Not My Mother's List - But Nearly

Jun 09 '05    Write an essay on this topic.


The Bottom Line Yes, I have odd musical tastes. It didn't server me well in Junior High, believe me.

I was raised on Baroque music. If it's Baroque, don't fix it, and other terrible puns made their way into my vocabulary. While I like other music, I can't seem to take it seriously. I tend to listen to books on cd in my car, rather than music, so I am not terribly with it. But here's my list. Thanks, Jaguardog!

artist favorite song goofy comments

A- Abba- Dancing Queen- so sue me
B- Cecilia Bartoli & Andrea Boccelli - anything they want
The Buggles- Video Killed the Radio Star
Blondie- anything and everything
Bjork
Beck- Loser
C- Charlotte Church - Yes I know she's not turned out well, but her Evening Prayer by Humperdink (from Hansel and Gretel) is a thing of beauty.
The Clash- Rocking the Casbah
The Call- And the Walls Came Down
D- Chris DeBurgh- Lady in Red- So I'm a sucker
E- Linda Eder- Man of La Mancha - I am Woman and I am I, Don Quixote!
Jon Eberhart (folk music) Billy Broke Locks
F- Renee Fleming - especially the Handel Arias
G- The Go-Gos - yes, I know, please make it stop
H- Human League- Fascination
I
J- Rickie Lee Jones
K- Kiri Te Kanawa- She could sing the Hokey Pokey and it would be fabulous
L- Luciana Serra- Queen of the Night arias (she is listed here because I already have to S's)
Lief Sorbye- everything on the album Springdans: Songs and Dances from Norway
M- Lorena McKennitt - many- Mummer's Dance, Good King Wenceslas, The Highwayman
N- Gary Numan - Cars
O- Phil Ochs- The Highwayman
Q- Queen- Everything but We are the Champions
R- Rotary 10 - this was a Cleveland, OH band in the '80s, they broke up and the lead singer is now in a group called Zapruder Point
S- Smashmouth- Walking on the Sun defines my generation
Andreas Scholl- Anything written before 1750- he transcends everything
Shanua- Cleveland OH Celtic group with Dermot Somerville and Ulle Laido
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U- Dawn Upshaw - Non so piu, or anything else
V- Fredericka Von Stade- recent performances with the Mormon Tabernacle not withstanding, Flicka rules
Elisabeth Vidal - anything in French
Gino Vanelli- Black Cars Look Better in the Shade
W
X
Y- Yes
Z- Warren Zevon- Lawyers, Guns and Money

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