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Another one all about music – that’s the kind of chain thingy I can get behind.  Hey, at the very least, they’re getting me to post stuff on my website again (link on my website, to my website – seems silly until you relaize the people who would click it are not reading this on my website 😛 )

List your answers and tag your friends to compare and contrast your tastes.  Answers do not have to be in any particular order.

• 5 favorite artists or bands
  1. Rush
  2. Genesis (Hackett-era mostly)
  3. Yes
  4. Pink Floyd
  5. Led Zeppelin
• 5 favorite singers
  1. Freddie Mercury
  2. Jon Anderson (Yes)
  3. Stevie Wonder
  4. Peter Gabriel (Genesis, solo work)
  5. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
• 5 songs that make you really happy
  1. Stevie Wonder – Superstition
  2. Yes – Mood For a Day
  3. Rush – 2112
  4. Genesis – Los Endos
  5. Dire Straits – Walk Of Life
• 5 favorite sad songs
  1. Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song
  2. Moxy Fruvous – The Drinking Song
  3. Yes – Time And A Word
  4. Johnny Rivers – Memphis
  5. Rush – Nobody’s Hero
• 5 favorite “guilty pleasures”
  1. Vengaboys – We Like To Party (some may know it as the old guy’s song in the Six Flags commercials)
  2. Taco – Puttin’ On The Ritz
  3. Starship – We Built This City
  4. Baltimora – Tarzan Boy
  5. The Bee Gees – Run To Me
• 5 favorite songs with a person’s name in the title
  1. The Turtles – Elenore
  2. Genesis – Lilywhite Lilith
  3. Pink Floyd – See Emily Play
  4. Elton John – Roy Rogers
  5. The Beatles – Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
• 5 favorite covers
  1. U2 – Everlasting Love
  2. Me First & the Gimme Gimmes – Elenore
  3. Elliot Smith – Because
  4. Yes – America
  5. Moxy Fruvous – I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You
• 5 artists or bands who should fade into obscurity
  1. Madonna
  2. Bon Jovi
  3. Bruce Springsteen (yeah, I’m from Jersey, and yeah I’ll catch shit for it – I DON’T CARE 😛 )
  4. Puff what’s-his-face
  5. Biggie dude that got shot
• 5 artists or bands you miss most
  1. The Who
  2. The Grateful Dead
  3. Freddie Mercury
  4. Genesis (the early lineup – Gabriel, Hackett, Banks, Collins, Rutherford)
  5. The Mamas & The Papas
• 5 artists or bands who don’t get the recognition/airplay they deserve
  1. Old Genesis (before “Trick Of The Tail”)
  2. Gentle Giant
  3. Old Rush (before “A Farewell To Kings”)
  4. Asia
  5. Yes