The Soundtrack Meme (Randomized variant)
Nov. 27th, 2006 11:00 pmOk, 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
7. Repost it in your journal/blog
Opening Credits: "Half a World Away," REM
First Day of School: "The Unforgiven," Metallica *
Falling in Love: "Video to Radio," Kidd Video
Fight Song: "Only the Good Die Young," Billy Joel **
Breaking Up: "R.O.D. (opening version)," YKZ
Prom: "Heart and Soul," T'Pau
Life's Ok: "The Reflex," Duran Duran
Mental Breakdown: "Accidentally Like a Martyr," Warren Zevon *
Driving: "Darkness Visible," Mary Grigolia & Chris Wagner
Flashback: "Feel No Evil," Vodu 155
Getting Back Together: "If You Leave," OMD ***
Birth of A Child: "In a Big Country," Big Country
Wedding: "Love is Only Sleeping," The Monkees *
Final Battle: "Mesopotamia," The B-52's
Death Scene: "The Wheel Will Turn," Peter Conover ***
Funeral Song: "Mickey," Toni Basil ****
End Credits: "The Flame Still Burns," Strange Fruit featuring Jimmy Nail *
* Har-de-frickin'-har, iTunes.
** This actually makes sense, given my primary high school experience with the song
*** O, the irony!
**** WTF?
From this we learn that (a) my iTunes has a terrible sense of humor, (b) I have far too much 80's randomness in my library, and (c) the random function clumps, as a truly random one should; it picked no Beatles, Weird Al, or TMBG, despite those being the three artists with the largest number of songs in the library (although, to be fair, both REM and the Monkees are in the top 10).