I came across this meme this morning, it’s quite fun.
Directions:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, iPod etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You MUST write THAT song name down no matter how silly it sounds (I’ve included the artists in brackets)
IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY?” YOU SAY? Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz)
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? Take the Power Back (Rage against the machine)
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Radio Nowhere (Bruce Springsteen)
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Sugarman (Rodriguez)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE? What it’s like (Everlast)
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? I think I’m paranoid (Garbage)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Misery Business (Paramore)
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Bonedriven (Bush)
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Hanging with the clowns (Racoon)
WHAT IS 2 + 2? The Art of Self Destruction (ATFN)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR EX? Put the needle on it (Danni Minogue)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Almost easy (Avenged Sevenfold)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Gigantic (Pixies)
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? 9 Crimes (Damien Rice)
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Amerika (Rammstein)
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Baby (Serj Tankian)
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Erase/Replace (Foo Fighters)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? Flames go higher (Eagles of Death Metal)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Pure Morning (Placebo)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Falling Away (Good Charlotte)
Now press “next” one more time and use it as your title.
Okay, so that was fun. I think my current playlist was way to broad to give an accurate reflection of my tastes. One song in there I don’t even know. I usually refine my playlists more to my mood, but I’ve been lazy recently, and just dumped my whole collection in there. SO while that probably is a reflection of my tastes, it’s not a reflection of my favorites
I love my music, most of my life is conducted to a soundtrack. I wish I was more skilled / creative in that regard, but the only tune I’ve ever been able to ‘play’ is “mary had a little lamb” on a telephone keypad. I remember crank calling when I was a teenager with a friend of mine. We came across an answering machine at one number. We phoned around 15 times in succession and played “mary had a little lamb” to the answering machine. Such rebels we were.
If you were wondering, you need a tone phone, and use the keys as follows
3-2-1-2-3-3-3 2-2-2 3-3-3. 3-2-1-2-3-3-3 3-2-3-2-1. Try it.
I said I wouldn’t complain, but what the hell, it’s not like I’m going to devote the whole post to it. This 30-in-30 challenge is hard. When I started blogging I really thought I’d have all this cool stuff to say. Turns out I don’t.
I’m not going to broadcast my every thought on this blog (maybe I would have where it an anonymous blog) so that cuts out a lot of potentially amusing stuff. I don’t want an on-line diary (today I went to the shops and bought a box of Oatees, a frozen dinner and a box of Easter eggs …) and because I have put my name to my blog, I can’t blog indiscriminately about work colleagues or family. If any of these people were to find my blog they’d quickly realize I was talking about them / their aunt / their friend. I need to be happy to take full responsibility for what I write here, so I’m not going to exploit anyone else’s life or say nasty things about other people. A long story short, my blog idea pool is a bit shallow at the moment. I expect if I keep this up I will get better at generating ideas but in the meantime BlackMakros gave me a suggestion to use stumbleupon to help me find some ideas.
I entered my birth day / month / year thinking that it’s unlikely that I’d even know the song or artist that was number one more than 28 years ago. I picked the UK link to honor my British heritage and what do you know? It brought up The Boomtown Rats – I don’t like Mondays. I love that song! It was soooo me in high school, a morbid teenager who hated Mondays something hectic. Still don’t like them much, but I’m less morbid these days. I love Fridays. I have a little song & dance I do on Friday mornings when I get in to the office, but I dropped the “kill-me-it’s-Monday” vibe a few years back. Still, I think the song rocks, and I’m so glad it’s my birthday song.
Hunny got Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen – not bad either.
I tried a couple of more recent dates – 1 Jan 2000, our wedding day in 2005, my last birthday – but nothing good came up.
The irony is, because of leap years I’ll be waiting until August 14 2017 before I actually have a birthday on a Monday again, but that’s cool. Monday birthdays suck.
If you are bored go check out the site & let me know what your song is …
I was so stoked to hear that The Smashing Pumpkins were getting back together and recording a new album. I love the Pumpkins. The other night I heard Billy Corgan singing some lyrics I didn’t recognize and figured it must be new stuff. Went on-line the next morning and sure enough it’s the new stuff (Been very little build up to the release in South Africa). Searching a little further I found this article at pitchforkmedia.com.
It took me a while to process my reactions. The dude writing the article is a little rough about it, but the facts remain the same. To get all the tracks recorded for the album legally and soon, you’re gonna need to buy 3 copies of the album. In the states anyway.
Most of our SA music stores are franchises, the indie record store doesn’t really exist here, but we don’t have Target or Best Buy. This probably means we’ll only get the standard album. No bonus tracks. No title track. That sucks.
I still like Billy & crew, and chances are good I’ll buy the album (the actual CD, not the probably illegal outside of Russia legalsounds.com download) but I’m disappointed.
Posted by: Alex
