FLOGGING MOLLY IN AN HOUR. Yee.
I had to fill out this survey, cause its all about music. Ill put it behind a cut to spare a few of you. (swiped from the ultra modboy
manzano)
1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU OWNED (BOUGHT FOR YOU)?
I belive the first record that was ever bought for me was a copy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack my mom got for me waaaay back in 6th grade. Thats when I got my record player.
2. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT?
Ooooh, this is hard, Ive been buying them for a LONG time. Im gonna guess that its Blondie's Parallel Lines. I got it for a quarter at a yard sale. Fools didnt know what they were selling. ^_^
3. IF YOU HAD SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX COMING OVER AND YOU WANTED TO IMPRESS THEM, WHICH CDS WOULD YOU HIDE?
Tch, nothing gets hidden with me. If you dont dig my music, you can pack up and go home, thanks. (tho i might leave the Ultimate New Wave collections till the second date. ^_^)
4. IS THERE A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU MOST OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
The Rainbow Connection as sung by Kermit. That song meant alot to me. It was me and my mom's song, and I sang it all the time.
5. IF YOU COULD SPEND A NIGHT WITH FIVE MUSICAL ARTISTS - THREE FOR THEIR MINDS AND TWO FOR THEIR BODIES - WHO WOULD THEY BE?
For their minds: Reese Roper for the spiritual stuff, Jello Biafra for his amazing political ideas, and Dave King (lead singer of Flogging Molly) just to drink with a real Irishman. ^_^
For their bodies: What good is a body without a mind? Pass.
6. IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT SONG WOULD PLAY OVER THE FOLLOWING:
OPENING CREDITS: "King of Carrot Flowers" by Neutral Milk Hotel
LOVE SCENES: "Lovesong" by The Cure (I dont care if its cliched)
CLOSING CREDITS: "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" by The Buzzcocks
7. IF APPLICABLE, NAME A SONG OR CONCERT THAT MOVED YOU TO TEARS.
Oh, man. The first Flogging Molly show I saw when he did the song he wrote about his dead father. That made me bawl like a baby.,
8. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE...?
HAPPY: The Ramones and lotsa ska
SAD: Beck and Bonnie Prince Billy
ANGRY: The Lunachicks and irish punk
DRUNK: I dont drink, but if I did, it would HAVE to be Flogging Molly.
9. NAME ONE MUSICAL ARTIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED:
Fred Durst(
manzano, Im with ya)
10. NAME ONE MUSICAL GENRE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED:
Teenybopper pop princesses can bite my ass.
11. NAME A SONG YOU WOULD RATHER HEAR NEVER AGAIN:
That friggin cover of that Fleetwood Mac song by the Dixie Chicks. Its like they took something bad and made it a bazillion times worse.
12. WHAT NOW-DEFUNCT BAND WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SEE REUNITE (LIVING OR DEAD)?
The Ramones, Dead Kennedys, or Joan Jett and The Blackhearts.
13. NAME AN ALBUM THAT IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH - NO FILLER, NO BAD STUFF.
Five Iron Frenzy: Our Newest Album Ever
OR
Swagger by Flogging Molly
14. MUSIC YOU LIKE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A GUILTY PLEASURE.
Hip hop...I always have an Outkast CD hidden undr my bed. ^_^
15. IF YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION WAS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES, WHICH FIVE CDS WOULD YOU SAVE?
Hmmm...Ill pick the ones that were hardest to get.
Five Iron Frenzy:2-Electric Boogaloo
Bjork: Glink Glo
Lunachicks: Pretty Ugly
Shonen Knife:Rock Animals
Neutral Milk Hotel: Holland 1941
16. IS THERE A SONG THAT DESCRIBES YOU OR A SITUATION YOU'VE BEEN IN SO WELL THAT YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT?
"I See A Darkness" by Bonnie Prince Billy or "Nobody's Fault But my own" by Beck
17. WHICH UNDERRATED ARTIST DESERVES MORE ATTENTION?
Elephant Six Recording Company.
18. HAS A SONG OR ARTIST CHANGED YOUR LIFE IN ANY WAY? IF SO, HOW?
There are a million bands that have done that, but the one thats changed my life in the most drastically is Five Iron Frenzy. That band helped save my faith in God and humanity. Its a long story, and certain people would probaly be happier if I didnt tell it here.
19. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK?
Edward Scissorhands or Donnie Darko. Dunno which.
20. BEST MUSIC-RELATED MOVIE.
Hedwig And The Agry Inch, for sure.
21. WHAT WOULD YOUR DREAM BAND BE?
vocals - Dave King from Flogging Molly
lead guitar - Elvis Costello
rhythm guitar- Squib from The Lunachicks, just because
Bass - Melora Creager from Rasputina
organ- James Iha from The Smashing Pumpkins
drums - Keith Moon from The Who
22. DO YOU MISS THE DAYS WHEN MTV USED TO, LIKE, SHOW VIDEOS AND STUFF?
Well, I did, but then MTV2 and VH1 Classics started up, and it dosent seem as bad. I just accept that good MTV went the way of the dodo...I do miss the Maxx, tho.
23. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME VIDEO?
Right now, probaly Coffee and TV by Blur. Its the ultra-cute story of a milk catron searching for the person on the side of it.
24. CURRENT FAVORITE RADIO HIT?
The radio sucks. Screw the radio right in its ear.
Now then. Off to take a shower and ROCK MY FREAKING SOCKS OFF.