You have to love the form-filling aspects of these things: a brilliant way to eat up time while listening!
1. How did you get into 29? (
Johnny Cash)
Mum and Dad. Blame them. ^^
2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (
Harry Gregson-Williams)
The Battle - it's part of the soundtrack to Narnia, and showed up out of the blue in my library. I quite like it.
3. How many albums by 13 do you own? (
Frank Sinatra)
None, unfortunately.
4. What is your favourite song by 15? (
Lenny Kravitz)
Fly Away, most definitely. :) I remember listening to this song when I was little, dreaming of having wings and soaring through the air...
5. What is your favourite song by 5? (
Hans Zimmer)
That's not easy! The man has written the scores for so many films... But I'd say
Honour Him, I think. It's got so much power behind it, such an amazing sense of weight and strength.
6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (
John Mellencamp)
Cherry Bomb! This is another song that takes me back to being a little girl.
7. What is your favourite song by 10? (
Joe Purdy)
Waiting On Something Good - it was the first I heard, and I fell in love with it.
8. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (
Medwyn Goodall)
Hmmm... Finding last.fm?
9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (
Cusco)
Oh yes:
Montezuma. It's beautiful, and (noticing a pattern here?) it reminds me of a late-night slideshow with Dad and my little sister, way back when I was tiny...
10. How many times have you seen 25 live? (
Georges Bizet)
This man died in 1875, a bit before my time. ^^
11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (
The Black Seeds)
Now that's hard: the Black Seeds are a Kiwi institution. Perhaps
Fire?
12. What is your favourite album by 11? (
Adiemus)
Ah.
Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi.
13. Who is a favourite member of 1? (
Runrig)
I am unsure. They're pretty good together!
14. Have you ever seen 14 live? (
James Horner)
Unless you count watching The Mask of Zorro multiple times, never.
15. What is a good memory involving 27? (
Magna Canta)
Introducing them to my sister. :)
16. What is your favourite song by 16?
Korpiklaani
Pellonpekko: actually, it's the only one I like. xD
17. What is your favourite album by 18? (
Bruce Springsteen)
Born in the USA. Always loved it.
18. What is your favourite song by 21? (
Mark Knopfler)
A tie between
Boom Like That &
Our Shangri-La. The common thread in my Dad, who plays this repeatedly on every road trip. :)
19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (
Katie Melua)
Something I didn't like! Thankfully, I now appreciate her a bit more.
20. What is your favourite album by 2? (
Clint Black)
You're going to hit me, but
Greatest Hits - because of my mum. It's one of the albums she puts on while doing dishes: I've heard it for years, and it's almost like a piece of home. (Note that I'm currently on my OE, and thus suffering from frequent attacks of sentimentality.)
21. What is you favourite song by 3? (
Francis Cabrel)
Two-way tie between
Le Reste du temps &
Elle Dort, with
Bonne Nouvelle &
Gardien De Nuit very close behind. *grins* He'll forever be associated of the apartment near Falcognana, lavender, Rome and tomato sandwiches: Francis Cabrel is heaven.
22. What is you favourite song by 8? (
Jesse Cook)
Ahh! Too hard, damnit. *frustrated look* Maybe
Tempest,
Baghdad Gipsy, or
On Walks The Night? Anything that man touches turns to magic: it's impossible to go wrong.
23. How many times have you seen 17 live? (
Eva Cassidy)
I was all set to write 'never' (seeing as I've attended almost nothing), but actually... I think once.
24. What is the worst song by 12? (
David Arkenstone)
Couldn't tell you. Seeing as they're instrumental, no doubt the unremarkable ones (if there are any) just float on by.
25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (
The Fray)
Something nameless on the radio, background noise at first: I only started to like these guys after spending a week in Wales, working with some of the most fantastic people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. They would all sing along to
Over My Head (Cable Car) while we drove, and ever since... Well, I love it.
26. What is you favourite album by 7? (
Lesiëm)
Auracle, by pure chance: I was only introduced to these guys by last.fm, and I think that's the one that's played most. :)
27. What is your favourite song by 24? (
Tom Petty)
*embarrassed shrug* Ummm... On listening,
Won't Back Down. Anything that makes you smile and sing along has to be a hit.
28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (
Sarah McLachlan)
I'd say
Building a Mystery, because it connects with all the gorgeously disparate parts of human nature and reminds me how interesting each of us can be.
29. What is your favourite album by 4? (
Gordon Lightfoot)
If I had to pick one singer to listen to for the rest of my life, Gordon Lightfoot would be it. He's like all the best bits of childhood to me: love, security and peace. *laughs* I could write on and on... but, in answer to the question,
Waiting For You.
30. How many albums do you own by 20? (
Amos Lee)
Not a one. I'd like to fix that, but for now...
David Arkenstone
