More time-wasting tactics for Spring Break
Pick ten bands and answer questions about them afterwards.
1. Portishead
2. R.E.M.
3. Tool
4. Ambulance LTD
5. A Perfect Circle
6. Dixie Chicks
7. Cake
8. Pedro the Lion
8*. The Flaming Lips
9. Radiohead
10. Primus
*I'd meant to choose "bands," not one-person... things, but I'd already answered all the questions, so I went back and answered the 8s a second time, substituting 8* for 8.
What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Depends on how you interpret "by." When I was 15, Tiffany Lucas and a couple other girls on the Linnes trip to Europe liked the Dixie Chicks. So the first I ever heard of their music was Tiffany & co. singing There's Your Trouble. At the time I was determined not to like or listen to them. Though I'd never heard them, from the billboards and adverts I'd seen, I'd decided they sold themselves with their sexuality, and I didn't approve.
Later I went to see my friends in the school choir's pop show. Some girl I didn't know performed Cowboy Take Me Away as a solo, and I liked it without knowing it was the Dixie Chicks. Afterwards I mentioned it to Sanjeet, and he said Without You was good and sent it to me. So that was the first Dixie Chicks recording I actually heard.
What is your favourite album of 8?
I only know two actually, and I think they're quite different, but It's Hard to Find a Friend probably has the greater percentage of quality songs.
*I feel like a poop. I can't answer this very well as I only have Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and related EPs and a couple other random songs... but I suspect that The Soft Bulletin, from which The Spiderbite Song comes, is very good.
What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
Of course this one would end up being about APC... Too hard! So I'll just say that I will never forget when I saw them live in 2003, and Maynard said, "I Rose, I Roared aloud here, I will, I am" (from Rose). The song had never struck me before, but that night, at that show, with those words, and his voice... *sigh* I was crying and smiling and laughing and trembling... It was a spiritual experience. I talked about that concert for weeks afterward.
How many times have you seen 4 live?
Twice, including my first time to Coney Island. ^_^
What's your favourite song of 7?
The Distance. I know everyone knows and loves it and it was way overplayed but... I just... really dig it. And I will never forget how they played it between bells over the PA on the ninth grade campus.
What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
That trip to Europe again. David Sutherland, the violin-playing football player, was one of two most-desirable-bachelors on the trip (the other was Josh Adler). At least two girls were trying to hookup with him. I saw him as a big brotherly type, and one day in the van listened in on his headphones... He was listening to the Brown Album! I was thrilled because I'd first heard Primus on the Nightly News (back when the Buzz played decent music) but had no idea who they were or how to find them. It was his brother John's (who was not on the trip) cassette tape, and he lent it to me for the next week or so. David was a real sweetheart. Wish we'd kept in touch.
Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Sober, particularly when I see the lyrics in an away message.
What is your favourite lyrics that 2 has sung?
Nightswimming - "I'm pining for the moon."
What is your favourite song by 9?
Anyone Can Play Guitar.
How did you get into 3?
Fuji. He introduced me; we even went to a concert together in the fall of 2001. But I didn't really know or have any of their stuff until later, through Darren and APC.
What was the first song you heard by 1?
Wandering Star.
What is your favourite song by 4?
Anecdote.
What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
The first cd/album/music I chose and bought for myself was Monster. It was a huge step for me and my musical development and a very serious and conscious decision. I'd seen What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, which I liked, on MTV plenty, and then one day I saw Man on the Moon for the first time, some kind of special they were doing. It blew me away, so I asked my sister about them. She said something like they were a quality band who were unafraid to explore their sound, and I decided I would buy an album next time I got a chance.
Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
Are you kidding? The Bells, The Well, oh, the whole of It's Hard to Find a Friend. But it's a beautiful sadness.
*Do You Realize??
What is your favourite album of 5?
Thirteenth Step. Their music really develops and the sound becomes more "the band's," and the album itself is much more cohesive.
What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
AEnima - "Fret for your figure and fret for your latte and fret for your lawsuit and fret for your hairpiece and fret for your prozac and fret for your pilot and fret for your contract and fret for your car it's a bull. shit. three. ring. circus sideshow of Freaks."
With Tool and APC, yeah, the lyrics are good, but it's really all about how Maynard sings them.
What is your favourite song of 6?
Long Time Gone.
1. Portishead
2. R.E.M.
3. Tool
4. Ambulance LTD
5. A Perfect Circle
6. Dixie Chicks
7. Cake
8. Pedro the Lion
8*. The Flaming Lips
9. Radiohead
10. Primus
*I'd meant to choose "bands," not one-person... things, but I'd already answered all the questions, so I went back and answered the 8s a second time, substituting 8* for 8.
What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Depends on how you interpret "by." When I was 15, Tiffany Lucas and a couple other girls on the Linnes trip to Europe liked the Dixie Chicks. So the first I ever heard of their music was Tiffany & co. singing There's Your Trouble. At the time I was determined not to like or listen to them. Though I'd never heard them, from the billboards and adverts I'd seen, I'd decided they sold themselves with their sexuality, and I didn't approve.
Later I went to see my friends in the school choir's pop show. Some girl I didn't know performed Cowboy Take Me Away as a solo, and I liked it without knowing it was the Dixie Chicks. Afterwards I mentioned it to Sanjeet, and he said Without You was good and sent it to me. So that was the first Dixie Chicks recording I actually heard.
What is your favourite album of 8?
I only know two actually, and I think they're quite different, but It's Hard to Find a Friend probably has the greater percentage of quality songs.
*I feel like a poop. I can't answer this very well as I only have Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and related EPs and a couple other random songs... but I suspect that The Soft Bulletin, from which The Spiderbite Song comes, is very good.
What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
Of course this one would end up being about APC... Too hard! So I'll just say that I will never forget when I saw them live in 2003, and Maynard said, "I Rose, I Roared aloud here, I will, I am" (from Rose). The song had never struck me before, but that night, at that show, with those words, and his voice... *sigh* I was crying and smiling and laughing and trembling... It was a spiritual experience. I talked about that concert for weeks afterward.
How many times have you seen 4 live?
Twice, including my first time to Coney Island. ^_^
What's your favourite song of 7?
The Distance. I know everyone knows and loves it and it was way overplayed but... I just... really dig it. And I will never forget how they played it between bells over the PA on the ninth grade campus.
What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
That trip to Europe again. David Sutherland, the violin-playing football player, was one of two most-desirable-bachelors on the trip (the other was Josh Adler). At least two girls were trying to hookup with him. I saw him as a big brotherly type, and one day in the van listened in on his headphones... He was listening to the Brown Album! I was thrilled because I'd first heard Primus on the Nightly News (back when the Buzz played decent music) but had no idea who they were or how to find them. It was his brother John's (who was not on the trip) cassette tape, and he lent it to me for the next week or so. David was a real sweetheart. Wish we'd kept in touch.
Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Sober, particularly when I see the lyrics in an away message.
What is your favourite lyrics that 2 has sung?
Nightswimming - "I'm pining for the moon."
What is your favourite song by 9?
Anyone Can Play Guitar.
How did you get into 3?
Fuji. He introduced me; we even went to a concert together in the fall of 2001. But I didn't really know or have any of their stuff until later, through Darren and APC.
What was the first song you heard by 1?
Wandering Star.
What is your favourite song by 4?
Anecdote.
What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
The first cd/album/music I chose and bought for myself was Monster. It was a huge step for me and my musical development and a very serious and conscious decision. I'd seen What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, which I liked, on MTV plenty, and then one day I saw Man on the Moon for the first time, some kind of special they were doing. It blew me away, so I asked my sister about them. She said something like they were a quality band who were unafraid to explore their sound, and I decided I would buy an album next time I got a chance.
Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
Are you kidding? The Bells, The Well, oh, the whole of It's Hard to Find a Friend. But it's a beautiful sadness.
*Do You Realize??
What is your favourite album of 5?
Thirteenth Step. Their music really develops and the sound becomes more "the band's," and the album itself is much more cohesive.
What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
AEnima - "Fret for your figure and fret for your latte and fret for your lawsuit and fret for your hairpiece and fret for your prozac and fret for your pilot and fret for your contract and fret for your car it's a bull. shit. three. ring. circus sideshow of Freaks."
With Tool and APC, yeah, the lyrics are good, but it's really all about how Maynard sings them.
What is your favourite song of 6?
Long Time Gone.
posted by Bibhatsu at 08:15
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not the best filmmaking, but hopefully captures some of the fun at sxsw.
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