Wednesday, December 14, 2005

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things (Music)

I've been thinking about this for some time - I want to post some of my favorite things. I think it could perhaps help you understand a little better who I am and what I'm about. I have a hard time ranking some things, so if there is no number beside each item, it's because they are equally my favorite. For this post, I will focus on music. Well, here goes:

My favorite music videos:

1. Johnny Cash - Hurt
2. Weezer - Buddy Holly
3. Coldplay - The Scientist
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. The '85 Chicago Bears - Super Bowl Shuffle (the greatest comedy video ever made)
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
7. Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
8. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
9. Danielson Famile - Rubbernecker
10. Metallica - One

My favorite concert DVD's:

1. U2 - Elevation Tour Live In Boston
2. Coldplay - Live 2003
3. Matt Redman - Facedown

My favorite bands:

1. U2
2. Jimmy Eat World
3. Coldplay
4. Weezer
5. Smashing Pumpkins

My favorite CDs of 2005:

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. The Decemberists - Picaresque
3. David Crowder* Band - A Collision
4. Coldplay - X&Y
5. Sigur Ros - Takk
6. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
7. Eisley - Room Noises
8. Weezer - Make Believe
9. John Davis - self-titled
10. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations


My favorite all-time CDs (these go to eleven):

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. The Juliana Theory - Understand This Is A Dream
3. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
5. Jars of Clay - self-titled
6. Five O'Clock People - The Nothing Venture
7. Weezer - The Blue Album
8. Coldplay - Live 2003
9. Cool Hand Luke - The Fires Of Life
10. Steve Camp - Doing My Best Volume 1
11. Chasing Furies - With Abandon

My Favorite Musical Artists To Make Fun Of:

Radiohead
pretty much all hip-hop
every country music artist from 1990 on
Nirvana
The Beatles
Glam metal artists trying to make a comeback

Favorite Guilty Pleasure Artists:

Simon and Garfunkel
Neil Diamond
Kelly Clarkson
System Of A Down
Stryper
The Carpenters
MxPx
Lisa Loeb
Fiona Apple
Bjork

3 comments:

Rochelle said...

A guy who rode on the elevator with us this weekend when we went to see U2 said that video is exactly like the concert so if you can't go to their concert..the video is the next best thing You are the 2nd "closet" Kelly Clarkson fan I've met :) I love Simon and Garfunkel

Mike said...

the only artist you should feel guilty about is stryper...please come on....

Adam said...

You mean, "Please...C'mon Rock!" (one of their song titles)

Stryper was the bomb - I'll get out my yellow and black spandex for church if you're not careful...