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Music Questionnaire

CaroLiza_fan

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Since I added to the many threads about skating music on here yesterday, I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread asking the questions everybody asks about music.


1. What is your favourite band/group?
Easy. Queen (…closely followed by Led Zeppelin)

2. Who is your favourite solo singer?
Had to think over this question for a long time. There are so many I like. And in the end I couldn’t make a decision. So I gave up and went for the person who I have the most albums for: Robbie Williams

3. Who is your favourite composer?
Mmmm. Again, there are so many I like. So, I’ll take the easy way out: Piotr Tchaikovsky. [If you know anything about Tchaikovsky’s family background, you’ll understand why this may be seen as a total cop-out. But, to be fair, the “1812 Overture” is one of my favourite classical pieces, so it’s not that much of a cop-out…]

4. What is your favourite song?
Another easy one. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen (…closely followed by “Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin)

5. What is your favourite classical piece?
If we count National Anthems, then definitely “Österreich” (more commonly known as the tune for “Deutschland Über Alles”) by Josef Haydn.
If not, probably “Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1” (more commonly known as the tune for “Land Of Hope And Glory”) by Edward Elgar.

6. What is the first album you bought?
“Honey To The B” by Billie Piper

7. What is the first single you bought?
“Thank Abba For The Music” by Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched and Billie Piper [Medley of ABBA songs performed by these acts at the 1999 BRIT Awards]

8. What is the last album you bought?
“Back To Black” by Amy Winehouse [No, it wasn’t as long ago as 2006 since I last bought an album. I bought it after she died]

9. What is the last single you bought?
“I’m Falling” by Chelsey Chambers [girl I know from Moneymore, a village 5 miles away from me]


This sort of thread has proved to be very popular any time they have been done in the past. So I hope you all have a lot of fun with this one.

Over to you

CaroLiza_fan
 

iluvtodd

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1. The Beatles

2. 3 way tie - Gordon Lightfoot, Billy Joel, James Taylor

3. Mozart

4. "Windy" - The Association

5. "Jupiter" from "The Planets - Holst

6. Downtown - Petula Clark (I still :love: the British invasion music)

7. "I Know a Place" - Petula Clark

8. The "Frozen" soundtrack

9. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" :laugh: (because Todd skated to it!)
 

BusyMom

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I love the Britpop invasion in the 90s. The groups like Oasis, Pulp, Suede, The Verve, Stereophonics and Manic Street Preachers are my kind of music.

Robbie Williams is the coolest artist on the planet. :biggrin: I went to TT concert in Brighton(did A-level in E.Sussex at the time) just to see RW (one of the last stints with the band). His Swing When You're Winning is my most all-time favourite.

David Usher From Canadian Band "Moist" is also my favourite. Prefer his solo career a bit more than with the band.

Female artists: The Corrs, Norah Jones, Sade, Celtic Woman.
 
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1. What is your favourite band/group?
The Beatles, Steeleye Span

2. Who is your favourite solo singer?
I have a lot. Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Tommy Körberg (of Sweden), Judy Garland, and many others; edited to add John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Willie Nelson, and Canadian troubador Stan Rogers.

3. Who is your favourite composer?
Brahms, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Borodin

4. What is your favourite song?
Can't think of any one particular one. Maybe "All the Things You Are" by Jerome Kern, or something from Wicked. Edited to add songs by Stan Rogers: "Bluenose," "Northwest Passage," "The Mary Ellen Carter," and many others, and also "As I Lay Me Down," by Sophie B. Hawkins.

5. What is your favourite classical piece?
So many: Dvorak's Third, Fifth, and Sixth Symphonies, a lot of his chamber music, Brahms's symphonies and chamber music, Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony and Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony, Sibelius's Spring Song and choral work Kullervo, Borodin's Second Quartet for strings, Rimsky Korsakov's music for many of his operas, plus his symphony Antar.

6. What is the first album you bought?
Probably Swan Lake.

7. What is the first single you bought?
Oh, probably something by the Beatles.

8. What is the last album you bought?
I can't recall, but probably some chamber music by Brahms or Dvorak, or something by Maddy Prior (the lead singer in Steeleye Span).

9. What is the last single you bought?
Haven't bought any in awhile.
 

dorispulaski

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Favorite band
Beatles, Dire Straits

Favorite solo singer
Right now? Geeshy Wylie. Later, someone else. Maybe Paul Simon

Favorite song
Save the World, by Cam Pulaski ;)

Favorite composer
Mozart, probably

Favorite classical piece
Telemann's Water Music in an old album I have

First single bought?
Rockin' Robin, sung by Bobby Day

First album bought?
Bob Dylan
Highway 62 Revisited, after I went to a concert where he performed with Joan Baez as a surprise guest

Last single I bought?
Dixie Chicks' Not Ready to Make Nice

Last album I bought
Mark Miller Band ( the things we do for our grandchildren )
 
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WeakAnkles

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Ok, I'm going to cheat like mad because I love music and books more than anything in the world (my apartment looks like Barnes & Noble thought it would be cool to open a local boutique).
NB: This is a wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy partial list.

Favorite band
The Smiths, The Beatles, Magnetic Fields, REM, Throwing Muses, Pianosaurus (they only released one album, which consists of perfect little pop songs played on children's toy instruments), Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Suede, Abba, Belle & Sebastian, X (and their country spinoff band The Knitters), The Pogues, the Auteurs

Favorite solo singer
Maura O'Connell, Sandy Denny, Mary Black, Linda Thompson (with and without her genius ex-hubbie Richard), Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Morrissey, Dayna Kurtz, Jens Lekman, Marshall Crenshaw, Janis Ian, Emmylou Harris< Johnny Cash, Kirsty MacColl

Favorite song
Just the Motion by Richard & Linda Thompson, Everyday Is Like Sunday by Morrissey, Western Highway by Maura O'Connell, Dividing Day (from the musical A Light in the Piazza),

Favorite composer
Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Shostakovich

Favorite classical piece
Pachebel's Canon in D (laugh all you want--I first heard it in the movie Ordinary People and have loved it since), Shostakovich's String Quartet No.8 in C Minor, Corelli's 12 Concerto Grossi (how can you pick just one..)

First single bought?
Oh Lord who remembers

First album bought?
Janis Ian's Between the Lines (which is still one of my favorite albums). the first album I was given was Elton John's Greatest Hits

Last single I bought?
Morrisseys Istanbul

Last album I bought
Maura O'Connell's Naked with Friends


Note to BusyMom: I love Robbie William's Swing While You're Winning too. His faux-Frank Sinatra is miles better than Michael Buble's...
 

Sam-Skwantch

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The Smiths, The Beatles, Magnetic Fields, REM, Throwing Muses, Pianosaurus (they only released one album, which consists of perfect little pop songs played on children's toy instruments), Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Suede, Abba, Belle & Sebastian, X (and their country spinoff band The Knitters), The Pogues, the Auteurs

:jaw: that's some serious cheating there :laugh: :jaw:
 

Meoima

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I wanna join! :yay:


1. What is your favourite band/group?
Genesis.

2. Who is your favourite solo singer?
Mariah Callas, sorry I can only think of an opera singer.

3. Who is your favourite composer?
Schubert, Brahms, Bach, Stravinsky.

4. What is your favourite song?
“Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin

5. What is your favourite classical piece?
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, 1st movement
Beethoven's 7th symphony, 2nd movement
Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony, 4th movement
Stravinsky's Rite of spring

6. What is the first album you bought?
Nursery Cryme by Genesis

7. What is the first single you bought?
I have never bought a single CD

8. What is the last album you bought?
The Visitor by Arena

9. What is the last single you bought?
I only buy the whole album.
 

BusyMom

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Note to BusyMom: I love Robbie William's Swing While You're Winning too. His faux-Frank Sinatra is miles better than Michael Buble's...
It is very hard to reach Sinatra's level but Robbie did them in his own style. I love his version of My Way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4DJMPGNiD0&feature=kp
His attitude made the song special in a unique way. Too bad there isn't studio version for the song. :cry: Apart from Sinatra's version, I love Elvis' too.

Did you know Robbie was a figure skater when he was a kid? It was his idea to have one of his MV to have a skating theme:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVaRHJn_dgM&feature=kp
 

FSGMT

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1. What is your favourite band/group?
I don't really have one...

2. Who is your favourite solo singer?
I like a lot of singers, but I think that if I had to choose one, I'd say Celine Dion

3. Who is your favourite composer?
Mozart and Dvorak

4. What is your favourite song?
"Young and beautiful" by Lana del Rey

5. What is your favourite classical piece?
Probably Mozart's 29th Symphony (especially the first movement), and Dvorak's String Quartet n.12 "American"

6. What is the first album you bought?
No idea :biggrin:

7. What is the first single you bought?
I don't usually buy singles...

8. What is the last album you bought?
"Ultraviolence" by Lana del Rey

9. What is the last single you bought?
See question 7 ;)
(And, thank you for sharing your likes: you made me discover a lot of interesting pieces!)
 

Tonichelle

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1. What is your favourite band/group?
MercyMe

2. Who is your favourite solo singer?
Right now it's Brad Paisley, wait five minutes, it'll change.

3. Who is your favourite composer?
John Williams

4. What is your favourite song?
Right now - "Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss"

5. What is your favourite classical piece?
1812 Overture

6. What is the first album you bought?
It was Billie Ray Cyrus' first album... I think.

7. What is the first single you bought?
No clue.

8. What is the last album you bought?
The SMASH soundtrack, I think.

9. What is the last single you bought?
"When A Man Loves A Woman" - Michael Bolton version
 

Mrs. P

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I'm going to cheat like WA, cause I can't choose!!

1. What is your favourite band/group?
Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, Daft Punk, Phoenix, Air, Crayon Pop, Epik High, Dynamic Duo, Junior Senior, Caribou, Franz Ferdinand, Iron and Wine, The Whitest Boy Alive, Kings of Convenience, New Order, Joy Division


2. Who is your favourite solo singer? (I expanded it to include solo artists --i.e. DJs & rappers)
Jens Lekman, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, Lupe Fiasco, Kylie Minogue, Erland Oye, Cascade, Calvin Harris, Robyn, Annie

3. Who is your favourite composer?
Rachamanioff and Chopin.

4. What is your favourite song?
Annie, "Heartbeat"

5. What is your favourite classical piece?
Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor

6. What is the first album you bought?
Weezer, "The Blue Album" was one of them. (I signed up for one of those CD club things, so I got like 12 CDs as once, but that was in that first package).

7. What is the first single you bought?
Ace of Base, "The Sign," I believe.

8. What is the last album you bought?
Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories"

9. What is the last single you bought?
Disclosure, "Latch"
 

Sam-Skwantch

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Those are borderline hipster selections Mrs. P. I'm glad to see someone else knows who the Kings of Convenience are. I'm still thinking about my choices.....favorite song is too hard for me to say. So many Backstreet Boys songs to choose from ya know.
 

Mrs. P

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Those are borderline hipster selections Mrs. P. I'm glad to see someone else knows who the Kings of Convenience are. I'm still thinking about my choices.....favorite song is too hard for me to say. So many Backstreet Boys songs to choose from ya know.

UGGGGHHH!!! I'm not trying to be hipster, I promise! Maybe I should put more K-pop/hip-hop to balance out my hipster selections. :p
 

WeakAnkles

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Mrs P, thank you--I have been listening to mucho Kings of Convenience and LOVE them (I've also been listening to quite a bit of Haydn's symphonies and string quartets-it's been an odd month).

My friend just sent me this, and it's worth checking out (I think it's on Spotify). The back story is totally intriguing. Album is called L'amour, by an artist only identified as Lewis. You can read about it here:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19389-lewis-lamour/

The record label is pitching it as a cousin of Springsteen's Nebraska album, but to me it is much much more like The Cocteau Twins if they were morose and took a lot of tranquilizers. Woozy doozy but strangely compelling.
 
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