Tag: memes-music

Back in 2004, I snarfed the following meme from patgund. Now I has iPod, and I can do it for real:

1. Open up the music player on your computer (if you have one — the music player, I mean. Clearly you have a computer, because otherwise you couldn’t read this).
2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
3. Hit the “shuffle” command.
4. Tell us the title of the next ten songs that show up (with their musicians), no matter how embarrassing. That’s right, no skipping that Carpenters tune that will totally destroy your hip credibility. It’s time for total musical honesty. You can put the list in the comment thread, or write it up in your blog or Journal and then post a link in the comments.

So, here goes:

1. Something So Right (Paul Simon: Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-1986)
2. When I Dream (Roger Whittaker: Changes)
3. Courtin’ In The Kitchen (The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: Hearty And Hellish)
4. Rocky Racoon (The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album))
5. Top Cat (Hoyt Curtain, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera: Toon Tunes: Funny Bone Favorites)
6. She Is Still A Mystery (The Lovin’ Spoonful: The Best…)
7. Lead-In And Song: We Got Annie (Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin: Annie (1977 Original Broadway Cast))
8. Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) (Lea Michele & Girls: Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast))
9. There is a City (Osnat Paz: Jerusalem of Gold/Hava Nagilah: Songs of the Six Day War)
10. The Wells Fargo Wagon (Erich Kunzel: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra: The Music Man (1991 Studio Cast))
11. On The Rim Of The World (Malvina Reynolds: Ear To The Ground: Topical Songs 1960-1978)

Yup, quite a mix. I should point out, for honesty sake, that there is one Carpenters album and one Barry Manilow album in the overall mix, but with almost 16,000 songs, the kitchen sink is in there as well.

The translation song meme, snarfed from me (who did it as a google meme), as well as ellipticcurve, among others. The direction was English to German to French to English. Why the camel icon? A camel is just a sheep after translation! I’m not bothering to screen responses.

The breath, magic Drache lived Lee by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah, liked little Jackie paper that Gauner breath, and him cha$nes of characters and to return seals wax and the other fantastic material taken.

OH- breath, magic Drache lived Lee, by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah breath, lived magic Drache by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called of Honah Lee.

They on a boat with the veil Jackie amoncelée held together would travel a sight squatted on the gigantic end of the breath, kings splendid and fold with princes who came it, Piraten whene’ er of the ships their flag marking to lower, like breath of its name howled.

OH -! the breath, magic Drache lived Lee, by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah breath, lived magic Drache by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called of Honah Lee.

Drache lives for always, of the little boys do not form thus but painted wings and the enormous rings manner for other goods of play. One night gray arrived it, not come at from Jackie paper more and breath, powerful Drache, him its to howl without fear stopped.

Its head ensure, scales of ecologist fell like rains, breath went more to play along the manner of twisted kirsch. Without the his/her friend could not be courageous for always breath, you thus push with air that powerful Drache slipped sadly into its cave.

OH -! the breath, magic Drache lived Lee, by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah breath, lived magic Drache by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called of Honah Lee.

The translation song meme, snarfed from me (who did it as a google meme), as well as ellipticcurve, among others. The direction was English to German to French to English. Why the camel icon? A camel is just a sheep after translation! I’m not bothering to screen responses.

The breath, magic Drache lived Lee by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah, liked little Jackie paper that Gauner breath, and him cha$nes of characters and to return seals wax and the other fantastic material taken.

OH- breath, magic Drache lived Lee, by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah breath, lived magic Drache by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called of Honah Lee.

They on a boat with the veil Jackie amoncelée held together would travel a sight squatted on the gigantic end of the breath, kings splendid and fold with princes who came it, Piraten whene’ er of the ships their flag marking to lower, like breath of its name howled.

OH -! the breath, magic Drache lived Lee, by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah breath, lived magic Drache by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called of Honah Lee.

Drache lives for always, of the little boys do not form thus but painted wings and the enormous rings manner for other goods of play. One night gray arrived it, not come at from Jackie paper more and breath, powerful Drache, him its to howl without fear stopped.

Its head ensure, scales of ecologist fell like rains, breath went more to play along the manner of twisted kirsch. Without the his/her friend could not be courageous for always breath, you thus push with air that powerful Drache slipped sadly into its cave.

OH -! the breath, magic Drache lived Lee, by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called Honah breath, lived magic Drache by the sea and joked in the fog of autumn in a country called of Honah Lee.

Note: This entry was originally posted on Observations Along The Road (on cahighways.org) as this entry by California Highway Guy. You may comment either here or there (where there are comment(s)).

This is being done at the request of talonvaki.

1. Total amount of music files on your computer?

   None, unless there’s something squirreled in my “To Be Burned” directory. I normally don’t keep music on the computer, but on CDs. Call me old fashioned.

2. The last cd you bought was…

   Bought? We hit a Used CD store last weekend, and I picked up copies of Movin’ On (The Billy Joel Musical) (OBC, M/L Billy Joel), and Grand Hotel (OBC, Wright/Forrest/Yeston). Although not quite bought, I also burned the New York, New York soundtrack from vinyl to CD last weekend. Next up to burn is a real oddity: The music from The Art of Love (James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, and Angie Dickinson). So why am I recording this? The music was written and is being played by the late Cy Coleman.

3. What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?

   Right now, I’ve got on DirecTV Channel 832, which is playing the Barbra Streisand version of Children Will Listen from Into The Woods.

4. Write down five songs you often listen to or mean a lot to you.

   That’s hard. So here are four songs I refer people to (or listen to) a lot:

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