Sweet Life (aka Freaky iPod VIII)
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 at 11:04 amOver on qPlog, Hayes has done a MySpace quiz that I thought I would turn into a meme so others can join in. Get your music player or open your music library on your computer, make sure you have it on random and press play for the answer for the first question. For the answer to each subsequent question, just press forward and go to the next song. It was fun. Do it and then let me know so I can check out your list!
Song count: 11,634
1. How am I feeling today?
Freedom - Erasure
2. Will I get far in life?
Break It Down Again - Tears For Fears (this makes sense if I do go back to school)
3. How do my friends see me?
It’s No Good - Depeche Mode (gee, thanks, guys)
4. Where will I get married?:
Take Me Anywhere - Tegan & Sara (funny. It’s true)
5. What is my best friend’s theme song?:
Buttercup (I’m A Super Girl) - Shonen Knife (Hmmm, that fits so many friends. Either because they are super girls or they are fans of The Powerpuff Girls. Cool!)
6. What is the story of my life?:
Stupid Thing - Aimee Mann (that goes with the song that was #1 when I was born: "Somethin’ Stupid" by Frank & Nancy Sinatra)
7. What was high school like?:
Come On Y’all - Jaguar Skills (…let’s get this over with and on with real life)
8. How can I get ahead in life?
Mexico - Leona Naess (so I have to be kidnapped?)
9. What is the best thing about me?
Heroine - Shakespear’s Sister (I’LL SAVE YOU!!)
10. How is today going to be?
99 - Toto (I don’t know what it means either. Maybe I’ll watch "Get Smart" today.)
11. What is in store for this weekend?
Yellow Peril - Buttersprites (Are some Asian men going to wisk me away?)
12. What song describes my parents?
Breakin’ Away From Sanity - Kim Carnes (I’m wincing)
13. To describe my grandparents?
Gravity - Embrace
14. How is my life going?
Cheek To Cheek - Taco (so it’s going cheesily then)
15. What song will they play at my funeral?
Apart - Elkland (this song ended up on Hayes’ list. Freaky iPod! actually now that I think about it, this is a bit of a sad song to play at a funeral: "I want you to be here/I want it to be now")
16. How does the world see me?
Going Fetal - Eels (hahaha!)
17. Will I have a Happy Life?
Erased - Annie Lennox (eek)
18. What do my friends really think of me?
Great Palaces Of Immortal Splendour - Single Gun Theory (ahhh, you guys! Stop!)
19. Do people secretly lust after me?
Blue Moon With Heartache - Rosanne Cash (Am I a heartbreaker? Love taker?)
20. How can I make myself happy?
Yuko & Hiro - Blur (more Asian influence? I so hoped that something like "Turning Japanese" or "She Bop" would pop up, damnit)
21. What should I do with my life?
Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox (ROTFLMAO)
22. Will I ever have children?
KiDdies - Self (holy crap that’s funny! The lyric is "Let’s go trick-or-treatin’ dressed like Marilyn Manson/Snatch up all the kiddies and then hold them all for ransom")
23. What is some good advice for me?
Ball And Chain - Martha Wainwright (so I should settle down and get married?)
24. What’s that smell?
Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox (and now the place reeks)
25. What is my signature dancing song?
Tenderness - General Public (HAHAHA! So true! Everyone do the Molly Ringwald!)
26. What do I think my current theme song is?
Into The West - Annie Lennox (this is so appropriate after seeing the Lord Of The Rings Symphony and then having Leslie come up with the idea of doing it as Carol Channing for a show)
27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Jesus In A Camper Van - Robbie Williams (WTF are you people thinking?)
28. What type of GUYS do you like?
Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker (so ones that are malleable? I can see that. Or is I like guys who can fold themselves into weird positions. Excellent!)
29. Now click next and that will be the subject of this bulletin:
Sweet Life - Paul Davis (ahhhhh)
30. Your overall theme song?
Sorry - Madonna (I do come with Mormon guilt as a standard feature)
Listening to: The Way Things Are - Fiona Apple
May 31st, 2006 at 11:18 am
And again Sorry by Madonna is referrenced on your blog!!!
And I believe that today is not going to hit 99, but certainly this weekend!
Please look both ways before crossing a major intersection on a bus route please!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:32 am
Here you go bud….
1. How am I feeling today?
Have You Seen Her Lately - The Chi-Lites
2. Will I get far in life?
Revenge - Spoon
3. How do my friends see me?
Move On - Mike Doughty (bastards!)
4. Where will I get married?:
Summer of Drugs - Soul Asylum (not sure what this means)
5. What is my best friend’s theme song?:
Everything’s not Lost - Coldplay
6. What is the story of my life?:
Babyface - U2
7. What was high school like?:
Next Exit - Interpol
8. How can I get ahead in life?
All You Zombies - the hooters (again no sense)
9. What is the best thing about me?
Get Him Back - Fiona Apple
10. How is today going to be?
One I love - Coldplay
11. What is in store for this weekend?
When will I cease - Great Lakes Myth Society (spooky)
12. What song describes my parents?
Dirty Dog - Juliana Hatfield
13. To describe my grandparents?
Butterfly Thing - Tanya Donnelly
14. How is my life going?
Beautiful Feeling - PJ Harvey (cool)
15. What song will they play at my funeral?
Clementine - Elliott Smith (I’ll have to listen to this)
16. How does the world see me?
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo (embarrased that this is on my iPod)
17. Will I have a Happy Life?
Come in number 21 - Charlatans UK (#21 out of how many)
18. What do my friends really think of me?
Blue Skies - ella Fitzgerald
19. Do people secretly lust after me?
Who is Sylvia - David Garza
20. How can I make myself happy?
Greyhound Song - Bettie Serveert
21. What should I do with my life?
Would - Alice in Chains
22. Will I ever have children?
Writing to Reach You - Travis
23. What is some good advice for me?
Peter Killed the Dragon - Josh Ritter
(always good advice)
24. What’s that smell?
A Bell and a Whistle - Earlimart
25. What is my signature dancing song?
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
26. What do I think my current theme song is?
Creep - Stone Temple Pilots (Couldn’t it have chosen Radiohead’s creep instead?)
27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
My Funny Valentine - ella fitzgerald
28. What type of girls do you like?
You’re All I have - Snow Patrol
29. Now click next and that will be the subject of this bulletin:
Show Me How - Stacey Earle
30. Your overall theme song?
Gazebo Tree - Kristin Hersh
May 31st, 2006 at 11:46 am
Hayes: It took me a while to realize that you were talking about school buses. Thankfully, it’s a weekend and it’s summer, so the chances are pretty minimal.
Spence: Thanks for sharing! I love your high school answer. That’s more of what I felt about that period of my life.
May 31st, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Well, that is another great answer to the same post, but I was actually referring to another song by Robbie Williams ;)
May 31st, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Ahhhh…. silly me.
May 31st, 2006 at 1:37 pm
1. How am I feeling today?
A Kind of Loving – The Police
2. Will I get far in life?
Ooh (She’s My Baby) – The BoDeans (Daddy…paging “Sugar Daddy”)
3. How do my friends see me?
Say About Love – The BoDeans
4. Where will I get married?
Feed the Fire – The BoDeans (Ahhh, hell)
5. What is my best friend’s theme song?:
Indian War Whoop – John Hartford
6. What is the story of my life?:
We’ll Meet Again – Johnny Cash (so true, so true)
7. What was high school like?:
Mysterious Ways – U2
8. How can I get ahead in life?
Beat the Drum – Great Big Sea (who knew my gig as a band instructor was my key to success…or maybe just men with big sticks)
9. What is the best thing about me?
Concerning Charlie Horse – Great Big Sea (OK. Now that’s just plain weird. I might have to take folk music out of the rotation)
10. How is today going to be?
Love is Blindness — U2
11. What is in store for this weekend?
Bolero – Simon Standage (looks like I’m picking up a tie at the People’s Fair)
12. What song describes my parents?
Captain Kidd – Great Big Sea (YAAR!)
13. To describe my grandparents?
Wreck of the Old ’97 – Johnny Cash
14. How is my life going?
I Don’t Know Where I’m Bound – Johnny Cash (how true, how true)
15. What song will they play at my funeral?
Reggatta de Blanc – The Police (What can I say? Ee-oh, Ee-oh, Ee—AAAAAYYY-oohhh…not to be confused with E-I-E-I-O)
16. How does the world see me?
Nature Boy – Davie Bowie
17. Will I have a Happy Life?
Call Me Calmly – Barenaked Ladies
18. What do my friends really think of me?
Good Things – The BoDeans (AAWWW..)
19. Do people secretly lust after me?
Shadows in the Rain – The Police (That’s it – I’m moving to Seattle)
20. How can I make myself happy?
Walking on the Moon – The Police (first, gotta get me some of them boots…)
21. What should I do with my life?
Gotta Serve Somebody – Roebuck “Pops†Staples
22. Will I ever have children?
Reunion – Indigo Girls
23. What is some good advice for me?
Dead End Job – The Police (do I need one?)
24. What’s that smell?
Soul with a Capital “S†– Tower of Power (sweet, baby, sweet)
25. What is my signature dancing song?
I Know – Barenaked Ladies
26. What do I think my current theme song is?
Bei Mir Bist du Schön – Janis Siegel (“Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are!â€)
27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Darkness – The Police (BWAH-HAH-HAH..so you’re onto me)
28. What type of GUYS do you like?
Diggin’ on James Brown – Tower of Power (what can I say… “I feel goodâ€)
29. Now click next and that will be the subject of this bulletin:
Down to the River to Pray – Alison Krauss
30. Your overall theme song?
One Day I’ll Fly Away – Nicole Kidman (commitment issues, anyone?)
May 31st, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Xa, let me know when you get that job as a waitress and we’ll come see you. :)
June 1st, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Howard did I hear you mention the word SCHOOL? I’m repulsed and intrigued by that comment at the same time.
And thanks to my own overactive imagination, I ruined “Into the West” for my own enjoyement from here on out. I can’t NOT think of it sung by anyone other than Carol Channing now, even though we have yet to see your interpretation.
June 1st, 2006 at 11:34 pm
1. How am I feeling today?
Sweet Surrender (Tiesto mix) Sarah McLachlan
2. Will I get far in life?
Dirty Secret, The Myrmidons (ironic that I learned of them on your blog)
3. How do my friends see me?
Sweetheart, Mariah Carey (this is getting spooky)
4. Where will I get married?:
I saw three ships (a Christmas song) by Sting. Wow. Does that mean three marriages? to different guys?
5. What is my best friend’s theme song?:
Happy Trails (Theme song to Roy Rogers and Dale Evans…. that is SO not like my best friend)
6. What is the story of my life?:
Everything Changes But You, by Take That. Hmmm. Does that mean I’m in a rut? Or that I have high standards that see me through all the changes in my life?
7. What was high school like?:
Allegro con Fuoco, Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. Now THAT makes me howl.
8. How can I get ahead in life?
Move On, from Sunday in the Park with George, original cast recording.
9. What is the best thing about me?
He’s So Fine, Jane Olivor. Um, that’s a non sequitir.
10. How is today going to be?
Unique (Andrea Doria Remix), Peter Rauhofer. Ironic, as that’s the engraving on the back of my nano.
11. What is in store for this weekend?
Lonely Nights, Chris Isaak. Now THAT is depressing.
12. What song describes my parents?
Forever Young, Rod Stewart.
13. To describe my grandparents?
Out of the Rain, Etta James
14. How is my life going?
Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale, a-Ha
15. What song will they play at my funeral?
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, Rick Astley.
16. How does the world see me?
Crazy, Patsy Cline.
17. Will I have a Happy Life?
I’ll Never Fall in Love, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, on the Austin Powers 2 soundtrack. Ouch. That hurts! Who thought up this psychic iPod thing anyway?
18. What do my friends really think of me?
An Angel Cries, Aretha Franklin. Sniff. I’m touched.
19. Do people secretly lust after me?
Go Tell It on the Mountain, Garth Brooks
20. How can I make myself happy?
Spaceboy, Smashing Pumpkins. Hmmm.
21. What should I do with my life?
Nice Work if You Can Get It, Ella Fitzgerald. I have a LOT of Ella Fitzgerald.
22. Will I ever have children?
From a Distance, Bette Midler. Whew. that’s an answer that’s good! no diapers!
23. What is some good advice for me?
Return to the Present, John Barry on the Somewhere In Time soundtrack
24. What’s that smell?
Caged Bird, Alicia Keys
25. What is my signature dancing song?
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears (well, if not the world, then at least the dance floor)
26. What do I think my current theme song is?
Hans Solo Returns, Star Wars, return of the Jedi soundtrack.
27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
New Flame, Same Old Story - Momus
28. What type of GUYS do you like?
Trouble is a Man, Ella Fitzgerald. Oh my.
29. Now click next and that will be the subject of this bulletin: My heart belongs to me, Barbra Streisand.
30. Your overall theme song?
What a Day that Was, Talking Heads
You know, after going through this, I’m firing my psychic AND my shrink. My iPod is WAY more accurate.
June 2nd, 2006 at 8:01 am
Leslie: Yeah, the plan is to go back and get a degree in meteorology and maybe be a weather bunny. What? I got the tits for it!
Hermit: I think Apple put too much into the iTunes software (which is what runs the iPod, too) and it’s becoming a semi-sentient-being. But then I always said if I had to pay that much for something, it better be a companion. I guess I got my wish.
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Of course the genius of iTunes is that it allows us to still maintain the ILLUSION of free will. Excuse me, MUST GO BUY NEW MAC. Now, what was I saying?
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Funny, that I plan on buying a new iMac this year (I hope).