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30 Days of Music

Okay, so this is (I guess) supposed to be a tumblr game but since I don't have a tumblr, I'm gonna play it here. I don't know, exactly, how...if I'll post a new note with my responses or just edit this one but ...it looks like fun :)





I started this last night so you get two days in today's entry... from here out I'll either devote a blog to each day's question or I'll add it on to whatever else is on my mind that day.





Day 01 - Your favorite song - This is an insanely difficult question to answer. It changes, almost daily. And to pick just one?! Essentially, I have songs that I never get tired of listening to, songs that are never skipped, that always make me happy...I'll just list some of those.


Kennedy - Kill Hannah - Cast in this little play I call life as the song that saved my life. If it weren't for Kennedy, I don't know if I would have found Kill Hannah and without Kill Hannah I wouldn't have some truly amazing people in my life, a list too long to go into.


Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawio'ole - His version is just so beautiful and sunny, especially the medley with Wonderful World. Simply breathtaking. "Is" is one of Heaven's brightest stars, I think.


Watch the Stars Explode - Polar Moon - When Jonny Radtke left Kill Hannah I was very sad. Then I found out why and was still sad but could accept the desire to strike out on his own and find out what he was really capable of. And I must say that he was (is) capable of greatness. WTSE is a hit and he hasn't even finished his first album yet, thanks in part to his fledgling, as-yet-unnamed street team but thanks mostly to his sheer brilliance. If you haven't heard Watch the Stars Explode (or any of the Polar Moon Music)yet, check it out on here: http://www.myspace.com/polarmoonmusic . It's absolutely amazing.


Imagine - John Lennon - It really depends on my mood but sometimes this song makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and other times it makes me horribly sad but my love for it never wanes, even when I'm choking on my tears.





Day 02 - Your least favorite song





I love music.  It is our most powerful artistic medium, affecting so many people in such drastic ways.  In that vein, I don't have a lot of music that I outright can't stand.  But...


A friend of mine once said "I used to like Coldplay, back in the 80's when they were called U2."  I really can't stand Coldplay.  I think their music is pretentious and it irritates me to the point of wanting to scream every time I hear it.  So Viva la Vida is probably my least favorite song.  As much as Coldplay irritates me, as much as I want to punch Chris Martin in the face just for funsies, I don't hate Viva la Vida.  It's a totally different sound from the rest of their collection and it's kind of catchy.  If I hadn't programmed myself to scream "I HATE COLDPLAY" every time I hear them, I might actually find it in my heart to like it.  And that irritates me more than all of their other songs combined.