Friday five: Music

1. What were your three favorite songs ten years ago? Well, now, that's a little hard to pin down. Let me, therefore, name three artists instead. Ani Difranco, Capercaille (only not the ballads, please, god), Indigo Girls.


2. What songs or groups from ten years ago did you love then, but don't like anymore? *ponders* Well, I still like them all a lot, but I listen to the ones in English less often. I've found I'm less susceptible to a) earworming and b) alarming emotional identification when the music isn't in a language I know. So there's a lot of Jpop and Celtic rock and instrumental jazz in my mixes these days, and less in the way of US folk or rock. I suppose Sarah Mclachlan and Tori Amos come closest, because while I may throw Ani on, I'm far less likely to listen to them ever again. Scary, depressed-place songs.


3. What songs from ten years ago did you love then, still love now, but haven't heard in a long time? Ani is probably the biggest, though it's been a long time since I put on The Story either. And I suppose it's been a long time since my last Billy Joel. I should make a favorites playlist of him.


4. What songs or groups from ten years ago did you not like then, but do like now? None I can think of. If I didn't like them ten years ago, I probably a) don't remember them and b) still wouldn't like them.


5. How has your taste in music changed in the last ten years? There has been the addition of anime soundtracks and forays into Jpop in general.

Bonus: The growing mix titled "Dance Love"

"Dance With Me" by Orleans
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
"While the Night is Still Young" by Billy Joel