Martedì 5 Apr 2011, 23:23

Day 01 - your favorite song
The Cure - Close To Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjvfIJstWeg
I have a new favourite song every week so I'm just going to pick the one that last.fm tells me I've played the most. I am quite happy with this one though.

day 02 - your least favorite song
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA
This is one of the only songs that makes me actually run away from somewhere just so I don't have to listen to it. Moronic lyrics, autotune, repetitive to the point of insanity, hardly musical at all, the title has a nonexistent word in it and would be grammatically incorrect even if it was spelled properly, it's insanely popular for no good reason, and it's by a band that used actually be pretty good before they got a taste of the money that you can make by making bland generic pop songs. So much hate.

day 03 - a song that makes you happy
Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YCSJpF4g4
I just recently rediscovered this track after forgetting about it for a few years and I love it. There is nothing about it that isn't happy.

day 04 - a song that makes you sad
Buck 65 - The Floor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D97SGLKcWs
:(

day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
Gomez - Getting Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKDfWJsjnA
Reminds me of my brother, who pretty much played this song on repeat for about a week straight.

day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
The Paddingtons - Panic Attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubW9LHZM_8
This is the only CD I've ever bought just because of the band's name. Reminds me of my favourite little house on Latrobe Terrace in Paddington, Brisbane, and also of the place I grew up in in Paddington, Sydney.

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
Daft Punk - Around The World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x84m3YyO2oU
Best live show ever.

day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
I think almost everyone in the world knows the words to this song.

day 09 - a song that you can dance to
SomethingALaMode - 5 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZLTARq8uqE
Not that I can dance, but if I could I would do it to this song.

day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtemrZ7-pj0
This is what a lullaby must sound like from inside the womb.

day 11 - a song from your favorite band
Radiohead - High and Dry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BciOfJsqh7M
I don't think it's cool to say that Radiohead is your favourite band anymore but they are definitely mine. I've liked them since I started listening to music and I still like their new albums even though they haven't been afraid to try new things. Picking this song because I think it's amazing how different this song is from their new stuff but you can still tell it's from them.

day 12 - a song from a band you hate
Black Eyed Peas - Weekend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnYiQ2FVG8I
Remember this song? See they really were good at some point, I wasn't just being a hipster elitist when I said I like their old stuff better than their new stuff.

day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY84MRnxVzo
I like big butts and I cannot lie. This was almost my "song that you know all the words to" but I only know about 90% of them.

day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
Skrillex - Rock N' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyE3EDCigE
I don't know what music other people think I like, but this is one song I didn't even expect me to like. Maybe it's just because I'm on the internet so much that a love of dubstep is just hard coded into my brain. Whatever it is, I can't get enough of this track.

day 15 - a song that describes you
Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL9ihXiFAko
It does feel good to be a gangsta.

day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KY
It is part of every teenage boy's rite of passage to be infatuated with Limp Bizkit.

day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
Last Dinosaurs - Time & Place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Dc9b-Etuc
Quite like this song and I hear it every time I turn on the radio.

day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
Tennis - Marathon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsbXcJT8yfE
I really wish I heard something from this album on the radio at least once. It is such a lovely album.

day 19 - a song from your favorite album
Air - Ce Matin La
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kesUulGwgOg
Once again I had to go to my last.fm stats to find out what my all-time most played album is, and once again I was happy with the result! Moon Safari is my go-to chill album, perfect for almost any occasion. This song always makes me happy and relaxed. (Fast forward 50 seconds, the only other video I could find for this song was … not entirely appropriate, also this video is hilarious.)

day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry
Nine Inch Nails - The Becoming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCxz-d7jQwU
Listening to this song at max volume is very good stress relief.

day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy
Blockhead - The Music Scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhheiPTdZCw
I'm kinda phoning this one in, I don't have any particular type of music that I listen to when I'm happy. I'm using this song because I don't have any other downtempo/instrumental hip-hop on the list yet and it's something I've really got into in the last year or so. Also it's an amazing music video.

day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
songstowearpantsto.com - Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing On Rainbows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWM2joNb9NE
I am only sad until about 1 second after I start listening to this song.

day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
Nyan Cat - Nyan Cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4
I must admit, I am not taking this challenge entirely seriously.

day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmq3GXsMcHM
OK I think I've done enough gimmick songs, here's a proper song that I think is pretty funny.

day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
Kanye West - Runaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7_jYl8A73g
I can play the entire piano part of this song. True story.

day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3bleXWaCk
Doesn't seem too hard, I'm sure I'll be playing guitar like this soon.

day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
J Mascis - Is It Done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVRFgn5R_M
I don't really understand today's thing, but this is a guilty-ish song that I like.

day 29 - a song from your childhood
Icehouse - Electric Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xYQBTwP3t0
This is the first song that I remember I liked when I was really young, which is weird because I would have been about 5 when it was popular. I think it's because it was on the radio all the time and my parents had the record. There is some quality mullet action and sax offense in this video.

day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year
Justin Vernon - Hazelton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpjFFJfBOIU
Not sure why I got into Justin Vernon a year ago, I guess I was sick of playing Bon Iver all the time so I started looking around for his older stuff and found some gems like this. Can't wait for the new Bon Iver album.