I live for music. That's really all I have to say.

I play piano, flute, and I'm learning (self-taught, beware....) the bagpipe.
But most of all I sing. Compulsively and incessantly.
As of this writing I have a cold and am very grumpy because I have no voice.

Here I have music I like and down at the bottom a few songs with real meaning for me. Even explanations of same.

Artists, in no order whatsoever:

• The Beatles: This is an obvious choice. John is the best. This is a very nifty Beatles homepage.
  
• The Moody Blues: I have been on a major Moody Blues kick lately.
  
• Billy Joel: The first concert I ever went to was River of Dreams. And I keep hearing songs I like and realizing that he wrote them....
  REM: Nifty, if utterly incmprehensible.
• Erasure: Fun with synthesizers.
  
• The Who: Tommy! Se e me! Feel me! Touch me! Heal me!
  
• Pink Floyd: The Wall is great album.. which Bigsis got me for Solstice gift!
  
• New Order: A neat band which is nearly completely obscure this side of the ocean.
  
• They Might Be Giants: General Weirdness....
  
• Alphaville: Even more obscure than New Order....
  
• Blue Oyster Cult: Not quite as odd as they sound.
  
• Roxette: I live for harmony. So all the songs sound the same....
  
• Boston: I love the town and I love the group and I just bought a CD. Amanda is a good song, but I find it a solemn song as I type.
  
• Chicago: to continue in the list of placenamed bands.
  
• The Eagles: Hell froze over and they got together again. Three cheers!
  
• Peter, Paul&Mary: Folk rock from the 60's. Best thereof.
  
• Phil Collins: I just love his tone. Also Genesis.
  
• And of course, Simon and Garfunkel. Ah, harmony!
  
• Savatage, a metal band that good ol' bigsis introduced me to. They are truly excellent. Harmony, keyboards, and musicality, all in a metal band. Surprised me a bit.
  
• The King's Singers, whose song New Day can be found on the Inspirations Page. A male a capella sextet. Glorious music.
  
• The Capit ol Steps, a political parody group that I just adore. "Superfranticunproductivenothinglegislation, kosher pickle packing month deserves a great oration, never let important work disturb our next vacation...."
  
• Pat Benatar: I like her. She's got as much attitude as I do. And does HARMONIES....
  
• Abba: Yeah, yeah. I like Abba. *grin* I'm listening to Abba as I write this.
• Oingo Boingo: No more need be said. I'm weird, I like weird, weird is GOOD.
• Queen: Harmonies, music, actual concepts behind the music, more harmonies, and did I meantion the harmonies? Uhm.
• And for the last of randomness, Arlo Guthrie. "Alice? Remember Alice? This's a song about Alice...."

This is for all of my fellow explorers through that lovely realm known as CTY: The CTY Canon songs.

• American Pie by Don McLean
  
• Forever Young by Alphaville
  
• Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order
  
• Istanbul by They Might Be Giants
  
• The Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show (For die hard Rocky freaks, try the audience script out....) It's just a jump to the left....
  
• Oh L'Amour by Erasure
  
• Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.
  
• It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by REM
• And finally: Rock Lobster by the B-52s.

All nine of them.

And now, the important things. Songs that mean a lot to me. Personally.

• Always, b y Erasure. This is Kevin's and my song, and it's a wonderful thing.
  
• Forever Young, once again. Not only a great song but one tied up in so me wonderful memories.
  
• I Know You're Out There Somewhere, the Moody Blues. This is a song I can draw more mana-energy from.... And it's a wonderful sentiment as well.
  
• True Faith by New Order. Some days I feel like this. All days I like this song.
  
• Comfortably Numb, from the Wall, Pink Floyd. Most days I feel like this. Especially mornings.
  
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps. the Beatles. Wonderful guitar in the middle here by Clapton, pity it's not on the web that I can find.... And I love the lyrics.
  
• No One Lives Forever, by Oingo Boingo. This is a song that ought to be dear to anyone who's ever played in any sort of role-playing game: "Let's have a party, there's a full moon in the sky - it's the hour of the wolf, and I don't want to die."
• Everyday, by Phil Collins. If you don't know the story behind this one, you don't need to. I just get kinda funny when I hear it and I love the song anyway....
  
• This Is the Time, by Billy Joel. I love the refrain, and it's such a wonderful song....
  
• Here's a special one, here for one purpose in particular.... The Long and Winding Road, by the Beatles. And it's a good song.
• All Coming Back to Me, by Celine Dion. If you don't know why... I can't explain. It just is.
  
• Touch of Grey, the Grateful Dead. This is the story of my life the past year; please make sympathetic noises.

For my own amusement value, I have 'theme songs' for my various characters. (In gaming. This is an outgrowth of a conversation I had in email a while back.) For your own pointless spammage, I'm gonna put them down.

• Anna Elena Sanchez (Hellcat): And So It Goes, Billy Joel.
• Gemini Amanda Knight (Nightpaw): All The I Bleed, Savatage. (Also, Long Way Down, the Goo Goo Dolls.)
• K'harra Shustal: Turn! Turn! Turn!, the Byrds. (Yes that is the song that goes, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.)
• Gabrielle: True Faith, New Order
• Alyssa Gweneviere Davis: Queen of Rain, Roxette. (Also, Handful of Rain, Savatage.)
• Fionn: Only the Good Die Young, Billy Joel
• Ira: Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar
• Ellia: Things We Said Today, the Beatles. (Also, intermittently, The Entertainer, Billy Joel.)
• Ch'ran: Don't Stop, Fleetwood Mac. (And no, I'm not running for politcal office.)
• Wonder: So the Story Goes, Erasure.

There we go. *Gasp*
Well, you can return to th e start of it all, go bask to the silliness page.... Or head for the philosophy behind the big long lists.