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Six Songs of Me Project
Topic Started: Aug 14 2012, 07:28 PM (170 Views)
hudson bay
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While I'm hanging around I thought I'd share this with you:

This music project from the Guardian - Six Songs of Me Project

They ask you to create a play list to try and define you. The six questions are:

What was the first song you ever bought?
What song always gets you dancing?
What song takes you back to your childhood?
What is your perfect love song?
What song would you want at your funeral?
Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.

Here are my responses:

What was the first song you ever bought?

Easy one - Dusty Springfield: "Son-of-a Preacher Man"

What song always gets you dancing?

I'm not much of a dancer but this song will do the trick - David Lindley: "She Took Off My Romeos"

What song takes you back to your childhood?

Tough one to choose; I'll go with Ringo Starr: "It Don't Come Easy" [edit: after sleeping on it, I decided that a song I played a ton when I was younger doesn't really answer the question. The better choice for me would be - The Cascades: "Rhythm of the Rain"]

What is your perfect love song?

Impossible to pick. So I'll go with a selection from the famous "love tape" mixed tape I made for my wife back in the day - America: "Three Roses" (not a huge America fan but that first lp was killer)

What song would you want at your funeral?

Never gave it any thought; what first came to mind was: Beatles: "Cry For a Shadow" (being an instrumental it should work for most any occasion)

Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.

I have no idea, so I'll go with the song that some where along the line I decided was my all time fav; out of the tens of thousands of songs I like: Caravan: "Winter Wine"

Since most of you are not likely to be familiar with that song here's the lyrics:

Winter Wine
How you're always flowing, blowing in my mind
Like a stream, these magic waters move me to a dream
Of travelling with you, drifting carefree, dropping downward through fresh grasses
Bubbles merrily as it passes, never knowing where you're going
Carry me with you, carry me with you

Be conjured up in a midnight dream, ancient castles dark
As wandering minstrels play tunes of yesterday
When dragons roamed the land, knights in armour gold
Charged on horseback bold
The maids were saved, the dragons slayed

Sail scene, sea green - sailing forward to a new land
Treasure waits, paradise gates, for the taking, can't start waiting
All you need, but take heed, remember it pays to pay the sandman well
Make no fuss, for you must - in stardust, he puts all the colours in your dreams

Bells chime three times, naked dancers enter slowly
Smoky room, scented gloom, audience eating, fat men drinking
Candles burn, a dull red light illuminates the breasts of four young girls
Dancing, prancing, provoking - dreams are always ending far too soon

Life's too short to be sad, wishing things you'll never have
You're better off not dreaming of the things to come
Dreams are always ending far too soon
Sounds of a distant melody, once played, lost from memory
Funny how it's clearer now, you're close to me
We'll be together all the time


Hopefully some of you will be inspired to make a six songs of you play list....
Creativity is intelligence having fun - Albert Einstein
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disposablepuppetland
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Nice idea. I do this kind of thing quite a bit. I have a 'Life in Music' list with significant tunes from each year.


What was the first song you ever bought?

It was either Chris Rea - Auberge or Jive Bunny - That What I Like

What song always gets you dancing?

Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer

What song takes you back to your childhood?

Battle of the Planets theme
Also Beethoven - Fur Elise

What is your perfect love song?

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

What song would you want at your funeral?

Street Fighter II Turbo completion theme

Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.

Squarepusher - Papalon
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What was the first song you ever bought?
Honey Love by Clyde McPhater and the Drifters. I had to have it because it was banned in Boston.

What song always gets you dancing?
When You Dance by The Turbans

What song takes you back to your childhood?
Hot Rod Lincoln by Charlie Ryan

What is your perfect love song?
Miracles by Jefferson Starship

What song would you want at your funeral?
I don't want a funeral but I guess I'd pick Fiddler's Green

Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.
Kathy's Clown??
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:D This is fun!
Enjoying everone's selections thankyou, hope there is something here you might like.

What was the first song you ever bought?

American Pie - Don McLean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-BYVeCv6U

What song always gets you dancing?

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHJmPcILfg8

What song takes you back to your childhood?

Your Feets Too Big - Fats Waller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1eK3x1PBI

What is your perfect love song?

Habanera (Carmen) - Georges Bizet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9yJdkeryI

What song would you want at your funeral?

Hungarian Dance no. 5 - Johannes Brahms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9LvC9WkkQ

Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.

Take 5 - Dave Brubeck:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI&feature=fvwrel
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hudson bay
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A lot of interesting choices.

"Son you're going to drive me to drinking, if you don't stop driving that hot rod Lincoln" :B)
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Yeah Take 5 :fonz:

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What was the first song you ever bought?
- I never bought a single. First album was "Bolan Boogie", from which "Jeepster" is probably the track I remember best.


What song always gets you dancing?
"Love Cats" - the cure.


What song takes you back to your childhood?
"I'd like to teach the world to sing" - The new Seekers.


What is your perfect love song?
"Perfect Day" - Lou Reed.
(Hon mention: "Top of the World" - the Carpenters)


What song would you want at your funeral?
"Sympathy for the Devil" - Rolling Stones.
(And/or "My way" - Johnny Rotten.)


Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.
"South Side of the Sky" - Yes (Fragile).
(Hon Mention: "Woyaya" - Osibisa)

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Osibisa - that's a blast from the past - great stuff....


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What was the first song you ever bought?
First album I bought was Dookie, by Green Day

What song always gets you dancing?
A Really Cool Dance Song, by Bowling For Soup

What song takes you back to your childhood?
Three Is A Magic Number, from Schoolhouse Rock

What is your perfect love song?
Something, by The Beatles, with honorable mentions to Arch Drive Goodbye-Eve 6

What song would you want at your funeral?
An End Once And For All, from the Mass Effect 3 soundtrack. Or Still Alive. But only as a joke.

Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.
This or maybe this... this could also be one.


This took a while to think of.
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Still Alive! Great choice, I wonder if anyone's done that yet?
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Went and checked out the video for Still Alive. I saw this comment that I thought was funny:

"OH GOD [now] WE'RE ALL GONNA have to buy new Mayan calendars. I hate that."
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I really like this idea, so I can't help myself by reviving this old thread:

1) What was the first song you ever bought?
The Day You Come - Powderfinger (from the album Internationalist)

Although I had mistaken it for another song "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest. However, this accidental purchase introduced me to the band Powderfinger, which is now one of my favourite bands of all time.

2) What song always gets you dancing?
Bliss - Muse
(Special mention: D-D-Don't Stop the Beat - Junior Senior)

Two very different tunes that get me dancing (if only in my mind . . .)

3) What song takes you back to your childhood?
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
(Special mention - Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.)

I found dad's copy of the vinyl single as a child, and he played all the time for me. What can I say - the original voice of Thomas the Tank Engine singing a fun song about living with friends in a submarine.

4) What is your perfect love song?
Everlong - The Foo Fighters
(Special mention: Real Love - The Beatles, Regina Spektor cover)

5) What song would you want at your funeral?
Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House/How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead
(Special mention: Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen)

Two very beautiful, yet haunting songs by two of my favourite bands of all time.

6) Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.
- Lucky (Radiohead)/ Hey Now Now (The Cloud Room)/ Seven Nation Army (White Stripes)

Too difficult to pick just one song . . .
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