Sunday, July 30, 2006

I don't mind this survey

(Thanks, Matos)

Name 5-10 wistful/bittersweet songs that come to mind:

Pet Shop Boys, "The End of the World"
The Pretenders, "Hymn to Her"
Stevie Wonder, "All in Love is Fair"
Frank Sinatra, "What's New?"
Mary J. Blige, "Not Gon' Cry"

The 4 Best Songs Ever Written:

"Here Comes The Sun"
"When U Were Mine"
"Go Your Own Way"
"I Believe"

3 Current Favorites Songs:

Justin Timberlake, "SexyBack"
Sonic Youth, "Pink Stream"
Scritti Politti, "Robin Hood"

Classic Early Evening Drinking Music:
Any track off DJ Shadow's The Private Press

3 All Time Faves That Never Get Old To You:

R.E.M., "Losing My Religion"
Swing Out Sister, "Breakout"
Eurythmics, "Here Comes the Rain Again"

Song You Want To Play At Your Wedding:
Roxy Music, "To Turn You On"

Song You Want to Play At Your Funeral:
The Velvet Underground, "I'm Set Free"

4 Records You Really Dug from 2005:

The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday
The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
M.I.A., Arular
Spoon, Gimme Fiction

4 Favorite Records From This Year So Far:

Ghostface Killah, Fishscale
Basement Jaxx, Crazy Itch Radio
Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped
Journey Into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story

5 Good Angry Songs:

Bob Dylan, "Dirge"
Public Image Ltd, "Rise"
Marvin Gaye, "I'll Be Doggone"
The Go-Betweens, "Someone Else's Wife"
Outkast, "Rooster"

One of Your Favorite Lyrics:
"She's a vegetarian except when it comes to sex" -- ABC, "Unzipped"

5 Cover Songs Arguably Better Than the Original:

Tina Turner, "Let's Stay Together"
Paul McCartney, "No Other Baby"
Dolly Parton, "Save the Last Dance For Me"
Bryan Ferry, "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"
The Raincoats, "Lola"

Ironic Song to Brutally Murder Someone to in a movie:
John Lennon, "Clean-up Time"

Great Dance Song You Maybe Never Realized Was a Great Dance song Back in the Day:

Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean"

Good Albums To Workout To:
Donna Summer's Gold

Good Album to Clean The House To:
Eric B & Rakim, Follow The Leader

Good Dining Music:
Brian Eno-John Cale, Wrong Way Up

A Good Album To Have Sex To:
PJ Harvey, Is This Desire?

A Good Album To Put You In the Mood (that is Not Sade, Marvin Gaye or Barry White):
Wowee Zowee

Good Album To Sleep To:
Brian Eno, Discreet Music

5 Good Rock Songs That You Can Dance To:

The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night"
The Velvet Underground, "Sister Ray"
Garbage, "Stupid Girl"
Gang of Four, "Damaged Goods"
The Breeders, "Cannonball"

4 Good Dance Songs (any kind):

Taana Gardner, "Heartbeat"
New Order, "Perfect Kiss (12" extended mix)
Madonna, "Into the Groove"
Underworld, "Born Slippy""

Songs That Are Too Damn Sad:

Joy Division, "Decades"
Neil Young, "Ambulance Blues"
Bob Dylan, "Buckets of Rain"
Prince, "Sometimes It Snows in April"
Fleetwood Mac, "Sara"
George Jones, "The Door"

4 Happy, Life Affirming Songs:

Pet Shop Boys, "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
Bjork, "Violently Happy"
De La Soul, "Ego Trippin'"
The New Pornographers, "Use It"

5 Great Love Songs:

The Beatles, "All I Gotta Do"
Daryl Hall & John Oates, "One On One"
Psychedelic Furs, "The Ghost in You"
The Notorious BIG, "One More Chance"
Kate Bush, "Hounds of Love"

An Album Full of Tenderness:
Al Green, Call Me

Song To Cheer Up A Friend:
Lou Reed, "Turn To Me"

Song To An Ex That Isn't Meanspirited:
Pavement, "Type Slowly"

Song To An Ex That Is Kinda Meanspirited:
Bob Dylan, "Emotionally Yours"

Song to Listen to While in The Country Looking at Stars:
Air, "Cherry Blossom Girl"

Song to lose your Mind to:
Utah Saints, "Something Good"

Song To Cry In Your Pillow to:
Fleetwood Mac, "Brown Eyes"

Songs That Make You Feel Amped and Inspired:
The Jesus & Mary Chain, "Happy When It Rains"

Great Semi-Obscure B-side:
The Go-Betweens, "Casanova's Last Words"

Song That Makes You Miss Your Mom:
Carole King, "I Feel The Earth Move"

Tough Break-Up Songs:
The Mountain Goats, "First Few Desperate Hours"

So Happy It Makes You Wanna Skip:
Saint Etienne, "Who Do You Think You Are?"

Feel No Shame: Great Current Pop Songs:
Nelly Furtado feat. Timberland, "Promiscuous"
Madonna, "Jump"
Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"

Album No One Would Expect You To Love:
most of Jay-Z's catalogue

Album No One Would Expect You To Dislike:
Pet Shop Boys' Release

Emo Album You Actually Like:
Does Jenny Lewis count?

Good, But Overrated Cause Of Indie Revisionism:
I support any revisionism in spirit.

5 Desert Island Discs off the top of your head (30 sec clock):
Alexander O'Neal, Hearsay
New Order, Technique
R.E.M., Murmur
Prince, Sign 'O' The Times,
Rosanne Cash, King's Record Shop

3 Contemporary Artists That Were Your Faves 10 Years Ago:
Sonic Youth, Sleater Kinney, Pulp

Fave Electronic Record You Own:
Endtroducing...

Fave Hip-Hop Record You Own:
A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory

Hip-Hop Song You Know All the Lyrics Too:
oh, c'mon

Random Album You Loved In High School But Are Afraid To Admit It:
Shame is a useless emotion.

Album You May Have Listened To More In Highschool than Any Other Album:
Electronic, Electronic

If You Could Enter A Wrestling Ring to a Song It Would Be:
Pat Benatar, "Invincible"

Album To Clear A Room With:
Velvet Underground, White Light, White Heat

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