Well, it's that time again, folks. Back in my Livejournal days, I used to kill people's friends lists by doing annoying myspace quizzes, because I love to talk about myself. Well, now's the time when I will steal annoying Facebook quizzes and put them on my blog....SO THERE! Because though time as passed, I still just love to talk about myself. Just be glad I'm not raping your news feed daily, like all those other bitches.
01 - your favorite song: Bruce Springsteen - Born to RunNo explanation needed. He's the Boss.
02 - your least favorite song: Miley Cyrus - The Climb
This is probably not my
least favorite song, because I hate so many songs and people and things, but was very recently annoying me because someone performed it on Idol. It's no Party in the USA, that's for sure.
03 - a song that makes you happy: Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The BoyFootloose was the most fun musical ever. And I had a big crush on Willard. And this song is great.
04 - a song that makes you sad: Paolo Nutini - Autumn LeavesDeath-related sadness. Great song, though.
05 - a song that reminds you of someone: P Puff Diddy Daddy - Bad Boys 4 LifeI could've chosen any number of songs that make me think of my Leah, but this is one of them. Whenever I hear this song, I think of us skipping our way through the State Fair, the smell of Bloomin Onions in the air. We really are bad boys for life.
06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere: John Mayer - St. Patrick's DayI listened to a lot of John Mayer's first album when I was in France. I don't know why, you know how some things just catch you at certain times? Well, Room For Squares caught me then. St. Patrick's Day makes me think of sitting in my dorm room at the Universite de Caen after dinner, before drinks, with the windows open, writing in my journal.
07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event: Bowling for Soup - Scotty Doesn't KnowFisher Players Guys & Dolls Cast Party. Or, more specifically, the ride home. Chris Fanning was on "vocal rest". See also:
this.
08 - a song that you know all the words to: O-Town - All Or NothingThis song has recently come back into my life in a big way, and I just can't deny how much I love it. It is just awesomely bad.
09 - a song that you can dance to: Katy Perry - FireworkTeddi Line Dance '11!
10 - a song that makes you fall asleep: Imogen Heap - Hide and SeekReally any song with really good harmonies. This one's kinda wacky crazy, as she's robot-harmonizing with herself, but still. Soothing.
11 - a song from your favorite band/person: Jason Mraz - After An AfternoonSpeaking of soothing, here's Mr. A-Z himself! Love everything about Jason Mraz, every song, every concert, every everything. This is one of my favs.
12 - a song from a band/ person you hate: Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk BadonkadonkI had a hard time choosing between this song, and his Brown Chicken Brown Cow song. I decided to go with this one, because not only do I hate Trace Adkins, and this song, but also the phrases "honky tonk" and "badonkadonk". Although it really makes me mad that he had to go and fuck up the Brown Chicken Brown Cow joke. Eff you Trace Adkins.
13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure: NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy HolidaysIf you listen to this song, and do not feel a smile creep across your face, then you're probably dead inside. Also, the video is juuuuust retarded.
14 - a song that no one would expect you to love: DMX - Who We BeExcept by now I'm sure several of you know of my deep deep worship of the gangsta rap scene. Or something. Anyway, I had Amanda Choquette put this on a mix cd back in high school, and I still love it! Especially singing back up on the chorus!
15 - a song that describes you: Dave Matthews Band - Grey StreetThere’s an emptiness inside her
And she’d do anything to fill it in
And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now
It’s more like cold blue ice in her heart
She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life
She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
16 - a song that you used to love but now hate: Christina Perri - Jar of HeartsI first fell in love with this song back when someone danced to it on So You Think You Can Dance, and then Christina performed it on the show a few weeks later. But now it is the only song that is every played on every radio station ever. Ack.
17 - a song that you hear often on the radio: Whitesnake - Here I Go AgainOh hey, wish I had seen this question first. Well, recently, it seems like 90% of the songs I hear on any given radio station are songs from Rock of Ages. It's been like the whole world knew I was finally going to see it, and they wanted to psych me up. And now I have seen it, and it was awesome, and I still keep hearing the songs. This one came on when I was driving home from work today, and I almost swerved off the road in excitement.
18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio: Kris Allen - The Truth Or really any song by Kris Allen, because hey...remember that time he won American Idol and ADAM LAMBERT DIDN'T?! And yet Lambert gets more airplay. Of course. Even though Kris sold more records. I love this song though, although not so much the version with Pat Monahan. He didn't so much contribute anything to the song. Kriiiiiis I love you. This is also a dedication to all my past Idol loves that have faded away to obscurity: Elliott Yamin, Matt Giraud, Chris Richardson, Lee DeWyze...
19 - a song from your favorite album: Dashboard Confessional - Living In Your Letterscwdashboard68, baby, hahahaha. I'm not sure I have a favorite album, I'm not good at picking favorites of anything. But this is one of those albums I can listen any time any day and enjoy it. Either 'The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most' or 'MTV Unplugged v 2.0', you decide! Because I can't.
20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry: Linkin Park - One Step CloserI can't really think of any songs that I listen to when I'm angry now, because I don't really listen to songs when I'm angry, because I don't really get angry, because as we've previously discussed, anger is an emotion that my body does not know how to process. BUT back when I was an angsty teen, there was nothing I used to love more than blasting some Linkin Park on my big bad stereo whenever I was mad about my parents just not understanding me.
21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy: Journey - Don't Stop BelievinThis song is just so good. And I hate that it has become SUCH a omnipresent song in current pop culture, because it makes me feel like a poser, but there's no way you can hear this song and not just belt it. And hey, I used to love it before it was all over everywhere, so I'm still cool. And it does have happy pop culture associations for me with Rock of Ages and Glee, so whatever.
22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad: Maria Mena - SorryThis is a great song, that's all. It's angsty emogirl music, like 75% of the stuff I listen to and try to keep a secret from other people, but I just think this is great, and before I got a new computer, it was the most-played song on my iTunes. 166 times. I hope this doesn't mean I'm sad a lot! I don't think it does, I just really like the song. And when I am sad, I really like to listen to things ON REPEAT!
23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding: George Harrison - What Is LifeSosososo great, and such a good wedding song. Fell back in love with it on the Away We Go soundtrack. And such a happy song, too. I want it to be my wedding reception intro song. What is my life without your love?
24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral: Rusted Root - Send Me On My WayI have put Amanda Hackett in charge of music to be played at my funeral, and my biggest request is that this song be played. I'm a big fan of ironic funeral song choices, much like Bye Bye Baby in Love Actually.
25 - a song that makes you laugh: Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently I don't know if this actually makes me lol, I couldn't really think of a song that does, but it is such a great song, and it is hilarious. i probably lol'ed the first time I heard it, back in the day.
26 - a song that you can play on an instrument: The Beatles - Hey JudeThe middle school jazz band version, anyway. Yeah sax solo!
27 - a song that you wish you could play/sing: Adele - Someone Like YouThis was originally "song you wish you could play", which I didn't like, cause I couldn't really think of anything I wished I could play, so I changed it to sing, and then nothing was really standing out to me either. Mainly I would just love to have a big belty voice to sing a big belty song. But I also love powerful emotional songs, I would love to be able to sing something with feeling behind it, and I think this song is a great example of that.
28 - a song that makes you feel guilty: Blink 182 - All The Small ThingsMy brother used to be in a band called Charlie's Bughouse. They played mostly older stuff, and cooler stuff, but one song they did play was All The Small Things, which, though it usually got the crowd going, was really a treat for me, because I was in middle school at the time and Blink 182 was the coolest. And every time I was at one of their gigs and they did this song, my brother would look right to me to make sure I was singing along. And it made me feel so cool to have my big brother, lead singer of a band, acknowledge me during his performance. And it was kind of a special little thing that we shared. But I didn't really go to a lot of their gigs, because they were mostly in bars, and not only was I not 21, but it was always really crowded and crowded bars tend to freak me out. After awhile the band went their separate ways, and I always felt bad that I missed so many opportunities to see them. And considering the current situation, I still wish I could go back in time and go to every single gig.
29 - a song from your childhood: Blind Melon - No RainMy childhood included a lot of early 90s grungy rock, due mostly to the aforementioned older brother. This one was always one of my faves, not only because it's such a great happy catchy song, but let's face it, I was pretty much The Bee Girl when I was little. And if you don't know what I mean by The Bee Girl, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WATCH THIS VIDEO AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NINETIES! Such a great vid, such a happy wonderful little message. The Bee Girl is still my dream Halloween costume, if only I weren't so afraid that absolutely no one would get it. One day I'll have to celebrate Halloween with the remaining members of Blind Melon.
30 - your favorite song at this time last year: Lee DeWyze - Beast of BurdenI don't really know if this was my FAVORITE song this time last year, but it was a song I enjoyed, kind of around this time last year. I just loved the arrangement, so happy and sunny and summer-y. Which is crazy coming from Idol, who is notorious for dreadful arrangements of classic songs. Not to knock the Stones' version, of course, but this was the song that really ushered in springtime for me.