The Great Music Geek Survey

Because I'm so incredibly super-lame these days and barely have time for proper personal hygiene, let alone adequate weblog updating, not only am I ripping off a bulletin originally posted on shitty MySpace, but I'm co-opting the idea from another`blogger, because I'm feeling especially bereft of originality at the moment. I remember when this survey appeared, I dutifully filled it out, but MySpace was acting hyper-wonkily and I ended up losing it all and feeling like Lord High Executioner of the Duped Chumps. In any case, here it is again. Please do feel free to cut, paste and follow suit.

LATE ADDENDUM: I'd like to quickly point out that the following survey was devised by my savvily opinionated colleague, Rod. Please find his weblog - which disconcertingly boasts the same color scheme as my own -- by clicking right here.

What's a great late night song?
"Guitar Voodoo" by the Darkside

Name 5-10 wistful/bittersweet songs:
"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush
"Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil
"Missing" by Everything But the Girl
"Every Word" by Sade
"My Favourite Dress" by the Wedding Present
"What Do I Get?" by Buzzcocks
"Give Me the Reason" by Luther Vandross
"Does Everyone Stare?" by the Police
"World Where You Live" by Crowded House

The 4 Best Songs Ever Written:
"Eighties" by Killing Joke
"She Sells Sanctuary" by the Cult
"Loose" by the Stooges
"Cretin Hop" by the Ramones

3 Current Favorite Songs:
"Knights of Cydonia" by Muse
"Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" by Prong
"Juanita/Kiteless" by Underworld

Classic Early Evening Drinking Music:
Time Out by Dave Brubeck

3 All Time Faves That Never Get Old To You:
"She Sells Sanctuary" by the Cult
"Mutiny in Heaven" by the Birthday Party
"We Are the Road Crew" by Motorhead

Song Played At Your Wedding:
"Blue Monday" by New Order
"Golden Brown" by the Stranglers
"It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls

Song You Want to Play At Your Funeral:
"Never Take Me Alive" by Spear of Destiny

4 Records You Really Dug from 2005
XXV Gathering by Killing Joke
the Ape of Naples by COIL
Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
Get Behind Me Satan by the White Stripes

Favorite Records From This Year So Far:
Age of Winters by the Sword
Electric City Demos by Firewater
Hosannas from the Basements of Hell by Killing Joke
St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley

Good Angry Songs:
"I Will Refuse" by Pailhead
"Exorcism" by Killing Joke
"Got No Soul" by Cop Shoot Cop
"Only" by Anthrax

One of Your Favorite Lyrics:
Run Like Hell - in Hell
The Deadly Race Begins
Cyanide - Suicide
No Prayers or Foolish Whims
Tonight We'll Fight
With Glory In Our Veins
Can't Stop Us Now
Our Evil Always Reigns
The Master Switch is Set and We Must Guard the Only Key --- RIP RIDE!
- "Rip Ride" by VENOM

5 Cover Songs Arguably Better Than the Original:
"Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil (originally by Tim Buckley)
"It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerze)" by Lene Lovich (originally by the Meteors)
"Ceremony" by Galaxie 500 (originally by Joy Division/New Order)
"Falling" by the Wedding Present (originally by Julee Cruise)
"Fisherman's Blues" by the Wonder Stuff (orginally by the Water Boys)

Ironic Song to Brutally Murder Someone to in a movie:
"Who Loves You" by Frankie Vali and the Four Seasons

Great Dance Song You Maybe Never Realized Was a great Dance song Back in the Day:
"Strutter `78" by Kiss

Good Albums To Workout To:
It's Alive by the Ramones

Good Album to Clean The House To:
Damaged by Black Flag

Good Dining Music:
Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron
Lovers Rock by Sade
Feast of Wire by Calexico

Good Album To Have Sex To:
Moon Safari by AIR

A Good Album To Put You In the Mood (that is NOT Sade, Marvin Gaye or Barry White):
Blue Lines by Massive Attack, Maxinquaye by Tricky

Good Album To Sleep To:
It'll End in Tears by This Mortal Coil

5 Good Rock Songs That You Can Dance To:
"The Passenger" by Iggy Pop
"Connection" by Elastica
"Dance this Mess Around" by the B-52's
"Never Say Never" by Romeo Void
"There's No Other Way" by Blur

Song That Is Too Damn Sad:
"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush

Great Love Song:
"Love Her All I Can" by Kiss

An Album Full of Tenderness:
Amplified Heart by Everything But the Girl

Song To An Ex That Isn't Meanspirited:
"She Doesn't Exist" by Robyn Hitchcock

Song To An Ex That Is Kinda Meanspirited:
"He Likes Me" by the Violent Femmes

Song to Listen to While in The Country Looking at Stars:
"O Superman" by Laurie Anderson

Song to lose your Mind to:
"Waltzinblack" by the Stranglers

Song To Cry In Your Pillow to:
Too many to quantify.

Songs That Make You Feel Amped and Inspired:
"Envoye" by the Young Gods
"Eighties" by Killing Joke
"Jocko Homo" by Devo
"We're Desperate" by X

Great Semi-Obscure B-side:
"Rollercoaster" by Echo & the Bunnymen

Song That Makes You Miss Your Mom:
"Fire & Rain" by James Taylor

That's Baby Makin' Music (No, Really):
"Physical (You're So)" by Adam & the Ants

Criminally Underrated Band That Didn't Get Attention and Then Broke Up:
Barkmarket

Best Fuck You I Am a Teenager in Pain Song:
"Club Med Sucks" by Camper Van Beethoven

Feel No Shame: Great Current Pop Songs:
"S.O.S" by Rihanna
"Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley

Album No One Would Expect You To Love:
Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry

Album No One Would Expect You To Dislike:
Horses by Patti Smith

Album No One Would Expect You To Really Know:
Wake Your Daughter Up by No Face

Emo Album You Actually Like:
The Criminal Special by Senator Flux

Good, But Overrated Cause Of Indie Revisionism:
Joe Meek

5 Desert Island Discs off the top of your head (30 sec clock):
Night Time by Killing Joke
Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk
It's Alive by the Ramones
A Night at the Opera by Queen
Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

3 Contemporary Artists That Were Your Faves 10 Years Ago:
Killing Joke, Firewater, Massive Attack

Music That Makes You Feel Sophisticated:
Ape of Naples by Coil

Fave Electronic Record You Own:
Everything, Everything by Underworld

Fave Hip-Hop Record You Own:
Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys

Hip-Hop Song You Know All the Lyrics Too:
"Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy

Random Album You Loved In High School But Are Afraid To Admit It:
Phantoms by the Fixx

Album You May Have Listened To More In Highschool than Any Other Album:
Either Group Sex by the Circle Jerks or Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue

If You Could Enter A Wrestling Ring to a Song It Would Be:
"Primitive" by Killing Joke

Album To Clear A Room With:
Plague Mass by Diamanda Galas

Comments

[john]

I think the category

Song for an Ex (kinda meanspirited)

begins and ends with "Prayer to God" by Shellac (though you should probably change "kinda" to "extremely fucking"

[Rod]

This is my survey btw. I came up with it. Props to me.

[Tanya]

Wow, you're REALLY into Killing Joke.

[Geoff O'Donoghue]

Good Angry Songs:
"Only" by Anthrax

This song is pure metal perfection from the opening tribal drums to the final power chord.

Name 5-10 wistful/bittersweet songs:
and
Song That Is Too Damn Sad:
"This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush

This song brings me close to tears every time I hear it. It had that effect even before I got married and had children. Watching the video is almost guaranteed to tip me over the edge.

[johnboy]

"Electric City Demos by Firewater"

What's this you say? I know that you appear to be pals with Tod A., but this insider information that you taunt us with? That's just cruel...

[nathalie]

dude, you love raw like sushi! :-)

[Alex in NYC]

I'll even take it a step further and say that virtually everything that Neneh Cherry has recorded is fuckin' godlike (`cept for maybe the lyrics to "Trout," which is still otherwise a damn great song). Where's she gone?