Present Imperfect

That List of Songs | November 18, 2003

I stole this off some dude's blog and spent much of the day answering it. Because it's a list and you have to "think" and "type," it looks just like you're working! Try it!

Makes you want to dance:
New Order "True Faith"
Makes you happy:
Love "Alone Again Or"
Reminds you of an ex-lover:
Belle and Sebastian "The Stars of Track and Field"
Reminds you of an ex-friend:
Primal Scream "Higher Than the Sun"
Makes you cry:
Ben Folds Five "Magic"
Makes you laugh:
Nico "Frosty the Snowman" (which doesn't actually exist, except when I perform it at Christmastime)
Makes you ponder life:
The Divine Comedy "Tonight We Fly"
You never want to hear again:
Chingy "Right Thurr"
You once loved but got sick of:
Rufus Wainwright
You love by a band/artist you hate:
I guess I hate without exception.
You sheepishly admit to liking:
Christina Aguilera "Fighter"
You'd do anything to see played live:
Aztec Camera "Knife"
Reminds you of your childhood:
Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Sums up your teenage years:
The Smiths "The Queen is Dead"
Most people like but you hate:
Sonic Youth
You used to hate but now like:
Steely Dan
Is best played in the car:
Iggy Pop "Passenger"
You like to fall asleep to:
This Mortal Coil "Blood"
You like to wake up to:
Big Audio Dynamite II "Rush"
You love, and that you wouldn't know if it wasn't for someone:
The Divine Comedy
You love the video more than the tune:
U.N.K.L.E. "Rabbit in Your Headlights"
Is good to listen to whilst holding hands:
XTC "Stupidly Happy"
Makes you think of sex:
Pulp "Babies"
You love to hear at clubs:
David Bowie "Suffragette City"
Is not your "typical type" of style but you love anyway:
Sidestepper "In the Beats We Trust"
Reminds you of your family:
"Farewell to Nova Scotia" (traditional)
Reminds you of the one you want but can't have:
Belle and Sebastian "Piazza, New York Catcher"
You can sing really well:
Mozart's Coronation Mass...but it's really better with a full chorale than just me in my pajamas with CD accompaniment. Still, I can totally kick its ass.