Day 12: A Song from a Band I HateThis has possibly been the trickiest day for me so far, largely because I don't listen to the radio any more. I know there used to be songs that drove me nuts, and probably several of them were from the same band, but it's been years and I can't remember. One song that simultaneously bores and aggravates me ( Read more... )

Day 11: A Song from My Favourite BandDo I need to say this again? Like I could actually have only one favourite band. Leaving out solo artists and reluctantly accepting that the Tallis Scholars probably don't constitute a band for the purposes of this question, I believe I will choose the Beatles! My favourite Beatle is George Harrison, and my ( Read more... )

Day 10: A Song that Makes Me Fall Asleep

I used to have a mix tape that I made to listen to while I was falling asleep. It was maybe 30 or 40 minutes of music, and some were better choices than others, but the first song was Watermark by Enya. I think it's beautiful, and very soothing. Sometimes I run through it in my head when I want to stop ( Read more... )

Augh, I missed yesterday ... to be fair, it was a crazy day. 2 papers due, class presentationy thing with guest judges, semi-formal wine and cheese party followed by karoake ... =p Anyway: craziness.

So today will have to be Day 9: A Song I Can Dance ToDamn their titles ending in prepositions anyway ( Read more... )

Day 8: A Song to which I Know All the WordsI try not to bother about ending sentences with prepositions generally, but in a title it seems extra wrong. ANYWAY. Mostly I know all the words. Yes ... all of them. Ever. Except for songs that aren't fun to sing along to, but mostly I sing along like an obsessive compulsive person to everything I ( Read more... )

Day 7: A Song that Reminds Me of a Certain Event

The first concert I ever went to was when I was in Argentina and Shakira toured Latin America. Yep, I have seen Shakira live. She was fantastic. One of the things she did that I thought was really neat was that she changed this song, Estoy Aquí, from major to harmonic minor. In this video, she ( Read more... )

Day 6: A Song that Reminds Me of Somewhere

Instead of having too many songs to choose from, I actually had some difficulty with this one. There are lots of places that remind me of songs, but not so many songs that specifically remind me of one place. However, La Argentinidad al palo by Bersuit Vergabarat, a song about being Argentine by an ( Read more... )

Day 5: A Song that Reminds Me of SomeoneOkay, there are like a million songs I could choose for this. Also - not quite a million people, but I could probably find songs that remind me of anyone I've ever been friends with. Soooo, I think I will take this opportunity to encourage PATRICK to start the song challenge by picking a song that reminds ( Read more... )

Day 4: A Song that Makes Me SadI guess I should have seen this coming, given yesterday's category. There are many sad songs that I love, but most of them don't actually make me sad. They're so pretty that they make me feel bittersweet and wistful but altogether better. There are a few songs, however, that reach critical sad mass and make me feel ( Read more... )

Today's song category is Day 3: A Song that Makes Me Happy.

There is actually one song on my ipod that I almost always play when I want something to cheer me up. And that song is Satan Is My Motor by Cake. Sadly the following songs on Prolonging the Magic tend to undo its good works. But yeah, this is totally my happy song. Also this video cracks ( Read more... )