Introduce yourself..

TheCunningStunt · 04-30-2010, 04:51 PM

Thought it'd be a good idea for the MB members to answer a few questions about themselves.

My favourite album
My favourite lyric
My first gig
The book that changed me
My favourite painting
My style icon
My favourite place
My favourite album artwork
My idol
My alter ego

And explain why.

thelostpizza · 04-30-2010, 04:58 PM

ohhh Ill play

My favourite album-Dream Theater-Octavarium or Dire Straits-Dire Straits
My favourite lyric-"I want something good to die for, to make it beautiful to live" at the moment.....oh and "I wish I had a rive, I could skate away on"
My first gig- I need some

The book that changed me- uhh I like Slash's autobiography
My favourite painting-Ill get back to you on that one
My style icon-Dave Grohl
My favourite place-California
My favourite album artwork-Cream's Disreali Gears
My idol- Mark Knopfler or Buckethead
My alter ego-no idea

sidewinder · 04-30-2010, 05:10 PM

Really? You totally missed this entire forum?

Introductions - Music Banter

TheCunningStunt · 04-30-2010, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

Really? You totally missed this entire forum?

Introductions - Music Banter

Meh. It's just a game more than an introduction, could've gone in 1 of 3 sections. I thought the lounge would be the best place. Now take part or GTFO.

downwardspiral · 04-30-2010, 05:45 PM

My favourite album is Black Market Music by Placebo. Pretty much because of how dark and raw this album is, how the lyrics are portrayed and just how Molko is pretty much "cutting open a vein and letting it bleed for you" (these are his own words, and I agree whole heartedly no matter how emo that seems). I got into Placebo just as I was going through a fairly rough patch myself, and every song on this album just clicked with me and the lyrics made me feel different about myself and people around me. This band in general changed things for me and put things into a different perspective.

My favourite lyric is "like the naked leads the blind, I know I'm selfish I'm unkind, sucker love I always find someone to bruise and leave behind". I just love how hard hitting and raw these lyrics are, and when Molko sings them you can hear the pain in his voice.

My first gig was Franz Ferdinand supported by Editors and The Rakes at the MEN arena in 2005. Although I'd been to festivals before this. If we're including festivals then it's Leeds 04.. I saw Green Day, 50 Cent, The Rasmus (lol), New Found Glory, The Streets, Thrice, The Stills and a couple of other bands.

The book that changed me is a hard one to answer. I've read books and enjoyed them, but I wouldn't say any have ever changed me. I love Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, everything Roald Dahl has ever touched, and Stephen Fry's The Liar though.

My favourite painting is probably this piece by Francis Bacon http://www.gaitainteriors.com/blog/w...s-bacon-11.jpg

My style icon is another hard one, I dont think I actually have a style icon.

My favourite place is probably Glastonbury. It really is one of the most breathtaking places I've ever visited, so much beauty. See here: Glastonbury 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com

My favourite album artwork is probably Dinosaur Jr.'s Farm, I just love it. and it reminds me of the BFG http://awkwardworld.files.wordpress....r-jr-farm1.jpg

My idol is probably Elliott Smith. Its hard for people to comprehend why I idolise someone as depressed and generally down as Elliott, but it's just how much of an effect his voice and lyrics had on people and the effect they're still having 6 and a half years after his death. I know that can be said for a lot of artists, but I just connect with Elliott a lot and am eternally grateful for his music. Brian Molko is pretty much contender for my idol too.

My alter ego is Tom Green. Well, I wish it was.

Freebase Dali · 04-30-2010, 05:56 PM

So sorta a static version of the Saturday 6-Pack, yea?
I'll bite.

My favourite album:
Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything. I first heard it around 95' or so and it meant everything, ideologically, to me. Plus I loved the music. It's what really got me into political Punk.

My favourite lyric:
"In a city of garbage trying to reap the harvest
Adaptation is the trap in which the artist meets the forest
Swing you're little axe, or be an oak tree if you can
Either way, adapt to circumstance or play your final hand" - Aesop Rock (Song: Garbage, Album: Float)

My first gig:
Played or seen? Played: Local Battle Of The Bands, circa 94'. Did not win.
Seen: Buck O' Nine in New Orleans, circa 95/96-ish'... not counting local acts at fairs and all that.

The book that changed me:
Kind of a hard question. I used to read a lot of Koontz fiction when I was younger and it was never more than entertainment, but my first Chuck Palahniuk book "Survivor" really broadened my perspective of what fiction writing could effectively be. After that, I could never read regular fiction novels without thinking the writer wasn't being gritty enough. So I guess that qualifies as a book having changed me.

My favourite painting:
Salvador Dali's "Soft Construction With Boiled Beans - Premonition Of Civil War", 1936.

My style icon:
Uh... what?

My favourite place:
Romania.

My favourite album artwork:
Any Tool album artwork.

My idol:
This is another hard question for me to answer. I don't really have idols anymore. I did when I was a kid, but not so much now. I have things I strive to be and things I strive to accomplish, but my goals are far too spread to somehow all have been accomplished by a single person that I know of. I just idolize the desire to try and accomplish as many of them as I can in my lifetime.

My alter ego:

Drunk me.

Astronomer · 04-30-2010, 06:08 PM

Ooops I just bumped the Saturday 6 Pack before seeing this... alas.

My favourite album
I hate questions like this because I have many, many favourites. 'Lateralus' by Tool is obviously one that comes up the top.

My favourite lyric
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion.

My first gig
The first gig that I played was at a Battle of the Bands when I was about 15 or 16. I was in some terrible pop-punk 'band', if you can call it that. Like Freebase, we did not win. The first gig I attended was Blink-182 in the same year.

The book that changed me
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. That book is so deep.

My favourite painting
My dad is a painter, and one of his paintings hung in our house when I lived with my parents. It doesn't have a name, but it's my favourite. It's of a street in Italy, it has so much detail and I love looking at all the things the people are doing in it.

My style icon
I don't really have a style icon... I don't really have style for that matter.

My favourite place
The south island of New Zealand, my main favourite places being Lake Tekapo and Fox Glacier.

My favourite album artwork
Anything of Tool's. I like trippy shit.

My idol
My sisters.

My alter ego
Teacher Kate. I suddenly become all responsible, authoritative and adult-like. It's weird.

downwardspiral · 04-30-2010, 06:09 PM

I ****ing love the lyrics to Mayonaise <3

TheCunningStunt · 04-30-2010, 06:10 PM

My favourite album
What's The Story (Morning Glory) in this case, this isn't actually my favourite album, my favourite would have to be either Velvet Underground & Nico or Revolver. However What's The Story is the first album I loved.

My favourite lyric
Tough one, the one that comes to mind is Smashing Pumpkins, "pick your pockets full of sorrow, run away with me tomorrow." I love that line.

My first gig
Oasis at Heaton Park a couple of years ago.

The book that changed me
Unfortunately no book has changed me.

My favourite painting

My style icon
The beatles in the 60s, them mop tops. Cool as fuck

My favourite place
I know it sounds typical, and no doubt in time it will change, but my favourite place is my home time. Home is where the heart is and and for now my heart is here. I love the City, I love the football team, I love the values we hold up here. Great place to live.

My favourite album artwork

My idol
Growing up it was Noel Gallagher, without doubt. He's the reason I learnt the guitar. In a different area of my life it was Paul Scholes. I also admire John Lennon, as a person he interests me, that dangerous rebellious side of him as well as the side of him that just wanted love.. my idol, tough one..

My alter ego
Spiderman. Coolest superhero ever.

TheCunningStunt · 04-30-2010, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by downwardspiral

I ****ing love the lyrics to Mayonaise <3

That looks out of context because I had to delete my post and repost it.

but yeah, the lryics to Mayonaise are near perfect.

04-30-2010, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Introduce yourself.. Thought it'd be a good idea for the MB members to answer a few questions about themselves. My favourite album My favourite lyric My first gig The book that changed me My favourite painting My style icon My favourite place My favourite album artwork My idol My alter ego And explain why.

04-30-2010, 04:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
thelostpizza Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 8	ohhh Ill play My favourite album-Dream Theater-Octavarium or Dire Straits-Dire Straits My favourite lyric-"I want something good to die for, to make it beautiful to live" at the moment.....oh and "I wish I had a rive, I could skate away on" My first gig- I need some The book that changed me- uhh I like Slash's autobiography My favourite painting-Ill get back to you on that one My style icon-Dave Grohl My favourite place-California My favourite album artwork-Cream's Disreali Gears My idol- Mark Knopfler or Buckethead My alter ego-no idea __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/thelostpizza http://www.youtube.com/user/thelostpizza http://www.facebook.com/pages/That-f...v=wall&ref=sgmYou should join

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sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Really? You totally missed this entire forum? Introductions - Music Banter __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

04-30-2010, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	My favourite album is Black Market Music by Placebo. Pretty much because of how dark and raw this album is, how the lyrics are portrayed and just how Molko is pretty much "cutting open a vein and letting it bleed for you" (these are his own words, and I agree whole heartedly no matter how emo that seems). I got into Placebo just as I was going through a fairly rough patch myself, and every song on this album just clicked with me and the lyrics made me feel different about myself and people around me. This band in general changed things for me and put things into a different perspective. My favourite lyric is "like the naked leads the blind, I know I'm selfish I'm unkind, sucker love I always find someone to bruise and leave behind". I just love how hard hitting and raw these lyrics are, and when Molko sings them you can hear the pain in his voice. My first gig was Franz Ferdinand supported by Editors and The Rakes at the MEN arena in 2005. Although I'd been to festivals before this. If we're including festivals then it's Leeds 04.. I saw Green Day, 50 Cent, The Rasmus (lol), New Found Glory, The Streets, Thrice, The Stills and a couple of other bands. The book that changed me is a hard one to answer. I've read books and enjoyed them, but I wouldn't say any have ever changed me. I love Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, everything Roald Dahl has ever touched, and Stephen Fry's The Liar though. My favourite painting is probably this piece by Francis Bacon http://www.gaitainteriors.com/blog/w...s-bacon-11.jpg My style icon is another hard one, I dont think I actually have a style icon. My favourite place is probably Glastonbury. It really is one of the most breathtaking places I've ever visited, so much beauty. See here: Glastonbury 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com My favourite album artwork is probably Dinosaur Jr.'s Farm, I just love it. and it reminds me of the BFG http://awkwardworld.files.wordpress....r-jr-farm1.jpg My idol is probably Elliott Smith. Its hard for people to comprehend why I idolise someone as depressed and generally down as Elliott, but it's just how much of an effect his voice and lyrics had on people and the effect they're still having 6 and a half years after his death. I know that can be said for a lot of artists, but I just connect with Elliott a lot and am eternally grateful for his music. Brian Molko is pretty much contender for my idol too. My alter ego is Tom Green. Well, I wish it was. Last edited by downwardspiral; 09-17-2010 at 07:51 AM.

04-30-2010, 06:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	Ooops I just bumped the Saturday 6 Pack before seeing this... alas. My favourite album I hate questions like this because I have many, many favourites. 'Lateralus' by Tool is obviously one that comes up the top. My favourite lyric We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion. My first gig The first gig that I played was at a Battle of the Bands when I was about 15 or 16. I was in some terrible pop-punk 'band', if you can call it that. Like Freebase, we did not win. The first gig I attended was Blink-182 in the same year. The book that changed me Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. That book is so deep. My favourite painting My dad is a painter, and one of his paintings hung in our house when I lived with my parents. It doesn't have a name, but it's my favourite. It's of a street in Italy, it has so much detail and I love looking at all the things the people are doing in it. My style icon I don't really have a style icon... I don't really have style for that matter. My favourite place The south island of New Zealand, my main favourite places being Lake Tekapo and Fox Glacier. My favourite album artwork Anything of Tool's. I like trippy shit. My idol My sisters. My alter ego Teacher Kate. I suddenly become all responsible, authoritative and adult-like. It's weird. __________________

04-30-2010, 05:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	So sorta a static version of the Saturday 6-Pack, yea? I'll bite. My favourite album: Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything. I first heard it around 95' or so and it meant everything, ideologically, to me. Plus I loved the music. It's what really got me into political Punk. My favourite lyric: "In a city of garbage trying to reap the harvest Adaptation is the trap in which the artist meets the forest Swing you're little axe, or be an oak tree if you can Either way, adapt to circumstance or play your final hand" - Aesop Rock (Song: Garbage, Album: Float) My first gig: Played or seen? Played: Local Battle Of The Bands, circa 94'. Did not win. Seen: Buck O' Nine in New Orleans, circa 95/96-ish'... not counting local acts at fairs and all that. The book that changed me: Kind of a hard question. I used to read a lot of Koontz fiction when I was younger and it was never more than entertainment, but my first Chuck Palahniuk book "Survivor" really broadened my perspective of what fiction writing could effectively be. After that, I could never read regular fiction novels without thinking the writer wasn't being gritty enough. So I guess that qualifies as a book having changed me. My favourite painting: Salvador Dali's "Soft Construction With Boiled Beans - Premonition Of Civil War", 1936. My style icon: Uh... what? My favourite place: Romania. My favourite album artwork: Any Tool album artwork. My idol: This is another hard question for me to answer. I don't really have idols anymore. I did when I was a kid, but not so much now. I have things I strive to be and things I strive to accomplish, but my goals are far too spread to somehow all have been accomplished by a single person that I know of. I just idolize the desire to try and accomplish as many of them as I can in my lifetime. My alter ego: Drunk me.

04-30-2010, 06:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	I ****ing love the lyrics to Mayonaise <3

04-30-2010, 06:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	My favourite album What's The Story (Morning Glory) in this case, this isn't actually my favourite album, my favourite would have to be either Velvet Underground & Nico or Revolver. However What's The Story is the first album I loved. My favourite lyric Tough one, the one that comes to mind is Smashing Pumpkins, "pick your pockets full of sorrow, run away with me tomorrow." I love that line. My first gig Oasis at Heaton Park a couple of years ago. The book that changed me Unfortunately no book has changed me. My favourite painting My style icon The beatles in the 60s, them mop tops. Cool as fuck My favourite place I know it sounds typical, and no doubt in time it will change, but my favourite place is my home time. Home is where the heart is and and for now my heart is here. I love the City, I love the football team, I love the values we hold up here. Great place to live. My favourite album artwork My idol Growing up it was Noel Gallagher, without doubt. He's the reason I learnt the guitar. In a different area of my life it was Paul Scholes. I also admire John Lennon, as a person he interests me, that dangerous rebellious side of him as well as the side of him that just wanted love.. my idol, tough one.. My alter ego Spiderman. Coolest superhero ever.