two music memes

[pantryslut]

I am reliving my glory days as a music writer with two memes.

The first one was stolen from cnwb.


1. Total number of albums (CD/ cassette/ LP/ wax cylinder) I own:

I do not catalogue, so I'm not entirely sure. I think we last estimated around 600-800. It seems to stay steady at that point, as I try to cull stuff I'm not actively listening to any more.

2. The last album I bought:

Tékitoi by Rachid Mana. It's still on the kitchen table in its original cellophane.

3.The last album I listened to all the way through:

Probably Hannah Marcus' Black Hole Heaven, see below.

4.Five albums that I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:

a) Black Hole Heaven by Hannah Marcus. I find its song cycle to be very cathartic: starting in a dark, bitter place, moving through sorrow and into the light. I listen to it a lot when I'm emotionally upset because I find it very grounding.

b) Celebrity Skin, Hole. Another cathartic album when listened to the whole way through.

c) Eye, Robyn Hitchcock. This one balances emotional turmoil with both a delicate sort of beauty and a smidge of utter goofiness. What's not to love?

d) Is, Princess Superstar. This one is goofiness with surprising depth. And great wordplay. And a lot of naughtiness. So of course I have a soft spot for it.

e) London Calling, The Clash. Because it was formative, yo.




This one is stolen from maliceangst. Like her, ask me tomorrow and the answers will be different.



Sad Songs
1. Turtle Blues -- Janis Joplin
2. Malted Milk -- Some Girls
3. Wicked Little Town -- the Breeders
4. How Soon Is Now? -- the Smiths
5. 700 Mile Situation -- Res


Happy Songs
1. Chemical Calisthenics -- Blackalicious
2. Necessito -- Some Girls
3. Super Brother -- Guitar Vader
4. You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun -- Sleater-Kinney
5. My Metro Card -- Le Tigre


Angry Songs
1. Virus -- KMFDM
2. Idiot Wind -- Bob Dylan
3. Axl Rose Is Love -- Mary's Danish
4. Osiris in Pieces -- Hannah Marcus
5. March of the Pigs -- Nine Inch Nails


Love Songs
1. Heat Wave -- Martha and the Vandellas
2. Take Me With You -- Prince
3. You've Got a Sweet Mouth on You, Baby -- Robyn Hitchcock
4. Our Lips Are Sealed -- the Go Go's
5. Baby I Need Your Loving -- the Four Tops


Dirty Songs
1. Mystery Girl -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Teenage Boyfriend -- the Capricorns
3. Bad Babysitter -- Princess Superstar
4. Tourniquet -- the Creatures
5. Little Red Riding Hood -- Freakwater

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

mary's danish! woo!

my college roommate introduced me to them. my favorite song is don't crash the car tonight.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

That's the first song of theirs I ever heard, but I really got hooked when a friend of my long-lost ex-girlfriend gave her a tape of their second(?) album, Circa.

Funny

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about my all time favorite albums today before I saw the meme. I've got to do this one, but it'll take a lot of thinking over.

Re: Funny

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I myself definitely did not answer in terms of "all time favorite albums." That would have been a lot harder, and I think a very different list.