The Laughing Wolf

Music Meme

Well, Bloodspite hit me with a meme a while back, and I am finally getting the chance to respond (other than sending a Bronx cheer his way).

1. Person who most influenced your musical tastes?

That's a hard one. My mother did in many respects, but she was not alone. Mom exposed me to a broad range of music, made sure I heard a lot of "Classical" (which is classical, baroque, and more), tried to get me interested in musicals and show tunes (stopped pushing so hard after discovering that my favorite line from Oklahoma was "I knew I loved her when I saw the moonlight gleaming off... the barrels of her father's shotgun."), and about anything to keep me away from that evil rock and roll. Another influence, and a good one, was the chorus director at school, who taught me to sing and expanded my exposure to music. Some subversive friends in Scouting got me hooked on that evil rock and roll, after finding out that the first album I ever bought had been Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Even at that age I wanted to lick the whipped cream off...

2. Top 5 songs to drive to?

Only 5? Hah!

My Driving One CD includes:
Farscape Theme
Quixote by Bond (Born CD)
Paul's Theme (Jogging Chase) from Cat People
Voyager by Alan Parsons Project (Pyramid CD)
Rebel Yell by Billy Idol (Greatest Hits CD)
Skin Skin by Boomtown Rats (CD?)
Don't Cha Stop by The Cars (The Cars CD)
Miserlou by Dick Dale (Pulp Fiction CD)
Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran (Rio CD)
Fire On High by ELO (Face the Music CD)
We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place by Eric Burdon and the Animals (The Animal's Greatest Hits CD)
Home and Dry by Gerry Rafferty (City to City CD)
Barracuda by Heart (Little Queen CD)
The Voice by The Moody Blues (The Best of the Moody Blues CD)
The Noah Plan by Peter Schilling (The Different Story CD)
One Of These Days by Pink Floyd (Meddle CD)
Buffy TV Theme

My Night Drive CD
Tubular Bells, Part One by Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells CD)
Saeta by Miles Davis (Sketches of Spain CD)
Tango to Evora by Loreena McKinnitt (The Visit CD)
All Souls Night by Loreena McKinnitt (The Visit CD)
Blade Runner (End Titles) by Vangelis (Blade Runner CD)
The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker (Greatest Hits CD)
Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider (As Far As Siam CD)
Invisible Sun by The Police (Ghost In The Machine)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here CD)
Dierdre Of The Sorrows by Mychael Danna (Celtic Twilight CD)

Misc:
March Of Cambreadth by Heather Alexander (Midsummer CD)
It's A Sin by the Pet Shop Boys (Discography CD)
Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones
Strange Days by The Doors
You're Lost Little Girl by The Doors
Soul Kitchen by The Doors
Alabama Song by The Doors
Twentieth Century Fox by The Doors
Back Door Man by The Doors
Wintertime Love by The Doors
Peter Gunn Theme by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Barracuda by Heart
Kick It Out by Heart

3. Number of CDs you own?
Don't have a clue. They fill a small U-Haul moving box, maybe a few more now... Finally gave away all my albums, the last two peach crates worth went to the English Werewolf a year or two ago...

4. Song/CD you were listening to when you lost your virginity?
To be honest, it is not the music I remember...

5. Song(s) played at your wedding?
Haven't had my wedding yet

6. Favorite Sad Song?
Like Bloodspite, I have several

Ordinary World by Duran Duran
Africa by Toto
Genesis Ch.1 V.32 by the Alan Parsons Project
Everything I Own by Bread
Biplane "Evermore" by Snoopy and the Royal Guardsmen
More, but that will do for now

7. Song you'd like played at your funeral?
Hmmmmm. Other than pipes doing Amazing Grace, I'm not sure. Part of me would like to have It's A Sin by the Pet Shop Boys and I Kissed A Girl by Jill Sobule played just for the grins of it. Another part would like Tango To Evora by Loreena McKinnett, Some Children See Him by Mannheim Steamroller, Winter Light by Sarah Brightman, and some others like that. Part of me also wants some Warren Zevon, even though Sleep When I'm Dead is almost too bad a pun even for me.

8. Song that bests describes yourself?
I don't know. But I am still looking for it.

LW