Michael Lynch Asks You Twenty Questions: The Michael Lynch Survey

I have been writing for Fufkin since the November 2000 edition, and those of you who read my work every month probably have a good sense by now of what I like and what I don't like.

Well, I'd like to learn about you too.

A few years ago, I made up a musical questionnaire that I distributed to my musician friends. The results proved rather interesting, to say the least. Well, here are some of those questions, plus some new ones. I invite everyone reading this to please e-mail me their answers at Michael_Lynch@fufkin.com and in a month or two I'll post the results.

Thanks. Enjoy.

1) If Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young changed the order of the names so that it would read from the most talented member to the least talented, they would
be called...

2) I prefer...

A) Donovan when he was a Dylan-ish folksinger
B) Donovan as flower-power icon
C) Not talking about Donovan, thank you very much.

3) What was the worst thing about Elvis Presley's movies?

A) The plots
B) The songs
C) The scripts
D) The acting
E) The time he wasted making them that could have been used to make better records.

4) If I had been at a Bob Dylan concert in 1965/66, during the electric set I would have...

A) Embraced it
B) Booed.

5) Which is the better summation of your feelings of Prince's 1985 album 'Around The World In A Day.'

A) I think it's cool that he brings the feel of the Psychedelic 1960's into his modern pop music
B) I wouldn't have known this was supposed to be Psychedelic music if it hadn't been hyped up as such.

6) Interpret this question any way you wish. There will be no further explanation: The Grateful Dead...Yes or no?

A) Yes
B) No

7) Which was a more impressive recording to you?

A) Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Karn Evil Nine"
B) The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie"

8) Cat Stevens' best recorded work is...

A) His mid 1960's pop hits
B) His 1970's folk material
C) His albums of Muslim chants

9) I believe that Jim Morrison...

A) Died in July 1971
B) Didn't die in July 1971 but has since died
C) Still breathes.

10) And while we're on the subject, Jim Morrison was...

A) A true poet, an artist, an icon, a genius, a cosmic messenger, a legend who succeeded by challenging the boundaries of authority and bravely stepped into that brave new world and reported back his findings.
B) An overrated bad drunk

11) Yoko Ono...

A) Deserves at least a little respect and less flack.
B) Broke up the Beatles and should go to hell for it
C) Broke up the Beatles but I'm glad she did.

12) Smashing a guitar onstage is a...

A) Statement
B) Gimmick

13) When it is reported that the Stones are going to do another
tour, I...

A) Am glad to hear of it and hope to score tickets when they become
available.
B) Instantly make jokes about their age.

14) If I had to leave my young children in the care of one of the following, I'd feel the safest leaving them with...

A) Captain Beefheart
B) Phil Spector
C) Syd Barrett
D) Roky Ericson
E) Billy Preston

15) Of these four, the one with the worst singing voice is...

A) Ringo Starr
B) Jeff Beck
C) Jimmy Page
D) Bill Wyman

16) 1971 was a great year for long songs that still get played too much on the radio. But of these, the one I can probably most tolerate hearing again is...

A) "Stairway To Heaven"
B) "Aqualung"
C) "Your Move/I've Seen All Good People"
D) "L.A. Woman"
E) "Riders On The Storm"
F) "Won't Get Fooled Again"

17) For the best in 1960's/early 1970's TV rock, I listen to..

A) The Monkees
B) The Archies
C) The Banana Splits
D) The Partridge Family

Don't spend time thinking about questions 18-20. Answer immediately with the first one that comes to mind.

18) Name the greatest rock movie ever made.

19) Name any rock movie that should never have happened.

20) Name a rock star who truly deserves to be called a genius.

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