I wasn't tagged, but I'll do this anyway - I have so much music I could do this dozens of times and not get a repeat, so I'm really curious to see what happens.
"This," of course, is a meme - set your preferred music player to shuffle and write down the song that shows up. Just go down the list.
I think memes are related to MASH, for those of you who remember that little gem. I think I played it once, under duress. (And to be clear, while my disagreement with it at the time was certainly sexist, my disagreement with it now is that it offers a very limited palette of possibility for human life.)
Found over at Uniquely Normal.
So, the songs..... format, of course, is song (artist) [commentary]. Clear?
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Freak of the Week (Funkadelic)
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Solitude (His Name is Alive) [At times, this is certainly true]
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Taper Jean Girl (Kings of Leon)
HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
Beer Bong (NOFX)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
The Moisture Farm (John Williams - Star Wars: A New Hope Soundtrack) [This probably comes across as nastier than it is - we are talking about vaporators, after all. Maybe it's about hard work, but that seems equally unlikely]
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Rave On (Real Kids) [I like Dionysius but not dancing - go figure]
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Orchid (Black Sabbath)
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Pothole in My Lawn (De La Soul) [Hey! I got a job!]
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
Imperfectly (Ani DiFranco) [This was too good - I'm not a perfectionist or a feedback junkie or anything, I swear....]
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Not A Pretty Girl (Ani Difranco)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Emma Blowgun's Last Stand (Beulah) [Oddly appropriate, though I am annoyed it assumes there is only one]
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
The Magnificent Bird Will Rise (Deerhoof)
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Killbot 2000 (Murder by Death) [Uh-oh]
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Lonesome Town (Ricky Nelson - Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Pictures of Success (Rilo Kiley) [This is hypothetical, as there will be no wedding]
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Fresh Shot (Kickass Martians) [An excellent choice, as the two people on the planet who've heard this song aside from me will attest]
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
The O Men (The Butthole Surfers) [??????????}
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
School Spirit Skit One (Kanye West) [Failing at school? Sure]
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Pro Bowler Tachikoma (Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell Soundtrack)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Movement (LCD Soundsystem) [I hate it when they move]
WHAT IS THE THEME SONG TO YOUR LIFE?
It Just Is (Rilo Kiley) [Very existentialist]
WHAT DESCRIBES YOU?
Sons of the Silent Age (David Bowie)
WHAT WILL YOU NAME THIS BULLETIN?
Cheap Reward (Elvis Costello & the Attractions)
.... I like this post title too much to name it Cheap Reward. Sorry.
Friday, January 18, 2008
[meme] The Soundtrack of My Life, or How To Waste Friday Night While Your Friends Watch The Wire
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How would you rewrite MASH? (Which I played obsessively in late grade school, right after I decided boys might not be total wastes of oxygen)
I think there is something innate in the preteen age group that demands something like that game.
An open-ended conversation about the future?
I have no imagination at the moment.
That was weird, but interested. And, you listen to RILO KILEY? That, for some reason, seems weird to me. Mostly because I'm used to sharing only our old punk kid music history with you, and pretty much making fun of you for everything else (and assuming it's reciprocated on your part, towards me).
And, I'm just going to assume that you mean *us* when you say you hate when friends move. Because we are da bomb. Shhh, Dennis, shhh. Don't say a word. We miss you too.
I love Rilo Kiley - and Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins.
What, you think I have no taste whatsoever?
I really should start participating in the Friday Random Ten.
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