Music Survey!

1. The first CD you ever bought.
Savage by Eurythmics (I was nine years old and unbeknownst to all the kids who made fun of me, I was really, really cool)

2. Musical styles that you listen to.
Less country, bluegrass, traditional, and tribal music than other things, but I listen to pretty much everything.

3. Your 1-5 favourite artists/bands.
Uh...hm. Well, going by what I have the most of, that would be The Cure, NIN, Ani DiFranco, DMB, and Aphex Twin. But I haven't really been listening to Ani or Dave much lately, and there are other things that I don't have much of but I listen to all the time. Like RJD2, and a whole bunch of other stuff along those lines.

4. What's in your CD player right now.
A mix cd made by Brett. I think it has some TMBG, Orbital, Beatles, probably Monty Python, I'm assuming Postal Service...I dont' remember. It's quite random, but still good.

5. The most recent CD that you bought.
The last cd I technically bought was With Teeth by NIN (which Brett hates but I can't stop listening to), but before our last road trip Brett bought Demon Days by Gorillaz and Human After All by Daft Punk at my request. Demon Days is kind of meh in my opinion, but I really like Human After All even though a lot of it is pretty mechanical & minimalist. But hey, Phillip Glass and Four Tet are minimalist, and they're likeable.

6. You're stuck on a deserted island with a solar powered CD player. You can only have 1 album. What album do you take?
What ever it is, it'd better be LONG, because I wouldn't even want to listen to With Teeth anymore after the like, 9,000th time in a row, so those 9,000 times had better take as long as possible to play.

7. Song you think has the most beautiful lyrics.
A lot of them. But I think "Beautiful" (which was SUNG by Christina Aguilera but written by Linda Perry) was exceptionally nice.

8. Your favourite music video.
Um, also a tough one, but I really like Tool's music videos, and Bjork's. And a lot of other people's too.

9. A song that reminds you of summer.
Ugh. Will Smith's "Summertime"

10. Your favourite song with the name of a city in the title or lyrics.
I really don't know...the only things I can think of are "New York, New York" by Sinatra and "Shadow of Seattle" and "Vampires of New York" by Marcy Playground, but I don't really like any of those songs. Wait, "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen is alright though.

11. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
Lots of things, because being depressed and listening to music is what being a teen is all about. For the most part though, I would've been listening to pretty much anything by The Cure or NIN. But especially the albums Staring at the Sea and Mixed Up by The Cure and Pretty Hate Machine by NIN. Oh, and Permanent by Joy Division. Because nothing says "I love life" like the works of Ian Curtis.

12. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and winded up disliking everything but that song?
Not that I recall. I've bought a lot of albums for one song and wound up hating the rest of it though. But now thanks to itunes that won't happen as much! :D

13. A song whose lyrics you thought you knew in the past, but about which you later learned you were incorrect.
Ha...Pearl Jam's "Glorified G" - I thought for FOREVER that it went "glorified version of a pelican..." but no. It's "glorified version of a PELLET GUN." Der. That's what I get for liking animals more than guns. And also, if I'd actually paid attention to the REST of the song, the pelican thing makes no sense at all.

14. Your least favourite song on one of your favourite albums.
I'm gonna go with...um...wow, it's tough to do this without access to my music collection (after I imported all of my cds onto my now crapped out hard drive, I boxed up the disks/cases). Um...okay, here's one: "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" on The White Stripes' Elephant.

15. A song you like by someone you find physically attractive.
"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" by Harry Connick Jr. Wait, no, he totally didn't WRITE that, so I wouldn't say it's "by" him. But he's certainly easy on the eyes. Also I would say um...hmm...I've found lots of musicians attractive but I'm not sure if I would call them *physically* attractive. David Bowie & Robert Smith for example. They're not exactly runway-ready, but I've been swooning over them since middle school. Most of the presently phsically attractive musicians I can think of are responsible for the audio PUKE on MTV that I don't like. But you know what? Even though I'm sick of it I *do* like that "Mr. Brightside" song by The Killers. And their lead singer is really cute.

16. A song you like by someone you find physically unattractive or otherwise repellent.
"Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" by Aphex Twin

17. Your favourite song that has expletives in it.
NIN's "Closer" was the first thing to come to mind, but that hasn't been my *favourite* song for about ten years now. Next I thought of "The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang, but then it dawned on me that though I would consider it an explicit song, it doesn't actually contain any "expletives." Then I realized that so many songs that aren't really ABOUT something explicit contain expletives, that it kind of makes this a boring question.

18. A song you like that sounds as if it's by someone British but isn't.
Green Day's "Longview"

19. A song you like that took you forever to finally locate a copy of.
A lot of the music Wieden + Kennedy uses for their commercials is really good, and it's often very hard for me to find information on it.

20. A song that sounds to you like what being happy feels.
Telepopmusik's "Breathe" and the last half of "Les Fleurs Me Paraissent Plus Belles" from Delibes' Lakme, though I know nothing of the story behind it, so with my luck it's about killing babies.

21. Your favourite song that is not and has never been a radio single.
I don't know what's been on the radio and what hasn't, because I hate listening to the radio.

22. Your favourite song from a soundtrack compilation album.
"Rue St. Vincent" from Rushmore's soundtrack and "Perfect Drug" from Lost Highway.

23. A song that reminds you of high school.
Elastica's "Connection"

24. A song from the past that would be considered politically incorrect now (and possibly was then).
Um, probably anything by NWA.

25. A song you like sung by an overweight person.
"When I Fall" by the Barenaked Ladies. I'm pretty sure their lead singer is fat. Also, anything by The Cure, because Robert Smith isn't exactly starving lately either.

26. A song you actually like by an artist you otherwise hate.
Okay, so I really, really don't hate Eminem. I think he's brilliant and hugely talented, I just don't usually like the things he has to say, and sometimes I find him surprisingly offensive. But "Mosh" I totally love.

27. One of the earliest songs to which you can remember listening to.
According to my dad, my first words were "Doobie Brothers," so probably "Black Water" or something along those lines, though it's a little blurry now.

28. A song you've been mocked by friends for liking.
I don't even know where to begin. With a collection as massive as ours, you're always going to find something to mock. I think Tony put it best when he said, "I hate your music."

29. A cover song that you like.
"Maybe I'm Amazed" as covered by Jem, "Across the Universe" as covered by Fiona Apple, and "Blackbird" as covered by Sarah McLachlan are three favorites of many, because I like new covers of old songs, and I like The Beatles.

30. A song that has helped cheer you up (or empowered you somehow) after a breakup or otherwise difficult situation.
"Cabaret" from well, Cabaret. Also, "I Will Survive" as covered by Cake.