20 Music Questions ~meme~
20 Music Questions
1. Who is your favorite band/musician?
Captain Beefheart
2.What was your first concert?
Jethro Tull , Oakland, 1977
3. What was the first CD/album/8 track/tape you bought?
Pink Floyd, Animals
4.Who would be the musicians in your “ultimate super group?”
Don Van Vliet (vocals), Adrian Belew (guitars), Todd Rundgren (guitars), David Bowie (vocals), Julie Slick (bass) Aynsley Dunbar and/or Eric Slick (drums).
5.If you could meet any music celebrity, who would it be. (Dead or Alive)
Living: Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)
Dead: Herman Poole Blount AKA Sun Ra
6. If you could see any band/musician no longer playing, who would it be?
Frank Zappa , Miles Davis , Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin , Elvis , Sinatra ...
7. What are your favorite music movies/documentary?
Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
Metallica - Some Kind of Monster
8. What band/musician/song is a guilty pleasure?
The Ramones , The Carpenters , U2, James Brown ...
9. Do you play an instrument? If yes, what is it. If no, what would it be?
No. I'm musically ungifted. If I could, it would be electric guitar or the Hammond Organ.
10. Have you ever named a child or a pet after a song, musician or musical reference?
Yes, one of the names I call my cat is "Ravi Shankar ". Also, one of my parakeets is called "Canguru", from the lyric, "You can guru, you can!" on Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick ". Another one of my parakeets I call "Syd Barret ". And there is another parakeet that I call "Sun Ra".
11. What or who was an influence over your love of music?
Working in a record store when I was 18 was the strongest influence in my life, for me to deeply listen to and keep up with new music thru the years. That and Stuart Hensley Oates.
12. What are the best concerts you have ever seen?
Pink Floyd - Animals tour 1977, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - 2008, Adrian Belew Power Trio - 2006 & 2008, Roger Waters - 2008, Explosions in the Sky - 2008, Peter Hammill 1978 @ Mabuhay Gardens , and then ALL the freaking amazing shows I saw in the 70's. Led Zeppelin , Kiss (the night Elvis died), Todd Rundgren, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols , David Bowie, Queen , Lynrd Skynrd , Yes , and the great DAY ON THE GREEN shows...
13. Have you ever missed work/school because of music? (concert, ticket sale, CD release, etc…)
Oh yeah.
14. Have you mistaken the lyrics of a song to be something other than what they actually were?
So much so that I now take the time to really understand exactly what the lyrics are. THAT is where the gold is!
15. If ebay was the only place you could find a copy of your favorite song, how much would your maximum bid be?
I would bid extravagently.
16. Is the ringtone on your phone a music download?
Yes, Acknowledgement by John Coltrane
17. What song best describes you?
"From a Deadbeat, To an Old Rocker", by Jethro Tull
18. What was the last song you listened to?
Seriously? "Cedars of Lebanon", by U2. sucked.
19. What band/musician would you like to see be, “The Next Big Thing?”
I'd like to see Captain Beefheart make a comeback. I dunno tho, that is kind of a weird question.
20. If you could own any piece of music memorabilia, what would it be?
Whatever t-shirt Chrissie Hynde wore at her last performance.
1. Who is your favorite band/musician?
Captain Beefheart
2.What was your first concert?
Jethro Tull , Oakland, 1977
3. What was the first CD/album/8 track/tape you bought?
Pink Floyd, Animals
4.Who would be the musicians in your “ultimate super group?”
Don Van Vliet (vocals), Adrian Belew (guitars), Todd Rundgren (guitars), David Bowie (vocals), Julie Slick (bass) Aynsley Dunbar and/or Eric Slick (drums).
5.If you could meet any music celebrity, who would it be. (Dead or Alive)
Living: Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)
Dead: Herman Poole Blount AKA Sun Ra
6. If you could see any band/musician no longer playing, who would it be?
Frank Zappa , Miles Davis , Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin , Elvis , Sinatra ...
7. What are your favorite music movies/documentary?
Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
Metallica - Some Kind of Monster
8. What band/musician/song is a guilty pleasure?
The Ramones , The Carpenters , U2, James Brown ...
9. Do you play an instrument? If yes, what is it. If no, what would it be?
No. I'm musically ungifted. If I could, it would be electric guitar or the Hammond Organ.
10. Have you ever named a child or a pet after a song, musician or musical reference?
Yes, one of the names I call my cat is "Ravi Shankar ". Also, one of my parakeets is called "Canguru", from the lyric, "You can guru, you can!" on Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick ". Another one of my parakeets I call "Syd Barret ". And there is another parakeet that I call "Sun Ra".
11. What or who was an influence over your love of music?
Working in a record store when I was 18 was the strongest influence in my life, for me to deeply listen to and keep up with new music thru the years. That and Stuart Hensley Oates.
12. What are the best concerts you have ever seen?
Pink Floyd - Animals tour 1977, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - 2008, Adrian Belew Power Trio - 2006 & 2008, Roger Waters - 2008, Explosions in the Sky - 2008, Peter Hammill 1978 @ Mabuhay Gardens , and then ALL the freaking amazing shows I saw in the 70's. Led Zeppelin , Kiss (the night Elvis died), Todd Rundgren, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols , David Bowie, Queen , Lynrd Skynrd , Yes , and the great DAY ON THE GREEN shows...
13. Have you ever missed work/school because of music? (concert, ticket sale, CD release, etc…)
Oh yeah.
14. Have you mistaken the lyrics of a song to be something other than what they actually were?
So much so that I now take the time to really understand exactly what the lyrics are. THAT is where the gold is!
15. If ebay was the only place you could find a copy of your favorite song, how much would your maximum bid be?
I would bid extravagently.
16. Is the ringtone on your phone a music download?
Yes, Acknowledgement by John Coltrane
17. What song best describes you?
"From a Deadbeat, To an Old Rocker", by Jethro Tull
18. What was the last song you listened to?
Seriously? "Cedars of Lebanon", by U2. sucked.
19. What band/musician would you like to see be, “The Next Big Thing?”
I'd like to see Captain Beefheart make a comeback. I dunno tho, that is kind of a weird question.
20. If you could own any piece of music memorabilia, what would it be?
Whatever t-shirt Chrissie Hynde wore at her last performance.
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