Music meme

[altariel]

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

forodwaith gave me "N for Numenor". When I got to four songs by Fairport Convention, I decided to rein myself in, and then I thought I'd find songs that appeared in some way or form on You Tube.

Name of the Game
Abba
Because it's all about the Seventies flashbacks on this journal.

Nothing is Good Enough
Aimee Mann
Right, this song appears on the album Bachelor No. 2 with lyrics, but on the Magnolia soundtrack album it's an instrumental. And there are a couple of videos on YouTube of people singing along to the instrumental - which I do too - but then I found this one, and remembered that the other thing about this song is that it's in 3/4 time...

Night Vision
Suzanne Vega
Actually, once you've got over the delight of Suzanne's hair and make-up, this video is immensely dull, being as it is merely a still photo. BUT HOW GLAMOROUS! The only other version up there was some guy singing out of tune, so this is the one you're getting. Gorgeous song.

Never Be Mine
Kate Bush
God only knows what's going on in this video but it's the only one up there. Anyway, I played this song all the time when I was seventeen: the object of my unrequited love was smitten with my best friend. An old story, and one of the saddest. Don't worry, though, it all turns out OK. That's another story but, as the video says: "Thank you, Exorcist."

Now Be Thankful
Fairport Convention
From a festival in Maidstone in 1970. Richard Thompson looks about sixteen. Bless.

Comments

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'll take a letter! :)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B for Barrowman.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

I'll have a consonant please, Carol.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

OH GOD I MUSTN'T SAY 'Z'.

C for Custard.

PS Dave Pegg has hair in that Fairport video.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

Done.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Blimey, that was quick. It took me two weeks to do mine.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

Ordering my iTunes library in alphabetic order by song title saved considerable time.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I did that too, but it still took me two weeks to decide!

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to be reminded of the virtues of the magnolia soundtrack.

Will play if you have a spare letter, please.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Great soundtrack, with perhaps my favourite Aimee Man song on it, Save Me.

P for Prydain.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Thank you; and I am going to do this, just haven't got round to it yet :)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, no worries! It took me two weeks to do mine. Do it as soon as it feels like fun to do it.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Oh go on then ...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

H for Hobbits!

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, "Never Be Mine". That and "You Don't Need" by Jane Siberry were the constant soundtrack to my Teenaged Unrequited Love Angst.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Sharing your pain!

[temeres.livejournal.com]

Well, at least I know the first of your five...

Gizza letter, then.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And you're able to acquaint yourself with the other four, courtesy of my handy links!

W for Wildlife.

[temeres.livejournal.com]

And you're able to acquaint yourself with the other four, courtesy of my handy links!

In theory, yes. On pay-per-minute dial-up, I avoid all links to audio and video content as a matter of course. (Oh for the good old days when 99% of all links took you to a page of unformatted courier text...)

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Letter, please.

I take it you like this Fairport Convention? I have a copy of Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights. Small world.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I am not averse to a bit of Fairport (or, indeed, a bit of Richard and Linda).

A for Avon!

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Heh, I have been known to commit Fairport ... but I won't be seeing them for, gosh, it must be nearly five days (off to Cropredy, again!)

I'll try a letter (can't organise my iTunes into alpha order and have anything useful, as I haven't imported most of my music into iTunes yet ... will have to do something different!)

Cheers!
p.s. sugoll suggested you might know good jam and session places in the Cambridge area, now that I'm a local ...!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Enjoy Fairport!

And have an 'F' for Folk (or Fairport, indeed).

As to local music: this site is the most comprehensive listings site for Cambridge that I know of (not just music); the What's On page is updated daily.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed listening to those - thanks for doing the links. *hugs seventeen year old you and your unrequited love*

I shall struggle on with J for the moment. I am sure my brain will start working again real soon now.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed putting this together! Particularly hunting down the vids.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

I'm behind in my LJ reading, and I bet you're running out of letters. But if not, I'd love to play.

Your "N" choices (not at all surprisingly) are original and interesting.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It was a thoroughly enjoyable list to devise. Glad you liked!

*shakes letter bag*

D for Decluttering.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

That was fun!

And harder than I'd have supposed. Here's one of my D icons, just for fun.