I have a pretty diverse taste in music.
Not unusual, but open-minded. There are some things I know I dislike (heavy metal, for instance), and some genres I’ve always enjoyed to a degree (soft electronic music, for example).
The challenge is simple: Listen to the following seven songs and see if you can name the track and the artist (no cheating!). Some of them are semi-popular, but some are really, really obscure — so don’t beat yourself up.
For example, song #7 was sung by a single member of an obscure a capella group from Sweden. No joke. I don’t seriously expect anyone to know the sixth or the seventh selection, though they’re both sorta cult hits. Sorta.
Good luck, and I hope you find something you like, but didn’t know about before.
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I hope I’m not ruffling any (legal) feathers on this one. The tracks are seriously downgraded in quality, so if you really like any of the them, let me know and I’ll lead you towards the album.
Jon Weatherhead says,
Darn, no helpful ID3 tags. Foiled…
Jon Weatherhead says,
btw, that stuff is really good! Man, you listen to the good sh*t!
Phil says,
Well Jon, I’m a man of excellent tastes.
L says,
I am familiar with the 7th song, though the name/artist isn’t registering with me at the moment…I’ll have to search for my mp3 player and look it up.
The other’s I’ve never heard, but are simply beautiful. They make me temporarily forget that I have a final in …5 hours..yikes!
Nishant says,
I’m familiar with #6 and 7 only because you showed them to me years ago, so I won’t give them away.
That said, being me, I’m going to assume this is open to cheating. #4 is ‘Mind of the Wonderful’ by ‘Blank and Jones’, compliments of our friends at Google.
Lorin says,
I’ve never heard any of these, but I’m one of those strange perversions of nature who rarely listens to music of any kind. Maybe you’ll be excited to learn that you may have single-handedly taught me the error of my ways? I’ve been able to find most of the songs but would love to know where to find 1, 5 and 7.
This has effectively made my day, thank you.
Michelle says,
These songs are beautiful, I can’t say I know what each song/artist is, but I do know they sound beautiful.
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