Beyond Selidor

I'm such a sucker for memes, especially music ones. These two were snagged from msdillydally.

Pick your current favorite 5 singers/bands, before reading the questions below.
Massive Attack
The Knife
Florence+The Machine
Pendulum
The Naked and Famous


What was the first song you ever heard by 1?
'Teardrop'

What is your favourite song of 5?
A tie between 'Spank' and 'Girls Like You'.

What are your favourite lyrics of 5?
Basically, the entirety of 'Girls Like You', but in particular the line 'Run, whirlwind run'.

How many times have you seen 4 live?
Once, and it was EPIC.

What is your favourite song by 2?
'Kino' and 'Heartbeats'.

Is there any song by 3 that makes you sad?
'Cosmic Love' is about such a specific thing to me that if I'm in the wrong kind of mood it is excruciatingly hurtful to listen to.

What is your favourite song by 1?
'Mezzanine'.

When did you first get into 2?
I was in my favourite cafe in Cambridge, and this music was playing that I thought sounded awesome. I asked the barista what it was, and she told me it was The Knife's self-titled album. I went out and bought it, and never looked back.

How did you get into 3?
I was very averse to listening to Florence+The Machine because it seemed to pop up on every emo playlist. The ubiquity turned me off. But then Alex put 'Cosmic Love' on a playlist and thelxiepia gave me the whole Lungs album, and I was hooked. Considering my obsession with dark, creepy, overly-emotional female lyricists, that wasn't surprising.

What is your favourite song by 4?
'The Tempest'.

Is there a song by 2 that makes you sad?
'Heartbeats' used to, but it hasn't for a very long time. Some of their other songs scare me because of the things they tell me about myself ('Kino' in particular), but not sad.

What is your favourite song of 3?
'Blinding'.

iTunes meme follows.



Number of Songs Total: 2299
Total Length of Songs: 6.6 days.

Sort by song title
First song: 'Take on Me' - A-Ha
Last song: 'Freefalling' - Zoë Baldwi

Sort by time
Shortest song: 'Feels Like Rain', Mychael Danna. (29 seconds.)
Longest song: 'Touch' - Pig&Dan. (14 minutes, 18 seconds.)

Sort by album
First song: 'Butterflies and Hurricanes' - Muse.
Last song: 'Praise You' - MaryMary. (Presumably because I have no album listed for it.)

Top 10 most played songs.
1: 'Digital Love' - Daft Punk.
2: 'Heartbeats' - The Knife.
3: '9000 Miles' - Pendulum.
4: 'Different' - Pendulum.
5: 'Kino' - The Knife.
6: 'Hold Your Colour' - Pendulum.
7: 'Panic Open String' - Calexico.
8: 'Fun Punch' - Bag Raiders.
9: 'Black Bugs' - Regurgitator.
10: 'With You Forever' - Pnau. This list really surprised me.

First 10 songs that come up on shuffle
1. 'Strict Machine' - Goldfrapp.
2. 'Rocket in My Pocket' - Little Feat.
3. 'Dreamscape' - 009 Sound System.
4. 'Birth Day (Love Made Real)' - Suzanne Vega.
5. 'Everything's Turning to White' - Paul Kelly.
6. 'Children' - Robert Miles.
7. 'You'll All Die' - Alien Vampires.
8. 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' - The Chemical Brothers.
9. 'I Want Wind To Blow' - Microphones.
10. 'Blue Lines' - Massive Attack.

Search...
"sex" - how many songs come up?: 11
"love" - how many songs come up?: 122
"you" - how many songs come up?: 221
"death" - how many songs come up?: 9
"hate" - how many songs come up?: 3, but none actually had the word 'hate' in their title, but rather 'whatever'.
"wish" - how many songs come up?: 40, mainly because I have so much Nightwish on my iTunes.