Music meme -- moi?

[shiredancer]

Because I was tagged by estellongshanks -- ah, Estel! Music is, alas, my weak spot. Not sure you'll gain anything useful or broadening here.

1. Total number of music files on your computer:
Zero. Zip. Nada. I haven't the faintest notion of how to rip a music file. My Kidlet can do it, but not me. I *do* have some downloaded songvids from my two fandoms -- do those count?

2. The last CD you bought was:
Well, three actually, at one of those Borders sales: Steppenwolf/Gold, The Chiffons/One Fine Day, and Cyndi Lauper/Wanna Have Fun. Erm, would you believe I've been in a retro mood lately? Born to be wild, and girls just wanna have fun, and all that.

3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message:
Let's see, it was the Eric Clapton "Slowhand" CD playing in the car stereo on my way home from shopping... the one about May You Never, something about losing a woman over a knife. See my problem here? I never get the lyrics completely down, or the name of the artist, or the title of the song all together. I have this little blank spot for those kinds of details.

4. Write down five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you:
Uh. This is where my brain shuts down. Five whole songs? That's what Estel said, and I think I want to quote him. About all I've been listening to is classic rock on my KTYD radio station lately, so I guess if I concentrate...

"Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton, because that's *my* song. I love it; I love what it has to say. Don't you think you want someone to talk to?

"Wild World", was that Cat Stevens? That was a theme song for me when I first started out on my life's adventures. If my older lover had been more caring and kind and observant of such things, those might have been his words to me when I left to spread my own wings.

"Four Strong Winds" by Ian & Sylvia; another song that was an anthem of my early days, about love and loss and hopes and uncertainty. When we used to have sing-alongs, my friends liked me to sing that for them, a capella since I couldn't play the guitar. It was something, that they liked it -- because my singing is no great shakes.

"The Power of Two", is that the Indigo Girls? Forgive me if I've got it wrong. I first heard that on one of magickalmolly's CD mixes for those of us who attended HobbitCon. It reminds me of my closest LJ friends, my hobbit lasses, as well as my first fandom and Merry and Pippin. It puts me right *there* whenever I hear it. It's the power of friendship, the power of women friends, as well as the power of love.

"You Belong to Me" from the Shrek soundtrack (sorry, I really can't recall who sang it and at 1:30 a.m. I can't shlep over to the car to dig out the CD and check). This one is for my other fandom, The Sentinel -- not only was it featured in one of the episodes, but it's a perfect song to sing about an anthropologist. Well, you kind of have to be *in* the fandom to get it. Great song, anyway -- lovely and lyrical. (As a little aside, I love both Shrek soundtracks -- they have some of the most danceable tunes I've ever heard!)

So there you are, Estel! Oh, and a tip for you, since I know you love Madeleine Peyroux (and turned me on to her, and I have subsequently turned several *other* people on to her) -- you might enjoy the music of Maude (or Maud) Maggart, who is a cabaret singer not yet out on regular CDs -- you have to google her web site and can order CDs from there. She's just a touch reminiscent of Madeleine, but sings older songs from the 20s. Maybe you'll like her.

Who are you going to pass the stick to (four people) and why?

anneheart, arnie1967, eve_took, and maaaaa -- because these are four from my friends list whose musical tastes I haven't yet heard about. Well, okay, I know eve_took likes Iggy Pop!

Comments

[estellongshanks.livejournal.com]

Thanks Sally, this is just what I wanted. I was kinda hoping you were going through a retro phase too - there's a new radio station in the Bay Area that plays songs from "the 80's, the 90's, whatever we feel like" that we've been enjoying lately. Steppenwolf is definitely something I need to own. And I recently (late last year?) bought a best of Cat Stevens album (which has "Wild World" on it).

I'll check out Maude Maggart, she may be just what I'm looking for. Also, on Pandora.com my "Madeleine Peyroux" music stream keeps playing someone named Susannah McCorkle who's voice intrigues me, in that Madeleine Peyroux kinda way, only she seems a bit more sassy.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Mine's done and posted. Thanks for tagging me. :oD

It was an interesting meme but yeah, the "name five songs you like" is more difficult than you'd suppose.

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! Glad you liked it. I'll look for Susannah McCorkle (because sassy is a good thing), and let me know what you think of Maud(e). There are sample clips at her website you can listen to -- that's all I've heard so far.

[estellongshanks.livejournal.com]

Argh. I can't play RealPlayer or Winwhatever because all my plugins were lost with the hard disk crash. I keep finding little things that are missing.

Also, iTunes Music Store doesn't carry Maude Maggart. Boo.

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Off to read it!