Since I can never quite resist things musical, I’ve had this meme saved in drafts for about a year now. Add to that the fact that I’m feeling creatively low at the moment and– voilà! — instant entry. It (surprisingly) didn’t take as long to fill in as I thought it would… I guess the trick is to not over-think your answers.

Anyway, if you’re looking for a filler post, or just love music, or both… feel free to take a stab at it. Be sure to let me know if you do, I love getting to know people through their music.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GREAT MUSICALS MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. LIST THE BEST ONE IN YOUR OPINION:
1. when you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way… West Side Story

YOU ARE FEELING RANDY. LIST TWO SONGS YOU PLAY TO GET IN THE MOOD:
1. Closer - NIN
2. Bitches Ain’t Shit - Ben Folds

kidding… sort of

MAKE UP THREE CREATIVE NAMES FOR A NEW ROCK BAND: (i’m not feeling creative so i’m just going to rip off some of my favorite movies/tv shows)
1. The Analrapists
2. Lacuna Inc.
3. The Five Obstructions

LIST FOUR SENTENCES RELATING TO MUSIC THAT YOU’VE NEVER SAID BEFORE:
1. I just love that Celine Dion!
2. I don’t mind at all that my husband buys Colin Hay songs through my iTunes account.
3. Hey, I just bought two tickets to the American Idol Live concert, wanna come?
4. Seal rocks!

LIST FIVE SONG TITLES THAT DESCRIBE HOW YOU’VE FELT THIS WEEK:
1. Black Swan - Thom Yorke
2. What I Am - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
3. A Touch Of Gray - Grateful Dead
4. You Can’t Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
5. Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime - Beck

IMAGINE YOU’RE HAVING THE IDEAL PERFECT DAY. WHAT SIX THINGS WOULD YOU BE DOING AND WHAT SOUNDTRACK WOULD UNDERSCORE THE ACTIVITY?
1. Laughing
2. Reading
3. Laughing
4. Writing
5. Eating really good, really spicy mexican food (with lots of leftovers for later)
6. Laughing

soundtrack: Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GET TO GO BACK IN TIME AND ENSURE THAT SEVEN SONGS
WERE NEVER WRITTEN, THUS SPARING HUMANITY FROM EVER HAVING TO HEAR
THEM. WHAT WOULD GET THE AXE?
1. Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
2. From A Distance - Bette Midler
3. My Humps - Fergie & The Blackeyed Peas (Oh, who am I kidding… anything by Fergie)
4. Anything by Ricky Martin
5. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
6. Thank Heaven For Little Girls (no clue who sang it originally but, man, is it ever creepy)
7. Anything by REO Speedwagon

TOO MANY MUSICIANS DIE PREMATURELY. LIST EIGHT THAT YOU MISS AND FEEL WOULD HAVE WENT ON TO EVEN MORE MUSICAL GREATNESS: (at first I thought it would be difficult coming up with 8 names, but in the end I had to decide who to leave off… it’s sad really)
1. Stevie Ray Vaughan
2. Joey Ramone
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Elliott Smith
5. Otis Redding
6. John Lennon
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. John Bonham

STICK WITH ME, WE’RE ALMOST DONE. LIST THE TOP NINE ARTISTS CURRENTLY IN HEAVIEST ROTATION ON YOUR PLAYLIST:
1. Pearl Jam (they’re always in heavy rotation with me)
2. Bright Eyes (I’ve been listening to their new cd, Cassadaga, a lot this past week)
3. Ebba Forsberg (every so often I pull out her old album, Been There. She’s got an amazing voice)
4. Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler is my favorite guitar god)
5. Ben Folds (if you don’t know of my love for Mr. Ben yet… well, you haven’t been paying attention)
6. The Velvet Underground (love Lou Reed… )
7. Bob Dylan (when the weather turns cold & windy, Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, is practically a prerequisite)
8. The Pretenders (I had to listen to her version of ‘I’ll stand by you’ to get the icky carrie underwood one out of my head)
9. Pulp (haven’t listened to them in awhile, but I do love ‘like a friend’)

FINALLY! EVERYONE HAS SONGS THEY RELATE TO. LIST 10 THAT ARE PERSONAL TO YOU:
1. Evaporated - Ben Folds Five
2. Alive - Pearl Jam
3. Crucify - Tori Amos
4. The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
5. You Don’t Know How It Feels - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
6. Vienna - Billy Joel
7. One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen
8. Breathe Me - Sia
9. Just A Girl - No Doubt
10.Karma Police - Radiohead

On this day..

• You bet your ass I am. - 2008
• Buffy & West Wing postponed due to Arrested Development - 2006
• Shoot me now. - 2006
• This is sad. - 2006