Music Meme... Tagged

[liralen]

Tagged by stark_black and calmingeffects.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.



Wow... I haven't listened to music for so long... but recently I just picked up a few...

1. The Kingdom Hearts 2 Introduction song -- "A scattered dream that's like a far-off memory. A far-off memory that's like a scattered dream..." I play it on repeat while I write. It said it didn't have to be good...
2. The opening credits for Ghost in the Machine: Stand Alone Complex, that aria just makes me swoon and the visuals aren't bad, either. *grin* I like it best in the Japanese.
3. Somebody Loves Me Like a River by the Montana Logging and Ballet Company -- I don't quite know why but it always makes me cry.
3. Mozart's Requiem -- I have three different recordings of it and enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic's most, though it all might be because the Mozart Jack Jack listens to in Jack Jack Attack is the Requiem. This is funny because as a mom EVERYONE knows that Mozart builds math skills! But usually the plinky Mozart, not... the Requiem.
4. Annie Lennox's "Legend In My Living Room" -- I actually love anything Annie Lennox, it's that voice and that particular song I've always loved the lyrics . *shivers* at the video. Woah... I just remembered that I wrote an original story to this song... a very long time ago. Yeesh... old html. Go here for the other four parts of the story, she doesn't actually just die...Lyrics.
5. NIN's "Hurt" and thanks to rmd the Johnny Cash version is even better -- Hmmm... it's so stark and clean. I just love it for its painful beauty. And that last line... always gets me. The lyrics.
6. Peter Gabriel's "Digging In the Dirt" -- There's something that still gets to me about the imagery of this one. The lyrics.
7. "I've Got You Under My Skin" as written by Cole Porter and performed by Neneh Cherry on the Red Hot and Blue album. -- It's haunting, gorgeous, erotic. Much of Cole Porter's songs strike me that way and a lot of the modern artists did pretty well by the songs on that album. Lyrics.

Hmmm... while I'm going to tag, I want the tagged folks to know I'm okay if they don't do it. :-)
crimini, rephetibel, zangetsugirl, incandescens, beckyb, robotech_master, blackwingedboy But I am curious. *grin*

Comments

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

Oh man! I started reading this with the horrified thought "What if I have to do this??? What would I say????" and then saw that you had tagged me. So I'm just going to answer here.
1) Public radio (news and information so only bits of songs)
2) whatever American Idol contestants are singing (and even then I don't really pay attention until the judges start talking)
3) um... oh! I've occasionally been playing a CD of Tibetan chanting and songs while doing prostrations
4) At 6am, when my alarm goes off, the electric circuits make my radio only play a country station until I grab the entire clock radio and pull it into bed with me so that I can shield it against my body. Then we're back to #1.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* Sorry for the moment of horror!! *grin*

I like your list!! It's cool to see what you listen to. :-)

[shaterri.livejournal.com]

Augh! I am suddenly reminded that I have a CD that desperately needs sending off to you, even if it may well be a bit too late for its original purpose. Still, there should at least be some merit in it. :-) Hopefully on its way to you tomorrow!!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Hey! Thank you! I'd appreciate it. Never too late. It's never too late for music. *grin*

I have to believe that. I think the last time I really listened to much was when I was writing the stuff in the link... it's been a while...

[liralen.livejournal.com]

HOLY SMOKES, MAN!

Out of hand!! Good gods!!

That is absolutely *fantastic*!!! Thank you, so MUCH for all the disks and WOW!!

This is really an amazing collection you've suddenly given me! I appreciate it a very, very great deal. Thanks!! Wow. Wow. and Wow...

[zangetsugirl.livejournal.com]

*perks up* I've been tagged? Cool! This looks like fun.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*beam* Go, girl!! You've been tagged. Quite happily. :-)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i have come to prefer johnny cash's cover of "hurt" to the original. in particular, with the video including footage of the flooded johnny cash museum and he's like ozymandias, and the fact that he's old and aware of his mortality and it all comes thru in the song.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Ooooohhh... now I have to find that.

Thank you, so much, for telling me it exists!!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. You're right. That line "everyone I know goes away in the end" has so much more meaning in that version. I'll add the link...

Thank you, so much!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

I love iTunes... bought the song and am quite happily listening...

[calmingeffects.livejournal.com]

Yeah Hurt is amazing and Johnny Cash's cover is soooooo emotional it makes me cry good songs!

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!