Pete, you're a music guy. You wanna take a crack?
First, let's get one thing straight: I make far too much money to ever smoke crack. Having said that, I will take a stab at this thingamabob that seems designed to railroad me into admitting I like anything by Genesis or INXS. Plus, I cheat at these, so there will often be more than one song listed.
Onward...
Favorite Beatles song: Had to start off with an easy one, eh? I really like the "medley" at the end of Abbey Road that includes "Polythene Pam" "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" and "Golden Slumbers," but that's probably not fair. "A Day in the Life" is the stock answer, so I'll go with "Nowhere Man."
Favorite solo song by a former Beatle: Lennon - "Watching the Wheels;" McCartney - "Band On the Run;" Harrison - Don't know enough of his solo stuff; Starr - Oh please
Favorite Rolling Stones song: Mudge gets this one right, "Gimme Shelter" all the way
Favorite Bob Dylan song: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" or "Shelter From the Storm." I sense a theme.
Favorite Pixies song: "Velouria"
Favorite Prince song: "I Would Die 4 U"
Favorite Michael Jackson song: A curious way of putting it. "Rock With You" is the song that fills me with the least revulsion, possibly because it was the last song of his I heard before realizing he was a freak on wheels.
Favorite Metallica song: "Disposable Heroes" or "Master of Puppets"
Favorite Public Enemy song: "Night of the Living Baseheads"
Favorite Depeche Mode song: "Halo"
Favorite Cure song: anything from Head on the Door, but especially "In Between Days" and "A Night Like This"
Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: I feel pretty confident in saying there isn't a song I could list here that someone who reads this blog wasn't already familiar with. If "most" is the criteria, I'll go with "Pinball Song" by Slobberbone.
Favorite Beastie Boys song: "Shadrach"
Favorite Police song: "Walking on the Moon" from their early days, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" from their later, pretentious, Jungian Sting days.
Favorite Sex Pistols song: "Pretty Vacant"
Favorite song from a movie: Jesus...completely off the top of my head, I'd have to say Traffic's Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home" from the end of Fandango. I'll remember about a thousand others as soon as I post this, however.
Favorite Blondie song: "Dreaming"
Favorite Genesis song: "No Reply At All"
Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Unlike Mudge, I used to be a big Zep fan. I don't listen to them much these days, but if forced to choose, I'd narrow it down to "Good Times Bad Times," "Since I've Been Loving You," and "Bron-Yr-Aur."
I bet that cow skull over there would make a wicked bong...
Favorite INXS song: "Don't Change." No competition there, as it's the only INXS song I like.
Favorite Weird Al song: Uh, "UHF?" Never was a fan.
Favorite Pink Floyd song: I should probably try to re-establish some classic rock cred here by saying "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" or something off Piper at the Gates of Dawn, but I've been listening to The Final Cut a lot lately, so I'm sticking with "The Gunner's Dream."
Or "Pigs."
Or "Comfortably Numb." Gilmour's second solo in that gives me chills to this day.
Damn, this is hard.
Favorite cover song: "Cortez the Killer" (Neil Young) by Slobberbone or "Everybody Knows" (Leonard Cohen) by Concrete Blonde.
Favorite dance song: It isn't actually my favorite, but I think it's hilarious that - no matter what the Country/Western dancing venue- every last redneck in the place will get on the floor for "Baby Got Back." If you haven't seen a couple hundred people in Rocky Mountains and Wranglers jerking spasmodically to Sir Mix-A-Lot, you have led a trite, meaningless existence.
Favorite U2 song: "Like A Song" from War.
Favorite disco song: Drawing a blank...I liked Homer's cover of "Staying Alive" in the "Two Bad Neighbors" episode, if that counts.
Favorite The Who song: "Behind Blue Eyes"
Did you know that thewho.com redirects you to petetownshend.com? What the fuck?
Favorite Elton John song: I honestly can't decide between "Tiny Dancer" and "My Father's Gun"
Favorite Clash song: "White Man in Hammersmith Palais." I feel obliged to point out that The Wife is partial to "Straight to Hell," and we usually compromise with "Train In Vain."
Favorite David Bowie song: "Young Americans"
Favorite Nirvana song: "In Bloom," I guess, I'm honestly pretty sick of Nirvana.
Favorite Snoop Dogg song: "Gin and Juice," and performed by The Gourds.
Favorite Ice Cube song: Having absolutely no familiarity with his solo stuff, I'll say "Straight Outta Compton."
Favorite Johnny Cash song: "Cocaine Blues," with his cover of NIN's "Hurt" coming in a close second.
Favorite R.E.M. song: "Harbourcoat" or "I Believe"
Favorite Elvis song: Hell if I know..."Return to Sender?"
Favorite cheesy-ass country song: "Hot Dog" by Led Zeppelin.
I've decided not to tag anyone with this, because goddamn if it didn't take me forever. Run with it, if you're so inclined.
Set list. I thought about correcting some glaring omissions, but decided sleep was more important.
Tiny Dancer was forever ruined for me by a buddy of mine who used to sing the chorus as, "Hold me closer Tony Danza.."
Well, I've got some time to kill at work today so here it goes:
Fav Beatles tune: Eight Days a Week (with Dear Prudence and We Can Work It Out very close seconds).
Fav solo Beatles song: Probably Lennon's Jealous Guy or McCartney's Live and Let Die.
Fav Stones tune: Can't You Hear Me Knockin'--absolutely no contest here.
Dylan tune: Tangled Up In Blue.
Pixies tune: I know it's been horribly overplayed but I've got to go with Here Comes Your Man on this one.
Prince tune: Gotta be Darling Nikki (very close second for me is Little Red Corvette).
Jackson tune: Gotta go with Rock With You as well. I liked the Off the Wall album for much the same reasons that you did.
Metallica tune: Nostalgia and being a Rock and Roller myself made me go with the first tune off the first album--Hit the Lights.
Public Enemy tune: She Watched Channel Zero
Depeche Mode tune: Was never a big fan, but I do like Personal Jesus.
Cure tune: I'm going to be upfront here in saying that I loathe almost all 80's brit pop/rock, especially the Smiths and the Cure, but the one Cure tune that I really like is Pictures of You.
Fav tune that most of my friends haven't heard: I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist) by the Frogs.
Fav Beastie Boys: I liked them a whole lot more whenever they did the rock band thing so I have to go with either Sabotage or Gratitude.
Fav Police tune: Does not apply.
Fav Sex Pistols tune: Does not apply.
Song from a Movie: Gotta go with the Pixies' Where Is My Mind from Fight Club.
Blondie tune: Excellent choice in Dreamin Pete. It's mine too.
Genesis: It's easy because I only like one Genesis tune and that's Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Zep: When the Levee Breaks
INXS: Does not apply
Weird Al: Not a fan, but his spoof of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was pretty damn funny.
Floyd: Fearless from Meddle
Cover: Gotta be Johnny Cash doing Soundgarden's Rusty Cage (though I also really like Superchunk doing Magnetic Fields' 100,000 Fireflies).
Dance tune: Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston (gotta weakness for classic 70's disco, especially from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, probably comes from being a Brooklyn native).
U2: I'll get snickers for this one but I really liked Mysterious Ways (never much of a U2 fan).
Disco tune: See Dance tune.
the Who: Love Ain't for Keeping
Elton John tune: Someone Saved My Life Tonight (what the hell happened to this guy?)
Clash tune: Either Clampdown or Death or Glory (which I believe has one of the greatest lines in rock lyrical history in "Well I believe in this and it's been tested by research/He who fucks nuns will later join the Church")
Bowie tune: Panic in Detroit
Nirvana: It's a cover tune, Where Did You Sleep Last Night. All Apologies is pretty good too.
Snoop Dogg: Does not apply
Ice Cube: Does not apply
Johnny Cash: Boy named Sue
R.E.M.: Me In Honey
Elvis: Either Suspicious Minds or Burning Love
Country Tune: Neil Young's Old King
For my entries on glaring omissions, how about
Fav Ramone's tune
Fav Kinks tune
Fav Neil Young tune
Fav Black Sabbath tune
Fav one-hit-wonder tune
Fav Kiss tune
Hate to pick nits but "Can't Find My Way Home" is Blind Faith, not Traffic.
This is on the fly without much thought:
Fav Beatles tune: Even a top 10 would be too tough to call. Maybe I Me Mine (ask me again tomorrow for another answer)
Fav solo Beatles song: All Things Must Pass, Gimme Some Truth
Fav Stones tune: Sway, among many
Dylan tune:It's Alright Ma
Pixies tune: Trompe le Monde
Prince tune: I know it's cliche, but I still love When Doves Cry
Jackson tune: From the Simpsons, "Happy Birthday Lisa," because Wednesday was my wife Lesa's birthday, and I woke her up with that song.
Metallica tune: Master of Puppets or One
Public Enemy tune: Don't know enough
Depeche Mode tune: That first tune on Music for the Masses is listenable
Cure tune: No clue
Fav tune that most of my friends haven't heard: High Rise by Tall Dwarfs (from New Zealand)
Fav Beastie Boys: Sabatoge and all of Paul's Boutique
Fav Police tune: that drumming at the beginning of Regatta de Blanc (the song) still rocks
Fav Sex Pistols tune:
Song from a Movie: Ooh La La (Small Faces)at the end of Rushmore
Blondie tune: NA
Genesis: can't take em anymore
Zep: Damn, how can I pick? That's the Way or
INXS:
Weird Al: Al must DIE!
Floyd: Depends on the day. Don't listen to as much as I used to, but Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun or the last bit of Dark Side
Cover: Cake does a badass version of I Will Survive, and Lyle Lovett's Friend of the Devil
Dance tune: Me no dance.
U2: Everything pre-1984 was good. Can't stand any of the other stuff. (At least not that I'll admit.)
Disco tune:
the Who: Baba OReill or Another Quick One
Elton John tune: I'm still a softy for Rocket Man, but Tiny Dancer (Tony Danza!!!)is another good one.
Clash tune: The first album is so dense with good tunes. Hmmmm.
Bowie tune: Life on Mars
Nirvana: Bowie's Man Who Sold the World
Snoop Dogg:NA
Ice Cube:NA
Johnny Cash:Sunday Morning Comes Down
R.E.M.: I Believe
Elvis: NA
Country Tune: Shotgun Willie
I could go on for days...
Hate to pick nits but "Can't Find My Way Home" is Blind Faith, not Traffic.
Told you I needed sleep.
Favorite Beatles song: Sooo many good ones. My favorite today would be “Fool on the hill”
Favorite solo song by a former Beatle: “My Brave Face”
Favorite Rolling Stones song: “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. ‘Cuz I dig Whoopie Goldberg.
Favorite Bob Dylan song: “All Along the Watchtower”
Favorite Pixies song: Does Not Apply
Favorite Prince song: "Little red Corvette"
Favorite Michael Jackson song: “Beat It” and yes, I am ashamed of it.
Favorite Metallica song: "Enter Sandman”
Favorite Public Enemy song: Does Not Apply
Favorite Depeche Mode song: “Just can’t get enough”
Favorite Cure song: “Close to me”
Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: “Dancin’ in the Light” -Entrain
Favorite Beastie Boys song: "No sleep ‘til Brooklyn"
Favorite Police song: "Canary in a Coal Mine”
Favorite Sex Pistols song: "Anarchy in the UK"
Favorite song from a movie: “You ain’t never had a friend like me” -Aladdin
Favorite Blondie song: "Rapture"
Favorite Genesis song: "Me & Sarah Jane"
Favorite Led Zeppelin song: “Black Dog” –rythmically fascinating. The guitar is in one time signature and the drums are in another, and it works
Favorite INXS song: "Pretty Vegas” What? No? Ok, “I need you tonight”
Favorite Weird Al song:.
Favorite Pink Floyd song: “You Better Run”
Favorite cover song: Toad the Wet Sprocket’s cover of Kiss’s “Rock and Roll All Night”
Favorite dance song: “The Dance” –Garth Brooks (No this does not bnelong in a different category)
Favorite U2 song: "Bad" from Wide Awake In America (EP).
Favorite disco song: “It’s Raining Men” not that I really listen to it, I’m just really glad it exists.
Favorite The Who song: "Pinball Wizard"
Favorite Elton John song: Crocadile Rock is probably the least nauseating
Favorite Clash song: “Police and Theives”
Favorite David Bowie song: "Star Man"
Favorite Nirvana song: “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Favorite Snoop Dogg song: Ain’t gonna front, yo. Me an’ the Snoop Double Dizzle don’t hang like we used to.
Favorite Ice Cube song: Still no frontin’, yo.
Favorite Johnny Cash song: "Ring of Fire”
Favorite R.E.M. song: "Fireplace”
Favorite Elvis song: "Jailhouse Rock"
Favorite cheesy-ass country song: "I think God must be Cowboy” –Dan Seals (I think)
My school filter won't let me link to "Quoth the Mudge." Is this a set list of questions, or a random list?