Sunday, May 18, 2008

Music Survey

While you guys were eating at fancy plantation restaurants I ate KFC, got verbally assaulted by Alex for "losing" the expansion pack to his N64, and did this music survey thing. Yes I know questions 15 and 17 don't exist, but whatever. You better do this, I wanna see what's all you guys listen to.


Put your iTunes/Winamp/Windows Media Player/whatever on Shuffle and list the next thirty songs that come up. No cheating to make yourself look cool! But First!


A few Random questions:

How many songs are in your music player at the moment? 5659

Do you download music? Yes

Is it legal? Not entirely

How many actual cds do you own? Hundreds. And that=s not counting the hundreds of records that happen to not be cds.

What was the last cd you bought? In Rainbows--Radiohead

Now On to the Songs!

  1. I Think I Need a New Heart--Magnetic Fields
  2. Oh! You Pretty Things--David Bowie
  3. Jumping Someone Else’s Train--The Cure
  4. Song for Our Ancestors--Steve Miller Band
  5. Like a Hurricane--Neil Young
  6. Lazy Line Painter Jane--Belle & Sebastian
  7. Mardy Bum--Arctic Monkeys
  8. Redford (For Yai-Yai and Pappou)--Sufjan Stevens
  9. Like a Tear--The World of Oz
  10. All Over Again--Phantom Planet
  11. Wayne’s Intro--The Flaming Lips
  12. Who Are You?--The Who
  13. Oh Bring Back the Egg Unbroken--Rasputina
  14. B-13--Jump Little Children
  15. Why Bother?--Weezer
  16. Evil Ways--Buddy Miles and Carlos Santana live
  17. Milk Cow Blues--The Kinks
  18. It’s My Life--The Animals
  19. Jasper C Debussy--Marc Bolan & T. Rex
  20. Deep Inside of You--Third Eye Blind
  21. Farewell and Goodnight--Smashing Pumpkins
  22. Love Her Madly--The Doors
  23. Stop Crying Your Heart Out--Oasis
  24. Mean Woman Blues--The Soul Agents
  25. The Beat Goes On--Buddy Rich
  26. My Ding A Ling--Chuck Berry
  27. If I Needed Someone--Eric Clapton
  28. My Love--Paul McCartney and Wings
  29. Bear Melt--Jefferson Airplane
  30. The Authority Song--Jimmy Eat World


QUESTIONS:

1. Which song do you prefer, ..1 or ..30? 30


2. Have you ever listened to ..12?
If by ever you mean many many times, then yes.

3. What album is ..26 from?
Universal Masters Collection [UK]

4. What do you think about the artist who did ..15? They kinda formed the bulk of my childhood

5. Is ..19 one of your favorite songs? Not really but it’s pretty cool.

6. Who does ..28 remind you of? Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

7. Does ..20 have better lyrics or music? music

8. Do any of your friends like ..3? If they like The Cure…which they had better.

9. Is ..23 from a movie soundtrack? No

10. Is ..18 overplayed on the radio? No, but they do play it sometimes.

11. What does ..21 remind you of? Driving to the convention in Texas.

12. Which do you prefer, ..5 or ..22? 5

13. What album is ..17 from? Doin’ the Mod Vol. 3: Maximum R&B

14. When did you first hear ..19? A couple months ago when I first heard the album.

16. What genre is ..8? uh…indie/singer-songwriter?

18. What color does ..4 remind you of? Dark blue+gold all swirled together

19. Have you ever blasted ..11 on your stereo? Not really, it’s mostly spoken word with a little backing music.

20. What genre is ..7? Brit pop

21. Can you play ..13 on any instrument? No

22. What is your favorite lyric from ..30? Honesty or mystery, tell my I’m not scared anymore. I got no secret purpose, I don’t seem obvious do I?

23. What is your favorite lyric from ..23? None of them, they are all kinda lame.

24. Would you recommend ..24 to your friends? They wouldn=t be my friends if I didn=t recommend them weird songs.

25. Is ..2 a good song to dance to?
Not especially. I’d like to see someone try though.

26. Do you ever hear ..16 on the radio? Not the live version, but the regular Santana one, yes

27. Is ..22 more of a nighttime or daytime song? Daytime

28. Does ..16 have any special meaning to you? no

29. Do any of your friends like ..1? Alex? Does he count?

30. Is ..25 a fast or slow song? Mid-tempo

31. Is ..5 a happy or sad song? Bittersweet

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from ..9? I don’t have a clue. That’s one of those weird psychedelic songs that just kinda wash over you. Lyrics are secondary

33. Is ..14 better to listen to alone or with friends? Alone

34. When did you first hear ..27? On the radio I think, when I was probably sixteen and obsessed with the Beatles.

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did ..29? The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil, Crown of Creation, Lather

36. Do you know all the words to ..6 Most of them. It’s kinda my theme song, minus all the prostitution stuff

37. Does ..28 have better lyrics or music? They are both awesome!

38. What album is ..10 from? The Guest

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