#obscurify does have some oddities though - it says my favorite genre is classic rock AND i have extremely obscure tastes

[anghraine]

@heckofabecca tagged me in a meme to just list five songs on regular play and tag ten of my favorite followers! Thanks, Becca :)

I thought I'd mix things up a bit and go with my Obscurify data, which says my top five songs are:

Who Wants To Live Forever | Queen

Nevertheless, She Persisted | Audiomachine

Pompeii MMXXIII | Hans Zimmer and Bastille

Frostpunk Theme | Piotr Musiał

Mass Effect Theme | Jack Wall, Sam Hulick

I'm not super surprised, because I think "Who Wants To Live Forever" is one of the most beautiful rock songs ever and certainly one of the most beautiful by Queen (my favorite band!) and it's forever linked in my mind to my most beloved canon Tolkien ship, Aegnor/Andreth.

And I often listen to instrumentals or at least "epic" style tracks when I'm stressed or want to write in something other than silence, so I spend a lot of my music-listening time with groups like Audiomachine, video game soundtracks or covers of themes, that kind of thing. The atmosphere of "Nevertheless, She Persisted" in particular is perfect for a specific story project, so I've listened to it most of all! If I excluded background tracks for writing to, though, and just went with songs with lyrics I actively listen to, the final list would be:

Who Wants To Live Forever | Queen

Black Velvet | Alannah Myles

Under Pressure | Queen and David Bowie

This Is Who You Are | Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Love | Lana del Rey

Tagging: @ladytharen, @grumpyfaceurn, @irresistible-revolution, @inkandcayenne, @incognitajones, @kazaera, @lantur, @melyzard, @nanyoky, @ncfan-1, @nelayn, @liz-squids, @scholarlyhobbit, @sqbr, @steinbecks, @venndaai (wait, that's more than 10... anyway)