LOL, this is probably the most unexpected song in this whole meme; it's clearly not my usual style and it's certainly not the only song from my childhood, but I think of this song almost any time I think of going driving with my parents when I was young. The two things my family does together are eat and go for a drive. We'd often combine the two and go to a specific restaurant that took a long drive to get to, haha.

We went on a road trip for like a week through Pennsylvania and West Virginia and Maryland and DC and I can't even remember because I was 13 or 14 at the time; Liz was 6 or 7. And my parents like country music so we had that type of station, or like soft rock, on the radio a lot. And I HATED IT. Oh, how could my parents betray me by liking country music? UGH. This song was the only exception; I loved it EVERY SINGLE TIME IT PLAYED. Which was a lot.

The lyrics, oh the lyrics. I am such a sucker for sad things. I can't even tell you the extent of it.

Joshua Kadison's Jessie
Fave lines (the chorus just takes my breath away; always): jessie paint your pictures 'bout how it's gonna be / by now I should know better; your dreams are never free / but tell me all about our little trailer by the sea / jessie you can always sell any dream to me



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I... would like to start out being able to play music first? If I had a keyboard I could probably play (you know, with one finger) Frére Jaques and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by memory, but that's about it. Remember that post from day 26? NOT MUSICALLY INCLINED. Those 2 seconds I took violin lessons for? Ask me how much of that I remember. Absolutely nothing.

I'd love to be able to play some hard rock or southern rock tunes on guitar, or something metal and grinding, or something dirty on bass guitar, but in the spirit of choosing something which might be somewhat plausible...

Emily's Theme, from Nathan Johnson's score to Brick

No lyrics, but I'd like to note that I made a 30-second clip of this to use as my ringtone since I saw Brick last Fall. It replaced the Still Alive (radio mix) from Portal, which I'd had as my ringtone for THREE YEARS. (If you couldn't already tell, I'm really picky about my ringtones.)



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ETA: Spencer Smith kinda makes me want to play drums, though. Or, you know, fuck drummers...

THIS SONG. Absolutely NEVER FAILS to make me laugh. It's a great song, don't get me wrong. (You know, for some definitions of the word "great".) But, the LYRICS. And then-- THE VIDEO. HOW ARE YOU EVEN REAL, DIO? How did you get along in your life before you were able to make this video of yourself stalking around epically/heroically/menacingly with a sword and living out your dreams of starring in films like Willow?!

Dio's Holy Diver
Fave lines: like the tiger / you can see his stripes but you know he's clean / oh, don't you see what I mean

WHAT EVEN?



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My father used to sing Gene Vincent's Be-Bop-A-Lula to me all the time when I was younger, so I suppose if I ever were to have a wedding this would be an important choice, I think it would make him happy like not much else. He loveslovesloves American rock'n'roll music from the 50s and early 60s, back when he was a teenager in Indonesia. "That kind" of music was sort of frowned upon and my father's father sort of banned listening to music in the house (a lot of which had to do with them living in the midst of a very large population of Muslims, and I gather this was a sensitive thing in that particular place and time). It's sort of crazy to realize what sort of upbringing he had, and what the social climate was like when and where he lived... and to compare that to what my own upbringing was like, in NYC, poor but not in poverty, with a smart, liberal, socially-conscious mother and an adventurous, rebellious father...

In any case, I've just realized that music and food are two of the extremely few things we have in common, but that we both actually get excited about.

The idea of marriage makes me uncomfortable for a multitude of reasons, not all of them necessarily Good or Rational, and while (sadly) I don't think I'll end up getting married (and even then, not in a traditional sort of ceremony) before my father dies (wow, this is turning morbid), if it did happen, I'd be well pleased to play this.

Fave lines: be-bop-a-lula / she-e-e's my baby love / (my baby love, my baby love)



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SURF ROCK. I love it so much. I love to listen to it when I'm in a very specific sort of happy mood, certain circumstances, and yeah... when it's really sunny outside?

Of course I love the original version of this song by the Beach Boys, but you know it's David Lee Roth's raspy-voiced, super-sexualized solo cover of California Girls from the mid-80s that will forever reside in my heart.

Fave lines: well east coast girls are hip / i really dig those styles they wear



And there's just no way I could leave out my favorite; the iconic surf rock artist: Dick Dale's Misirlou -- even though the song has been around in some form or another for over 30 years before Dick Dale (and then the Beach Boys) recorded it.



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My favorite album is Six/Nine by Buck-Tick.

Every. Single. Song. on this album. is sex.

The whole thing is like one big, protracted orgasm.

Seriously, I forgot how freaking weird (awesome) all the PVs (videos) are for all the songs on this album. Buck-Tick did a bunch of "video concerts" for the release of this album, where a PV was made for each of the songs on the album and (I think) shown in order. Later there were a few PVs made for the album's singles, I guess, so a few of those songs have two official videos.

I think I may have to go home and rewatch a bunch of my B-T lives and PVs. It's been too long since I was so into them, but this album will always, always, always be my favorite album of all albums in the world, ever. =D

My favorite song is Aikawarazu no "Are" no Katamari ga Nosabaru Hedo no Soko no Fukidamari, or "The Ever-Unchanging Mass of "That" Drifts at the Bottom of Selfish Vomit". English-translated lyrics here.

Fave lines: oyogu sakana / oyoganai sakana / oyogeru sakana / oyogenai sakana (see icon!)
(a swimming fish / a not-swimming fish / a fish that can swim / a fish that can't swim)



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I do actually still listen to the radio -- whenever I'm in the car with my parents. It's usually either Q104.3 (classic rock) or 101.9RXP (mix of modern alternative/rock). So, here are two songs I hear relatively often on the radio, and quite enjoy. I do love my classic rock!

The Animals' House of the Rising Sun
Fave lines: oh mother tell your children / not to do what i have done



Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper
Fave lines: romeo and juliet / are together in eternity



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I suppose this one is sort of self-explanatory: Nine Inch Nails' Every Day Is Exactly the Same.

...sometimes I think I am actually a cliché.

Fave lines: sometimes i think i'm happy here / sometimes, yet i still pretend



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This whole fucking band is a guilty pleasure.

Back in 2006 I was a teeny bit obsessed with Panic! At the Disco's album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005). It was only for a month or two, but I still do love all the songs on that album-- clearly they're on the lighter side of my music spectrum, but jesus, the way Brendon Urie uses his voice is kind of exactly what I like to hear. And then, the lyrics are interesting, the music is interesting. Well, I found it to be so, anyway.

But they completely fell off my radar after that and I didn't even know about their second album Pretty. Odd. (2008) (which sounds kind of like a modern Beatles album, which I find boring) and then just found out about Vices & Virtues (2011) (which sounds closer to the first album but still mostly boring) in time to catch their show at Terminal 5 this past Tuesday. LOL, YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY 15-YR OLD GIRLS WERE AT THAT FUCKING SHOW. I got there for doors open and decided to just wait on the side while the sea of teenage girls went in. Christ, what a scary moment. I don't think I've ever been to a concert with that many percentage (overwhelming majority) of girls. Seriously. They're a really fun live, though -- they certainly know how to talk to the crowd, keep us engaged, etc.

What I discovered while at the show (with Rich, starsparkle333, zeenell, and likeaglass) is that P!ATD are like, TWENTY-FOUR. Which means when their first album came out, when I was 24, THEY WERE BARELY EIGHTEEN. I just find it kind of funny that I like their stuff from when they were so very young, and not the stuff from now, when the age difference isn't all that signficant.

...did I mention how likeaglass has been trying to pimp me into P!ATD-bandom since RatJam? And now that I've seen them live I realize I really should read those BDSM fics she sent me....

I almost don't want to single out a particular song because I really like the album as a whole, but Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off is probably my favorite by a nose.

Fave lines: is it still me that makes you sweat? / am I who you think about in bed?
and also i've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better fuck / than any boy you'll ever meet, sweetie you had me



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So, my triumvirate of ultimate favorite bands are Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, and Buck-Tick. They rotate positions but I'm always in love with one of them. Just wanted to say that.

Harvester of Sorrow is a random Metallica song that I really like, but don't hear often enough.

Fave lines: anger / misery / you'll suffer unto me / harvester of sorrow



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