A Music Inquisition
Nice Facebook meme, courtesy of Mark Cummings.
It’s a situational analysis of favorite artists and albums. Everyone asks, “what is your favorite song” or “favorite band”? I think those things change by the moment. So, here is a list of my favorite songs, singers and such by situation (you like that alliteration, huh.)
1. It’s late at night and you are in the middle of a long drive. You’re sleepy, but this song comes on the radio and you get your second wind.
“Stand” – R.E.M.
2. Song that really doesn’t fit your voice, but you sing it anyway……(in the car)
“Last Goodbye” – Jeff Buckley
3. Song you regret knowing all the words to.
“Copacabana” – Barry Manilow
4. Song that reminds you Summer, Fall, Winter and/or Spring.
Summer: “Rain In the Summer Time” – The Alarm
Fall: “Ole!” – The Bouncing Souls
Winter: “Valley Winter Song” – Fountains of Wayne
Spring: “Cerulean” – The Ocean Blue
5. What song gets you in the Holiday spirit.
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – Darlene Love
6. You are depressed and this song puts you way over the edge.
“The Drugs Don’t Work” – The Verve
7. A song that you wish you wrote.
“Promised Land” – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
8. Song you wish no one ever wrote.
“Hands Up”
9. Who do you think has the best voice for Rock and Roll? Male and Female
Michael Stipe, Neko Case
10. The best concert performance you’ve ever seen.
Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band, PNC Arts Center
11. Band you hope does NOT have another album (i.e. has served their purpose)
The Killers. Would have said Nickelback, but they served no purpose to begin with.
12. Who is the better guitarist -Lindsay Buckingham or Mark Knopfler.
Nils Lofgren
13. Singer or Band you wish you could see in concert
Led Zeppelin
14. If you could meet ONE Dead Musician in the afterlife, who would it be?
John Lennon
15. You are stranded on a desert island with a record player. You can bring 3 albums only. What are they? NO GREATEST HITS ALBUMS
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Joshua Tree – U2
Reckoning – R.E.M.
16. St. Peter wants to hear you sing a song before letting you into Heaven. What song do you sing that convinces him you aren’t the rat bastard everyone thinks you are.
“Phantom Eyes” – Marah
17. You’re driving and someone cuts you off, what song do you want playing on the radio.
“Let It Be” – The Beatles
18. A song that makes you think of dying/death.
“1930” – The Gaslight Anthem
19. That rarely played song/s that makes you think about someone else and who?
“You Nerve Me” – Possum Dixon. Reminds me of my apartment mates at 3417.
“Go West” – Pet Shop Boys. “It’s all ice!”
20. What song do you think you can pull off doing karaoke like nobody’s business?
“Should I Stay or Should I Go” – The Clash
