{"id":7103,"date":"2007-10-02T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2022-10-13T21:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T01:31:02","slug":"music-makes-the-people-come-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7103","title":{"rendered":"“Music makes the people come together!!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What music are you currently grooving to? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I have Hellogoodbye<\/a><\/i> on almost constant rotation. Emily: you rock for introducing me to these guys!! Track 6 and 7 I listen to, on average, 5 or 6 times a day. It’s feeding something in me right now, resonating … it has something to do with happiness. And wanting to be happy. I feel happy when I listen to their music. It’s wonderful.<\/p>\n

I’m also listening to Pat McCurdy’s latest album 15 Favorites<\/i> (lyrics to all songs here<\/a>). Monkey Paw? Awesome. Electronic Friend? Hysterical (especially because it has a soft soulful ballad-y feel). Tiny People with Enormous Heads?? SO STUPID. SO FUNNY. I also love Strange Things Happen To Me. But it’s all good.<\/p>\n

And let’s just see what is on my “Top 25 Most Played”<\/strong> list on Ye Olde ipod. Yes. Geek. Mariah Carey’s Christmas song is FAR AND AWAY the most frequently played song in my entire collection. Yup. That sounds about right.<\/p>\n

“Top 25 Most Played Songs on iPod”<\/strong><\/p>\n

All I want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
\nKashmir – Led Zeppelin
\nA Little More Love – Olivia Newton John
\nEnter Sandman – Metallica
\nMr. Blue Sky – ELO
\nBeale St. Blues – Eartha Kitt
\nStars and Planets – Liz Phair
\nCream – Prince
\nAin’t That a Kick in the Head – Dean Martin
\n21 Things I Want In a Lover – Alanis Morrissette
\nChristmas Is the Time to Say I love You – SR-71
\nI Don’t Know What It Is – Rufus Wainwright
\nToo Much Love Will Kill You – Queen
\nA Woman Wouldn’t Be a Woman – Eartha Kitt
\nSon of Sam – Elliot Smith
\nRock Me – Liz Phair
\nThe Great Pretender – Queen
\nDon’t Bring Me Down – ELO
\nOne Vision – Queen
\nConfusion – ELO
\n14th Street – Rufus Wainright
\nThe End – My Chemical Romance
\nSexy Back – Justin Timberlake
\nThe One You Love – Rufus Wainright
\nDead! – My Chemical Romance<\/p>\n

What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? <\/strong><\/p>\n

If you ask me this question tomorrow, i would answer differently. Just KNOW that and that the fun of such questions is to really search your brain for what you value and adore – not to get the answer “right”. So off the top of my head, in this particular moment – I would say that my all-time favorite album – might be The Color and the Shape<\/i> – Foo Fighters.<\/p>\n

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I think it’s a perfect album. There was a good year and a half when I never took it out of the CD player – it was in constant rotation.<\/p>\n

What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it? <\/strong><\/p>\n

“Time” – by ELO – was the first record I ever bought.<\/p>\n

Before that, it was all showtunes and Peter, Paul & Mary (speaking of which<\/a>!!)<\/p>\n

Here’s a post I wrote about music from my childhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Which musician have you ever wanted to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was 11 years old, I wanted to be Andrea McArdle so badly that I literally could not sleep at night. My love for her ruined my ability to enjoy my own sorry-ass life.<\/p>\n

What do you sing in the shower? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I usually sing “Bill” in the shower from Showboat<\/i>. I rarely vary my repertoire of shower-songs.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite Saturday night record?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know what this means, O British-speller-person I don’t delineate music for different nights – I barely notice it’s a different day, actually You know how people all commiserate in elevators and out and about about “hump day” and “whoo hoo friday night” etc. etc.? I don’t do that. If you ever catch me laughing with someone and rolling my eyes, saying, with NO irony or sarcasm, “Thank God today is hump day!” just shoot me in the face. Thanks. Friday is like Monday is like Sunday. And whatever day you catch me on at this particular moment in time, I’m listenin’ to Hellogoodbye!!<\/p>\n

And your Sunday morning record?<\/strong><\/p>\n

See answer above. Days are days, music is music. Rufus Wainright can be listened to on ANY day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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