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darththalia's interview questions, but for now, the favorite songs survey:
Favorite REM song: i'm going to go with "half a world away." it's been very important to me at a couple of different points in my life, and for that reason it beats "losing my religion" and even "everybody hurts", two of the other contenders. (not that those were the only two other contenders. not by a long shot.)
Favorite U2 song: i don't know as much U2 by name as i do of other bands. it's an odd thing. i can sing along, but i don't know the titles. i really like the one i'm going to call "stuck in a moment."
Favorite Police song: in the extreme cliche run-off, it's a toss-up between "roxanne," "don't stand so close to me," and "every little thing she does is magic." (i know what you're thinking! 'how can you toss a three-sided coin, fox?' hush up. my survey, my answers. [g])
Favorite Driving song: most of my driving mixes begin with "movin' right along," by kermit and fozzie, but i think my actual favorite driving song is "get out the map," by the indigo girls. (special honorable mention to "america," by simon & garfunkel, which i love anyway but which i especially adore because it doesn't rhyme.)
Favorite Sing-Along song: "we belong," by pat benatar. (eh, nas-d? eh, homegirls? -- well, the one homegirl who's on LJ to see this, anyway. we kicked ass on those harmonies, took names, etc., didn't we?)
Artist who has never done a thing I won't listen to: billy joel.
Artist who just needs to stop and go AWAY: avril goddamn levine.
Song that I love because of a happy memory: "come on, eileen," by dexy's midnight runners. they always played that at the regional youth group planning meetings when i was in high school, and that was a bunch of people i loved hanging out with. some of my happiest times in high school, in terms of being comfortable and at peace, were with that crowd.
Song that is forever tainted because of negative associations:darthrami knows what i'm going to say. "ride forever," by messrs. paul gross and david keeley. at least i hope that counts. the negative associations are all musical, but they sure are negative. and yet i don't skip over it when i have the DS volume 1 CD on; it drives me utterly bonkers, and my knuckles turn white from gripping the steering wheel to death, but i listen to it. maybe it's some sort of penance.
Song or Artist that I am ashamed to admit I enjoy: i don't think i have any. taste is taste, and i don't happen to enjoy any artists i think ought to be run out of the business on a rail. i suppose, given my opinions of "ride forever" and "voodoo" and much of the rest of gross and keeley's oeuvre, and given the lameness of its own lyrics, i can say i'm a little embarrassed that i enjoy "robert mackenzie" as much as i do -- but my trouble with gross and keeley isn't with them as much as it is with their music, which is more frustrating than anything else (in that there's no real reason it has to be as bad as it is).
darththalia's interview questions, but for now, the favorite songs survey:Favorite REM song: i'm going to go with "half a world away." it's been very important to me at a couple of different points in my life, and for that reason it beats "losing my religion" and even "everybody hurts", two of the other contenders. (not that those were the only two other contenders. not by a long shot.)
Favorite U2 song: i don't know as much U2 by name as i do of other bands. it's an odd thing. i can sing along, but i don't know the titles. i really like the one i'm going to call "stuck in a moment."
Favorite Police song: in the extreme cliche run-off, it's a toss-up between "roxanne," "don't stand so close to me," and "every little thing she does is magic." (i know what you're thinking! 'how can you toss a three-sided coin, fox?' hush up. my survey, my answers. [g])
Favorite Driving song: most of my driving mixes begin with "movin' right along," by kermit and fozzie, but i think my actual favorite driving song is "get out the map," by the indigo girls. (special honorable mention to "america," by simon & garfunkel, which i love anyway but which i especially adore because it doesn't rhyme.)
Favorite Sing-Along song: "we belong," by pat benatar. (eh, nas-d? eh, homegirls? -- well, the one homegirl who's on LJ to see this, anyway. we kicked ass on those harmonies, took names, etc., didn't we?)
Artist who has never done a thing I won't listen to: billy joel.
Artist who just needs to stop and go AWAY: avril goddamn levine.
Song that I love because of a happy memory: "come on, eileen," by dexy's midnight runners. they always played that at the regional youth group planning meetings when i was in high school, and that was a bunch of people i loved hanging out with. some of my happiest times in high school, in terms of being comfortable and at peace, were with that crowd.
Song that is forever tainted because of negative associations:
darthrami knows what i'm going to say. "ride forever," by messrs. paul gross and david keeley. at least i hope that counts. the negative associations are all musical, but they sure are negative. and yet i don't skip over it when i have the DS volume 1 CD on; it drives me utterly bonkers, and my knuckles turn white from gripping the steering wheel to death, but i listen to it. maybe it's some sort of penance.Song or Artist that I am ashamed to admit I enjoy: i don't think i have any. taste is taste, and i don't happen to enjoy any artists i think ought to be run out of the business on a rail. i suppose, given my opinions of "ride forever" and "voodoo" and much of the rest of gross and keeley's oeuvre, and given the lameness of its own lyrics, i can say i'm a little embarrassed that i enjoy "robert mackenzie" as much as i do -- but my trouble with gross and keeley isn't with them as much as it is with their music, which is more frustrating than anything else (in that there's no real reason it has to be as bad as it is).
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