1. The first CD you ever bought.
It was louis armstrong. some complilation that contained my favorite thing he sung 'World on a string'. followed shortly by Holzts 'The Planets'
2. Musical styles that you listen to.
I'm a musical elitist. sometimes i dislike popular music simply *because* it's popular. if i hear it on the radio it goes down a notch automatically- not so fast KEXP- even you...
3. Your 1-5 favourite artists/bands.
Starting with number one: Franck, Aphex Twin, They Might Be Giants, Philip Glass, Dave Brubeck
4. What's in your CD player right now.
Yes.. according to Cat it is a mix cd by me. it's called 'for work' i made it when i started at my job. it was one of a set of three. this one contains john lennon, orbital, zeppelin, aphex twin, and some other business.
5. The most recent CD that you bought.
Ravi Shankar, um.. something, i haven't listened much actually.
6. You're stuck on a deserted island with a solar powered CD player. You can only that sounds like hell. why would you want me to hate the thing i currently like the most? what's wrong with you? why would you curse me that way? why not get me a job as a musician and then make me deaf.. huh?
7. Song you think has the most beautiful lyrics.
i never think songs with lyrics are as beautiful as songs without.. damn all you verbals..
8. Your favourite music video.
i can't think of a music video that isn't trite and diminishes the song it portrays.
9. A song that reminds you of summer.
ironically perhaps, Appalachian spring, by Aaron Copland- one summer i read a trilogy of books, and listened to that music on repeat and scramble for hours and hours and days and days.. i will never fail to associate the two.
10. Your favourite song with the name of a city in the title or lyrics.
the Great Gate of Kiev ... mussorgsky
11. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
depressed.. hmm.. milkman song, aphex twin. strangely, it still makes me happy. i never associate it with bad times.
12. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and winded up disliking everything but that song?
the planets i referred to earlier, i wanted mars because the band was playing it, but i decided i liked all the rest of the planets better. not really neptune because it's too quiet.. but saturn became my favorite overall.
13. A song whose lyrics you thought you knew in the past, but about which you later learned you were incorrect.
that would be heart and soul from huey lewis and the news.. i think i was 5 years old. i thought it was 'hot and cold' ... which at one point in the song it actually was. or so i am told.
14. Your least favourite song on one of your favourite albums.
hmm.. i don't know...
15. A song you like by someone you find physically attractive.
annie lennox.. back in that video for sweet dreams. yeah..
16. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
i'm fairly sure cesar franck was not beautiful of countenance. so i'll put the prelude, chorale and fugue here.
17. Your favourite song that has expletives in it.
huh.. i can't think of anything..
18. A song you like that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.
sounds british but isn't.. everything by greenday?
19. A song you like that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.
all of that four tet stuff i have.. for some reason.
20. A song that sounds to you like what being happy feels.
hmm... too complicated... if you are looking for some single theme song it would be easy to put some stereotypical techno song.. but i don't think that has anything to do with real happines.. happiness is dynamic. it is the resolution after tension. without the tension there will be no resolution. so it is the saddest music, the most dissonant music that makes me the happiest.. rachmaninoff's first suite for two pianos.
21. Your favourite song that is not and has never been a radio single.
anything by philip glass with words.. not gonna happen until a station changes their format so dramatically that they are trying to repel all their listeners. .
22. Your favourite song from a soundtrack compilation album.
"Rue St. Vincent" from Rushmore's soundtrack.. same as Cat
23. A song that reminds you of high school.
Dream Theatre's change of seasons album. tony.. i'm looking in your direction
24. A song from the past that would be considered politically incorrect now (and possibly was then).
no sense to me... i don't really get it.
25. A song you like sung by an overweight person.
hahah.. wouldn't it be sad if i said something by an olson twin? no. it would just be uncharacteristicly mean. so i will.
26. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise hate.
Le Blanche Traversee by jocelyn pook. i don't generally care for her work.
27. One of the earliest songs to which you can remember listening to.
sabicas and escudero (i think that was the second name)it was an album of brilliant flamenco guitar that i will always know every note of. i've been listening to it since before i was born.
28. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.
most notably all the classical stuff.. and the TMBG.. and the minimalist stuff.
29. A cover song that you like.
i thought that cover from that new coldplay album was nice. more or less. but across the universe done by fiona apple has been my favorite cover for about 6 years now..
30. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
hmm.. nothing really comes to mind.. all music i find empowering... i mean, it's music.. that's what it is.
It was louis armstrong. some complilation that contained my favorite thing he sung 'World on a string'. followed shortly by Holzts 'The Planets'
2. Musical styles that you listen to.
I'm a musical elitist. sometimes i dislike popular music simply *because* it's popular. if i hear it on the radio it goes down a notch automatically- not so fast KEXP- even you...
3. Your 1-5 favourite artists/bands.
Starting with number one: Franck, Aphex Twin, They Might Be Giants, Philip Glass, Dave Brubeck
4. What's in your CD player right now.
Yes.. according to Cat it is a mix cd by me. it's called 'for work' i made it when i started at my job. it was one of a set of three. this one contains john lennon, orbital, zeppelin, aphex twin, and some other business.
5. The most recent CD that you bought.
Ravi Shankar, um.. something, i haven't listened much actually.
6. You're stuck on a deserted island with a solar powered CD player. You can only that sounds like hell. why would you want me to hate the thing i currently like the most? what's wrong with you? why would you curse me that way? why not get me a job as a musician and then make me deaf.. huh?
7. Song you think has the most beautiful lyrics.
i never think songs with lyrics are as beautiful as songs without.. damn all you verbals..
8. Your favourite music video.
i can't think of a music video that isn't trite and diminishes the song it portrays.
9. A song that reminds you of summer.
ironically perhaps, Appalachian spring, by Aaron Copland- one summer i read a trilogy of books, and listened to that music on repeat and scramble for hours and hours and days and days.. i will never fail to associate the two.
10. Your favourite song with the name of a city in the title or lyrics.
the Great Gate of Kiev ... mussorgsky
11. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
depressed.. hmm.. milkman song, aphex twin. strangely, it still makes me happy. i never associate it with bad times.
12. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and winded up disliking everything but that song?
the planets i referred to earlier, i wanted mars because the band was playing it, but i decided i liked all the rest of the planets better. not really neptune because it's too quiet.. but saturn became my favorite overall.
13. A song whose lyrics you thought you knew in the past, but about which you later learned you were incorrect.
that would be heart and soul from huey lewis and the news.. i think i was 5 years old. i thought it was 'hot and cold' ... which at one point in the song it actually was. or so i am told.
14. Your least favourite song on one of your favourite albums.
hmm.. i don't know...
15. A song you like by someone you find physically attractive.
annie lennox.. back in that video for sweet dreams. yeah..
16. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
i'm fairly sure cesar franck was not beautiful of countenance. so i'll put the prelude, chorale and fugue here.
17. Your favourite song that has expletives in it.
huh.. i can't think of anything..
18. A song you like that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.
sounds british but isn't.. everything by greenday?
19. A song you like that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.
all of that four tet stuff i have.. for some reason.
20. A song that sounds to you like what being happy feels.
hmm... too complicated... if you are looking for some single theme song it would be easy to put some stereotypical techno song.. but i don't think that has anything to do with real happines.. happiness is dynamic. it is the resolution after tension. without the tension there will be no resolution. so it is the saddest music, the most dissonant music that makes me the happiest.. rachmaninoff's first suite for two pianos.
21. Your favourite song that is not and has never been a radio single.
anything by philip glass with words.. not gonna happen until a station changes their format so dramatically that they are trying to repel all their listeners. .
22. Your favourite song from a soundtrack compilation album.
"Rue St. Vincent" from Rushmore's soundtrack.. same as Cat
23. A song that reminds you of high school.
Dream Theatre's change of seasons album. tony.. i'm looking in your direction
24. A song from the past that would be considered politically incorrect now (and possibly was then).
no sense to me... i don't really get it.
25. A song you like sung by an overweight person.
hahah.. wouldn't it be sad if i said something by an olson twin? no. it would just be uncharacteristicly mean. so i will.
26. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise hate.
Le Blanche Traversee by jocelyn pook. i don't generally care for her work.
27. One of the earliest songs to which you can remember listening to.
sabicas and escudero (i think that was the second name)it was an album of brilliant flamenco guitar that i will always know every note of. i've been listening to it since before i was born.
28. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.
most notably all the classical stuff.. and the TMBG.. and the minimalist stuff.
29. A cover song that you like.
i thought that cover from that new coldplay album was nice. more or less. but across the universe done by fiona apple has been my favorite cover for about 6 years now..
30. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
hmm.. nothing really comes to mind.. all music i find empowering... i mean, it's music.. that's what it is.
1 Comments:
Okay, so I read your survey. And I'm jealous of your knowledge of and affection for classical music all over again. It makes you seem so sophisticated. I myself come off as some sort of concert-tee wearing alternatron. Woohoo!
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