Song and Dance Act

[shanmonster]

Today, I think I shall follow the leader. Here's a weird-ass mix tape I just might make:

1. A song from the last record you bought: Light Rain - Dark Fire
2. A blues: not a necessarily a blues record but a song that is labelled (something) blues: Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
3. A song that gets you going in the morning: Nez - Sakin Ha
4. A song that you think is romantic: Ravel - Boléro
5. One of the earliest records that you can remember listening to: Jiminy Cricket - Ten Little Cannibals*
6. A song that you discovered from a film: Sigur Ros - Svefn g englar
7. A song from your favourite band / artist: The Tear Garden - Ophelia
8. A song from an artist / band that you otherwise don't like: Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
9. A lullaby: The Cure - Lullaby
10. A song that makes you laugh / you find funny: DJ Lebowitz - Airplane/Doggy/Zombie
11. A really good cover version: The Residents - Teddy Bear
12. A song that reminds you of school days: Diana Ross - Upsidedown
13. A song from an artist that you are embarrassed to admit you like: Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
14. Whatever it is, it's got to be funky: Prince - Sexy Motherfucker
15. A song for those quiet rainy days: Human League - Ringinglow
16. A song that no matter when you hear it makes you 'Feelgood': Tarkan - Simarik
17. A song with the word 'Look' in the title: Roxette - The Look
18. From a member of the 'Dead rockers society': Hank Williams - Kawliga
19. Your favourite Elvis song: Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
20. Wildcard: Skinny Puppy - Worlock

* Here are the lyrics. I love this song, even now, although I haven't heard it in decades....

Once upon a time there were ten little cannibals
Swingin' on a vine, ,
One tried to pet a big wildcat,
And then there were nine.
One of the nine drank turpentine
And then there were eight.
Then one more fell dead on the floor
And seven was their fate.
One went to politics,
Then there were only six.
One took a dive,
Now five we see.
One went to Singapore,
Then there were only four.
One turned green,
Then there were three.
One fell into some glue,
Then there were only two...
They drank from a loving cup.
One became a skeleton,
Then there was only one,
And he ate himself all up. (What a silly thing to do!)

Comments

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

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- a song that makes you shiver: Helium Vola - Minne Und Treue
- a song that reminds you of school dances: Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth
- a song with really stupid lyrics, but that is otherwise great: Frontline Assembly - Mindphaser
- a murder ballad: Tom Jones - Delilah
- an instrumental: DHI - No Place for the Cross
- a song with a number in the title: Skinny Puppy - Assimilate (R-23 remix)
- a cover / remix that's better than the original: KMFDM - Mysterious Ways
- something unplugged: Marty Robbins - El Paso City
- a song that must be played at top volume: Skinny Puppy - Chloralone
- a really cheesy love song: Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
- something that makes you want to dance uncontrollably: Rachid Taha - Habina
- a song that's over 60 years old: Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday
- a song you remember your parent(s) listening to when you were a kid: The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- a song in a language you don't understand: Hisham Abbas - Shoofi
- a song that you thought was just awful when you first heard it, but it grew on you: Front 242 - Crapage
- a song performed by someone who is not usually a singer: Juliette Lewis - Rid of Me
- a drinking song: The Dropkick Murphys - The Fighting 69th
- the song from the first video you can remember liking: Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
- a song you like to sing in the shower: Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- a song whose lyrics you don't understand at all, but you like it anyway: Lhasa - El Pajaro

A transportation song: Covenant - Call the Ships to Port
A summer song: Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
A winter song: Sinead O'Connor - Jackie
A spring song: The The - Kingdom of Rain
A fall song: Dead Can Dance - Saltarello
A song with a color in the title: Sarah Brightman - A Whiter Shade of Pale
A song to have sex to: Tori Amos - Lust (Luxuria Mix)
A song that reminds you of a lover: New Order - True Faith
A song that you loved at first, but grew to hate: New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough
A song you associate with food/eating: Bootsauce - Let's Eat Out

THIS IS NOT MONTECRISTO

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Montecristo would never, ever, admit to liking The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins as sung by Leonard Nimoy, so I hacked into his account to send you a link to the video for this song! (http://homepage.mac.com/evanbaumgardner/iMovieTheater6.html) If pressed, Montecristo will deny making this comment. Heh!

Re: THIS IS NOT MONTECRISTO

[f00dave.livejournal.com]

I think the video is why she likes it. T'was posted on her site some months back.. ;-)

Really?!

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, maybe that's where I got the link initially... I honestly don't remember where I found it now...

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

Strangely, I can remember being hooked on "El Paso City" when I was a child. I haven't heard the song even mentioned in a couple of decades at least.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of music that tells a story. Marty Robbins' ballads are old favourites of mine.

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

I presume, then, that you enjoy Harry Chapin and Gordon Lightfoot as well?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm unfamiliar with Harry Chapin, but I don't mind Gordon Lightfoot.

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

Surely you've heard "Cat's in the Cradle" which is Chapin's best known hit! It's not so story-ish as "Taxi" and "Sequel," however. Excellent stuff.

montecristo and I had a discussion somewhere on here once about Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." One of my all-time favorite songs. Might have something to do with living in Minnesota at the time the ship went down. It was huge news. I was 5 at the time, and remember it being the first time I was ever fascinated by a news item.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Yep! I've heard Cat's in the Cradle. Chapin's just not a memorable name for me, I guess.

Is Lightfoot still kicking?

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

He sure is! (http://gordonlightfoot.com/)