Friday, January 23, 2015

5 Fandom Friday: Songs That Changed My Life

This is the most difficult 5 Fandom Friday yet. There are so many songs that mean something to me. I could literally come up with 100 or more. To narrow it down has been so hard. I know that after I post this I will want to change it again and again.
Thanks to The Nerdy Girlie and SuperSpaceChick for their brilliant 5 Fandom ideas.


  1. Garbage- #1 Crush  

I choose this song to represent my grunge and later britpop stage. Still in the britpop to be honest. The music during the 90's grunge was the first music that I liked that my parents didn't listen to. Of course being in Oklahoma I was late to the scene. By the time I started listening to this music, grunge was dying. I had a cassette tape of Garbage's Version 2.0 that I wore out and bought a CD version of it as my first CD. I miss this phase in my life. I tried so hard to be alternative in my blue and pink flannel. 

2. The Monkees- Daydream Believer


I was obsessed with The Monkees when I was little. I have even written a blog post about my love for them before...here . Davy was my favorite. This music and similar songs remind my of my pretty good and naive childhood. I guess I listened to a lot of 60's and 70's music as a kid. Then I went grunge...

3.Placebo- Taste in Men
My favorite band PLACEBO. I have always loved David Bowie since I can remember. This lead me to watch Velvet Goldmine. The members of Placebo had a small role in this film as part of a glam rock band. They covered 20th Century Boy in the movie. I loved it and went on youtube and watched every video and fell madly in love. I ordered all their CDs and listened to them one a month so I could relish them individually.
I discovered Placebo at a point in my life that I was feeling lost, angry and alone. This music spoke to me. It could make me happy or help me vent out my frustrations.
I choose Taste in Men because Brian Molko is so sexy in this music video : )

4. I Cain't Say No- from Oklahoma

I am a theatre girl from Oklahoma. This song has to be on my list. For years my small town had an outdoor theatre just a few miles away that performed Oklahoma and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers every summer. Discoveryland! This theatre closed down a few years ago when the owner or his wife died. It used to be a big draw in the 70's and 80's. People came for all over the world. I went almost every summer as a kid. I knew all the songs. After the show you could go up on stage and meet the cast, have them sign your program or get pictures. 
I regret that I never got to perform there. Not even an audition : (

5. Romeo and Juliet Suite- Nino Rota

I think my mom still regrets my having ever watched this movie. She was annoyed by whatever cartoon I was watching and changed the channel to this. My introduction to Shakespeare and acting. Being six or seven I didn't really understand what they were saying but I was mesmerized by it all. My parents bought me one of the Shakespeare books that "translate" the lines on the opposite page. The first play I ever memorized. I knew all of Juliet's lines.
My descent into acting began. She should have just let me watch Tiny Toons.




12 comments:

  1. 1st off Tiny Toons, all the yes!

    My friend Joie from Confessions of a Book Pimp, told me about Velvet Goldmine and I watched some of it...I need to try again, for Jonathan Reyes Meyers and Ewan McGregor!

    I'm a huge musical fan, but have yet to see either of those...I better get on it! And lastly LOVE the Shakespeare! xx

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    1. Yes, try Velvet Goldmine again. The soundtrack alone is amazing. Plus Obi Wan has a fling with Batman ; )

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  2. A rose will bloom, but then will fade. So does a youth, so does the fairest maid:) Loved that film too!

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  3. I am now going to have Daydream Believer stuck in my head!

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  4. Oh good! I thought I'd be the only one with musical theatre numbers on my list!

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  5. Aaah I felt so bad leaving Placebo out of my list! I just couldn't think of what to write/say, but I adooooore them to the moon and back again. Have I told you that I got to meet them once? I fangirled in the dorkiest way in front of Brian Molko, but he was so nice about it ;)

    And I loved Velvet Goldmine. The costumes were also amazing.

    :)

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    1. Trying to limit this list to 5 was so difficult. I left out many bands and songs I love.
      I'm sure you went the "dorkiest" in from of Molko : )

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  6. I love Garbage! #1 Crush was on repeat for the longest time! Also, I need to watch velvet Goldmine. It's been on my list for a while. I hope it's on netflix.

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    1. It's on Netflix! You should watch it. The soundtrack alone is amazing : )

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