you can never have too many music memes
I actually sought this one out. It's cool though. I promise.
1. Most folks would categorize themselves as being varied in musical tastes (and why not? most of us really are), but if you could pick only one genre of music for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
This is a tricky question, because some music fits into more than one genre. I'm going to be all general and say Rock.
2. Name a song or a group that most people ridicule but you honestly believe shows an excellent level of musicality.
Well, I don't know if I'm qualified to speak to the musicality of a particular song or artist, but I've always liked "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family.
3. OK, now it's guilty pleasure time. Name a song or group you know is outright bad but you love anyway.
Nothing recent. Aqua - "Doctor Jones." And, um, The Presidents of the United States of America. Remember "Peaches"? "Millions of peaches, peaches for me..." Ohhh man.
4. Are there any music genres you absolutely cannot stomach, not even one artist within that genre? If so, why?
No Sir.
5. Deserted island time. You have your iPod and headphones and an endless supply of juice for the electronics. You can create only one playlist with 10 songs. What's on it?
This is a cool question, if tremendously difficult. Only ten? My iPod has more space than that!
Oh, very well...
(i) "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan
(ii) "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" - John Lennon
(iii) "Let It Be" - The Beatles
(iv) "Here Comes The Sun" - The Beatles
(v) "Dear Prudence" - The Beatles
(vi) "Calico Skies" - Paul McCartney
(vii) "Beware of Darkness" - George Harrison
(viii) "Pillar of Davidson" - Live
(ix) "Dance With You" - Live
(x) "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles
It would be interesting to put this list together and see how it plays. I might change the order around a bit. Hrm.
6. Best cover of all time?
Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower." (Orig. by Bob Dylan, of course.)
7. Do you prefer studio versions, live tracks or acoustic? Why?
It depends, really, but I do have a special place in my heart for acoustic music. Because it has an organic feel to it, and because I have a strange kind of love for that scratchy noise the acoustic guitar makes when one brushes one's fingers over the strings.
8. Fill in the blank: The largest musical influence in my life has been ___________.
Music from the 1960s and some of the stuff from the 1970s. Also, chick music from the '90s - Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan.
9. Name an artist whose music you loved in another period of your life that you dislike now. What changed your feelings about the work?
Oh, well I went through some musical phases when I was a kid. Like, I was really obsessed with New Kids on the Block back when they were big. Hey, I was ten. My favourite was Jon. I even had a Jon Doll. It was ridiculous.
10. Name the song you're most likely to sing along with at the top of your lungs when you're alone in your car.
If alone in the car, I will almost always sing along with Don McLean's "American Pie." I know all the words too. Thing is though, I'm always singing along with songs in the car; that's just the first one that came to mind.
1. Most folks would categorize themselves as being varied in musical tastes (and why not? most of us really are), but if you could pick only one genre of music for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
This is a tricky question, because some music fits into more than one genre. I'm going to be all general and say Rock.
2. Name a song or a group that most people ridicule but you honestly believe shows an excellent level of musicality.
Well, I don't know if I'm qualified to speak to the musicality of a particular song or artist, but I've always liked "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family.
3. OK, now it's guilty pleasure time. Name a song or group you know is outright bad but you love anyway.
Nothing recent. Aqua - "Doctor Jones." And, um, The Presidents of the United States of America. Remember "Peaches"? "Millions of peaches, peaches for me..." Ohhh man.
4. Are there any music genres you absolutely cannot stomach, not even one artist within that genre? If so, why?
No Sir.
5. Deserted island time. You have your iPod and headphones and an endless supply of juice for the electronics. You can create only one playlist with 10 songs. What's on it?
This is a cool question, if tremendously difficult. Only ten? My iPod has more space than that!
Oh, very well...
(i) "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan
(ii) "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" - John Lennon
(iii) "Let It Be" - The Beatles
(iv) "Here Comes The Sun" - The Beatles
(v) "Dear Prudence" - The Beatles
(vi) "Calico Skies" - Paul McCartney
(vii) "Beware of Darkness" - George Harrison
(viii) "Pillar of Davidson" - Live
(ix) "Dance With You" - Live
(x) "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles
It would be interesting to put this list together and see how it plays. I might change the order around a bit. Hrm.
6. Best cover of all time?
Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower." (Orig. by Bob Dylan, of course.)
7. Do you prefer studio versions, live tracks or acoustic? Why?
It depends, really, but I do have a special place in my heart for acoustic music. Because it has an organic feel to it, and because I have a strange kind of love for that scratchy noise the acoustic guitar makes when one brushes one's fingers over the strings.
8. Fill in the blank: The largest musical influence in my life has been ___________.
Music from the 1960s and some of the stuff from the 1970s. Also, chick music from the '90s - Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan.
9. Name an artist whose music you loved in another period of your life that you dislike now. What changed your feelings about the work?
Oh, well I went through some musical phases when I was a kid. Like, I was really obsessed with New Kids on the Block back when they were big. Hey, I was ten. My favourite was Jon. I even had a Jon Doll. It was ridiculous.
10. Name the song you're most likely to sing along with at the top of your lungs when you're alone in your car.
If alone in the car, I will almost always sing along with Don McLean's "American Pie." I know all the words too. Thing is though, I'm always singing along with songs in the car; that's just the first one that came to mind.