What Terrible Taste He Has.

Well seeing as I ain't updated this in ages I'll do something fun that 30 song challenge in one day, TIME COMPRESSION!

1. Your Favorite Song

Hrmm a favourite song eh? Well at the moment I'd have to give that title to Hurricane by Panic! at the Disco.

Overall though almost every single Arcade Fire song would be in this spot but I'll link to The Well and The Lighthouse as I don't think it gets enough appreciation.


2. Your Least Favorite Song

An easy answer as I was sick of this song being played everywhere I went for what 6 months?

I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyes Peas


3. A Song That Makes You Happy

Hrmm this question makes me realize I mostly listen to depressing music...
Yeah for this one I'd have to say Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa by Vampire Weekend, it's just so upbeat!

4. A Song That Makes You Sad

I love songs that make my sad, I'm weird like that, so there's many, many options for this one.
So I'll put some of the songs that I've been re listening to lately which make me pretty sad.
Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap.
Star Star ** by The Frames
You Could be Happy by Snow Patrol

5. A Song That Reminds You Of Someone

Again there's also a lot of these so I'll put down the most fun one. Christmas two years ago singing Rule The World by Take That like every two minutes with Larney, awesome times!


6. A Song That Reminds You Of Somewhere

Summer 2006, on a plane back to Ireland, looking down at the French cities underneath in the middle of the night listening to Sam's Town by The Killers. It just felt oddly magical how relevant the lyrics "I see London, I see Sam's Town" were.


7. A Song That Reminds You Of A Certain Event

As cheesey as it sounds imma go with Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C. It wasn't until they played that song that BAM! it hit me that school was over, I got such a sinking feeling from that.


8. A Song That You Know All The Words To

I love this song sooooo much! I'm Sticking With You by The Velvet Underground.
Anything that you might do, I'm gonna do too!


9. A Song That You Can Dance To

The main one for this has to be Twist and Shout by The Beatles. Just try and listen to it and not get into the rhythm!


10. A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep

This one is just so gentle I could listen to it while drifting off. La redécouverte by Yann Tiersen.
Oh and also Fragments of Memories by Nobuo Uematsu.


11. A Song From Your Favorite Band

Hrmm, I don't really have a singular favourite band so I'll use this space to put in a song from a band I won't use anywhere else on the list. Plus I really like the band anyway, so to hell with the haters.
The Jetset Life is Gonna Kill You by My Chemical Romance.

I was going to go with Famous Last Words but seeing as everyone and their mother has listened to The Black Parade, I decided to go with a less known one.


12. A Song From A Band You Hate

Take Your Mama by Scissor Sisters.
No comment beyond the fact I despise them.


13. A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure

I don't really feel guilty about it but I do like So What by P!nk. It's just such a catchy song.


14. A Song That No One Would Expect You To Love

That's a tough one as I usually tell people anything that I'd listen to. But I guess people wouldn't really expect me to like Kanye West but I love his stuff, Flashing Lights got me hooked into his stuff.
They also probably don't expect me to like Numba 1 (Tide is High) by Kardinal Offishall but I find it enormously catchy.


15. A Song That Describes You

Bleeding Christ this is a tough one as I find it hard to describe myself. So I'll just use a middle ground and tell you the song I used to feel described me when I was all deep and brooding around like 13 and alternative music still wasn't big yet. Oh yay a view into my younger psyche!
Lithium by Nirvana.

16. A Song That You Used To Love But Now Hate

For this one I want to do something more interesting, something I liked for about a week then hated for say 3 years then re listened to and loved it.
And this would be the entire American Idiot album!

I remember when this first came out I was so excited to hear new Green Day stuff after worshipping the International Superhits compilation but after a week or two I started noticing the music videos and hearing people talk about how Green Day had sold out. I looked into it and by god they were right! I was infuriated one of my favourite bands had left me to rot so they could appeal to a wider audience. I boycotted them for years after this, they were traitors to me.
But then I took a step back from my high horse after a few years and realized that the album they made was pure gold and I'm actually quite pissed at myself for being such a moron.

So I'll link to what I believe is the diamond among this album of gems. Jesus of Suburbia.



17. A Song That You Hear Often On The Radio

I don't listen to the radio much at all so I can't really give a good answer on this one but for being such an old song I do hear Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys.



18. A Song That You Wish You Heard On The Radio

Just because it's coming up to Oxegen I wish they'd play more of the Foo Fighters on the radio to get me in the mood, I guess if I had to pick one song I'd go for: Next Year.



19. A Song From Your Favorite Album

While I dislike repeating artists on this list I'll have to use Arcade Fire again for this one as they have my favourite album, which is The Suburbs.

From this album I'm going to go with Half Light I. Not because it's my favourite but just because I've been listening to it the most lately.



20. A Song That You Listen To When You’re Angry

When I'm angry I don't really listen to music but I guess Attack by 30 seconds to Mars would be a good one.



21. A Song That You Listen To When You’re Happy

I'd have to say Classico by Tenacious D. I don't think anybody could listen to this without having a smile on their face.
Oh wow, that's my first time actually watching the video and holy fuck that was terrible, so yeah just ignore the video :\



22. A Song That You Listen To When You’re Sad

There's no set song I play when I'm feeling down, it varies y'know. Anything by Five for Fighting is good though, in particular Michael Jordan, Jainy or Love Song.

I do love mah depressin' music.


23. A Song That You Want To Play At Your Wedding

Okay this one is kind of cheating as it's more of what happened in this video that I love than the song BUT the song is really, REALLY good as well so it all works out. Check the link to see the video I'm talking about.

Forever by Chris Brown


24. A Song That You Want To Play At Your Funeral

I guess I'll keep in tone with it being a funeral and keep the music gentle and choir like, so I'll go with: Caresse sur l'Océan by Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc


25. A Song That Makes You Laugh

It's quite rare a song would make me laugh but I think I've got the perfect one which is also a catchy as hell song.
Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

26. A Song That You Can Play On An Instrument

After many a tedious hour learning it I finally mastered Clock Tower by Koji Kondo on piano.


27. A Song That You Wish You Could Play

This one would definitely have to be Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. Hopefully I might have this learnt by the end of summer and if I do I am officially declaring myself 'da man'.


28. A Song That Makes You Feel Guilty

I can honestly say there isn't a single song that has ever made me stop and say to myself "Oh man, I wish I wasn't so damned guilty". This is an idiotic question so imma not answer it.


29. A Song From Your Childhood

Oh so many options for this one but I'm going to go back to one of my youngest memories when I remember thinking "Gee whiz this sure is a good song, yes sir I like the sound of this tubular melody".

And that song would have to be Circle of Life from The Lion King.

I'm actually amazed every time I hear someone hasn't seen this film, I feel it is my mission to introduce every single one of them to its glory.



30. Your Favorite Song At This Time Last Year


Hrmm, I can't even really remember what I was listening to this time last year but I do remember listening to the new Green Day album '21st Century Breakdown' so annoyingly I'm going to have to use them again. I'd say my favourite song of theirs would to have to have been: Murder City


And that's a rap for this edition of the blog, hopefully I'll start updating more.

Peace out.