inane comments re: Kurt Cobain but I think most of the world shares that with me, at this point...
7. Name a band or singer that your significant other/family loves, but you can’t stand:
My knee jerk reaction to Bob Dylan is aksldhgkldshh TURN IT OFF even though I think he's an amazing lyricist because that's ALL MY MOM EVER LISTENS TO. I also... /cough/ can't stand The Rolling Stones. >> They're a big family favorite.
8. Your favorite cover song:
I'm generally not that into covers. I like remixes okay, but covers always make me long for the original. I do have a cover of Third Eye Blind's "How's It Going to Be" by some band called This Century that I like okay? It's still nothing compared to the original, but it's got a softer sound that's nice sometimes if I'm in the mood for it.
9. Your favorite song or band, right this second:
I've been on a HUGE Nirvana and Green Day kick recently. That's practically all I've been listening to: Nirvana CDs in the car and Green Day on my iPod on the way to class. It's really weird for me to be this focused on a couple of artists--I usually make multiple-artist playlists that I put on my iPod and burn to CD for the car. I've been mixing it up with a little Florence and the Machine occasionally but it's mostly been those two.
1. Gasoline - Enter the Haggis (live version)
2. Everlong - Foo Fighters
3. This Velvet Gloves - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Speeding Cars - Imogen Heap
5. Half the World Away - Oasis
6. A Place to Call Home/Melodies of Life - Nobuo Uematsu
7. In the Garage - Weezer
8. My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne (shut up :|)
9. Girls and Boys - Blur
10. Selfless, Cold, and Composed - Ben Folds
11. Unsaid - The Fray
12. Angry Angel - Imogen Heap
13. Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
14. Breed - Nirvana
15. Hey Pretty - Poe
16. The Big Fight - Stars
17. Everywhere - Michelle Branch (... :|)
18. Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl) - Green Day
19. Hitomi no Tsubasa - Access
20. Emenius Sleepus - Green Day
21. Help I'm Alive - Metric
22. Wake Up - Lost Prophets
23. The Con - Tegan and Sara
24. After Dark - Asian Kung-Fu Generation
25. Moonlight Wandering - Takeharu Ishimoto
26. Broken Boy Soldier - The Raconteurs
27. Maybe I'm Just Tired - As Tall As Lions
28.Be My Escape - Vitamin String Quartets (This way I can have Relient K's melodies without, you know. The God part. >>)
29. Are We the Waiting - Green Day
30. Come As You Are - Nirvana (MTV Unplugged version)
31. Via Purifico - Nobuo Uematsu
32. There is a Boy That Never Goes Out - The Lucksmiths
33. Something in the Way - Green Day (MTV Unplugged version)
34. Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
35. The Remedy (I Won't Worry) - Jason Mraz
36. Life Less Ordinary - Carbon Leaf
37. Wide-Eyed, Legless - Laura Veirs
38. Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
39. Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
40. When I Come Around - Green Day
1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
40. Nostalgia trip yay.
2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Yes, actually. I used it for character inspiration for a story idea way back.
3. What album is #26 from?
I don't know off of the top of my head.
4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
Went through a phase of really liking a lot of her stuff, still like most of it.
5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
It's one of my favorite songs I've ever gotten from an anime.
6. Who does #38 remind you of?
Um... myself at fourteen years old?
7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
Both. :|
8. Do any of your friends like #3?
Possibly Kira since she likes the band?
9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
Not that I know of?
10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
Maybe? I don't listen to the radio much, but it's Green Day so could be.
11. What does #21 remind you of?
Fai from Tsubasa. Also kind of Joshua from TWEWY a little.
12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
5. Love that song.
13. What album is #17 from?
UM. I HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THIS SONG IN YEARS, BUT. I think Spirit Room...? Yes.
14. When did you first hear #39?
I was probably introduced to it by my known-him-since-I-was-born best friend back when Linkin Park first got big and I didn't pay any attention to music unless someone shoved it at me...
15. When did you first hear #7?
When I first got the blue album for Undone, Buddy Holly and My Name is Jonas. Not one of my favorite tracks, but still good.
16. What genre is #8?
...Pop?
17. Do any of your friends like #14?
Maybe possibly.
18. What color does #4 remind you of?
White.
19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
That's noooot really a song you blast.
20. What genre is #37?
Indie-folk? Sorta?
21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
I could theoretically learn but no.
22. What is your favorite lyric from #30?
Couldn't have picked an easy one, could you? I guess "take your time / hurry up / choice is yours / don't be late."
23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
Oh god, pick the hardest ones why don't you. The entire second verse:
Spelled out your name and lists the reasons
Faint of heart
Don't call me back
I imagine you when I was distant
Not insistent
I followed suit and laid out on my back imagine that
A million hours left to think of you
And think of that
24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
If they're into J-Rock, yeah.
25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
Not really. Maybe.
26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
Nope.
27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
Either. It's kind of a morning song to me.
28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
I listened to it a lot when I was in my mid-teens and in a not-so-great relationship, so yeah sorta.
29. Do any of your friends like #31?
Probably. I know a lot of people with the Final Fantasy music collections, so.
30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Slow.
31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
Pretty happy.
32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
Lawl this song. The chorus.
33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Either, I guess.
34. When did you first hear #27?
When I downloaded a friend's Yami no Matsuei FST.
35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29.
Holiday, Basket Case, Minority.
36. Do you know all the words to #6?
All of the non-existent words, yes. If it had words I probably would. I know all the words to most of the songs in the my library. >> I memorize things like that easily.
37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
Music. Even the original version.
38. What album is #10 from?
No idea.