You Were My Favorite
April 24th, 2005 • Music
I try to avoid jumping into memes unless they’re pretty interesting, and I think this one fits the bill. It’s borrowed from Ebby, and the idea is for me to list twenty of my favorite artists. Then you have to guess which song by each is my favorite.
For a few of these, it was quite difficult to pick a “favorite,” so I some have more than one correct answer. Underworld, Sigur Rós, Starflyer 59, and Everything But The Girl were especially hard to narrow down.
Here’s the list. Start guessing!
- Underworld - Dirty Epic (Ryan)
- Bic Runga - Drive (Bryan/Courtney)
- Spiritualized - I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You (Courtney)
- Sigur Rós - Untitled 3 (Bryan)
- Way Out West - Mindcircus (Bryan)
- Starflyer 59 - The Party (Courtney)
- The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Chad)
- Björk - Joga (Courtney)
- BT - Somnambulist (Ryan)
- The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Bryan)
- Basement Jaxx - Feels Like Home (Courtney)
- Daft Punk - Fresh (Ryan)
- The Album Leaf - Wet The Day (Courtney)
- Everything But The Girl - No Difference (Myke)
- Coldplay - Spies (Courtney)
- Fischer’s Folly - This Time (Courtney)
- Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (Eric)
- The Mars Volta - Televators (Courtney)
- Slyder - Sky Fell Over Me (Courtney)
- OK Go - There’s A Fire (Bryan)
Scoreboard Courtney - 9.5 Bryan - 4.5 Ryan - 3 Chad - 1 Eric - 1 Myke - 1
♫ Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
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Chad
April 24th, 2005 at 8:28 pm
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Bjork - Isabel
adam
April 24th, 2005 at 8:35 pm
Yes on The Smiths. :-)
ebby
April 24th, 2005 at 8:39 pm
random guesses….
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Björk - Who Is It
Sigur Rós - starálfur
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Daft Punk - Around The World
Bic Runga - Sway
Coldplay - Trouble
Underworld - Biro The Leggy (hee hee, audioscrobbler guess)
myke
April 24th, 2005 at 10:44 pm
Keeping in mind I just met you and have no clue as to your other musical predilections… so I'll probably totally fuck this up…
I'm gonna guess "He Left On A Monday" for Bic Runga. I would have totally guessed "Isobel" for Bjork, but I'm going to throw a wishful sideways curveball and say "Birthday" by the Sugarcubes. Album Leaf: "The Audio Pool"? Daft Punk, I'll also be a classicist and suggest "Around The World." And EBTG, so much to choose from, but I'll have a stab at "No Difference." And maybe "Twilight" by ELO, who knows.
Bruce Werner
April 25th, 2005 at 1:17 am
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Björk - Venus As A Boy
.. at these those I have :-)
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 6:42 am
Good guesses everybody… but Myke's the only one who got any of them. The EBTG was actually a tossup between No Difference, Before Today, and Tracey In My Room (Lazy Dog Bootleg Vocal Mix). So No Difference is a good answer.
There's a lot left, so keep trying… :-D
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 6:43 am
I going to make some guesses here. Although if I really wanted to cheat I'd just go over and look at your iTunes and check out play counts….
Sigur Ros - Track 1
Postal Service - District Sleeps Alone
OK Go - There's a Fire
Way out West - Mindcircus
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 6:44 am
Oh, and Ebby, Biro The Leggy was a good guess, and it's definitely up there. But not quite in the all time tops.
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 6:47 am
Woah. Bryan kicking some ass there. Step up your game, kids!
And no, he didn't cheat. At least, I don't think so… :-P
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 6:47 am
Oh and BTW, The Smiths are never a yes ;)
ebby
April 25th, 2005 at 9:13 am
damnit. ummm.. ..
Bjork - Hyperballad
Sigur Rós - ný batterí
Daft Punk - Digital Love
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
Hm… looks like it's hint time.
Bjork - Nobody has even gotten onto the correct album yet.
Sigur Ros - Bryan had the correct album. Though Ny Batteri is indeed one of my favorites.
Daft Punk - Ebby and Myke had the album right with their first guess.
After a few more guesses, I'll give more hints. :-D
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 5:42 pm
How about Track 3 from Sigur Rós?
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 6:28 pm
Bryan strikes again!
Bruce Werner
April 25th, 2005 at 7:08 pm
No fair Bryan playing! Of course he's getting them all! b00bs!
RyanH
April 25th, 2005 at 8:05 pm
Daft Punk - Phoenix
Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
BT - Somnabulist
Underworld - Dirty Epic
The Mars Volta - Cicatriz Esp
Coldplay - Politik (well, at least that is my favorite track
The Album Leaf - Last Time Here
Spiritualized - Sad Days Lonely Nights
Most of those are actually my most played tracks or personal favorites, but I thought I'd give them a shot.
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 8:25 pm
One last try….Bic Runga - Drive
ney
April 25th, 2005 at 8:54 pm
Stronger
I know some of these are the same as the correct guesses by Bryan or Chad, but they are the same ones I picked when I first read the list (just didn't get to post my comment until now). :-)
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
Ryan jumps into the fray with a twofer! It was nearly three, since Cicaritz ESP is my second favorite from The Mars Volta.
Oh, and Bryan got another one. Give everyone else a chance, mister!
Hints…
Basement Jaxx - Too new. Go back one album.
Coldplay - Wrong album.
The Album Leaf - Everybody's been on the right, um, album so far.
ney
April 25th, 2005 at 8:57 pm
PS - For the record, I was typing my entry when Bryan posted his Bic Runga answer (either that or he got inside my brain!).
Oh, and the Smiths are always a yes! :-D
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 9:00 pm
Woah, just saw Ney's. That's a big 5!
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 9:01 pm
Ok, each of you get half credit for Bic Runga.
Remainders are in bold…
ney
April 25th, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Fischer's Folly - Trilogy?
RyanH
April 25th, 2005 at 9:15 pm
Basement Jaxx - Right Here's the Spot
That is my final guess. I was pleasantly satisfied with my two correct guesses already :)
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 9:36 pm
ELO - Strange Magic
Basement Jaxx - Romeo
Daft Punk - Da Funk (the only song I actually have, I don't know anymore lol)
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 9:52 pm
Courtney - That's up there too, but nope.
Ryan - Right album.
Bryan - Yes, I like all of those a lot. But they're not the tops.
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 10:05 pm
GOD!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE NONE OF THOSE ARE RIGHT!!!!! YOU'RE RIGGING THIS STUPID GAME!!!!!!!!
I QUIT YOU CHEATER!!!!!
bryan
April 25th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
AND I'M ADDING A GIANT, HUGEMONGOUS
JEEEEEEEZZZZZZOOOOOOSSSSEEEE
FOR GOOD MEASURE!!!!
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
That. Was. Awesome.
RyanH
April 25th, 2005 at 10:14 pm
Ok, one more
Basement Jaxx - Supersonic
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
I swear I will stop guessing.
Bryan, you suck. Stop whining.
adam
April 25th, 2005 at 10:25 pm
Well, I think people have guessed almost every track that was released as a single from Daft Punk's Homework … with the exception of my favorite. So there's a hint.
And you're free to keep guessing if you feel so inclined.
ney
April 26th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
Here I go again…
Basement Jaxx - If I Ever Recover
Daft Punk - Burnin'
Fischer's Folly - This Time
adam
April 27th, 2005 at 6:16 am
Since I can't count and Courtney actually got 6.5 last time, she's now up to 7.5.
There's still 4 left!
dave
April 28th, 2005 at 11:58 am
Man, I can't believe I missed out on all of the fun! Now the only ones left are bands I don't know. Suck. I guess that will teach me for not visiting daily!
Curly
April 28th, 2005 at 7:21 pm
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky….
or maybe Rockaria or Livin' Thing
ney
May 1st, 2005 at 10:09 am
Basement Jaxx - Feels Like Home (Featuring Meshell Ndgeocello)
ney
May 1st, 2005 at 10:55 am
and…
Starflyer 59 - The Party