music meme!
from jinxremoving.
1. What are you listening to right now?
"david's lamentation," by the good players. i went to high school with the singer and a bunch of past members!
2. What song makes you sad?
a lot of songs make me happy and very sad at the same time. one such: "top of the world," by the dixie chicks. another: johnny cash's cover of "hurt."
3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
well, one of: that year 2525 song. it gets STUCK.
4. Your all time favorite band?
not a band, but ani difranco. probably pearl jam is my favorite actual band.
5. Your newly discovered band is?
let's see. i hear a lot of new music these days. i really like the coconut records song i keep hearing on the radio. do the good players count, since i didn't really newly discover stephen, but the band is new to me? the last newly discovered band for which i have a full cd is probably band of horses.
6. Best female voice?
don't know. my favorite female singer is ani but i don't know if she has the best voice.
7. Best male voice?
i am partial to thom yorke and chris cornell, but i'm not sure if i'm answering the question.
8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
moody rock of all stripes. but i listen to everything. really, from gospel to indie to hyphy.
9. What do you listen to, to hype you up
depends on what kind of hyped we're talking. loud rock, bubble gum pop, the b-52s, dj cheb i sabbah, motown or new soul, prince, stuff like that. on long car trips when i am trying to stay awake, i listen to a lot of tenacious d.
10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
calm but not sad? the Extreme soundtrack, r. carlos nakai, dean evenson's Ocean Dreams album, the brokeback mountain soundtrack, the dreamworld compilation, quiet indie, a tribe called quest, stuff like that.
11. Last gig/concert you went to?
caught erin mckeown with aliyaskie at joe's pub in nyc on october 4.
12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
right now? i've been listening to a ton of erin as a result of that gig. a lot of nirvana's first album. the good players (and the entire november '08 paste cd sampler).
13. Most hated band?
i don't think i have an all-time hated. i am not fond of five finger death punch. i always end up calling them five finger donkey punch by mistake. whoops.
14. Song that makes you think?
to a small degree, songs like "handlebars," by flobots. to a greater degree, songs with really complex melodies or particularly poetic lyrics. radiohead, always.
15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
ani. at the mooment, the good players. erin mckeown. andrew bird. stevie ray vaughan. tenacious d.
16. Coolest music video?
i am fond of busta rhymes's "put your hands where my eyes can see."
i am also a sucker for videos with dance in them. hence michael jackson, janet jackson, justin timberlake, christina aguilera, jennifer lopez, chris brown oh man chris brown, usher, etc. i love them all. even britney.
17. Music video with the most babe watch?
oh man. there is no contest for guys: d'angelo's "untitled (how does it feel)."
and for girls: george michael's "freedom 90."
watch it, embedding is disabled
18. What would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
sexy soul. (see d'angelo.)
19. Can you play a musical instrument?
a smidgen of guitar, even less piano.
20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
sorta.
21. Are you in a band?
nope.
23. Ever dated a musician?
several, some notable. *coughpaddycough*
28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
yes.
29. Best chick band you know of?
chick singerrrrrrs chick singerrrrrrrrs chick singerrrrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrerrrrrrs
31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc...?
that coconut records song. i like it. :)
32. What do you think of Classical music?
that encompasses a lot of music. i like baroquey stuff. bach, handel, telemann, etc.
33. What do you think of Country music?
i love alt-country and the old-timey stuff. johnny cash, little jimmie rodgers, etc.
34. What do you think of Death Metal?
i like some. i like a lot of metal in general.
35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
big big? r.e.m. and tom waits within a week of each other qualify as pretty big, i think. those were this summer. (also modest mouse and the national along with r.e.m. and johnny marr? stupendous.)
36. Are you a groupie?
a little bit, yeah. i try to squelch those instincts.
37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
totally.
38. What famous musician would you like to fuck!?
ani, no doubt. there are many others, but she tops the list.
39. Worst concert moment?
so much pot smoke at the ani concert in madison that i had to leave and sit in the lobby because the smell was turning my stomach.
40. Funny concert moment?
erin mckeown referring to "cheap ashtrays from your trip to emotional niagara falls." also asking if there were any children in the audience, and upon ascertaining that there were not, whispering "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" into the microphone.
41. Sad concert moment?
ani in colorado springs was obviously in a lot of emotional turmoil. that was pretty hard to watch at moments.
42. Best local act you can think of?
well, the breeders are local...so are guided by voices. i also like shrug and sleepybird.
43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
a guitar. specifically, a 1968 martin d-35, brazilian rosewood.
44. Do you listen to the radio?
i listen to sirius a lot (satellite radio) and my school's radio station, wwsu. also the npr station at miami of ohio. if i were in colorado springs still, it'd be 94.3 kilo.
45. Do you watch music TV?
not these days. used to, but mostly for beavis and butthead.
46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
again, not these days. used to when i worked in music.
47. Have you met any famous musicians?
sort of, yeah.
48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
oh my yes. many family members and half the people i went to high school with.
49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
"bells and bombs," by erin mckeown.
50. Song that describes your life?
"videotape," by radiohead.
51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
i used to know that stuff in high school. i really don't anymore.
52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
occasionally, not much.
53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
ani difranco. yeeeeeah.
54. Favourite movie sound track?
i dig the soundtracks to extreme, out cold, garden state, swingers, and especially brokeback mountain.
56. What do your parents listen to?
my dad listens to the beatles, any musician he's currently looking to produce, and talk radio. also he'll get on weird jags where he listens to the eagles or nina simone or someone random. i once found a partridge family album that he had to have bought after he turned 30.
my mom listens to folk and motown. but she knows people like flea and chris martin and stuff. and she just told me about seeing ravi coltrane in new york last summer. my mom constantly surprises me.
57. What are you listening to right NOW?
"all i need," by radiohead. (also, nine's answer: No Aloha by The Breeders. GREAT song. just had to comment there.)
58. Do you wear band etc T-shirts?
yeah. not to the concert, generally, but yes.
59. What do you think of people who do?
i think they like the music, unless they got the t-shirt at a vintage shop or it is one of those faux vintage shirts from target. and maybe then they still like the music.
60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
not sure. i listen to a lot of hard rock/metal, but i'm not sure i belong totally to the subculture. i'm a little closer to the indie subculture, i guess.
61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
same song i'm listening to. but "david's lamentation" has been there for days now.
62. Do you sing in the shower?
not much these days, sad to say. used to all the time.
63. If so, what? If not, why not?
i don't now because i shower so damn early and i'm not really awake yet. also i am trying to be quick now that i pay for the water. before, i used to sing a lot of stuff with range. really liked singing "who's loving you," by smokey robinson, as done by the jackson 5. that's still a favorite.
64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
i guess i would rather be one in general, but if we're talking working musicians, i guess i would rather marry one. but musicians also, in my experience, tend to be very intense people. so i dunno.
66. How important is your partner's taste in music to you?
more than i would like to admit. i don't think of myself as a music snob, but i can get judgmental.
67. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them?
Introduce myself and then tell everyone I've ever met that I'm friends with them. <---ooh, me too. :) and also maybe try to make out with the middle one a little bit
68. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, you dig?
can we amend it to sex, microbrews and dry riesling, and rock 'n roll?
69. Do you cook to music?
james brown, baby! he is the best for cooking to music. prince is good, too.
70. Do you sing in the toilet?
not public ones. occasionally my own :)
1. What are you listening to right now?
"david's lamentation," by the good players. i went to high school with the singer and a bunch of past members!
2. What song makes you sad?
a lot of songs make me happy and very sad at the same time. one such: "top of the world," by the dixie chicks. another: johnny cash's cover of "hurt."
3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
well, one of: that year 2525 song. it gets STUCK.
4. Your all time favorite band?
not a band, but ani difranco. probably pearl jam is my favorite actual band.
5. Your newly discovered band is?
let's see. i hear a lot of new music these days. i really like the coconut records song i keep hearing on the radio. do the good players count, since i didn't really newly discover stephen, but the band is new to me? the last newly discovered band for which i have a full cd is probably band of horses.
6. Best female voice?
don't know. my favorite female singer is ani but i don't know if she has the best voice.
7. Best male voice?
i am partial to thom yorke and chris cornell, but i'm not sure if i'm answering the question.
8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
moody rock of all stripes. but i listen to everything. really, from gospel to indie to hyphy.
9. What do you listen to, to hype you up
depends on what kind of hyped we're talking. loud rock, bubble gum pop, the b-52s, dj cheb i sabbah, motown or new soul, prince, stuff like that. on long car trips when i am trying to stay awake, i listen to a lot of tenacious d.
10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
calm but not sad? the Extreme soundtrack, r. carlos nakai, dean evenson's Ocean Dreams album, the brokeback mountain soundtrack, the dreamworld compilation, quiet indie, a tribe called quest, stuff like that.
11. Last gig/concert you went to?
caught erin mckeown with aliyaskie at joe's pub in nyc on october 4.
12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
right now? i've been listening to a ton of erin as a result of that gig. a lot of nirvana's first album. the good players (and the entire november '08 paste cd sampler).
13. Most hated band?
i don't think i have an all-time hated. i am not fond of five finger death punch. i always end up calling them five finger donkey punch by mistake. whoops.
14. Song that makes you think?
to a small degree, songs like "handlebars," by flobots. to a greater degree, songs with really complex melodies or particularly poetic lyrics. radiohead, always.
15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
ani. at the mooment, the good players. erin mckeown. andrew bird. stevie ray vaughan. tenacious d.
16. Coolest music video?
i am fond of busta rhymes's "put your hands where my eyes can see."
Click to viewi am also a sucker for videos with dance in them. hence michael jackson, janet jackson, justin timberlake, christina aguilera, jennifer lopez, chris brown oh man chris brown, usher, etc. i love them all. even britney.
17. Music video with the most babe watch?
oh man. there is no contest for guys: d'angelo's "untitled (how does it feel)."
and for girls: george michael's "freedom 90."
watch it, embedding is disabled
18. What would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
sexy soul. (see d'angelo.)
19. Can you play a musical instrument?
a smidgen of guitar, even less piano.
20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
sorta.
21. Are you in a band?
nope.
23. Ever dated a musician?
several, some notable. *coughpaddycough*
28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
yes.
29. Best chick band you know of?
chick singerrrrrrs chick singerrrrrrrrs chick singerrrrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrerrrrrrs
31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc...?
that coconut records song. i like it. :)
32. What do you think of Classical music?
that encompasses a lot of music. i like baroquey stuff. bach, handel, telemann, etc.
33. What do you think of Country music?
i love alt-country and the old-timey stuff. johnny cash, little jimmie rodgers, etc.
34. What do you think of Death Metal?
i like some. i like a lot of metal in general.
35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
big big? r.e.m. and tom waits within a week of each other qualify as pretty big, i think. those were this summer. (also modest mouse and the national along with r.e.m. and johnny marr? stupendous.)
36. Are you a groupie?
a little bit, yeah. i try to squelch those instincts.
37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
totally.
38. What famous musician would you like to fuck!?
ani, no doubt. there are many others, but she tops the list.
39. Worst concert moment?
so much pot smoke at the ani concert in madison that i had to leave and sit in the lobby because the smell was turning my stomach.
40. Funny concert moment?
erin mckeown referring to "cheap ashtrays from your trip to emotional niagara falls." also asking if there were any children in the audience, and upon ascertaining that there were not, whispering "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" into the microphone.
41. Sad concert moment?
ani in colorado springs was obviously in a lot of emotional turmoil. that was pretty hard to watch at moments.
42. Best local act you can think of?
well, the breeders are local...so are guided by voices. i also like shrug and sleepybird.
43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
a guitar. specifically, a 1968 martin d-35, brazilian rosewood.
44. Do you listen to the radio?
i listen to sirius a lot (satellite radio) and my school's radio station, wwsu. also the npr station at miami of ohio. if i were in colorado springs still, it'd be 94.3 kilo.
45. Do you watch music TV?
not these days. used to, but mostly for beavis and butthead.
46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
again, not these days. used to when i worked in music.
47. Have you met any famous musicians?
sort of, yeah.
48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
oh my yes. many family members and half the people i went to high school with.
49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
"bells and bombs," by erin mckeown.
50. Song that describes your life?
"videotape," by radiohead.
51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
i used to know that stuff in high school. i really don't anymore.
52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
occasionally, not much.
53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
ani difranco. yeeeeeah.
54. Favourite movie sound track?
i dig the soundtracks to extreme, out cold, garden state, swingers, and especially brokeback mountain.
56. What do your parents listen to?
my dad listens to the beatles, any musician he's currently looking to produce, and talk radio. also he'll get on weird jags where he listens to the eagles or nina simone or someone random. i once found a partridge family album that he had to have bought after he turned 30.
my mom listens to folk and motown. but she knows people like flea and chris martin and stuff. and she just told me about seeing ravi coltrane in new york last summer. my mom constantly surprises me.
57. What are you listening to right NOW?
"all i need," by radiohead. (also, nine's answer: No Aloha by The Breeders. GREAT song. just had to comment there.)
58. Do you wear band etc T-shirts?
yeah. not to the concert, generally, but yes.
59. What do you think of people who do?
i think they like the music, unless they got the t-shirt at a vintage shop or it is one of those faux vintage shirts from target. and maybe then they still like the music.
60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
not sure. i listen to a lot of hard rock/metal, but i'm not sure i belong totally to the subculture. i'm a little closer to the indie subculture, i guess.
61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
same song i'm listening to. but "david's lamentation" has been there for days now.
62. Do you sing in the shower?
not much these days, sad to say. used to all the time.
63. If so, what? If not, why not?
i don't now because i shower so damn early and i'm not really awake yet. also i am trying to be quick now that i pay for the water. before, i used to sing a lot of stuff with range. really liked singing "who's loving you," by smokey robinson, as done by the jackson 5. that's still a favorite.
64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
i guess i would rather be one in general, but if we're talking working musicians, i guess i would rather marry one. but musicians also, in my experience, tend to be very intense people. so i dunno.
66. How important is your partner's taste in music to you?
more than i would like to admit. i don't think of myself as a music snob, but i can get judgmental.
67. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them?
Introduce myself and then tell everyone I've ever met that I'm friends with them. <---ooh, me too. :) and also maybe try to make out with the middle one a little bit
68. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, you dig?
can we amend it to sex, microbrews and dry riesling, and rock 'n roll?
69. Do you cook to music?
james brown, baby! he is the best for cooking to music. prince is good, too.
70. Do you sing in the toilet?
not public ones. occasionally my own :)