This was a thread I originally started in 2005. I thought it might be cool to revisit it and see how our answers have changed since then...and also get input from our newer members!
Here was my original response:
Here is a music survey I put together the other day. Some of the questions came from a survey I got from a friend at MySpace, and others I added myself.
1. What was the last song you listened to?
It's A Long Way There - Little River Band
2. What's in your CD player right now?
What I Really Want for Christmas – Brian Wilson
Smiling Phases - Traffic
3. What song would you say sums you up?
I Love Music
4. What's your favorite artist from your city or state/province?
Juice Newton or Patsy Cline
5. What was the last show you attended?
Brian Wilson Smile Tour, Vienna, VA this past August
6. What was the greatest show you've ever been to?
Brian Wilson Smile Tour, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2004
7. What's the worst show you've ever been to?
I haven’t really been to any bad shows.
8. Your first concert:
Eddie Rabbitt, summer 1979
9. Best tribute band you have seen:
1964 as the Beatles – July 1988 and January 1990.
10. What is your favorite band t-shirt?
I don’t own any concert shirts yet.
11. How many concerts/shows have you been to, total?
Approximately 15-20
12. Who have you seen the most in person and when?
Brian Wilson, 3 times
(Smile Tour 2004 in D.C., Beach Boys Landmark Dedication in Hawthorne CA 2005, Smile Tour 2005 in Vienna)
13. Artists you have met in person:
David Marks
Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford of the Honeys/American Spring
Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue, Billy Davis Jr. and Lamonte McLemore of the Fifth Dimension
14. What artist(s) would you most like to meet that you haven’t yet:
Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney
15. One artist you would have liked to meet:
John Lennon
16. Who is one musician or group you wish would make a comeback?
Electric Light Orchestra
17. Who is one band/artist you've never seen live but always wanted to:
The Beatles; Paul McCartney
18. Name one of your all-time favorite songs from each decade of the rock era:
‘50s: I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
‘60s: Wear Your Love Like Heaven – Donovan
‘70s: Band on the Run – Paul McCartney & Wings
‘80s: All Over the World – Electric Light Orchestra
‘90s: Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
‘00s: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Michael McDonald
19. Your favorite year(s) for music:
1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
20. Name 4 flawless albums:
Pet Sounds – Beach Boys
Rubber Soul – Beatles
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
21. What was the greatest decade for music?
The ‘70s, just narrowly edging out the ‘60s. Best 10-year period, 1965-75.
22. What is your favorite movie soundtrack??
Saturday Night Fever
23. What’s been in your CD player/computer frequently over the past few months?
I’ve been listening to a lot of mid-to-late ‘60s sunshine pop/baroque artists within the past several months: The Left Banke, Peppermint Rainbow, Montage, Love, Orpheus, The Association, The Love Generation.
24. What music is your "guilty pleasure" music that you don't often admit to liking?
Some of Hanson’s singles, like Where’s the Love, and Joey Lawrence’s Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix
25. What album have you purchased the most copies of in your lifetime?
Genesis’s self-titled and Rumours – Fleetwood Mac are two I’ve owned on LP, cassette and CD.
26. How do the albums in your music collection break down by format?
Roughly 40% LPs, 35% CDs, 25% cassettes.
27. How many music related videos/DVDs do you own?
About 25 pre-recorded ones. Counting things like Vh-1 Behind the Music and A&E Biography, probably about 90-100.
28. How many music related books do you own?
Approximately 130, about half reference and half biography/autobiography
29. Do you play any musical instruments?
I played flute from 5th grade through 9th grade, but I didn’t keep up with it, and now I can barely make a decent-sounding tone with it.
I play piano/keyboards, but only at around an intermediate level. One of my New Year's Resolutions is to get back into playing regularly and gain in skill.
30. What musical instrument(s) would you like to learn?
Drums and bass
And a current one...
1. What was the last song you listened to?
Fool on the Hill - Beatles
(Interestingly, I just posted a video of It's A Long Way There on my Facebook page a few days ago!)
2. What's in your CD player right now?
California - Wilson Phillips
3. What song would you say sums you up?
I Love Music
(I'd still go with this answer!)
4. What's your favorite artist from your city or state/province?
Juice Newton or Patsy Cline
(from when I lived in VA. The Beach Boys and Emitt Rhodes would be my favorite CA artists.)
5. What was the last show you attended?
Rick Springfield at Pechanga Casino in Temecula, CA, Dec. 2008
6. What was the greatest show you've ever been to?
Brian Wilson Smile Tour, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2004
(I'd still have to go with this answer; it was an incredible experience. In second place, Michael McDonald/Steely Dan, 2006.)
7. What's the worst show you've ever been to?
I wouldn't call it bad exactly, but I'd have to go with the Joey DeFrancesco Trio, when they opened for Steely Dan in 2008. It was free-form organ jazz, and might have been fine for a couple of songs, but an hour was too much.
8. Your first concert:
Eddie Rabbitt, summer 1979
9. Best tribute band you have seen:
1964 as the Beatles – July 1988 and January 1990.
(The Fab Four were pretty good too; saw them last year. Would love to see Rain sometime!)
10. What is your favorite band t-shirt?
I don’t own any concert shirts yet.
(Still don't have any. I've been tempted, but shirts have been in the $40 and up range at most shows I've been to lately.)
11. How many concerts/shows have you been to, total?
About 50-55
12. Who have you seen the most in person and when?
Brian Wilson, 8 times
Washington DC 2004; Hawthorne, CA 2005; Vienna, VA 2005; Las Vegas, NV 2006; Los Angeles, CA 2006; Long Beach, CA 2007; Pasadena, CA 2007; Hollywood, CA 2008.
13. Artists you have met in person:
David Marks
Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford of the Honeys/American Spring
Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue, Billy Davis Jr. and Lamonte McLemore of the Fifth Dimension
Russ Giguere and Larry Ramos of the Association
Dewey Bunnell & Gerry Beckley of America
...and Brian Wilson (finally!)
14. What artist(s) would you most like to meet that you haven’t yet:
Paul McCartney
(absolutely!)
15. One artist you would have liked to meet:
John Lennon
(would have still loved to have met John)
16. Who is one musician or group you wish would make a comeback?
Electric Light Orchestra
(that would have been incredible. Unfortunately, with Kelly Groucutt's death, it wouldn't be the same now.
)
17. Who is one band/artist you've never seen live but always wanted to:
The Beatles; Paul McCartney
(this hasn't changed - still hoping to catch Paul this year or next)
18. Name one of your all-time favorite songs from each decade of the rock era:
‘50s: I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
‘60s: Angelina - Canterbury Music Festival
‘70s: Band on the Run – Paul McCartney & Wings
‘80s: All Over the World – Electric Light Orchestra
‘90s: Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
‘00s: Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics
(a couple of changes here)
19. Your favorite year(s) for music:
1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
(yep, these are still my faves!)
20. Name 4 flawless albums:
Pet Sounds – Beach Boys
Rubber Soul – Beatles
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
(they're still flawless!)
21. What was the greatest decade for music?
The ‘70s, just narrowly edging out the ‘60s. Best 10-year period, 1965-75.
22. What is your favorite movie soundtrack??
Saturday Night Fever
23. What’s been in your CD player/computer frequently over the past few months?
It's been a mix - jazz, westcoast/AOR, sunshine pop/baroque, rock. Even a little bit of classic country here and there.
24. What music is your "guilty pleasure" music that you don't often admit to liking?
Some of Hanson’s singles, like Where’s the Love, and Joey Lawrence’s Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix
(I still have a soft spot for these, I must admit!)
25. What album have you purchased the most copies of in your lifetime?
Genesis’s self-titled and Rumours – Fleetwood Mac are two I’ve owned on LP, cassette and CD.
(also Revolver - Beatles and a couple of others.)
26. How do the albums in your music collection break down by format?
60% CDs/mp3s, 30% LPs, 10% cassettes
(this is a big change; have added quite a bit of digital media, and gotten rid of a lot of the cassettes and LPs. Most of what I got rid of were albums I now have on CD.)
27. How many music related videos/DVDs do you own?
I currently own maybe 30-35 pre-recorded ones; maybe 125 Behind the Music/Biography-type ones.
28. How many music related books do you own?
About 150; still about half reference and half biography
29. Do you play any musical instruments?
Piano and flute - somewhat
(Well, that was one resolution I didn't keep.
I haven't played piano regularly in a long time - our piano is very out of tune from being moved twice - although I am thinking about getting an electric piano as incentive to start playing again.)
30. What musical instrument(s) would you like to learn?
Drums and bass
(this hasn't changed; would still like to learn these.)
none.
Shaun & Willie artwork by SMG
I play piano/keyboards, but only at around an intermediate level. One of my New Year's Resolutions is to get back into playing regularly and gain in skill.