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[sophiaserpentia]

Music Survey.

1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU OWNED?
"Kilroy Was Here" by Styx. Yes indeedy. I was such a nerd I thought it was cool, too.

2.IS THERE A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU MOST OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
"One Thing Leads to Another" by the Fixx. Or "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus.

3. IF YOU COULD SPEND A NIGHT WITH FIVE MUSICAL ARTISTS - THREE FOR THEIR MINDS AND TWO FOR THEIR BODIES - WHO WOULD THEY BE?
Let's see... Ian Anderson, Bernard Sumner, Martin Gore, Siouxsie Sioux, and her drummer Budgie. All for their minds, and hopefully a jam session. Bodies... well that would depend on a lot of things, wouldn't it. A lot of my favorite musicians are showing their age these days.

4. IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT SONG/BAND WOULD PLAY OVER THE FOLLOWING:
OPENING CREDITS
"Career of Evil" by Blue Oyster Cult
OR.... "Ignore the Machine" by Alien Sex Fiend

LOVE SCENE
"Something" by the Beatles

DRIVING SCENE THAT CONSISTS MAINLY OF FLASHBACKS AND LOVE LOST
"True Faith" by New Order

CLOSING CREDITS
"Don't Fade Away" by Dead Can Dance

ANY OTHER SCENES? (rename if applicable)
Walking to class, UT Austin: Second Brandenburg Concerto, First Movement, J. S. Bach
meditating: "Derelict" by Beck
sleazy gay bar: "Ruff in the Jungle Bizness" by The Prodigy
the acid daze: "Great Balls of Fur" by Nurse With Wound
first 'scene': "In Your Room" by Depeche Mode

5. IF APPLICABLE, NAME A SONG OR CONCERT THAT MOVED YOU TO TEARS
"Survival" by Yes

6. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY?
Beck, Jethro Tull, Seal

SAD?
Joy Division

UPSET?
The Prodigy are real good for this. Also, Sonic Youth or Nirvana.

7. NAME ONE MUSICAL ARTIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED.
I'm no advocate of censorship, even of suckage.

8. NAME A SONG YOU WOULD RATHER NEVER HEAR AGAIN
Anything by the Spice Girls. Lucky for me, their 15 minutes ended quite a while ago.

9. NAME AN ALBUM THAT IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH - NO FILLER, NO BAD STUFF
"Get Ready" by New Order
"Tinderbox" by Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Tyranny and Mutation" by Blue Oyster Cult
"Abbey Road" by the Beatles
"The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion" by Nurse With Wound

10. MUSIC YOU LIKE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A GUILTY PLEASURE
Mellow seventies music -- America, Seals and Crofts, George Harrison, etc.
Madonna

11. IF YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION WAS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES, WHICH FIVE CD'S WOULD YOU SAVE?
New Order or Depeche Mode, whichever five I grabbed first.

12. IS THERE A SONG THAT DESCRIBES YOU OR A SITUATION YOU'VE BEEN IN SO WELL THAT YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT?
"True Faith" by New Order
"Halo" by Depeche Mode
"Ordinary World" by Duran Duran

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK?
Cool World. The Crow. (Okay, that's two, sue me.)

14. BEST MUSIC-RELATED MOVIE?
This is Spinal Tap.

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME VIDEO?
"Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys
"Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim (Who knew Christopher Walken could groove like that?)

16. CURRENT FAVORITE RADIO HIT?
Seal/Jakatta "My Vision"

17. DO YOU SING OR PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?
Drums and percussion, since 1985. I played guitar for a few years but never really mastered it.

stolen from 21yo_curmudgeon

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Comments

[lequiqui.livejournal.com]

oo ooooo i used to love styx back in the day. heh. ;)
flashback! THE FIXX I remember them! Depeche Mode is another goodie, my band is actually working on "Personal Jesus" right now. The Crow soundtrack is another fave. Love your musical taste!

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Styx -- they had some great songs actually, especially during their prime -- "The Grand Illusion," "Pieces of Eight," "Cornerstone." "Kilroy Was Here" was not their prime.

"Personal Jesus" is a great song. I love that album, Violator. I forgot to list it among the perfect albums. I noticed some time ago that most of Depeche Mode's songs would translate well to rock or heavy metal formats. For all their electronic embellishments, they write their songs for guitar first. You can tell in the way the songs are put together.

The Crow had an absolutely perfect soundtrack.

[rothko.livejournal.com]

i was obsessed with styx as a little kid. (little as in like 5th or 6th grade). and yeah, it was all about grand illusion and pieces of eight. and paradise theater. i still have all of those on vinyl somewhere...

[rothko.livejournal.com]

mmm, yeah, "in your room." ...yeah.

...saw your response to a post on darkpaganism, checked out your journal, and was intrigued by the gnostic stuff. best of luck starting that group!

i dig this survey but my memory is so awful these days i have a hard time thinking of individual songs like this. i might give it a shot later when i'm at home, though.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is a time consuming survey, isn't it.

[herbalgrrl.livejournal.com]

Sylvie and Babs!! YES!

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

"Sylvie and Babs" is a masterpiece. It is the ultimate acid-inspired coherent noise album, second only perhaps to "Brained by Falling Masonry."

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[herbalgrrl.livejournal.com]

ya man-- you right

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Music Survey.

1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU OWNED?
Probably that Mary Poppins picture Album I had when I was 10.

2.IS THERE A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU MOST OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
"Forgiven", by Alanis Morrissette.

3. IF YOU COULD SPEND A NIGHT WITH FIVE MUSICAL ARTISTS - THREE FOR THEIR MINDS AND TWO FOR THEIR BODIES - WHO WOULD THEY BE?
Body: Jim Morrison, Anthony Keidis, And that dude from Seraphim Shock. Mind: Trey Anasstassio and Chris Johnson of Therion.

4. IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT SONG/BAND WOULD PLAY OVER THE FOLLOWING:
OPENING CREDITS
"Love Child"

LOVE SCENE
"SuperFreak" by Rick James

DRIVING SCENE THAT CONSISTS MAINLY OF FLASHBACKS AND LOVE LOST
"The Ubiquitous Dr. LoveGrove" by Dead Can Dance

CLOSING CREDITS
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult

ANY OTHER SCENES? (rename if applicable)
3rd song frm Cybersanctum's Alchemy album for when I learned magic
"Psalm 69" by Ministry for the beginning of the BABALON ritual
"Venmus in Furs" for various situations

5. IF APPLICABLE, NAME A SONG OR CONCERT THAT MOVED YOU TO TEARS
Carmina Burana

6. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY?
punk rock, hard rock, industrial

SAD?
Dead can Dance

UPSET?
Rage Against the Machine

7. NAME ONE MUSICAL ARTIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED.
Brittney Spears!!!!!!!!!!!

8. NAME A SONG YOU WOULD RATHER NEVER HEAR AGAIN
That really fucking annoyingly cheesy patriotic crap song they play on the radio constantly since 9-11.

9. NAME AN ALBUM THAT IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH - NO FILLER, NO BAD STUFF
"Vovin" by Therion

10. MUSIC YOU LIKE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A GUILTY PLEASURE
I don't believe in guilty pleasures, just pleasures.

11. IF YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION WAS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES, WHICH FIVE CD'S WOULD YOU SAVE?
"Vovin" by Therion, "Into the Labyrinth" by Dead can Dance, "Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales" by Wiliam S. Burroughs, "Voodoo-U" by Lords of Acid, and "Red Siolk Vow" by Seraphuim Shock.

12. IS THERE A SONG THAT DESCRIBES YOU OR A SITUATION YOU'VE BEEN IN SO WELL THAT YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT?
"Wet Drean" by Lords of Acid

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK?
Mary Poppins. And if you really really piss me off, I'll do my Julie Andrews impression at you!

14. BEST MUSIC-RELATED MOVIE?
The Wall.

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME VIDEO?
"When Doves Cry"

16. CURRENT FAVORITE RADIO HIT?
Don't listen to radio. At all.

17. DO YOU SING OR PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?
Used to play keyboard, mostly just sing.