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| (Created by Rose) |
The rules:
1. Thank and link back to the person who tagged you
2. Make a collage that represents your taste in music to go along with your post
3. List a song for each of the 10 questions (or make up your own) and include your favorite lyrics
4. Tag at least 5 other bloggers
So here's the collage I came up with that pretty well represents my musical taste. Yes, Bobby Darin is on there twice because he is such a huge part of what I listen to.
A song that describes me perfectly: "Happy" (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues) Specifically, of course, I love the Bobby Darin version.
A song that makes me want to dance: "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis. I love songs with super-complicated lyrics, which I find a fun challenge to learn. I still haven't quite mastered this one even though I've been working on it, on and off, since that remix came out in like what, 2002? I get tangled up in this part of the refrain:
Don't procrastinate,
Don't articulate,
Girl, it's gettin' late,
Gettin' upset waitin' 'round.
Favorite Tayor Swift song: "Love Story" (I'm amused that this tag assumes everyone has a favorite Taylor Swift song.)(It's all Taylor Swift's fault.)
Favorite song from a movie soundtrack: "Finale" from Hans Zimmer's The Lone Ranger score. I've blogged about this one a few times before, and yeah... it's pure joy for me.
An "I can't even" song: the theme from The Big Country -- I can't describe it. Just listen:
New favorite song: I have had the Postmodern Jukebox running on YouTube a lot lately, ever since Cowboy introduced me to it last week. And I had never cared for Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" before, but the PMJ folks added this vamp that grabs hold of me and won't let go, and I have had it on repeat a LOT lately.
Favorite music video: I've long loved the video for Bon Jovi's "It's My Life."
Favorite song from a musical: "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" from Hello, Dolly! never fails to brighten my mood :-)
Being something of a rebel, I have NOT included lyrics for each answer, and I'm also not going to tag anyone because I just tagged lots of people in my last post. If you want to do this, you may consider yourself tagged by me :-)
LOL for the parenthetical on the Taylor Swift question. I could do this one the way you've done it, skipping that impossible thing called lyrics. I was just talking about The Big Country with my dad the other night, cuz he loves that movie and mom and I really don't like it. The music is the best thing about it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love your collage!
DeleteAlso, love the new header!
DeleteYeah, I started to do lots of lyrics, but it got long and messy. By all means, do it linking to songs like I did!
DeleteAnd thanks :-) I spent more time than I should have on the collage.
Alan's birthday is tomorrow! Must celebrate!
I was singing "Put on your Sunday Clothes" the other day and it did just that. :-P
ReplyDeleteEmma Jane, what a coincidence!
DeleteWhat a fun tag!
ReplyDeleteI might just combine it with the other one you tagged me with (because I'm a bit of a rebel too).
It's always fun to discover new music, I had never heard of "Happy", but it's really beautiful:)
Rose, that would be a fun idea! I sometimes double-up on tags myself.
DeleteI'm so excited you liked "Happy"! I could do without the last couple minutes of "Hey Jude"-style chorus, but the rest is magical.
I'm going to try and do this tag--here we go!
ReplyDelete1. Song that describes me perfectly: "Alles Nur in Meinem Kopf," by Andreas Bourani, 'cause I'm kinda a dreamer :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4qf-zrwbEI
2. The happiest song I know: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . "Joy to the World," maybe?
3. Favorite Taylor Swift song? DEFINITELY "Safe and Sound." Not her version, per se, but other people's covers of it, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41DQn8mQT4
4. Favorite song from a movie soundtrack: Definitely "God Help the Outcasts" from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." My favorite Disney song, period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLCDnbBEk0
5. An "I can't even" song: "Mijn Leven is van mij," from the musical "Elisabeth." IT'S TOO GOOD I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT PEOPLE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlrUWpkKS4E
6. Favorite classical song: "Micaela's Air" from Carmen. I've always loved it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeNWnDrdRc8
7. New favorite song: This cover of "Just a Dream":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RA0vsZXf8
8. Favorite music video: I have WAY TOO MANY favorites so I'll just go with this LOTR video I really love:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0JiEglvJic
9. Favorite song from a musical: Again, impossible choice; so I'm just going to randomly pick "Dear Theodosia," from Hamilton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DjutSd1tXo
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh . . . that was such fun :-) I do love music. Thanks, Hamlette!
Jessica -- oooh, we have lots of different tastes in music. Very interesting to listen to your selections. I really liked "Alles Nur in Meinem Kopf." (Especially, I admit, so I could try to pick out German words. The refrain was basically, "That's always all in my head," ja?)
DeleteI just watched the 1939 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame last week for the first time. Neither Cowboy nor I had any clear idea what the plot of the story was, aside from "there's a hunchbacked bell-ringer at the cathedral and there's a gypsy." It was fascinating! Now I actually want to see the Disney one for the first time in my life. I'm very curious to see how they make a movie about one man's frustrated desires ruining everything around him. Anyway, suddenly this song you linked to makes a LOT more sense -- and part of it is pulled right from the 1939! Where the other people there say, "I ask for love. I ask for blah blah blah" -- they did exactly that in the old version.
Whoa. That song from Elisabeth was splendid! I can't even either.
Nifty Aragorn fanvid :-)
Ja, genau! That's exactly what the refrain is saying :-) It makes me happy because it's all about imagination, and that's what I love to do, so :-)
DeleteTHE DISNEY VERSION IS SO SO SO GOOD. Obviously, they made it a little "lighter" because it's technically for kids, but it's still a very intense and gritty story and there's SO much emotion and drama. And their portrayal of Frollo--the villain--is absolutely fantastic. Look out for the song "Hellfire," if you've never heard it before . . . it will literally knock your socks off.
Jessica, I'm hoping to watch it before too awful long, because I'm pretty fascinated by this story now. At your suggestion, I found "Hellfire" on YouTube, and wow -- intense!
DeleteI LOVE THOSE LYRICS BY ELVIS! *don't articulate, don't ... That finale by Hans Zimmer is awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteSW, yeah, they're quite the mouthful, but fantastic anyway :-)
DeleteAnd the whole Lone Ranger soundtrack is delightful! But especially "Finale."
I love "Ride" and "Silver" best. :)
DeleteThose are my other two favorite tracks! Especially "Ride." Mmmmm, I can listen to that on repeat for a long time.
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