Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Doin' the iPod Shuffle
Kathleen had this up on her blog and I really liked the idea. I thought it would be a nice way to go gently into the weekend.
Here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool...
I have the iPod phone, pictured here. I only get 100 songs so I try to keep my lists varied, but after doing this, I do believe Kat is right -- bands do repeat without having to be the majority on the player.
Anyhow, in addition to listing the songs, I'm also going to add a couple lines of each song to make them match up (if possible) with the category or just to give someone a vague idea of what the song is ... if you're the type that knows lyrics and not titles, like I am.
Opening Credits:
Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder ("Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true. Though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming.")
Waking Up:
People Just Love to Play With Words - Men at Work ("There are two side - a win or loss. What's two down and four across?")
First Day at School:
Now - Everclear ("Waste my time walking in rythm, waste my time talking in rhyme.")
Falling in Love:
It's a Mistake - Men at Work [laughing out loud at this one] ("Don't think that we don't know. Don't think that we're not trying. Don't think we move to slow. It's no use after crying saying, 'it's a mistake.'")
Fight Song:
Store Bought Bones - The Raconteurs ("Waiting on the rising sun, Clutching at your holster gun.")
Breaking Up:
Where Is My Mind - The Pixies [that great song at the end of "Fight Club"] ("With your feet in the air and your head on the ground. Try this trick, spin it. Your head will collapse if there's nothing in it.")
Prom:
Pop Goes My Heart - Hugh Grant [hanging head in shame even though prom songs sounded like this back when I went to mine] ("Something in the way that you move I can't deny, Every word from your lips is a lullaby")
Mental Breakdown:
Warning - Green Day ("Is the cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? Sanitation, expiration date, question everything!")
Driving:
Narcolepsy - Third Eye Blind ("I'm on a train, but there's no one at the helm and there's a demon in my brain who starts to overwhelm.")
Flashback:
Portland Rain - Everclear ("Standing in the rain where I watched you drive away. Never thought I'd live to see this f*cked up day.")
Getting Back Together:
Icky Thump - The White Stripes ("Red-head señorita, Lookin' dead, Came to said,"I need a bed" en español.")
Wedding:
Graduate - Third Eye Blind [another friggin' repeat ... married right after high school graduation, so maybe it's kismet] ("Talking to somebody like you. Do you live the days you go through? Will the song live on long after we do?")
Birth of Child:
You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison - My Chemical Romance [WTF?] ("Your life will never be the same. On your mother's eyes, say a prayer.")
Final Battle:
Welcome to Paradise - Green Day ("A gunshot rings out at the station. Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own. It makes me wonder why I'm still here.")
Death Scene:
A Change Would Do You Good - Sheryl Crow ("Hello, it's me. I'm not at home. If you'd like to reach me leave me alone.")
Funeral Song:
Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow [ok, I have five songs of Sheryl, but two were back to back. I don't get it.] ("I'm gonna soak up the sun, I'm gonna tell everyone to lighten up. I've got no one to blame for every time I feel lame, I'm looking up. I wanna soak up the sun.")
End Credits:
Just Like Heaven - The Cure ("Strange as angels dancing in the deepest oceans, Twisting in the water. You're just like a dream.")
I'm not tagging anyone, but I do think seeing iPod songs is kind of neat, even if the bands repeat. Blargh.Labels: iPod, meme, music, shuffling, songs
