
This week's prompt is: Miscellaneous. My mind went immediately to my widely varying taste in music. What kind of interesting groupings could I invent based on the band names in my iTunes Library?
Well, there's the boring "I'm Too Lazy to Think of a Name for a Band" category: Alanis Morrisette, Billy Joel, Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Britney Spears, David Bowie, Eddie Money, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Fiona Apple, Jim Croce, Joe Cocker, Joan Osborne, Pete Yorn, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Justin Timberlake, Rod Stewart, Sara McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Tony Bennet.
Then I suppose there could be a "I Used to Have a Band But I Ditched 'Em" category: Gwen Stefani, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks, Rob Thomas, Bruce Springsteen, Serj Tankian, George Michael.
There's definitely going to be a "I Don't Know How the Hell This Crap Got Here" category: John Denver, George Strait, Barry Manilow, Randy Travis, Kenny Rogers, Rascall Flatts, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, Jessica Simpson, Right Said Fred (Although it's true, Fred, I AM too sexy. Heh.).
But couldn't there be some fun to be had if there were categories like these?
"Pick a Number, Any Number": Nine Inch Nails, Matchbox Twenty, The B-52's, 10,000 Maniacs, Three Days Grace, 3 Doors Down, Avenged Sevenfold, 30 Seconds to Mars.
"Religious-like Iconic Symbolism": Jesus Jones, Taking Back Sunday, Judas Priest, Stone Temple Pilots, The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos (yeah, so they really are religious icons, so what? They're on my iPod.), Nirvana, Madonna.
"Learning Colors With My iPod": The Black-Eyed Peas, Blue October, Blues Traveler, The Cranberries, Deep Purple, Plain White T's, Green Day, Pink, The White Stripes, Yello (I said we're learning colors, not correct spelling, so it counts, people.).
"Our Fans are Too Lazy or High to Remember Our Whole Band Name": AFI (A Fire Inside), REM (they just wanted us to think we were too high to remember what it
stands for, which is nothing; it was a random name chosen from the
dictionary), CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival), DMB (Dave Matthews Band, ELO (Electric Light Orchetra), MCR (My Chemical Romance), OMD (Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark), NWA (I actually was too drunk during their reign to accurately recall that this stands for Niggaz with Attitude. Furreals. I looked it up.).
"Are you growing iPot in This Garden?": Savage Garden, The Wallflowers, Red Hot Chili Peppers \, Black Eyed Peas, Blind Melon, Fiona Apple, The Cranberries, Korn, Sheryl Crow, The Toadies, Toad the Wet Sprocket.
"Annihilistic Chaos": Five for Fighting, Violent Femmes, Seether, Smash Mouth, Beastie Boys, Breaking Benjamin, Rise Against, The Killers, The Fray, Big Audio Dynamite, Rage Against the Machine, The Police.
"Thinking About Girls, Girls, Girls": Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Dixie Chicks, Indigo Girls, Queen, Goo Goo Dolls, Muse, Martina McBride, The Flaming Lips, Kiss.
"Sweet One-Liners": Beck, Jet, Muse, Enigma, Madonna, Aerosmith, Atreyu, Coldplay, Chicago, Enya, Fuel, Kiss, Korn, Nirvana, Pink, Phish, Pantera, Queen, Wheatus, Usher.
What great categories can you come up with your iTunes library? I'd love to hear 'em.