day 16: yes, i’ve stooped to a meme. YOU try to post every day.

beatles jackolantern C’mon people! Rally ’round! Add your own! Feign excitement! [thanks to hula 70 for this]

if your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be?

here’s how it works:

  1. open your music library (iTunes, winamp, media player, iPod)
  2. put it on shuffle
  3. press play
  4. for every question, type the song that’s playing
  5. new question– press the next button
  6. don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool

opening credits:
“I Turn My Camera On” Spoon
not bad! synchronous in a “wizard of oz/dark side of the moon” way

waking up:
“A Taste of Honey” Beatles

first day at school:
“Prologue” Dimitri from Paris

falling in love:
“The Four Seasons — Summer” Vivaldi

breaking up:
“Walk on Out of My Mind” Lee Hazlewood and Ann-Margret

prom:
“If I Needed Someone” Beatles
i didn’t go to my prom. fun fun fact!

life’s okay:
“Breakdown” Ma-o
if only this one came next, it would be simply chilling

mental breakdown:
“Boop-A-Boop-A-Hustle” MTL
but this one works pretty well, too. you could be driven to insanity by this song.

driving:
“Rock and Roll Music” Beatles

flashback:
“Cantata BWV 147 Nº10 Jesu” Nana Vasconcelos & Sami Ateba

getting back together:
“Good Day Sunshine” Beatles

wedding:
“Humming” Portishead
i’d totally play this at my dream effed up wedding

birth of child:
“Harry Rag” Kinks
the song is about smoking. hmm.

final battle:
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)” Beatles

death scene:
“La Comparsa” (“The Extra”) Miguelito Valdes

funeral song:
“Sweet Thing” Lee Hazlewood and Ann-Margret
6000 songs in my library and two from this duo! awesome!

end credits:
“Lonesome Tears In My Eyes” Beatles
are you kidding me with all the beatles? i guess that’s pretty accurate, really. i’ve got every sound they ever made. but seriously, 6000 songs and all these beatles bubble to the surface?

nablopomo

8 Comments

  1. Dagda on November 16, 2006 at 3:15 pm

    jhu jhu (my ipod) appears to have an over-developed sense of irony.

    opening credits:
    “Death Letter” The White Stripes.

    waking up:
    “Long Long Long” The Beatles

    first day at school:
    “Femme Fatale” The Velvet Underground

    falling in love:
    “From My Own True Love” The Decemberists

    breaking up:
    “Delicate” Damien Rice

    prom:
    “Our House” Madness
    (Well done there, jhu jhu)

    life’s okay:
    “The Story of Cruel Frederick” The Tiger Lillies

    mental breakdown:
    “Factory” Martha Wainwright

    driving:
    “Animal” REM

    flashback:
    “Helena” Nickel Creek

    getting back together:
    “Ego Tripping (Self Admiration with Blow-Up Mix)” The Flaming Lips

    wedding:
    “Michael” Franz Ferdinand

    birth of child:
    “Books Written for Girls” Camera Obscura

    final battle:
    “Ocean Breathes Salty” Modest Mouse

    death scene:
    “Zeb” Ravin
    (I’m going to have to start dabbling in psychotic drugs to prepare for this)

    funeral song:
    “Punchlines” The Lucksmiths
    (I hate this song.)

    end credits:
    “Night Train to Lorca” The Pogues



  2. me on November 16, 2006 at 5:46 pm

    Very nice work, jhu jhu.

    final battle:
    “Ocean Breathes Salty” Modest Mouse

    That must be the BATTLE ROYALE!!



  3. me on November 16, 2006 at 6:04 pm

    oh, and: i want your music collection, thanks



  4. Bryce on November 16, 2006 at 8:12 pm

    opening credits:
    “The Boondocks’ Theme Song” -Asheru

    Wow…that was convenient. An opening song for an opening song.

    waking up:
    “New Generation” -Oingo Boingo

    first day at school:
    “Thousands Left behind” -BSG Miniseries soundtrack

    falling in love:
    “Watch out for that love bug” -Isaac Hayes South Park Episode 303

    OK…this is starting to creep me out.

    breaking up:
    “Only a Lad” -Oingo Boingo

    OK…I feel better, that wasn’t creepily appropriate.

    prom:
    “Clowns of Death” -Oingo Boingo

    I didn’t go to prom either

    life’s okay:
    “What you see” -Oingo Boing

    Yes…I have a lot of Oingo Boingo on my computer..

    mental breakdown:
    “Can’t See (useless)” -Oingo Boingo

    driving:
    “Rhapsody in Blue”

    flashback:
    “Return of the Dead Man”

    getting back together:
    “Reptiles and Samurai” -Oingo Boingo

    wedding:
    “On the Beach -Queen of the Damned score -Richard Gibbs

    I really need to put more music on here

    birth of child:
    “Nasty Habits” -Oingo Boingo

    I’m rapidly not likely the looks of this list

    final battle:
    “No Spill Blood” -Oingo Boingo

    I don’t want to continue any more…

    death scene:
    “Our Enemy Has Been Delivered” -original 1978 BSG score

    funeral song:
    “Deutche Marcher” 1930s German Marching song…

    end credits:
    “What You See Is What You Get” -Oingo Boingo

    Christ…I’m full of optimisim now…thanks!



  5. ANDREW on November 16, 2006 at 8:52 pm

    opening credits:
    “Dreaming” -Sun Ra

    waking up:
    “Boogie Oogie Oogie” -Taste Of Honey

    first day at school:
    “Chelsea Girl” -Nico

    falling in love:
    “This Wreckage” -Gary Numan

    Ouch

    breaking up:
    “Bumpin’ The Boogie” – MTL

    prom:
    “Clowns of Death” -Oingo Boingo

    life’s okay:
    “Cars” -Gary Numan

    mental breakdown:
    “Long Division” -The Aislers Set

    driving:
    “Dumb Waiters” -Psychelelic Furs

    flashback:
    “The Girl With Far Away Eyes” -Rolling Stones

    getting back together:
    “Free Nelson Mandela” -Specials

    wedding:
    “Dirty Larry” -Dimitri From Paris

    birth of child:
    “Never Know” -Jack Johnson

    final battle:
    Chevy Van” -Sammy Johns

    death scene:
    “Os Orixás” -Trio Mocoto

    funeral song:
    “As Tears Go By” -London Symphony Orchestra and London Pop Choir

    end credits:
    “Acoustic Guitar” -The Magnetic Fields

    Nothing by Danny Elfman anywhere…



  6. Aasta on November 16, 2006 at 9:28 pm

    Oh, now I feel kind of busted with my strange collection of music 😉 Now, I’ve got some Norwegian things here as well, so I’ll leave in the name of the album as well. Ok, here goes:

    Opening credits: “When Heroes Go Down” Suzanne Vega (99,9F°) Uhm, not such a good start, is it…

    Waking up (believe it or not): “You’ve Changed”, Come Shine (Nor) (Do do that voodoo)

    First day at school (I promise, I’m not kidding!!!): “Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes The Bogey Man”, Henry Hall and his orchestra (Soundtrack from The singing Detective)

    Falling in love: Bonustrack from Thomas Dybendahl (Nor) (The great October Sound)

    Breaking up: “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Pink Floyd

    Prom: “Svin pÃ¥ skogen” Vamp (Siste Stikk)
    Directly translated it means “Swine in the woods” – expression used when someone has done something criminal/wrong that’s not come out yet. Lol, another good match? I don’t know, we don’t have Proms here.

    Life’s okay: “Kim du nÃ¥ va?” Vamp (Nor) (Siste stikk)
    The first line in the lyric goes like this: The finest morning is the one that awaits..

    Mental breakdown: “Presence” Nils Petter Molvær (Nor. contemporary jazz, instrumental – very good, if you like that sort of thing) (NP3)

    Driving: “Shiver” Maroon5 (Songs About Jane)

    Flashback: Rachmaninov – Vespers OP 37 – 5, Nyne otpushchaeshi
    (ah, I would rather have that one in my wedding…)

    Getting back toghether: “I’ll be gone” Tom Waits (Franks wild years) !!!!!!
    Yup, that’s the story of my life >_



  7. Aasta on November 16, 2006 at 9:45 pm

    Sorry, it was more:

    Wedding: “13th ” The Cure

    Birth of child: “Out the blue” John Lennon (Working class hero)

    Final battle: “So sorry for your love” Silje Nergaard (At first light)
    Death scene: “Rofiki (DNA Remix)” Zap Mama (A Ma Zone World)

    Funeral song: “Show some emotions” Joan Armatrading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    End Credits: “This Is Not America” David Bowie
    A little piece of you, The little peace in me, Will die…

    I promise you Becky, I was more tempted to cheat when the match was too good than when it didn’t match at all, haha



  8. me on November 16, 2006 at 11:19 pm

    These are all awesome! So good I want to do it AGAIN! And I want all your music, too.. except maybe for all that Oingo Boingo…