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This came to me via Gregg over on Facebook but I thought I would share the results here as well:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. It's harder than you think.


Pick Your Artist: Gov't Mule

Are you male or female: "Mr. Man"

Describe yourself: "Maybe I'm A Leo"

How do you feel about yourself: "So Weak, So Strong"

Describe where you currently live: "World Gone Wild"

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: "Monkey Hill"

Your favorite form of transportation: "Mule"

Your best friend is: "John The Revelator"

Your favorite color is: "Afro Blue"

What's the weather like: "About to Rage"

Favorite time of day: "Raven Black Night"

If your life was a tv show, what would it be called: "My Separate Reality"

What is life to you: "Trying Not To Fall"

What is the best advice you have to give: "Lay Your Burden Down"

If you could change your name, what would it be: "Thelonius Beck"

Your favorite food is: "Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy"

Thought for the Day: "I Think You Know What I Mean"

How I would like to die: "Grinnin' In Your Face"

My soul's present condition: "Beautifully Broken"

The faults I can bear: "New World Blues"

My motto: "No Need To Suffer"

This week's topic is of no interest to me so I figured I would go ahead and do the word association I missed last week. Thought I would throw in some video links as well.

Go ahead and click through to them - they are quite good.

TV: "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" - Bruce Springsteen
Entertainment: "That's Entertainment" - The Jam (The Morrissey version is quite good as well.
Drive: "Driver's Seat" - Sniff'n The Tears
Dark: "Beware of Darkness" - George Harrison
Job: "Get a Job" - The Silhouettes
Cat: "Cat People" - David Bowie
Silence: "In That Quiet Earth" - Genesis
Noise: "Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC
Creep: "Boris the Spider" - The Who (Creepy, Crawly, Creepy, Creepy, Crawly, Crawly)
Rose: "Ramble On Rose" - Grateful Dead

Via Music Memoirs

I know it's not Tuesday. Why not use your imagination and just pretend it is.

The mission from our Music Memoirs friends this week:

A little something different.

I'm going to give you a list of drinks and you give me a song/album/artist that fits that particular drink:

Espresso: "Espresso Love" - Dire Straits
Wine: "Tastes Like Wine" - Gov't Mule
Beer: "Warm Beer & Cold Women" - Tom Waits
Milk: Milk & Honey (LP) - John Lennon / Yoko Ono
Water: "Gimme Some Water" - Eddie Money
Tea: "English Tea" - Paul McCartney
Cappuccino: The Cappuccino Kid - Not a song but the mysterious sleeve note writer for The Style Council.
Margarita: "Margarita" - Traveling Wilburys

OK - I know it's not much of a post but I wanted you to know that haven't forgotten either of my loyal readers.

What would you have picked? No need to mention margaritaville...

Cheers!
SB

It's a word association from our Music Memoirs friends this week:

Holly: Not Fade Away - The Crickets
Tree: Little Willow - Paul McCartney
Hug: Hold Me Tight - The Beatles
Ice: The Thin Ice - Pink Floyd
Give: Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Take: Take Me Back to Chicago - Chicago
Try: Try Me - UFO
Drink: Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - Paul McCartney & Wings
Party: Garden Party - Marillion
Rest: Calico Skies - Paul McCartney

So I see I went a bit heavy on the Macca this week with 2 choices from the outstanding and underappreciated Flaming Pie - but it's my blog so I can do that.

What did you pick?

SB

This week we get a Thankful Theme from our friends at Music Memoirs

Our Mission is twofold:

What musical things are you the most thankful for?

Guitars. I love guitars. I love the way they sound. I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. Acoustic, electric, 6 string, 12 string, nylon string, it don't matter to me. An amateur (like me) can play some songs, a master can make it sing or cry.

If you could say thanks to one artist/band who would it be and why?

As much as I love, respect and admire a lot of other artists, I'm going to have to go with The Beatles. Simply put, The Beatles made me love music, and are responsible for me being the music fan I am today. No other artist has had that same level of influence on me, and if you know me, you know that is saying a lot.

SB

Our mission from The Music Memoirs this week:

Top 5 songs that make you feel smarter for having heard them. (Interpret as you see fit)

We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) - Peter Gabriel

In which I learned about the Milgram Experiment

Cortez The Killer - Neil Young

In which I learned about Cortez (or Cortés)

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

In which I learned about barley and barley cultivation

Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie

In which I learned about the Alice's Restaurant Massacree

Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - Paul McCartney & Wings

In which I learned about Pablo Picasso

This was really difficult at first but then I had an epiphany of sorts. These are songs which caused me to go out and research or read to try to find out more about the song or the people or events that inspired it.

What would you have listed?

SB

I guess it technically isn't still Tuesday, but I am still awake so I'm going with it. It is late though so no linkage.

Once again via Music Memoirs our mission today is:

November 10th was the anniversary of the day The Edmund Fitzgerald went down during a storm on Lake Superior. So we're going to have a nautical theme meme - word association style:

Ocean: Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket
River: Meeting Across The River - Bruce Springsteen
Sea: I Am The Sea - The Who
Sailor: Sail on Sailor - The Beach Boys
Ship: Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello
Wave: The Wild Wild Sea - Sting
Sand: Cowgirl In The Sand - Neil Young
Sail: Sail Away - Randy Newman
Navy: You're A Soldier - Husker Du
Deep: Banks Of The Deep End - Gov't Mule

Cheers!
SB