30 Day Song Challenge

So this is being spammed daily on my facebook, this whole 30 day component is horseshit. This is just the new wave of the internet Spam surveys that were oh so popular.

Anyways, I love these things, but I won't wait 30 days to do it (movie challenge inc as well.)

day 01 - your favorite song

Razorblade Kiss - H.I.M. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8R5wIIKt4

This should come as NO surprise.

day 02 - your least favorite song

Fer Sure - The Medic Droid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwf9pSYZQ9g

I thought this was a joke the first Time i heard it. when I realized it was a real track, I wanted to kill myself.

day 03 - a song that makes you happy

Gorrillaz - 19 2000 (Soulchild Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ7B_cB6LU

day 04 - a song that makes you sad

Gone with the Sin - H.I.M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifwf8RrU-94

I can't really explain it, something about Ville's amazing soulful singing in this song always gets me to think about shit I don't like to think about.

day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

Big Machine - Goo Goo Dolls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqt-Uxq2Hw

For the longest time, this song was my girlfriends ringtone. Before she was my girlfriend, now I associate the two always.

day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere

Freestyler - Bomfunk MC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnT5NnHYEQ

I went to Cuba a long time ago, I lost my CD wallet, this song was one of 8 on a CD i had burned in my CD player.

day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event

Times they are A-changin - Bob Dylan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE

Pretty much anytime I feel the winds of change, i feel old and this song gets stuck in my head.

day 08 - a song that you know all the words to

I just Had Sex - The Lonely Island Ft. Akon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o

I laugh everytime I hear this, mostly because I am picturing Akons grinning mug the ENTIRE TIME

day 09 - a song that you can dance to

Nobody Beats the Drum - The Drum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrk_cEmNnPc

Possibly the most epic 4.5 Minutes on youtube

day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep

Lullaby - A Perfect Circle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbxf78nfHao

Duh.

day 11 - a song from your favorite band

Heartkiller - HIM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5L9pvwKSjE

I just picked the most recent, it's bad ass

day 12 - a song from a band you hate

Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNhN6lT-y5U

I hate grindcore. this shit makes even my ears bleed.

day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure

Telephone - Lady GaGa ft Beyonce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U

haters gonna hate.

day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love

This is the exact same as above. this is why these things are stupid.

day 15 - a song that describes you

You - Bad Religion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PgiBpTtao

Nuff said?

day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate

Slide - Goo Goo Dolls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4qdefD2To

I loved loved loved this song, now every time hear it I want to punch a baby.

day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio

Burn it to the Ground - Nickelback http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrjcv6fTxA

Every goddamn time I turn on the radio this song is player.

day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio

YOu've got to Hide you love Away - The Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKHA2AGbXtI

I love this song, so much.

day 19 - a song from your favorite album

Right here in my arms - HIM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQGJ0rfIEk

Razorblade Romance, #1 of all time for me.

day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry

Rise - Boy Sets Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWF2ovWJ1P8

Oh boy does this get me riled up

day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy

In the Dark - The Birthday Massacre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOfluH8mgQ

Makes me smile, I love TBM.

day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad

Burn - The Cure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyr5WdrEvGI

day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding

The Chicken Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdFIXsrjkXI

I'm white, fuck yoself.

day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral

The Hamster Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3G5IXn0K7A

I'm funny, and I want people to laugh.

day 25 - a song that makes you laugh

Any Wrestling intro theme, they're all terrible and awesome at the same time.

day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument

Chopsticks.... the first half anyways http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPzjHgMENrc

day 27 - a song that you wish you could play

Black Magic Woman - Santanna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaKnRUfh_5I

This blows my mind EVERYTIME I WATCH IT.

day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty

Hot Topic is Not Punk Rock - MC Lars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26NaGLx6Tdg

I agree mostly, but I feel guilty because I used to shop there.

day 29 - a song from your childhood

If you Steal my Sunshin - LEN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA

I will beat you to death. This song permeated my fucking childhood, i could not escape it.

day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho

I'm pretty sure thanks to Supernatural, I was obsessed with Bon Jovi songs for a while... that was a long time ago. Only the names Have changed.

What I listen to (top5)

I'm generally not one to name my top 5 bands very often, mostly because I prefer them to change. But I guess as I get older, I get more set in my ways. The more I love the bands I grew up with, and the less inclined I am to listen to newer music. It's not that I'm against new music (nothing new is new anyways). It's that I want something unique and new. My grandfather truly loves most of the bands I'm die hard about (he's particularly fond of Godsmack and Pearl Jam). Anyway, if there is a magic formula to what I love musically, I don't know what it is. Generally speaking I like rock. Hard, soft, Pop, whatever, I love all kinds of it. I like rap, I like hip hop, I even dabble in a bit of Country every now and then. But these bands best represent my current spectrum of music, and what it covers. In order:

Top 5 bands:

1. H.I.M

Anyone whose even talked to me knows my favorite band, even if they don't know them by name. I love everything this band has ever done, so much is my faith that this band will never ever do anything that sleights against me, that I have emblazoned my body with their symbol. The Heartagram on my right forearm. I was introduced to them around the 8th grade, my grandparents up north had an exchange student who had a bootleg of a live show where they played, doing Ozzy covers. Which is what they first started out with (H.I.M. Stands for "His Infernal Majesty" a reference to the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne.) From that moment on, I loved them. I did as much research as I could (only having dial up internet at the time, and with limited items available online at that point.) It wasn't until CKY, where Bam Margera and friends filmed themselves doing retarded shit (the precursor to Jackass) that I had heard more than a few songs from Napster and the bootleg I had.

When I heard Greatest Love Songs 666, I knew then I'd found the band that I related to, at least musically. This would be the sound that defined my love. It wasn't as abrasive as Deftones and Korn, two other huge favorites of mine at the time. But not as soft as say... well, let's just say Savage Garden, since up until about grade 7, I was in a very strict Oldies or candy-pop sound. When Razorblade Romance came on the scene, I managed to get it in Vinyl. The CDs were still ridiculously expensive as well (40 bucks a CD as it was an import). It never stopped me. Razorblade Romance to this Day still ranks Number 1 in my Top Albums of all time.

I've said a lot about HIM. They definitely belong as number 1.

2. Pearl Jam

The next band that I don't think I would be the person I am without is Pearl Jam. I was late on the Pearl Jam (and grunge in general) bandwagon. But when I was in highschool, and just beginning to explore music, along with my heavy nu-metal likes, Pearl Jam was part of a new way of considering music. The passion Eddy put into the music and lyrics made me yearn. I felt what he was singing. Pearl Jam remains a favorite, and probably always will.

3. Boysetsfire.

I have a lot to say about this band. Every album I've listened to, ever song, every note seems to resonate with pure agony of an unsatisfied existence. They are truly one of the under sung bands of my lifetime. Tomorrow Come Today is still one of my go to albums when I'm not sure what I'm feeling or listen to. More over, it inspires me. I listen to it when I write. If you've never heard of this band, do yourself a favor, and give them a listen. Rise, My life in the Knife Trade, Bathory's Sainthood. All these songs. do it.

4. Bad Religion

This is another band I was "late" to the party for. I didn't discover them until I started working at HMV. Working in the metal room allowed me to listen to something a little less ear friendly. So I popped in "Fuck Armeggedon, this is Hell." and from that point on, I'd put money into collecting their entire catalogue. Songs like You, 21st Century Boy, My Computer make me think.

5. Godsmack

I don't know what it is, maybe its because The violent emotions evoked by the music, maybe it's the fact that I've met Sully twice, and despite his angry lyrics, he's is genuinely a nice guy. Their first album to now, they've had close to the same sound, with only minor changes to the formula, some bands would have stagnated, but each album seems to be fueled by some beef, and I think that's why it works so well. Godsmack will be a band I will always be able to listen to.