benchilada (
benchilada) wrote2005-04-05 12:35 am
MUSIC MEME, HATE MEMES!!!
Hate memes.
Hate them.
But this one is music-related (yummy) and requires you to try to see how well you know me.
I'm gonna list twenty (or so) of my favorite bands. (Not my complete favorites, just 20 of them). You get to try to guess my favorite song by them. Good...motherfucking...luck. I'll start "easy" for you. :D
1. They Might Be Giants -- "She's an Angel" --
assclouds
2. Moxy Fruvous -- "Stuck in the '90's" (ties with "The Drinking Song") --
pensylvania_joe
3. Pet Shop Boys -- "Being Boring" --
maitrix
4. Johnny Cash -- "A Boy Named Sue" and "Hurt" (tie) -
maitrix (also would have accepted "Man in Black" or "I Walk the Line")
5. The Pogues -- "Fairytale of New York" -- Scott M.
6. Elton John -- "Love Lies Bleeding" --
nhyrvana
7. Stan Rogers
8. Elvis Costello
9. The Beatles
10. Bjork
11. Cat Stevens
12. Nine Inch Nails -- "Something I Can Never Have"
nhyrvana
13. Cowboy Junkies -- several, but "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park" is one of them --
maitrix
14. David Bowie -- "Five Years" ("Heroes" would also have been accepted) --
nhyrvana
15. Tegan and Sara -- "My Number" -- Scott M.
16. The Rugburns
17. David Wilcox
18. Melissa Etheridge
19. Kula Shaker
20. Leonard Cohen -- "First We Take Manhattan" --
maitrix
21. The Pixies -- "Wave of Mutilation" --
maitrix and
assclouds
22. Soul Coughing -- "Screenwriter's Blues" --
maitrix AND "True Dreams of Witchita" --
scud_o
23. Tori Amos -- "China" --
farawaypoints
EXTRA SUPER BONUS POINTS:
24. Notis Sfakianakis
25. Paul Kotheimer -- "The Two Women" --
kelglitter
26. Leon Lai -- "Sugar in the Marmalade" --
wagemage
27. Sigur Ros
28. John Prine
29. Sergei Rachmaninoff
30. Thelonius Monk
31. The Wonder Stuff -- "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" --
scud_o
Hate them.
But this one is music-related (yummy) and requires you to try to see how well you know me.
I'm gonna list twenty (or so) of my favorite bands. (Not my complete favorites, just 20 of them). You get to try to guess my favorite song by them. Good...motherfucking...luck. I'll start "easy" for you. :D
1. They Might Be Giants -- "She's an Angel" --
2. Moxy Fruvous -- "Stuck in the '90's" (ties with "The Drinking Song") --
3. Pet Shop Boys -- "Being Boring" --
4. Johnny Cash -- "A Boy Named Sue" and "Hurt" (tie) -
5. The Pogues -- "Fairytale of New York" -- Scott M.
6. Elton John -- "Love Lies Bleeding" --
7. Stan Rogers
8. Elvis Costello
9. The Beatles
10. Bjork
11. Cat Stevens
12. Nine Inch Nails -- "Something I Can Never Have"
13. Cowboy Junkies -- several, but "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park" is one of them --
14. David Bowie -- "Five Years" ("Heroes" would also have been accepted) --
15. Tegan and Sara -- "My Number" -- Scott M.
16. The Rugburns
17. David Wilcox
18. Melissa Etheridge
19. Kula Shaker
20. Leonard Cohen -- "First We Take Manhattan" --
21. The Pixies -- "Wave of Mutilation" --
22. Soul Coughing -- "Screenwriter's Blues" --
23. Tori Amos -- "China" --
EXTRA SUPER BONUS POINTS:
24. Notis Sfakianakis
25. Paul Kotheimer -- "The Two Women" --
26. Leon Lai -- "Sugar in the Marmalade" --
27. Sigur Ros
28. John Prine
29. Sergei Rachmaninoff
30. Thelonius Monk
31. The Wonder Stuff -- "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" --