Meme me that.....

A Musical Meme. Originally postd by figmo, and later by cadhla and maedbh7...

1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU OWNED?
45: "The Streak" by Ray Stevens.
LP: "The Grand Illusion" by Styx.

2.IS THERE A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU MOST OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
Other than the songs I heard on AM radio in my childhood (late '60s/early '70s), there's "Viewmaster" by Ookla the Mok.

3. IF YOU COULD SPEND A NIGHT WITH FIVE MUSICAL ARTISTS - THREE FOR THEIR MINDS AND TWO FOR THEIR BODIES -
WHO WOULD THEY BE?
Minds: Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel
Bodies: Deborah Harry, Gwen Stefani
(And Britney Spears. Waitaminnit...you said musical *artists*? Never mind, then. >:-) )

4. IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT SONG/BAND WOULD PLAY OVER THE FOLLOWING:
(This would end up being a double album!)
OPENING CREDITS
"Strange Animal" by Larry Gowan (my theme song!)

LOVE SCENE
"Moments In Love" by The Art of Noise

DRIVING SCENE THAT CONSISTS MAINLY OF FLASHBACKS AND LOVE LOST
"Lontano Mystery" by Christopher Franke

CLOSING CREDITS
"The Carpet Crawlers" by Genesis

ANY OTHER SCENES? (rename if applicable)
Laying awake at night / junior high: "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright
Delivering newspapers: Generals And Majors" by XTC
High school geek-out scene: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by Devo
High school romance: "I Don't Want To Wait Anymore" by The Tubes
High school break-up: "Can We Still Be Friends?" by Todd Rundgren
Going off to college: "The Logical Song" by Supertramp
Pledging a fraternity: "Hungry Like The Wolf" by Duran Duran
D&D gaming: "Singring and the Glass Guitar" by Todd Rundgren & Utopia
Road Tripping: "In A Big Country" by Big Country
Late-night BITNET Relay session: "Deeper Understnding" by Kate Bush
Science Fiction Convention: "Freaks" by Marillion
Final exams/projects: "Karn Evil 9: Third Impression" by Emerson Lake & Palmer
Job hunting: "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel, "The Wall" by Kansas
Summer leisure driving: "Sueño con Mexico" by Pat Metheny
Driving in general: "Red Barchetta" by Rush
Late-Night Hacking: "Equinoxe" by Jean-Michel Jarre
Renaissance Festival: "Trip To The Faire" by Renaissance
At home reading/filing: "The Web" by Marillion
Self-realization: "Know Who You Are" by Supertramp, "Change Myself" by Todd Rundgren
Wedding/Honeymoon: "Time And Tide" by Basia
Birth of daughter: "Circle of Life" by Elton John

5. IF APPLICABLE, NAME A SONG OR CONCERT THAT MOVED YOU TO TEARS
"Grendel" by Marillion, "To Touch A Star" by Steve Macdonald

6. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY?
Spyro Gyra, the Rippingtons

SAD?
Duncan Sheik, Genesis

UPSET?
Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Rammstein

7. NAME ONE MUSICAL ARTIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED.
Michael Bolton. He has absolutely no soul whatsoever.

8. NAME A SONG YOU WOULD RATHER NEVER HEAR AGAIN
"Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle. (Unless it had the vocals stripped out. The words are so schmaltzy!)

9. NAME AN ALBUM THAT IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH - NO FILLER, NO BAD STUFF
"Tales From Topographic Oceans" by Yes

10. MUSIC YOU LIKE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A GUILTY PLEASURE
Gary Numan, Devo, The Knack, Kraftwerk, Synergy, Thomas Dolby, Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield

11. IF YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION WAS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES, WHICH FIVE CD'S WOULD YOU SAVE?
"The Grand Illusion" by Styx
"Crime of the Century" by Supertramp
"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by the Alan Parsons Project
"Less Than Art" by Ookla the Mok
"Mortal City" by Dar Williams
I'd probably spend so much time deciding which ones that they'd all go up in flames! *Bzzt*

12. IS THERE A SONG THAT DESCRIBES YOU OR A SITUATION YOU'VE BEEN IN SO WELL THAT YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT?
"Outside Looking In" by the Alan Parsons Project

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK?
TV: Babylon 5
Movie: Ladyhawke, Backdraft

14. BEST MUSIC-RELATED MOVIE?
Wayne's World -- that movie *was* my childhood!

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME VIDEO?
A toss-up between "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock, "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits, and "Take On Me" by a-ha

16. CURRENT FAVORITE RADIO HIT?
Well....I've been listening to a lot of NPR recently, so I'll pass.

17. DO YOU SING OR PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?
Yep. Keyboards and woodwinds.