Three question meme

My friend Lawrence, over on Propago Pro Populus, poses three questions in one of his posts where he asks:

1. If you could see any 3 bands live, from any time, who would they be?
2. What instrument do you want to champion?
3. Which 5 places do you want to see before you die?

Here are my answers.

If you could see any 3 bands live, from any time, who would they be?

• ABBA: Gimme, gimme, gimme! I remember their songs as I was growing up, they were so catchy and infectious and their outfits were completely over-the-top-70s-fashion. I can’t help but feel a certain loyalty and fascination for this band. I think it’s the repressed camp in me. Um, we also had their songs playing at our small wedding ceremony, as we drank Baby Duck and munched on crackers smothered in Cheez Whiz. No one can accuse us of not being classy [cough!].
• Antony & The Johnsons: My favourite band at the moment. I love Antony’s crooning voice and the band’s haunting music. The subject matter of some of the songs could be construed as being somewhat controversial, maybe even uncomfortable to some, in a way that, at least to me, challenges conventional thought. I like that.
• Boney M: I’m still too embarrassed at the whole ABBA thing to even go there with this one…

What instrument do you want to champion?

• I love the violin. No other musical instrument has as strong a physiological effect on me. Listening to a virtuoso play the violin makes my hair stand on end and sends a frisson of delight down my spine.

Which 5 places do you want to see before you die?
I’m going to include ‘things’ as well as ‘places’ in this one.

• The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights.
• The Giant Redwood forests of California.
• Glaciers off the coast of Alaska.
• Ayers Rock, Australia.
• The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt.

So, there are my answers. What choices would you write for these questions?

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