Wherein Your Friend and Humble Narrator is cruelly forced to blight you with his so-called musical tastes.

Tagged by You know the rules. This is the one where you set your music player on Random and let the song titles answer the questions.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
"Begin the Begin" (R.E.M.)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
"Kid Fears" (Indigo Girls) -"Are you on fire, from the years?"

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Looking for the Next Big Thing" (Warren Zevon)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"I Think I'll Disappear Now" (Crash Test Dummies)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Harry Rag" (The Kinks) -a song about smoking.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Wall of Death" (Richard Thompson) -"Let me take my chances on the Wall of Death!" I rather like that.

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Whistling Gypsy" (The Clancy Brothers)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Everybody's Missing the Sun" (The Gourds) -They always have been early risers.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
"Falling in Love Again" (The Beatles)

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
"Meet On The Ledge" (The Fairport Convention) -nothing to do with math, but a bloody great song!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"The Valley of Strathmore" (The Tannahill Weavers) - ". . .if time were a thing Man could buy, all the money that I have in store, I would give for one day by her side. . ."

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Angels Hide" (The Outlaws)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Ballad of Easy Rider" (Sandy Denny) -"All he wanted was just to be free, and that's the way it turned out to be."

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"The Man With the Child in His Eyes" (Kate Bush) -strangely apropos.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Jalousie" (Xavier Cugat)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Oh, My Love" (The Beatles) -Don't know where the DJ's going to get that - it's a bootleg.

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"Let's Twist Again" (Chubby Checker) -Did I mention I wanted an Irish wake?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Basket Case" (Warren Zevon)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"Ca' The Yowes" (The Tannahill Weavers) -not a chance! I'm at least giving my watchers fair warning that this is spam.

1. How am I feeling today?
"If You Could Read My Mind" (Johnny Cash)

2. Where will I get married?
"Genesis Hall" (The Fairport Convention) o_O

3. What is my best friend's theme song?
"Breathe No More" (Evanescence) -this is actually not far from the truth.

4. What is high school like?
"The Envoy" (Warren Zevon) -not altogether inappropriate, since I went to high school during the Reagan era.

5. What is the best thing about me?
"Dulaman" (Clannad) -ok, so the best thing about me is seaweed. Who knew?

6. How is today going to be?
"Crazy Lady Blues" (Sandy Denny) >.> I'll let you know.

7. What is in store for this weekend?
"Poverty Train" (Laura Nyro) -well, I am broke.

8. What song describes my parents?
"Don't Make Promises" (Tim Hardin)

9. How is my life going?
"Turning of the Tide" (Richard Thompson)

10. What song will they play at my funeral?
"Only a Dream Away" (George Harrison) -not the worst way to go out

11. How does the world see me?
"Holding Back" (Dougie MacLean)

12. What do my friends really think of me?
"Running From an Angel" (Hootie & The Blowfish)

13. Do people secretly lust after me?
"Angel" (The Pure Prairie League) I wish!

14. How can I make myself happy?
"Zombie Jamboree" (The Kingston Trio) -dancing with the dead? *shrug* Maybe I need to go watch a Romero movie.

15. What should I do with my life?
"Follow the Drinking Gourd" (The Weavers) >.>

16. Will I ever have children?
"One Tin Soldier" (The Coven)

17. What is some good advice?
"Cocaine Blues" (Rev. Gary Davis) -"drink that good corn whiskey, and let that cocaine be."

18. What do I think my current theme song is?
"Keep Your Distance" (Richard Thompson)

19. What does everyone else think about my current life?
"I'm a Loser" (The Beatles)

20. What type of women/men do you like?
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (Jerry Lee Lewis)

21. Will you get married?
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (Tom Waits)

22. What should I do with my love life?
"Happiness Runs" (Donovan)

23. Where will you live?
"Down There By The Train" (Johnny Cash) -guess it beats a van down by the river.

24. What will your dying words be?
"The Ways of Love" (Neil Young)

25. When I meet a guy/girl for the first time I say...
"I'll Keep it with Mine" (Bob Dylan)

26. When my parents are angry I say...
"Tell It Like It Is" (Aaron Neville)


I'm not tagging anybody - Homey don't play dat - but I suspect will probably steal it, 'cause that's how she rolls. Everybody else, feel free to steal for yourselves as well, if you like. I promise to read, if I'm watching you.

Happy Easter to you all!