Blogg → Top 50 Quizz

1. What's your favorite song by 14?
Lykke Li: I'd go with I'm Good, I'm Gone (preferably the Black Kids remix)

2. How did you get into 20?
The Arcade Fire: press (and especially "La Blogothèque" and the radio show "C'est Lenoir")

3. Who is your favorite member in 8?
Beck: Beck...

4. Whats your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Kate Nash or Adam Green:
"Jessica, Jessica Simpson, you've got it all wrong."
5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Beach House : no
Peggy Lee : no
MGMT : No but soon (12th November, 2008)

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Pulp: it used to be "Different Class" but it is now "This Is Hardcore" for sure

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Vampire Weekend: no

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Brisa Roché: The frenetic listening of the first album (not seen in Lastfm).

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
Benjamin Biolay: no

10. When did you first get into 1?
Coconut Records: in April, 2008

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
The Beatles: pretty much everybody

12. Which song did you first hear from 15?
Billie Holiday: I don't know

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
The Fiery Furnaces: "I'm Waiting To Know You"

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Spoon: for instance "My Mathematical Mind" from "Gimme Fiction", which I did not like.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
Lykke Li: the poppy side

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Seabear: I don't remember

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
Thomas Fersen: 6 years (between its first album "le bal des oiseaux" (1993) and "Qu4tre" (1999))

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Misophone: no

19. When did you get into 17?
Amy Winehouse: like everyone else, at the end of 2007

20. How long have you been into 11?
Babyshambles: a few months around the concert I saw in January 2008 (I've been much more and longer into The Libertines)

21. If 9 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Midlake: no (but mainly because I don't have a car).

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Black Kids: one.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
Herman Düne: no, I don't cry.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
The Pipettes: all the songs.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Beach House: no, except when "Gila" happens to play
Peggy Lee: "Doodlin' Song"
MGMT: not really

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
The Pipettes: "Really That Bad"
She & Him: "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
According to Lastfm, none, but as I also listen to CDs:
Electrelane: no
Arcade Fire: many (at least all the songs from "Funeral")
The Shins: maybe "Sleeping Lessons" and a few songs from "Chutes Too Narrow"
The Libertines: all the songs from "The Libertines"

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
The Coral: I don't know, probably some songs from the albums I did not listen much (like The Invisible Invasion or Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker
The National: idem with Alligator

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Beach House, Peggy Lee or MGMT: maybe Future Reflections

30. What song got you into 40?
David Bowie: Starman
Scarlett Johansson: Falling Down

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
The Clash: London Calling

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
of Montreal: nothing, I don't have many chances to bump into them

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
Sebastien Tellier: no thank you, I'm married (and I don't bearded guys).
Alela Diane: no thank you, I'm married (and I don't want to be depressed)

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
David Bowie: be my guest.
Scarlett Johansson: I do care.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
Loney Dear or Julien Doré?: maybe Julien Doré

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
Daphné: she's ok

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Radiohead: according to Lastfm, 5 times for Videotape but I'm sure I listened hundreds of times to "Paranoid Android" in my young days.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Kate Nash: 0
Adam Green: 2

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
La Maison Tellier and Keren Ann: no

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
Electrelane, The Shins, Arcade Fire and The Libertines work(ed) perfectly as groups and I don't think solo experiences would be better (proved true for The Libertines).

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Dominique A: Music Hall reminds me of the concert I saw last year, which was really amazing and made that I love this song.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Sébastien Tellier and Alela Diane: curiously, for both artists, yes.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Electrelane, The Shins, Arcade Fire and The Libertines : no

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Radiohead: no

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
Loney Dear or Julien Doré: no

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
Electrelane: no
The Shins: no
Arcade Fire: yes
The Libertines: partly (Pete Doherty and the bassist)

47. Do you like 44's name?
Pixies: definitely
Noah and the Whale: yes (maybe a bit pretentious)

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Same as above: no

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Keren Ann: several

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Grandaddy: no but only because my friends don't really like pop music

Thanks to AvalineH who gave me the idea of this Quizz: I found it funny at first and pretty annoying in the end...