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soundsof71 · 5 years

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Hal Blaine: “May he rest forever on 2 and 4.”

That quote is from his family’s Facebook posting, announcing Hal Blaine’s passing at age 90.

He played on 40 #1 singles, 150 top 10s, some 6000+ tracks in all. (You’ll see stats that say north of 30,000 but don’t believe the hype. All these guys were union and kept their timecards. When Hal says more than 6000, he knew what he was talking about.)

Hal was the drummer on six straight Grammy Record of the Year winners, 1966 through 1971:

“A Taste of Honey”, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

“Strangers In The Night”, Frank Sinatra

“Up, Up, and Away”, The Fifth Dimension

“Mrs. Robinson”, Simon & Garfunkel

“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”, The Fifth Dimension

“Bridge Over Troubled Water”, Simon & Garfunkel

Plus if it was a studio recording by The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher, Carpenters, The Association, The Fifth Dimension, or The Partridge Family, the odds are that it was probably Hal.

You don’t need me to cue up Hal’s biggest hits like the ones listed above, or “Be My Baby”, “Good Vibrations” (Hal seen below working on it with Brian Wilson)...

...so I’m going to take you to the first song that made me say, “WHO’S PLAYING THOSE DRUMS?!?!” The song was a deceptively complicated pop trifle called “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe, and it spent four weeks at #1, starting on March 15, 1969 (50 years ago almost to the day as I write this).

I say deceptively complicated because even though it’s basically two verses and the chorus three times (it actually starts with the chorus, which I’m a sucker for.) There’s not even a bridge, but it manages to go through 11 key changes in less than three minutes! And while there are other instruments, I always heard it as a duet between the drums and the strings.

You already know it was Hal Blaine on strings, and the string arranger was another member of the extended family known at the time as The Usuals, Jimmie Haskell. I was delighted to find this, as both Hal and Jimmie were well known to me from so many other albums in the family collection by then. (I was reading album credits before I was reading books.)

This really is an astonishing track. Bubblegum pop on one level, exceptionally baroque on another, and a drums-strings pas de deux the likes of which we’ve yet to hear again. I used to listen to this on repeat for hours, singing at the top of my lungs -- including the drum breaks and strings stings (c’mon, you know you sing instrumental parts too!) spinning around and around the room until I was DIZZY.

Check Hal’s snare kicking it off like a gunshot.

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I have a couple of other gems of Hal’s that are a little off the beaten path.

I hope that y’all are enough in the know by now to not be pissing on The Partridge Family, who was making absolutely first-rate pop composed by some of the best writers of the day, with pros like Hal Blaine laying down the tracks.

(Plus, c’mon, David Cassidy would have been a singing star without the show, and Shirley Jones WAS a star, an Oscar-winner no less, with one of the great voices that humankind has ever been blessed with.)

“I Can Hear Your Heartbeat” uses Hal’s right foot on the bass pedal as the titular heartbeat, until the whole kit comes swinging in after the first verse. One of the keys to appreciating Hal (or any drummer, really) is to listen to when he starts and stops, and the gaps in between what his hands are doing. This one is a real gem.

(And yes, there’s performance footage of the Partridges of course, but none of the clips SOUND good enough to hear all that Hal is up to.)

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Now having sung Hal’s praises, I’ll note again that it’s possible to overstate the case (which Hal encouraged, and participated in more than once). There were plenty of other drummers on the Hollywood studio scene, including Earl Palmer (very likely on more records than Hal in fact), plus a number of times that Hal was one of a couple of drummers on a single track.

This was a Phil Spector trick. Multiple drums, multiple bassists (often one electric and one acoustic), and an army of guitars all playing at once were the key to the Wall of Sound, NOT multitracking. Sure, Phil used that too now and again, but rarely to add depth. More often for polishing, because there’s no substitute for the vibrations in the air when all those players are playing simultaneously. THAT’s the Wall of Sound, and Hal and his friends are the exact musicians Phil used.

Mike Nesmith used this "Wall of Sound” trick to fine effect when he produced one of the best tracks he wrote for The Monkees, “Mary Mary”, so sharp that it appeared in FIVE episodes, yet still manages to be too little known.

“Mary Mary” features FIVE guitarists (Glen Cambell and James Burton both on lead, with Peter Tork among the rhythm players), two bassists (Larry Knechtel and Bob West), and two drummers (Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon, whose name may also be familiar to you from Derek & The Dominoes, George Harrison, Delaney & Bonnnie, et al.), with notable percussive support from Cary Coleman.

This is definitely Hal kicking it off, though, with a snare lick so sweet that Mike looped it three times and added it to the front of the track, making it that much easier to sample, and sampled it was, including on a nifty COVER of this track by Run-D.M.C. (even though they changed Mike’s lyric on the verses, Mike is the only writer credited) that also used Mickey’s vocal singing the words “Mary Mary”.

I should mention that The Monkees’ version of “Mary Mary” was never released as a single in the US, but WAS included as a cardboard cutout single on the back of Honey Combs cereal!!!! Yes, I had it, though, like a fool, I failed to keep up with it.

Anyway, this is GROOVE, kids.

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Last but not least, Elvis Presley’s “A Little Less Conversation” (1968) was so far ahead of its time that it STILL sounds like it’s from the future. Originally recorded early in the year, it was re-recorded for the famed Elvis ‘68 TV special, but scrapped at the last minute. (Hal did in fact appear in the special!) The second version of "A Little Less Conversation” was used to outstanding effect in the 2001 version of Ocean’s Eleven, and a subsequent remix by Junkie XL charted even higher than Elvis’s original, going to #1 in 14 countries including the UK.

And all of ‘em featured Hal’s drums, absolutely swinging.

You’ve surely seen Hal’s name by now in the context of “The Wrecking Crew”, a name that he invented well after the era had finished to describe this loose group of LA studio aces. It was not only NOT used at the time, but explicitly and angrily rejected by many of the folks tagged with that label later (Leon Russell was so furious at the name that he insisted that the chapter of the movie devoted to him be removed, and he’s far from alone in his outrage)...but hey, as long as you keep that in mind, you can still enjoy the documentary of the same name for what it is: a long conversation between some of the folks who made some remarkable music.

You probably know the song “A Little Less Conversation” well enough (although you should check it out if you don’t), but in this little clip from the aforementioned Wrecking Crew movie, you can see 2008 Hal playing along with 1968 Hal for 30 seconds or so.

Watch his right hand in particular. It’s practically floating on air. He’s holding the drumstick so lightly that I bet you could have snuck up behind him and snatched it right out of his hand. Not that 70s rock drummers like Bonzo couldn’t swing plenty, but the death grip on drumsticks as heavy as telephone poles characteristic of later drumming is barely even the same thing as what Hal was doing.

I’m not saying one is better than the other -- I hope you know by now that I love light 60s pop every bit as much as heavy 70s rock -- but this clip tells you everything you need to know about why drummers in particular revere Hal as one of the greats...even if he pissed them off sometimes, too.

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Additional notes: the photo, the quote and some of the stats at the top are courtesy redef, the picture of Hal with Brian Wilson is via forums.stevehoffman.tv, and the single of “Mary Mary” is via 45cat. The rest is from yewchewb, and me obsessively reading the back of albums since 1963.

Here’s a great list of highlights from Hal’s credits. You’re going to be flabbergasted by them. If you have any kind of record collection that dips into the 60s at all, you may have dozens of them.

And while most of Hal’s key work was in the 60s, he did in fact have a terrific 1971, with appearances on two albums each by The Partridge Family (including one of my favorite singles of theirs, “Echo Valley 2-6809″) and Barbra Streisand (Stoney End is one of my favorites by anyone that year), Carpenters (featuring “Rainy Days and Mondays”), and a good-sized handful more.

#hal blaine #the wrecking crew #rip #hal blaine rip #the monkees #the partridge family #mike nesmith #phil spector #tommy roe #dizzy #a little less conversation #elvis presley #my edit #essay #long post

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0goth-hippie0 · 5 years

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Questions for no reason but boredom

1: 6 of the songs you listen to most? Very hard. I have wayyy too many for me to bring it down to just six, so I’ll give you six I can play on repeat anywhere. Tool-Sober; Disturbed-Overburdened; 10 Years-Fix Me; The Amity Affliction- Ivy(Doomsday); Creed-My Sacrifice

2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? Tie between Joe Rogan and Johnny Depp

3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17. (“And why would that be?” Kronos’s golden eyes glittered) Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

4: What do you think about most? Death and the afterlife. Those that mean the most to me. Why I love.

5: What does your latest text message from someone else say? “I bought everyone a new toothbrush so I grab you one for when you come here”- Mom

6: Do you sleep with or without clothes? Depends on what time of year. Prefer just shorts.

7: What’s your strangest talent? Being able to eat anytime, anyplace, hungry or not.

8: Girls… (finish the sentence); Boys… (finish the sentence) Girls like flowers; Boys need them.

9: Ever had a poem or song written about you? A poem. Once.

10: When is the last time you played the air guitar? Listening to Chelsea Grin while running a 5k.

11: Do you have any strange phobias? Not really strange one, but a phobia. Arachnophobia. Along with Autophobia, the fear of being alone, unwanted, disregarded, or unimportant.

12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? Lol, a pencil once. 4th grade.

13: What’s your religion? I categorize myself as a Christian because my beliefs are more comparable to that, but I am also a spiritualist. I don’t necessarily like the idea of religion or care to categorize myself at all. I have a very unique way of describing my place alongside God’s in this reality.

14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing? Running, walking through nature, reading, or meditating.

15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Lol both? Maybe? I don’t like my face, but I’m no photographer either.

16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band? Yikes couldn’t be broader, huh? I have a pretty subjective tie for 1st right now between three bands; Tool, The Amity Affliction, and Breaking Benjamin

17: What was the last lie you told? “I’m not worried”

18: Do you believe in karma? Absolutely. Karma is the ultimate equalizer.

19: What does your URL mean? “0darkest-light0” describes me. I try to be a light to others. A hippie of sorts. Very open minded and love spreading, but also so dark on my own. Very deep and cold to myself. Therefore I am the darkest light.

20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength? My greatest weakness is self doubt, or “I love you”. My greatest strength is my determination, and encouragement from those I care the most about.

21: Who is your celebrity crush? Scarlett Johansson

22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping? One of the many things I haven’t done.

23: How do you vent your anger? Grind my teeth and clinch my fists. Lots of communication and rationalization. Maybe a walk through a wooded area and some music. I used to have anger problems.

24: Do you have a collection of anything? Yes! A rock collection that was huge, bust sadly had been shrunken.

25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? I prefer to see a face, but phone talks are easier at the moment.

26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become? I wouldn’t change anything. I am me no matter what. I will not stay me as I am now. I will change and grow more. That is life.

27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love? I hate buzzing sounds. Like insects or weird electronics. I LOVE the sound of a breeze through leaves, light rain on a window pane, and slow, content, and light breathing.

28: What’s your biggest “what if”? What if everything is not going to be okay?

29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens? Yes and we are aliens.

30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm. I stretch my right arm out and meet my beer(Dos Equis), and my left arm meets a wall.

31: Smell the air. What do you smell? Home.

32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to? A trap house with lots of trash, drugs, filth, and reasons to shower 15 times.

33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast? East Coast

34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender. Amy Lee

35: To you, what is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is to find happiness. To live for whatever it is that makes you happy. Through happiness comes love, and love will show you that we are all one

36: Define Art. Art is emotion, imagination, creativity, and passion in whatever medium works for you. Writing, music, painting, singing, teaching, loving, cooking, etc. Art is whatever you use to bring your inner self out for the world to glimpse your infinite self.

37: Do you believe in luck? A little, but only with certain things.

38: What’s the weather like right now? Clear skies and chilly.

39: What time is it? 1:35am.

40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed? Yes but no, not a serious one anyway.

41: What was the last book you read? An Edgar Allen Poe collection of poems and short stories written by him.

42: Do you like the smell of gasoline? Yes I do.

43: Do you have any nicknames? “Cool” or “Coofy” by everyone who knows(few know).

44: What was the last film you saw? “What Dreams May Come”

45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had? Broken Collarbone

46: Have you ever caught a butterfly? No! Let them be! Too beautiful to capture!

47: Do you have any obsessions right now? My thoughts and music. And Tumblr lol

48: What’s your sexual orientation? Straight

49: Ever had a rumor spread about you? Yes, but who gives a fuck?

50: Do you believe in magic? Yes. Magic is everything. Emotion is magic. Life is magic.

51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong? I don’t hold grudges, but I never forget.

52: What is your astrological sign? Taurus

53: Do you save money or spend it? Both! Save to spend ya know?

54: What’s the last thing you purchased? A new phone screen

55: Love or lust? Love. Always.

56: In a relationship? In every way but actually.

57: How many relationships have you had? 3, 1 serious

58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue? Nope!

59: Where were you yesterday? With my friend Christian and a long lost cousin.

60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet

of you? Not a thing.

61: Are you wearing socks right now? Yes

62: What’s your favorite animal? Is all of them an option?? Top 5 categories are dogs, cats(including large ones), bats, reptiles, and “corvid” birds.

63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you? Understanding and care for them.

64: Where is your best friend? Sleeping for School tomorrow

65: Give me your top 5 favorite blogs on Tumblr. ahappydark, purplebuddhaquotes, omnipotentdarkness, thegoodvybe, iloveyou

66: What is your heritage? Latino, Irish, Native American.

67: What were you doing last night? Drinking and talking with a great friend.

68: What do you think is Satan’s last name? Edwards

69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off? More and needed probably lol

70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend? Yeah I think I’m a decent guy. Fun and always looking for the brighter side.

71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do? I can totally get another job, AND have a new friend to do it with!

72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid? a)I tell mostly everyone I think would truly care; b)I share them with the ones I care the most about, I can think of 4 people besides my family; c)No, why fear what was already inevitable?

73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love. You can’t have one without the other, but love. Through love you can get anything. Same can be said with trust though.

74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it? Chevelle-I get it

75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number? **01. Sorry it’s too easy.

76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship? Communication, trust, stability, emotion, passion, intimacy, similar goals, loyalty, determination, common interests.

77: How can I win your heart? Good food, true love, compliments, encouragement, and lots of laugh.

78: Can insanity bring on more creativity? 100%

79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far? To stop smoking pot.

80: What size shoes do you wear? 10.5

81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone? I want my family and friends to carve their names into my tree(I want to be a tree when I die)

82: What is your favorite word? Serendipity. The meaning, sound, and flow of the word on your tongue.

83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word heart. Pain.

84: What is a saying you say a lot? Everything is a Circle

85: What’s the last song you listened to? Pierce the Veil-King for a Day

86: Basic question; what’s your favorite color/colors? Black, deep purple, forest green, and midnight blue.

87: What is your current desktop picture? Stars

88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be? Child molesters

89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on? When asked by specific persons, “Who do you love?”

90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do? I would debate if I was dreaming or not, then still attempt to kill them.

91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power? The power of flight.

92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again? 30 minutes of my childhood with my deceased grandmother.

93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? Don’t want to get into too much detail so ”A family dispute”

94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be? Taylor Swift lol so she can write a song about me.

95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Greece

96: Do you have any relatives in jail? Yes, two.

97: Have you ever thrown up in the car? No I have not in a car.

98: Ever been on a plane? Four times!

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louisysl · 6 years

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FAVORITES 1. what are your favorite bands? Tokio Hotel, One Direction 2. what are your favorite singers? The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Jaymes Young, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles 3. what are your favorite albums? Harry Styles, Kings Of Suburbia, ASTROWORLD, My Dear Melancholy,, Dangerous Woman 4. what are your favorite songs? Currently: Dare by The Hunna, TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME by The 1975, BUTTERFLY EFFECT by Travis Scott, Sun by Two Door Cinema Club, Kathleen by Catfish and the Bottlemen Generally: Woman by Harry Styles, everytime by Ariana Grande, World Behind My Wall by Tokio Hotel 5. what do you think the best popular song of the year is so far? I think R.I.P. Screw by Travis Scott counts, yeah? 6. which genres of music do you tend to like the best? Pop and house, lately rap as well 7. what is the best concert you’ve ever been to? Both Tokio Hotel concerts (so the Humanoid tour in 2010 and The Dream Machine Tour 2017), if I had to pick one I’d pick the more recent one as I remember more of it 8. song of the year? BUTTERFLY EFFECT by Travis Scott 9. album of the year? It’s an EP but My Dear Melancholy, by The Weeknd. If I had to say an album I’d say Sweetener by Ariana Grande, but I don’t love or have all the songs on my heavy rotation from said album, whereas all the songs from Weekdn’s EP are all over my playlists 10. what are the best songs your parents have gotten you into? 11. how did you first find out about your favorite band/singer? I think Tokio Hotel simply were just big in Europe back then and half our class were obsessed with them, as was I. So I suppose through hype, simply put 12. when/where do you first remember having heard your favorite song? I don’t remember where exactly but I have faint memories of sitting on a bus listening to Woman by Harry Styles and loving it from the get-go. I was obsessed, it was my most played song last year and I love it no less now 13. about how many times have you listened to your favorite song? No fucking clue! 14. if someone asks you what music they should check out, what are your go-to recommendations? Feel It All by Tokio Hotel, The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala, Let Me Touch Your Fire by A R I Z O N A

NOSTALGIA 15. what songs give you the most nostalgia? The World Behind My Wall by Tokio Hotel, Human by Cher Lloyd, What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction 16. what kinds of music were you raised on? House and EDM, a lot of 80s club bangers 17. what are your favorite songs that have ever been popular? One Last Time by Ariana Grande, The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala, Often by The Weeknd 18. who were your favorite musicians as a kid? Tokio Hotel, One Direction, Cher Lloyd, and some random Finnish artists 19. how did you feel about music as a kid? 20. what was your first concert? if you haven’t been to one, what do you want your first concert to be? I wish I could say the Tokio Hotel one was my first but it was this Finnish artist called Anna Abreu

PERFORMANCE 21. how do live performances, whether they’re from your friends or professionals, tend to make you feel? I love live performances. They always give new colours to songs you often already love or have you falling for songs you never thought you’d enjoy. The atmosphere is out of this world which is thrilling 22. singing in the shower or singing in the car? Car, absolutely 23. if you were to become a musician, what kind of musician would you be? Realistically someone like Selena Gomez, in my dreams someone like Ariana Grande (do take the term realistically very loosely here) 24. if you could pick one instrument to learn how to play, what would it be? Piano! I’ve wanted to learn it for so long and I’ve even tried, to no avail unfortunately 25. what is your singing voice like? what singers do you remind yourself of? Low range, uneducated, not all that pleasant. I think if I worked on my voice it’d be something like Selena Gomez’s. 26. have you ever been involved in any music programs? which ones and for how long? 27. which instruments do you know how to play? what’s your skill level? 28. if you took music lessons as a kid, are you glad you did? if not, do you wish you had?

SOUNDTRACKS 29. how do you feel about video game soundtracks? 30. what soundtracks do you enjoy listening to the most? 31. which soundtracks do you think are objectively the best (or what are some that you think deserve appreciation)? 32. how do you feel about musicals? 33. do you have any favorite composers, including classical ones? 34. are there any soundtracks or kinds of soundtracks that you just can’t stand? 35. what are your favorite songs/soundtracks from movies?

LYRICS 36. what are some songs whose lyrics you relate to? That Day by Tokio Hotel, Home by One Direction, Better by Tokio Hotel, everytime by Ariana Grande 37. pick a song and analyse its lyrics I’m too tired for my own analysis but one I think about often is an analysis of Alive by One Direction; if you change the pronouns from “she” to “he”, the song gets a whole new meaning that’s very comforting to fellow gays out there My mother told me I should go and get some therapy I asked the doctor, "Can you find out what is wrong with me? I don't know why I wanna be with every guy I meet. I can't control it. Yeah, I know it's taking over me. I'm going crazy. Can't contain it. So tell me just what I should do?" She said, "Hey, it's alright. Does it make you feel alive? Don't look back, Live your life, Even if it's only for tonight." She said, "Hey, it's alright If it makes you feel alive." Went to a party just after the doctor talked to me I met a guy, I took him right up to the balcony I whispered something in his ear that I just can't repeat He said, "OK," but he was worried what his friends will think He’s going crazy Can't contain it He asked me, "What should I do, oh?" I said, "Hey, it's alright. Does it make you feel alive? Don't look back, Live your life, Even if it's only for tonight." I said, "Hey, it's alright If it makes you feel alive." 38. which songs do you think have the best lyrics? Any song by Tokio Hotel, Woman by Harry Styles 39. what are some songs whose lyrics you think most people just don’t get? Honestly I think everybody “gets” the lyrics of every song in their each way. That’s the beauty of music, innit. It’s up to everyone’s own interpretation what each song means to them 40. are there any musicians whose lyrics you particularly tend to like? Yea! Tokio Hotel (so Bill Kaulitz), I can’t think of one song of his which has lyrics I don’t love. Also all the lyrics on Harry Styles’ self-titled album were amazing and I’ve loved his work in the band as well so it’s safe to say he’s also one of said musicians. Not to mention Louis Tomlinson! 41. do you prefer songs that have good melodies or songs that have good lyrics? Depends entirely on the song. If it’s going to be a favourite or one that sticks around at least then the lyrics do play a bigger part than the melody, melodies just don’t stick the same. So I guess I sort of answered it after all; lyrically good

CHALLENGES 42. name five songs you like that were released in the 90s. Torn by Natalie Imbruglia (I do much prefer the One Direction cover, sos), Pony by Ginuwine, You’re Still The One by Shania Twain, Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio, I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys 43. name five songs you like that were released at least 50 years ago. 44. write a parody of at least a verse of any song you’d like. 45. name 5 songs you can’t stand. 46. look at your country’s song charts, listen to the first unfamiliar song you can find, and share your opinion on it. 47. turn a song lyric into a pickup line. "Now I never had my dick sucked by a man befo, but you gonna be the first, you lil trick-ass ho" Didn’t have to do shit 48. name the last 5 songs you listened to. Tied Down by Jaymes Young, Dare by The Hunna, Sun by Two Door Cinema Club, Kathleen by Catfish and the Bottlemen, Golden Skans by Klaxons

RANDOM 49. what are your favorite album covers? Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony, Tokio Hotel - Love Who Loves You Back (issa single cover but it’s Magnificent I tell ya) 50. any cover versions that you think are better than the original? Plenty! A great example being One Direction’s cover of Torn 51. how often do you listen to music? Daily 52. do you collect vinyls? if so, what have been your best finds? No, jus regular CDs until I get my own record player 53. if you could meet any musician you’d like, who would it be? Aaah Bill for sure I think! Harry would be lovely too but I’ve loved Bill from 2007 and meeting him would be everything 54. how do you feel about classical music? I’m here for it 55. would you ever want to have a career in music? 56. if you had a stage name, what would it be? 57. on a scale of 1 to 10, how important is music to you? 58. how do you feel about rap music? Y’know, even earlier this year I would’ve said I don’t get it, but I attended a festival and met some amazing people who completely changed my view on rap music and I’m a massive slut for it these days. Before, the only rap I’d listen to was Eminem 59. what do you think the best “era” for music was? 60. how has music affected you as a person?

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vintagepatchouli · 7 years

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1 - Who was the last person you texted?

@awkwrdblg

2 - When is your birthday?

16th March

3 - Who do you want to be with right now?

Tom

4 - What sports do you play?

does lifting count as sport?

5 - Who is the first person in your contacts?

Aidan

6 - What is your favorite song as of the moment?

Slow Dance - Ziggy Alberts

7 - If you were stranded on an island, who do you wish to be with?

Why is Tom the answer to all these questions

8 - What do you feel right now?

Content

9 - What chocolate is your favorite?

Lindt

10 - How many boyfriends/girlfriends did you have?

None yet? :’)

11 - Why did you create a Tumblr account?

To stalk my friends

12 - Who is your favorite blogger?

Can’t choose

13 - Where do you want to be right now?

My new place

14 - What do you want to be in the future?

A teacher

15 - When was the last time you cried? Why?

Monday night, was having a tough conversation about sad things

16 - Are you happy?

Very :)

17 - Who do you miss?

Tom

18 - If you were given a chance, would you like to have a different life?

No, I appreciate what I have

19 - What was the best thing you were given?

Probably my mums favourite old coat, I’m obsessed with it

20 - Who was the last person who called you?

Tom

21 - What is your favorite dish?

Anything with pasta :’)

22 - Who is your bestfriend?

Beth

23 - What is your biggest regret?

That I have spent too much of my time putting other people first when they didn’t deserve it

24 - Have you ever cheated on your partner?

Never

25 - Who do you spend crazy moments with?

Beth

26 - Name someone pretty.

Beth

27 - Who was the last person you hugged?

Tom

28 - What kind of music do you listen to?

It varies drastically depending on my mood

29 - Are you over your past?

Yes

30 - Who is the last person in your contacts?

Zac

31 - What kind of person do you want to date?

Someone who cares

32 - Do you have troubles sleeping at night?

Yes

33 - From whom was the last text message you received?

Work -.-

34 - What do you prefer, jeans or skirt?

Skirt always

35 - How’s your heart?

Still beating :’)

36 - Did you ever have a girlfriend/boyfriend whose name starts with a “J”?

37 - Do you like someone as of the moment?

Yep :)

38 - What would you want to say to your latest ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend?

stop flattering yourself thinking I only want to talk to you to sleep with you again, I missed you as a friend and you ruined everything, what a waste of 7 years

39 - Do you have any phobias?

not really

40 - Did you try to change for a person?

Yes

41 - What’s the nicest thing have you given to someone?

I don’t know

42 - Would you go back to your previous relationship?

Nope, not if you paid me

43 - Are you in a good or bad mood?

Good

44 - Name someone you can’t live without.

Beth

45 - Describe your dream date.

Breakfast, a stroll around the art gallery and then filling our time with anything else we can think of because neither of us want it to end :)

46 - Describe your dream wedding.

Something small, romantic, outdoors somewhere beautiful

47 - How many roses did you receive last Valentine’s?

None

48 - Have you ever been kissed?

Yes

49 - How long is your longest relationship?

Like, three and a half years

50 - Do you regret your past?

No, it’s only made me a stronger person

51 - Can you do something stupid for someone else?

All the time, I’m a mug

52 - Have you ever cried over someone?

Too much

53 - Do you have a grudge against anyone?

Not really

54 - Are you a crybaby?

I can be

55 - Do people praise you for your looks?

Sometimes?

56 - Did you fall for someone you shouldn’t?

Yes

57 - Have you ever done something bad but you don’t regret?

Yes

58 - Do you like getting hurt?

59 - Does anyone hate you?

Probably

60 - Did you slap anyone whose name starts with an “R”?

Yes, Robson

61 - What hair color do you prefer?

Blonde

62 - If you can change anything about yourself, what is it?

Nothing

63 - Do you love someone as of the moment?

My family

64 - Have you ever thought of killing yourself?

Yes

65 - Do you have issues with somebody in your school?

Yes

66 - Can you live without internet?

Nope

67 - What’s the song that remind you of your special someone?

I don’t have one yet

68 - Are you good at holding back your tears?

69 - Are you a crybaby?

This is a repeated question

70 - Have you ever experienced being hysterical?

Yes

71 - Are you a KPOP fan?

72 - Do you study hard?

Extremely, I’m a workaholic

73 - Have you ever sacrificed something important to you for someone you love?

Too many times

74 - Did you ever had a kiss under the moonlight?

Yes

75 - Have you ever ridden a boat?

Yes

76 - Did you have an accident last year?

I’m clumsy as fuck I’m lucky if I don’t have an accident every day

77 - What kind of person are you?

A caring one

78 - Have you ever thought of killing someone?

79 - Have you ever been jealous?

Yes

80 - How can you prove your love to someone?

Actions speak louder than words, so show them

81 - What are you thinking right now?

That there are a lot of questions on this list

82 - Who is the 6th person in your contacts?

My old art teacher

83 - Do you have any memories you want to erase?

Yes

84 - Have you been hurt so bad that you can’t find words to explain how you feel?

Yes

85 - Did you ever badmouth someone?

Yes

86 - Have you ever had an argument with someone?

Absolutely

87 - Do you have trust issues?

Yes

88 - Are you broken-hearted?

89 - Who’s the person who first comes to your mind when someone mentions “love”?

My cat, shes the love of my life

90 - Do you think all the pain is worth it?

Yes

91 - Do you believe in the phrase “If it’s meant to be, it will be”?

Yes

92 - Who do you want to marry?

Kit Harrington

93 - Do you believe in destiny?

Yes

94 - Have you ever thought “I already found my soulmate”?

Yes, and I have been wrong

95 - How do you look right now?

Like I just woke up

96 - Do you believe that first true love never dies?

97 - Have you found your true love?

I don’t know

98 - What should you be doing right now?

Uni work

99 - Name one of your ex-boyfriends/ex-girlfriends.

Will

100 - What is your sexual orientation?

Straight

101 - Did you ever feel like you’re not good enough?

Often

102 - How old are you?

103 - What age do you get mistaken for?

25 ish

104 - Who is your celebrity crush?

Kit Harrington

105 - What is your OTP?

Jonaerys

106 - What is your favorite book/series?

Game of Thrones

107 - Who is your favourite author?

I don’t have one

108 - What is your favorite band?

Marylin Manson at the minute

109 - What is your favorite TV show?

Game of Thrones

110 - What is your favorite movie?

Big Eyes

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#1 100 Random Facts About Me!

I've decided to set myself a blog challenge for March which entails publishing a post everyday! I've already failed with this as this post is a day late but it wasn't as easy as I thought! So here goes #1 100 Facts About Me! 1. I'm named after the song 'Kayleigh' (shocker right?) by Marillion but I actually don't really like that song. 2. I prefer my middle name (Rose) to my last name (Allan). 3. I've had several nicknames including Kayleigh Allan, Kayls, Kayleigh-Steve, Steve and Little Miss Shorty Pants. 4. If I was born just over a week later, I would have been in the year below. I'm only a baby. 5. I'm a bit like a penguin; clumsy but adorable ;) 6. I've only ever been on a plane once (which is going to change very soon!) 7. I'm spending my summer working at an American summer camp in North Carolina and also by going on a North American road trip with added time in Orlando and New York (have I mentioned that already?) 8. I don't drink alcohol. It's not really something which appeals to me. People always try and get me to drink and often tell me 'it's just like pop' to which I respond 'yes, so I can just drink pop'. Perhaps it's also to do with the fact I don't like the idea of not being in control, everyone complains afterwards and it's expensive! 9. I'm good at not giving in to peer pressure. 10. I believe that you can have a good time without drinking alcohol but most of the time people think I'm drunk anyway because I'm a crazy gal. 11. I've never had a proper boyfriend (yet). 12. I'm a little (a lot) obsessed with musicals. 13. Aaron Tveit is my number one celeb crush (and when we watched Assasins featuring him, my best friend and I held hands all the way through). 14. But Jeremy Jordan, Wesley Taylor, Gideon Glick, Ben Fankhauser, Ramin Karimloo and George Blagden (the list goes on) are up there too. 15. I once got dried paint stuck in my eye as a kid and had to go to hospital. I vividly remember there was also a kid there who had broccoli stuck up his nose. 16. It took me three whole appointments at the opticians until I was able to wear contact lenses. 17. I broke my leg when I was younger by falling off a scooter. 18. As a kid I used to be scared of Santa Claus. 19. I once got admitted to hospital because I refused to take this disgusting orange medicine (which I can remember the taste of now). 20. I was deputy head girl and a prefect at high school and helped the head girl run the student council. 21. I never took drama at gcse but the career I'm heading into is acting. 22. I spend the majority of my wages on show tickets. But it benefits the career I am going to go into so it's not a waste of my money as some people seem to think. 23. I've performed onstage with Alfie Boe at The Echo Arena. (After a theatre group I was involved in bombarded him with tweets on twitter). 24. I've lived in Liverpool for a year studying musical theatre on a Dance and Drama Award. 25. I left my 3 musical theatre course after a year so I'm currently on a gap year and I'm loving it. I've learnt so much about myself and other people and I've also met lots of new people. 26. I'm a chocoholic. 27. I also love peanut butter (and almond butter and pretty much any other nut butter). 28. I'm easily distracted by anything pink and sparkly. 29. I've been to Disneyland Paris twice. 30. I've been a part of an original musical written by one of my friends. 31. My favourite film is Back to The Future and I can recite lots of phrases from it. 32. I've never read or watched the whole Harry Potter series (but I am in the process of reading the books so don't shoot me!) 33. I love learning new things, having new experiences and exploring new places. 34. I'm very small. Like below average height. People think I'm still 15... 35. I have a pen pal from Germany who I've been writing to for over a year. 36. I am a really fussy eater. I used to never touch any food that was saucy, sloppy or slimy. I've gotten better but I still tend to ask for most of my meals plain. 37. I really like twitter. I think it's good form of social media to meet new people and find out news about the world. 38. I help run a twitter account for a musical theatre site named Act 1 Act 2. 39. I once volunteered at Leeds Festival; it was my first time camping and my tent leaked. 40. My favourite Ben and Jerry's flavour is Phish Food. 41. I am an only child. 42. I like vintage things and wish I had more vintage clothes so I could establish my own quirky style. 43. My favourite TV series (which I can think of right now) are Red Dwarf, Friends, It Could be Worse, Chewing Gum and Miranda. 44. I really want to get hidden rainbow roots in my hair. 45. I'm (supposedly) allergic to Rabbits, Cats and household dust? Cats do make me feel on edge though so maybe that's a good thing for me... 46. I often get asked if me and my best friend are twins/sisters because apparently we look alike (Our families have gotten us confused at times?!) 47. My guilty pleasure is secret eating. You can often find me sneaking in the kitchen to get snacks shhh. 48. I attract some really weird guys but never actually anyone I like. 49. I'm a Disney fan. My favourite princess is Rapunzel. 50. I enjoy travelling and my favourite way to travel is by train. I feel like a lot can be accomplished on a journey. 51. I took art at college and for one of my projects I made a corset, tutu and waistcoat based on Assassins the musical. 52. I can fold my tongue in half and keep it there without using my teeth to hold it there. 53. I hardly ever burp and when I do it shocks me because it's not something that usually occurs. 54. I can listen to a musical soundtrack on repeat. At the moment it's Dear Evan Hansen which I've just booked tickets to! #firstbroadwayshow 55. I would like to write a book/play one day. 56. I would also like to star in a one woman play and I admire the people I see perform in them (when they're good of course.) 57. I played a Geordie version of the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella in which I wore a Mad Hatter outfit and put pegs in my sparkly, coloured back combed hair... 58. I have been in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as part of the children's choir several times and can recite every word (and pretty much action) of the show. On my last performance I swapped seats with a friend so that I could spend my last performance on the top step. 59. I once got asked if I was from Scotland? (By a Southerner) 60. I'm often told I speak posh or very northern. There's no in between. 61. I work in The Blackpool Tower Ballroom. 62. I worked at Strictly last year and Anton Du Beke blew me a kiss. 63. Toasted scones from work is my favourite smell. I think I have acquired an unhealthy obsession with them since working there tbh... 64. I could probably recall all the names of the dances done at the ballroom but not actually dance any. 65. I rode to prom in a camper van. 66. I got 100% on my first acting assignment during my first year of higher education. 67. I once did some method acting and went out dressed as a made up character with a crutch and speaking with a stutter...(I created the character from a random picture shown to me from the internet which happened to be a ridiculously obese woman). I also played Medviedenko from The Seagull which resulted in me borrowing my best friend's boyfriend's clothes and drawing a beard on my face. Additionally, I played Scullery from Road; a homeless alcoholic... 68. I don't swear unless I have to on stage. 69. I've climbed a waterfall with a fractured little finger. 70. I studied German at GCSE and I can only remember a few words/phrases (one being Guten Tag) 71. I've played Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie and July in Annie. 72. I love people watching. 73. I'm terrible at accents. 74. I like tall guys in suits and glasses. 75. It annoys me when people think 'writ' is a word. It's 'I have written' or 'I wrote'. 76. I tend to cry when I'm not expecting to but not when I do expect to. 77. I cried my eyes the whole way through the second act of Book of Mormon because I found it absolutely hilarious (so much so the actors were laughing at me because I was on the front row). 78. I remember once when I was a kid I swung on a curtain in someones house and got kicked out. 79. In primary school I remember having a water fight with my friend in the toilets and got told I wasn't allowed to partake in IT so has to read a book instead 80. I've climbed a volcano in, snorkelled in the sea and been in a submarine in Lanzarote. 81. It makes me angry when people leave the theatre during the bows, before the show has fully finished. I've only done it on one occasion and that was at the interval (because the show was absolutely unbearable and it meant I could get home before silly 'o clock in the morning) The show was supposed to present Shakespeare's character's death's humorously but I'm pretty sure I didn't laugh once and one section of the show even included watching a fake fly buzzing on a camera for a good 5 minutes. 82. It also annoyes me when people eat (loudly) during a performance. Have some respect for the actors. 83. I hate not having a plan (especially when I'm on a holiday to a new place). 84. I have a wide taste in music. My Spotify playlists range from musicals (of course) to pop punk to rock to pop to folk to jazz...it's safe to say I like a little bit of everything (apart from dubstep because that's just a no no). 85. I have high aspirations and I've very critical of myself. 86. I once went on a tinder date (don't think I'll be doing that again anytime soon). 87. I love milkshakes and hot chocolate. 88. The theatre cafe is my favourite cafe. 89. My favourite Starbucks syrup is gingerbread. 90. Sometimes bus drivers just charge me for a child on the bus without me asking. 91. I once played Oliver in a high school show and was faced with some onstage disasters...when being pushed into a wooden coffin, (a disaster in itself) my mic pack fell off and I picked up a tape measure instead. The big long napkin string thing I had to pickpocket out of Fagin's pocket had already fallen out so instead of picking it up I mimed stealing it and I also thought a 'nightcap' was a literal night cap, as apposed to a drink one drinks before bed. 92. I cried for a full hour when my high school music teacher told me he was leaving. 93. My uncle lives in Australia but I've never been there or seen him since I was a baby. 94. My favourite type of monkey is a squirrel monkey. 95. I'm really pale and barely tan. Once I got sun stroke at West End Live and threw up all the way home on the Coach for 6 hours...the sunburn was still visible 6 months after. 96. I tried peanut butter and jam together for the first time the other day and it was actually really nice. 97. I'm probably the most indecisive person you will ever meet. 98. I want to live in London one day (and potentially New York). 99. I ask for steak well done and my favourite type of steak is rump. 100. I don't drink coffee but you'll always find me in a coffee shop.

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