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October 11, 2005
A Music Meme From Corey
Shamelessly lifting material from my friend Corey. And for the record, if Corey didn't stick to just one for each band, I don't have to either. Dammit. Away we go.
Favorite Beatles song: "Across The Universe" or "I Am The Walrus"
Favorite solo song by a former Beatle: As much as I really want to say something by John or George, I have to go with one of the only Paul songs I ever liked: "Live and Let Die."
Favorite Rolling Stones song: "Gimme Shelter"
Favorite Bob Dylan song: "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
Favorite Pixies song: "Where Is My Mind?"
Favorite Prince song: "U Got The Look" wins the tie-breaker because Sheena Easton was so freaking hot.
Favorite Michael Jackson song: On principle I should refuse to have one - frickin' pedophile. But that's not in the spirit of the meme, so I'll go with "Beat It."
Favorite Metallica song: "One" (with strong honorable mention to "Master of Puppets.")
Favorite Public Enemy song: "He Got Game" (yeah, I know it was past their prime, but what can I say, I like the mellower, pensive Chuck D better than the angry, lashing out Chuck D)
Favorite Depeche Mode song: "Blasphemous Rumors" (because God does have a sick sense of humor)
Favorite Cure song: "Pictures of You" (yeah, I know it's wussy. Shut the hell up.)
Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: Can't break the tie between "Thing Goin' On" by J.J. Cale, and "Orange County Suicide" by (wait for it...) Billy Bob Thornton
Favorite Beastie Boys song: "Sabotage" (starring Nathan Wind as Cochise, and Alessando Allegro as "The Chief")
Favorite Police song: "Message In A Bottle"
Favorite Sex Pistols song: "God Save The Queen"
Favorite song from a movie: "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" - Soggy Bottom Boys
Favorite Blondie song: "Heart of Glass"
Favorite Genesis song: Do I have to have one? Prog rock is Satan's spawn, and Phil Collins is the antichrist! Sigh... fine. "Throwing It All Away"
Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Another band I will never get the appeal of, even though I know I am in the distinct minority. There's only like three songs of theirs I like... of those, "The Immigrant Song" is easily above the others.
Favorite INXS song: "What You Need" or "Beautiful Girl" for sentimental reasons.
Favorite Weird Al song: Did he have a song called "I Am A Talentless Plagiarizing Hack?"
Favorite Pink Floyd song: I'll say it again: prog rock is Satanic spawn. If I have to pick one, I'll say "Time," because the line "And then one day you find/Ten years have got behind you/No one told you when to run...You missed the starting gun" freaks me the hell out every time I hear it and sets me off into a depression about all the things I haven't done in my life... and even if I hate the genre, anyone who can come up with a line that messes with me every time I hear it deserves some credit for writing powerful stuff.
Favorite cover song: Either "Brown Eyed Girl" by Everclear, or "Oh! Pretty Woman" by Van Halen
Favorite dance song: "Dancing Queen" because there's not a woman on the planet who doesn't rush the dance floor in near-orgasmic glee when it comes on, or "Come On Eileen" (even though it's not a dance song per se, it's a shout out to my BU Rat Pack)
Favorite U2 song: "Desire" or "Vertigo"
Favorite disco song: "Rock Your Baby" by George McRae
Favorite The Who song: "I Can't Explain"
Favorite Elton John song: "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Favorite Clash song: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
Favorite David Bowie song: "Fame" or "Let's Dance"
Favorite Nirvana song: "Heart Shaped Box"
Favorite Snoop Dogg song: "Deep Cover" (yes, I know he had Dre with him)
Favorite Ice Cube song: "It Was A Good Day"
Favorite Johnny Cash song: "The Man In Black" or "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
Favorite R.E.M. song: "Superman" or "The Great Beyond"
Favorite Elvis song: "Jailhouse Rock"
Favorite cheesy-ass country song: "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith
Pete, you're a music guy. You wanna take a crack?
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Comments
Well, at least you spelled "Led Zeppelin" correctly this time on your blog. That's an improvement.
Oh...wait. You copied and pasted it from Corey's blog. Never mind. ...
Yeah, I have all their albums. In fact, I have albums of theirs others don't.
Posted by: Brent at October 11, 2005 11:20 PM
Working on it...
Posted by: Pete at October 12, 2005 11:40 AM
I just spent entirely too long doing this meme ;)
Posted by: eden at October 12, 2005 12:22 PM
Sigh... once you dissed Genesis & Phil Collins I had to stop reading. Huge part of my teenage years. Thought your favorite song would have been Erogenous Zones.
Posted by: TweetyPie at October 12, 2005 08:56 PM
I know exactly what you mean about that Floyd line! It's the scariest, most inspiring line I can imagine! :D
Posted by: Chip at October 13, 2005 08:26 PM
Hey, Chip! How goes it?
Just a couple of weeks till the film premieres, right? Is there a URL you have that I can link to?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at October 15, 2005 04:29 PM
