Music Once More

1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU OWNED (BOUGHT FOR YOU)?: Collective Soul’s self-titled CD…. though I’d always confiscated my parents’ vast music library.

2. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT?: Likely Matthew Sweet’s 100% Fun

3. IF YOU HAD SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX COMING OVER AND YOU WANTED TO IMPRESS THEM, WHICH CDS WOULD YOU HIDE?: Nothing, I’m very proud of my music collection. 😀

4. IS THERE A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU MOST OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?: Hey Jealousy(there was a strange parody my sister and I used to sing)

5. IF YOU COULD SPEND A NIGHT WITH FIVE MUSICAL ARTISTS – THREE FOR THEIR MINDS AND TWO FOR THEIR BODIES – WHO WOULD THEY BE?: Mind: Ed Roland, Brian Molko, Matthew Sweet. Body: Poe, Lisa Loeb

6. IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT SONG WOULD PLAY OVER THE FOLLOWING:

*** OPENING CREDITS: Poe’s “Hello”(is there any better way to introduce it?)
*** LOVE SCENE: Collective Soul’s “All” or “Heaven’s Already Here”
*** DRIVING SCENE THAT CONSISTS MAINLY OF FLASHBACKS AND LOVE LOST: Tom Cochrane’s “Good Times”
*** CLOSING CREDITS: Matthew Sweet’s “If Time Permits”
*** ANY OTHER SCENES?: Tori Amos’s version of “Love Song” for one of the scenes with Ashley ;), Collective Soul’s “Blame” for any of those wrongly acused moments, Lisa Loeb’s “Sandalwood” for another love scene(there has to be many of those… because love is the most important part of my life :-D)

7. IF APPLICABLE, NAME A SONG OR CONCERT THAT MOVED YOU TO TEARS: Poe’s “If You Were Here” always does it… it’s just so heart-felt and the closing line, “I love you… it’s ok, you can go now” just has so much power to it

8. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY? SAD? UPSET?: Happy – Big Sugar’s “Red Rover”, Sad – Matthew Sweet’s “Someone To Pull The Trigger”, Upset – Collective Soul’s “The World I Know”

9. NAME ONE MUSICAL ARTIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED: um… Fred Durst

10. NAME ONE MUSICAL GENRE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANISHED: Rap.

11. NAME A SONG YOU WOULD RATHER HEAR NEVER AGAIN: Any puddle pop song

12. WHAT NOW-DEFUNCT BAND WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SEE REUNITE (LIVING OR DEAD)?: Sandbox and Smashing Pumpkins

13. NAME AN ALBUM THAT IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH – NO FILLER, NO BAD STUFF: Anything by Collective Soul, Poe, Tom Cochrane, Matthew Sweet, any band I like, really.

14. MUSIC YOU LIKE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A GUILTY PLEASURE: I guess M2M would be that… they are the only real “pop” group I listen to

15. IF YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION WAS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES, WHICH FIVE CDS WOULD YOU SAVE?: I could never choose that few… but Collective Soul takes priority… so their 5 albums(the greatest hits would have to be sacrificed, I guess)

16. IS THERE A SONG THAT DESCRIBES YOU OR A SITUATION YOU’VE BEEN IN SO WELL THAT YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT?: Most of the Collective Soul songs reflect some situation I was in.

17. WHICH UNDERRATED ARTIST DESERVES MORE ATTENTION?: Collective Soul, Matthew Sweet, Poe, EVERY BAND I LIKE!

18. HAS A SONG OR ARTIST CHANGED YOUR LIFE IN ANY WAY? IF SO, HOW?: All of the Collective Soul ones have influenced me a lot… just through listening to them every day

19. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK?: Likely Scream 2 because it has Collective Soul’s She Said or The Craft because of the Matthew Sweet and Juliana Hatfield songs

20. BEST MUSIC-RELATED MOVIE: Velvet Goldmine(I’ve never seen it but Brian Molko is in it so it can’t go wrong)

21. WHAT WOULD YOUR DREAM BAND BE?: I’m not even attempting this.

*** VOCALS: Ed Roland(Collective Soul) / Poe
*** GUITARS: Gordie Johnson(Big Sugar)
*** BASS: Geddi Lee(Rush)
*** KEYBOARDS: Billy Corgan(Smashing Pumpkins)(I don’t really know… keyboards aren’t a favorite of mine)
*** DRUMS:Shane Evans(Collective Soul)
*** ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS? Guest Vocalists: Matthew Sweet, Tom Cochrane, Lisa Loeb, Brian Molko

22. DO YOU MISS THE DAYS WHEN MTV USED TO, LIKE, SHOW VIDEOS AND STUFF?: Yeah, they used to actually show good rock videos… hmmm

23. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME VIDEO?: Collective Soul’s “Prescious Declaration”

24. CURRENT FAVORITE RADIO HIT: Big Sugar’s “So Not Over”

25. DO YOU SING OR PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?: I very much wish I did!

*** BONUS QUESTION: IS PAUL REALLY DEAD? IS STING?: Nope and Nope.