A music meme: how apropos. I (too) don’t normally pass these on, but this one is quite funny/poignant and, well, musical.
(Via Ken)
[Disclaimer: I skipped classical. “Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace” is hard to divine by name and it was quite literally every other song.]
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
We Gotta Live Together — Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Are You Experienced? — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Mrs. Rita — Gin Blossoms
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) — The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Butterflyz — Alicia Keys
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Hush Now (Stella’s Tarentella) — Over the Rhine
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Running Like the Wind — The Marshall Tucker Band
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
The Wind Cries Mary — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Ain’t Misbehavin’ — Quintette du Hot Club de France (Django Reinhardt)
WHAT SONG WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Ice — Sarah McLachlan
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Possibly Maybe — Final Fantasy & Ed Droste (Björk cover)
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Venus as a Boy — Björk
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Crazy Love Vol. II — Paul Simon
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Big Me — Foo Fighters
WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Bachelorette — Björk
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Harm of Will — Björk
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Goodbye — Alicia Keys
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Someone to Watch Over Me — Brad Mehldau
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
City of Echoes — Pelican
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
I Don’t Want to Know — Fleetwood Mac
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Too Stubborn — The Marshall Tucker Band
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Burning of the Midnight Lamp — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Last Exit — Pearl Jam
Thoughts: What is it with Hendrix? I like him a lot, but he certainly doesn’t dominate my collection – I would like to think my parents think of me as a good son – My love is no secret – Apparently I’m a coward – Hendrix agrees that getting to bed soon would be good for me.
