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hrjSo as I understand it, you put your iPod on "shuffle" and use the initial sequence of random songs to answer/interpret the following questions. I expect this to be ... ecclectic.
Will you get far in life?
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do -- Abba
Er ... does this mean that I'll find true love and they'll legalize same-sex marriage in California?
How do your friends see you?
Two Fine People -- Cat Stevens
Hmm, my friends think I have a dual personality? Although working from the lyrics, I suppose one could read it as a pledge of support and loyalty.
Will you get married?
Getcha Back -- Beach Boys
Ok, so I'm going to marry someone I've been with previously. That narrows it down seriously -- especially after you omit the ones who turned out to be psycho.
What is your best friend's theme song?
In Vogue -- Comfy Chair
This must be some best friend that I'm not aware of. ("Comfy Chair" is a band that was playing outside the Arizmendi Bakery one Saturday morning -- I liked the music and dropped some money in the guitar case and they insisted on giving me a CD.)
What is the story of your life?
Y Gleisiad yn y Gwanwyn -- Carreg Llafar
The title translates as "the salmon in the springtime" -- I guess this means I'm always swimming upstream.
What was high school like?
Only Living Boy in New York -- Simon and Garfunkel
Well, only living girl in San Diego maybe sometimes.
How can you get ahead in life?
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka -- Johann Strauss
Just keep on skipping and twirling ....
What is the best thing about your friends?
Mama I'm Strange -- Melissa Etheridge
Ok, there were questions this would be a better answer to. But thankfully my friends are strange too.
What is today going to be like?
Vietnamese Love Song -- Judy Collins
I guess it's a good thing there isn't much left of today! Not an auspicious song.
What is in store this weekend?
Line 3156 -- Beowulf
"Geworhton dha Wedra leode, hleo on hoe, se waes heah ond brad; weg-lidhendum wide gesyne"
(Then the Geats began to construct a mound on a headland, high and imposing, a marker that sailors could see from far away)
I will complete an arduous task ... hey, maybe I'll get all the books moved!
What song describes you?
Graviportal Polka -- Jane Robinson
Hmph. That's all I can say. Hmph.
What song describes your grandparents?
A Tramp Shining -- Richard Harris
No ... doesn't really fit. Sorry.
How is your life going now?
Angel -- Eurhythmics
This one is just wrong wrong wrong. Uh uh no way.
What song would they play at your funeral?
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua -- Mussorgsky
Ok. That's appropriate!
How does the world see you?
Golden Dancer -- Erica Neely
Er ... I'm rotten to the core behind an illusion of beauty? Eek.
Will you have a happy life?
Llef Harlech / Aberdulais -- Carreg Lafar
(An instrumental pair: "the cry/shout of Harlech" and Aberdulais is simply a place name.) One of those typically mournfully merry Welsh tunes. Or was that merrily mournful?
What do your friends really think of you?
Cavalleria Rusticana -- Mascagni
A lover scorned, treachery, vengeance, and murder. Doubt it.
Do people secretly lust after you?
What Now My Love -- Herb Alpert and the Tiajuana Brass
Well, maybe so? Since it's an instrumental, it's hard to tell what direction this might go.
How can I make myself happy?
Miri it is, miri it is -- Dufay Consort
Kind of circular -- be happy by being merry. Works for me.
What should I do with my life?
My Love -- Paul McCartney
Hey, I'm trying -- I'm trying.
Will you ever have children?
line 299 -- Beowulf
"Tha of wealle geseah weard Scildinga; se the holm-clifu healdan scolde; beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas; fyrd-sear fuslicu; hine fyrwyt braec mod-gehygdum hwaet tha men waeron."
(When the watchman on the wall, the Shieldings' lookout whose job it was to guard the sea-cliffs saw shields glittering on teh gangplank and battle-equipment being unloaded he had to find out who and what the arrivals were.)
I won't have children; I'll have armed invaders.
Two answers from Beowulf? Two? It doesn't actually occupy that large a percentage of the 'Pod.
Will you get far in life?
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do -- Abba
Er ... does this mean that I'll find true love and they'll legalize same-sex marriage in California?
How do your friends see you?
Two Fine People -- Cat Stevens
Hmm, my friends think I have a dual personality? Although working from the lyrics, I suppose one could read it as a pledge of support and loyalty.
Will you get married?
Getcha Back -- Beach Boys
Ok, so I'm going to marry someone I've been with previously. That narrows it down seriously -- especially after you omit the ones who turned out to be psycho.
What is your best friend's theme song?
In Vogue -- Comfy Chair
This must be some best friend that I'm not aware of. ("Comfy Chair" is a band that was playing outside the Arizmendi Bakery one Saturday morning -- I liked the music and dropped some money in the guitar case and they insisted on giving me a CD.)
What is the story of your life?
Y Gleisiad yn y Gwanwyn -- Carreg Llafar
The title translates as "the salmon in the springtime" -- I guess this means I'm always swimming upstream.
What was high school like?
Only Living Boy in New York -- Simon and Garfunkel
Well, only living girl in San Diego maybe sometimes.
How can you get ahead in life?
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka -- Johann Strauss
Just keep on skipping and twirling ....
What is the best thing about your friends?
Mama I'm Strange -- Melissa Etheridge
Ok, there were questions this would be a better answer to. But thankfully my friends are strange too.
What is today going to be like?
Vietnamese Love Song -- Judy Collins
I guess it's a good thing there isn't much left of today! Not an auspicious song.
What is in store this weekend?
Line 3156 -- Beowulf
"Geworhton dha Wedra leode, hleo on hoe, se waes heah ond brad; weg-lidhendum wide gesyne"
(Then the Geats began to construct a mound on a headland, high and imposing, a marker that sailors could see from far away)
I will complete an arduous task ... hey, maybe I'll get all the books moved!
What song describes you?
Graviportal Polka -- Jane Robinson
Hmph. That's all I can say. Hmph.
What song describes your grandparents?
A Tramp Shining -- Richard Harris
No ... doesn't really fit. Sorry.
How is your life going now?
Angel -- Eurhythmics
This one is just wrong wrong wrong. Uh uh no way.
What song would they play at your funeral?
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua -- Mussorgsky
Ok. That's appropriate!
How does the world see you?
Golden Dancer -- Erica Neely
Er ... I'm rotten to the core behind an illusion of beauty? Eek.
Will you have a happy life?
Llef Harlech / Aberdulais -- Carreg Lafar
(An instrumental pair: "the cry/shout of Harlech" and Aberdulais is simply a place name.) One of those typically mournfully merry Welsh tunes. Or was that merrily mournful?
What do your friends really think of you?
Cavalleria Rusticana -- Mascagni
A lover scorned, treachery, vengeance, and murder. Doubt it.
Do people secretly lust after you?
What Now My Love -- Herb Alpert and the Tiajuana Brass
Well, maybe so? Since it's an instrumental, it's hard to tell what direction this might go.
How can I make myself happy?
Miri it is, miri it is -- Dufay Consort
Kind of circular -- be happy by being merry. Works for me.
What should I do with my life?
My Love -- Paul McCartney
Hey, I'm trying -- I'm trying.
Will you ever have children?
line 299 -- Beowulf
"Tha of wealle geseah weard Scildinga; se the holm-clifu healdan scolde; beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas; fyrd-sear fuslicu; hine fyrwyt braec mod-gehygdum hwaet tha men waeron."
(When the watchman on the wall, the Shieldings' lookout whose job it was to guard the sea-cliffs saw shields glittering on teh gangplank and battle-equipment being unloaded he had to find out who and what the arrivals were.)
I won't have children; I'll have armed invaders.
Two answers from Beowulf? Two? It doesn't actually occupy that large a percentage of the 'Pod.
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Date: 2007-02-10 11:57 am (UTC)iPod oracles do especially interesting things with this question. When I did that meme last year, I got "Redshirt" by Terence Chua.
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Date: 2007-02-10 04:20 pm (UTC)Y Gleisiad yn y Gwanwyn -- Carreg Llafar
The title translates as "the salmon in the springtime" -- I guess this means I'm always swimming upstream.
No, I think it's about your knowledge and pursuit of same. Bradán feasa?
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:51 pm (UTC)Mama I'm Strange -- Melissa Etheridge
I'm mad, you're mad, we're all mad here....
(Says she whose sister greeted the appearance of a cloak lined with green fur with "Bye bye, Batman")
How is your life going now?
Angel -- Eurhythmics
This one is just wrong wrong wrong. Uh uh no way.
Have you consulted the cat? Perhaps the iPod missed its target and got her instead.