(#069) Music survey... stolen from
dead_battery. yay!
Favourite...
band: Skinny Puppy, Squarepusher, Radiohead, Kid606, Beck, The Velvet Underground
song: Squarepusher - Untitled
album: Radiohead, OK Computer
male vocalist: Beck
female vocalist: Hmmm... Tori Amos
guitarist: Bob Dylan
bassist: Squarepusher. or Jaco Pastorius
drummer: Keith Moon
creator of synthesized sounds and/or misc: That'd be Squarepusher.
tambourine player: seriously?
music video: aphex twin, windowlicker. or beck, loser.
cover art: radiohead, kid a. specifically, the secret booklet beneath the cd tray.
lyricist: beck, bob dylan, skinny puppy, radiohead.
lyrics: radiohead, let down
Don't forget the songs that made you...
cry: i'm not going to list those all here. radiohead, let down/exit music (for a film)/lucky; skinny puppy, testure
saved your life: heh, nobody helped me with that.
dance merrily: i don't dance. but if i did, i'd dance to throbbing gristle's 2nd annual report.
fall asleep: brian eno, music for airports. heh. or the orb.
sigh: anything by smashing pumpkins excluding gish and siamese dream. but i'm sighing out of irritation.
really, really angry: why would i listen to music that makes me angry?
your heart stop: again, radiohead - let down & exit music.
your heart soar: hmmm...
First..
concert: Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, heh, when i was 11 or 12.
album/CD ever purchased: David Bowie, the man who sold the world.
time you ever heard your favorite band/song: when my mate from school {nick said "y'know, if you like nine inch nails, you'll probably like this band skinny puppy."} {andy said "y'know, if you like placebo, you'll probably love this band radiohead."}
What do you think of..
Cheesy pop: it's my dirty little pleasure. well, what sort of cheesy pop? like freezepop and information society?Electronic-style music (I'm incorporating a lot here): it is life.
Rap/Hip-hop: i like it all, for many different reasons.
Rock (as in ROCK, get my drift): i loathe ROCK rock, except in certain exceptions.
'Indie': indie good. emo bad. indie techno great.
Country: older stuff, like johnny cash. bluesier stuff, like bob dylan. stoneder stuff, like string cheese incident.
Europop!: what's that?
Goth: excuse me, i have to staple my hand to my forehead...
Latin (not Ricky Martin): nah, not really.
Swing: not my scene, but i don't hate it.
Musicals: EHHHH. i like a few of the less conventional ones.
50?s/60?s: sure. shits, yeah, i was raised on the velvets, dylan, and zappa.
70?s: *shrug* i like bowie, eno, roxy music, etc. and funk.
80?s: only the stuff you've never heard of.
This band is perfect for...
Rainy days: portishead
Sunny days: hmm... i dunno, really.
Morning: boards of canada, and aphex twin, definitely.
Driving long distances: modest mouse, phish.
Hanging out/Talking: hmmm... certain squarepusher albums, daft punk.
When you're having 'one of those days': well, i reckon my days are different from most peoples' days... radiohead, though. and booze.
Spring: ermm... boards of canada.
Summer: beck's been good so far.
Fall: kid606
Winter: everything!
Staring off into space: radiohead, kid a
Miscellaneous..
The person/people who you are indebted forever to for shaping your current musical tastes and habits: my mom, without a doubt. she raised me to listen to stuff that doesn't suck.
Last CD purchased: repurchased nirvana - incesticide. before that, sigur ros, agaetis byrjun
Last CD listened to: bob dylan, bringin it all back home
How many CDs do you have?: a little over 800
Band/song that you are almost too ashamed to admit you like: oh, and i would tell you?
Describe your music buying habits: it's what i spend most of my money on.
Cover songs? pure evil?: cover songs are the b to the omb. especially when good bands cover shitty songs. look for the junjk cover of hit me baby one more time coming soon.