This should cover every single aspect of your musical tastes and habits. I'm very bored and a bit of an insomniac lately so I'm devising a huge survey for you to fill out at your own leisure.
First album you ever bought? The Smurfs go pop when i was an ickle dumpling!
First single you ever bought? Eiffel 65 - Blue Da Ba De Da Ba Di
Last album you bought? Tonight - Franz Ferdinand
Last single you bought? Dare - Gorrilaz (i'm not a fan of singles)
* = bought or downloaded. illegally if that's the case.
Favourite solo artist? I really haven't got one I love too many artists.
Favourite group? MUSE
Favourite genre? Rock/Indie/pop
Desert Island Discs:
1. Knights of Cydonia - Muse
2. Crazy World - Ladyhawke
3. Placebo - Every me, Every you.
4. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
5. Santogold - L.E.S Artistes
6. Kings of Leon - Closer
7. Skunk Anansie - Weak
8. Blondie - Call me
Your Library:
Who do you have the most songs by? And how many? Muse.
Who is the first artist to appear alphabetically on your library? And the last? Adele - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Which is your most-played song? Closer - Kings of Leon
Do you have last.fm? If so, according to it, who are your most-played artists? (top five) N/A
Listening:
Do you listen to the Radio? If so, which station(s)? I'm not a radio listener
Name all forms of technology you have ever used to play music, whether through CD, radio, cassette tape or mp3. CD player, MP3 player, Ipod Computer
How often would you say you listen to music per day? quite often, i'd say around an hour and half of my day ussually.
Meanings:
Which song is the closest in personal meaning to you? Probably but i can't think of anything right now.
Do you have any favourite lyrics? ^
Which song would you like to dance to as your first wedding dance? ^
And which song would you like played at your funeral? ^
If you could pick a song to be used in the background of your best bits on Big Brother, what would it be and why? ^
Sum yourself up in a song title. Get what you want - Operator Please
Have you ever cried whilst listening to a song? I've felt sad never cried.
This may not be always possible to answer, but what is your first memory of dancing/listening to music? (for example, was it at a wedding, or a school disco, or on holiday...) I can't think.
Genres:
Like or dislike (in general)? Also, state your favourite artist who'd fit into each one.
Pop: Girls Aloud
Metal: Nightwish?
Grunge: I dislike.
R&B: Rihanna
Hip Hop: I HATE
Garage: I HATE
Drum 'n Bass:I HATE
Electronic: Daft Punk
Easy Listening: Colbie Caillat
Classical: Josh Groban
Country: Carrie Underwood
Dance: Daft Punk?
Opera: Nightwish?
Indie: Cage the Elephant/Arctic Monkeys/ Last Shadow Puppets/ Ladyhawke/ Santogold.
Jazz: Amy Winehouse?
Blues: Adele/ Amy Winehouse
Soul: Amy Winehouse/ Adele
Recent Years:
Do you know of any up and coming artists who you could quite happily recommend to the rest of us? 0ne eskim0
Which would you say was the best song of 2008? L.E.S Artistes
Best band of the 2000s? Muse
Of the 2000s, which has been the best year for music and why? I'm not sure, I remember artists not years.
Way Back Then:
Do you wish you'd ever grown up with the music of another era? 80's
Favourite artists that no longer record/tour? Skunk Anansie
Favourite one-hit-wonders? Eiffel 64
Have you heard of:
All of them i've heard of
Who would you say has had the most revolutionary impact on music (be it musician, politician or otherwise)? The Beatles? They're influence is responsible for a lot of music today.
Talking Points:
Are you for or against illegal downloading (such as the use of filesharing websites and programs such as Limewire, etc.)? I'm on the fence, I personally like to buy cd's as i like physical copies.
Would you agree that too many bands are cashing in on the "reunion" tours seen by the likes of Boyzone and New Kids On The Block of late, and is this a good or bad thing? Definately, Take That's reinvention is the only good thing to come from it. I am happy that Blur are back together though.
Would you say that modern, popular artists are good role models for young people? I don't know most good artistes tend to keep to themselves outside of performances so you don't know too much of their personal lives.
What makes a good artist? Charisma, Energy, A good voice (not always neccesary) good songwriter.
Miscellaneous:
Do you have a song stuck in your head right now? Not at the moment.
If you could put all copies of one artist's materials into a giant box and lock it away from mankind forever, whose would it be? Westlife
Have you been to any concerts/festivals? If so, which? No, I ussually watch the coverage on TV though.
Favourite TV programme (past or present) devoted purely to music? (such as TOTP, C
UK, The Chart Show, Jools Holland Presents... etc)The thing on C4 with Lauren Laverne and Steve Jones, the name escapes me.