Random Music meme

[soulstar]

Nicked from itsabigrock and some other people.
Step 1: Put your Media player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) / your favourite lines of the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly. Guess as many as you can!

1. 'Cause that's when those louses go back to their spouses. : Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Moulin Rouge Soundtrack (guessed by astaria51)

2. And if your heart stops beating I'll here wondering, did you get what you deserve? : Dead! - My Chemical Romance (guessed by angelchildr)

3. And every time I get to thinking, with every thought of you I want to shout aloud.

4. Can't see you through your blinding words, eyes burning through the lies you stutter, can't breathe in case I take them in, then I'd lose my mind.

5. One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl, she's like grace from the earth, you're all tuckered out and tame. (I think!)

6. Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, it's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world. : Lola - The Raincoats (guessed by angelchildr)

7. I am the singer, I'm the singer in the band.  You're the loser, I wouldn't dismiss you out of hand.

8. And so it is, just like you said it would be. Life goes easy on me most of the time. : The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice (guessed by angelchildr)

9. On the corner of Main Street, just trying to keep it in line.

10. And from under her velvet gown she drew a gun and shot her lover down, madam. : Miss Otis Regrets - John Barrowman (guessed by dreamiflame)

11. Folks in California can't live without their sun.

12. Momma's not home, we're alone, let's play house.

13. People say that your dreams're the only things that save you.

14. The shadows never seem to comfort me, I don't wanna feel this way.

15. Sleight of hand and twist of fate, a bed of nails, she makes me wait. : With Or Without You - Utada Hikaru (guessed by angelchildr)

16. When all the lights are low, I know a place to go.

17. No-one knows what it's like to feel these feelings like I do, and I blame you. : Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (guessed by darlas_mom, astaria51 and dreamiflame)

18. Falling over backwards for you, falling over everybody else.

19. I've been told if you want to make it in this game, gotta have the luck, gotta have the look.

20. I'll play a stormer, yet in the corner I'll be grumpy on my own like I don't care. I'm a stormy little singer, an unstable little swinger, with a big rip in the arsehole of my flares.

And that actually came out with an interesting mix of things I regularly listen to, and stuff I'd forgotten I even had on here (or have recently downloaded from someone and not listened to properly yet, perhaps *g*)

Comments

[angelchildr.livejournal.com]

2. Dead! by My Chem! :-O *color me surprised*
6. Lola
8. Blower's Daughter?
15. With or Without You
16. I know this, but I can't remember right now :-(
17. Darnit, I know this one too. *SIGH*

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

2. Dead! by My Chem! :-O *color me surprised*
Yep! Is that sarcastic surprise that you recognised it (*g*), or surprise that it's in my playlist?

6. Lola
Indeed - actually a cover by The Raincoats, not that that matters. Also, that isn't really my favourite line - it's really "I'm not the world's most masculine man, but I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man and so's Lola." But that sort of gives the song title away a bit ;-)

8. Blower's Daughter?
Yes! *hearts Damien Rice*

15. With or Without You
Yes indeedy :-) (Also a cover, by someone I've not heard of anywhere else... I must've downloaded it from my flist)

16. I know this, but I can't remember right now :-(
Yeah, you do. And I know this doesn't help, but it's another cover version. Only this time by a band I have all the albums of.

17. Darnit, I know this one too. *SIGH*
You're totally going to kick yourself ;-)

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Crap - I have no idea. My knowledge of music sucks :-p

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Heh, don't worry about it - honestly, *I* don't recognise several of these from one line alone. I did this by using all the music on my harddrive right now, which is 600+ tracks... and that music folder is a juxtaposition of 'my favourite music in the world omg4evah', and 'wtf is that and where did it come from, also, have I even listened to it before?' So, yeah. Had this been from the bulk of my CD collection, you would probably have been well away!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

'my favourite music in the world omg4evah', and 'wtf is that and where did it come from, also, have I even listened to it before?'

*laughs* So - your harddrive too, eh? :-)

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhh yeah. My harddrive, and a whole spindle-full of CDs marked 'mp3s - various'. Which I really have to get back from my brother, actually!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

I have a folder on my comp called "LJ" where I collect everything people uploaded and stuff like that - I have NO idea what's in there, some stuff I know but others...? No clue :-)

You have a brother, too?

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Now, that would have been a good idea! But then, just about all of my d/l-ed individual songs come from LJ anyhow. Albums I often torrent, but that would usually be for something I know I want.

You have a brother, too?
I do! I mention him quite a lot *g* He has the same name as Sann's brother, which amuses us. Me even more so, since my Mum's name is v similar to Sann's as well!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have no idea what Snn's brother is named *laughs* But mine's named Martin :-)

Oh, and after I read the comments here I realised I knew two songs after all :-p

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

WHAT??? No way, so are our brothers! It's a plague of brothers-called-Martin! Hee :-) Mine is 5 years younger than we are, Sann's is a year older than us... but still!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

WHAT??? No way, so are our brothers! I

You're KIDDING, right??? O_O That's so cool.


My brother's three years younger than me, and I'm 24. :-p

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

That's even spookier, then, because that will make our brothers about 21 (yours), 26 (mine), and 31 (Sann's). Martins at five year intervals. *Twilight Zone music*

[legoline.livejournal.com]

OMG! It's a conspiracy! *ooooh has definitely watched too much Supernatural* Spooky!

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Eeek!

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Oh, and after I read the comments here I realised I knew two songs after all :-p

Oh, you do? Which ones?

[legoline.livejournal.com]

The first one is Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend and Behind Blue Eyes is there in it somewhere, isn't it? :-)

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Quite right :-)

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you're online right now and can listen to radio over the net, go listen to Radio 2: Seth Lakeman is doing a session (just started).

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Okay - listening. Oooooooooh, lovely. Is he a British singer? Because I've never heard of him, but his music is lovely.

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Yeah - you know that single song I uploaded for you the other day? This is him. All you missed on this programme is the first song he played, where he was playing fiddle and singing (!!) and it was fast. It might be worth downloading the 'listen again' wotsit when it goes up.

(... damn, is that all? I was hoping he'd be doing a bit more!)

((I *really* need a music icon. I honestly don't know why I don't have one!))

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Yeah - you know that single song I uploaded for you the other day? This is him.

Yeah, I know, hehe :-p I just checked his album on cd-wow, not too expensive - if only I had more money :-)

HE PLAYS THE FIDDLE??? O_O I love fiddles. I don't know if I ever told you but I make music myself, as a hobby. Actually I play Filk, which is sort of - fandom-related music. Anyway, my friend plays the fiddle and she writes fiddle solos for my music and I LOVE fiddles - my mouth always just hangs open whenever I hear her play. /random

(... damn, is that all? I was hoping he'd be doing a bit more!)


Yeah :-/

Totally know what you mean about the icon... I *need* one.

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Well, you know. I have it. ;-)

Yeah, I didn't realise that til the show today. He was classically trained (just like me, only I was crap at the violin and moved on to woodwind which is more my thing) and then got into folk music in his late teens.

You 'play Filk'? Do you mean you compose fandom music? Tell me more!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

You 'play Filk'? Do you mean you compose fandom music? Tell me more!


Yes, I do :-p Sann actually has some of my mp3s, for some reason she likes to listen to me awkwardly strummingthe guitar. I got into filk about two years ago, and I've written a couple of songs. About a year ago I joined together with my friend Silke and now we're a duo, I write, play the guitar and sing and she plays the violin. We had a mini oncert at last year's FilkCon which was amazing - small crowd of course - 70 people perhaps - but very cool, still :-)

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Eeee, awesome!! I'd love to hear those too, you know. And hey, if you're ever after another singer (or a woodwind player) just shout! Not that I'm any good for live gigs, obviously, given the distance, but if you're mixing stuff and need a track recorded, my brother has the relevant equipment.

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Hehe! (OMG am a little embarrassed...it never fails to amaze me people are interested in the stuff I do :-p ) Some of my lyrics are up here by the way... http://www.mist-and-shadow.net/filklyrics.php

I'd love to hear those too, you know.

Are you sure? I tell you in advance, they're very, very basic recordings and I'm not the world's greatest guitar player :-) (Or singer)

And hey, if you're ever after another singer (or a woodwind player)

Oooooh whee! So you're a musician, too?

but if you're mixing stuff and need a track recorded, my brother has the relevant equipment.


Awesome! I might get back to you on that someday! :-) *hug*

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Some of my lyrics are up here by the way...
Oh, wow! I've been skimming through, and these are brilliant. Now I really *really* want to hear the music that goes with them!

Are you sure? I tell you in advance, they're very, very basic recordings and I'm not the world's greatest guitar player :-) (Or singer)
I'm positive :-) Also, if there are some you don't have recordings of, maybe you could send me the written music so I can read it / play it to myself?

So you're a musician, too?
Heh, right, did I not mention that? Yes, I'm what I spose you could call a lapsed musician: it was what I studied at uni, etc etc, and I taught for a while. But then what with one thing and another I ended up working in IT and since I'd likely have to travel to London for a singing teacher, it's all a bit impossible. Bah!
In terms of your compositions, though, should you fancy having a classically trained soprano squeaking out any high bits, or including a clarinet (I can transpose the music for you, I also used to do a lot of orchestration / arrangement) or recorder (of whatever pitch) / tin whistle / whatever... then you know where I am!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! I've been skimming through, and these are brilliant. Now I really *really* want to hear the music that goes with them!


*blushes and hifes*

Also, if there are some you don't have recordings of, maybe you could send me the written music so I can read it / play it to myself?


I have basic recordings of most of my songs. The thing is - I can read notes, but I can't really write them. I tried it once, but I just - can't :-p Everything I know about music I taught me myself you know. (Partly because my parents thought I had no talent for music at all) Reading notes, playing the recorder, playing the guitar - I don't know much about music theory. My voice isn't trained, either. And since you've actually studied music (WOW btw) I'm now a little intimidated to send things over - you'll hear all the flaws instantly :-)

Sann says my songs are - catchy, I guess the reason for that is that I can't write music down. I have to play the tune and sing it until I've memorised it :-) So I guess calling my ickle songs "compositions" would be a bit of an overstatement :-) Thus I also can't write intros, outros, solos, harmony voices :-)

should you fancy having a classically trained soprano squeaking out any high bits, or including a clarinet (I can transpose the music for you, I also used to do a lot of orchestration / arrangement) or recorder (of whatever pitch) / tin whistle / whatever... then you know where I am!

Oh, whee!!! Thank you!!! (I love Tin Whistles, I have - three of them, I think. But I'm not sure I play them properly :-p )

[itsabigrock.livejournal.com]

Oh great, now 16 is gonna make me nuts because I *know* I have it on my playlist too.

*goes to figure it out. It *will* come to me!

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Mwahah. Want a tiny clue?

[darlas-mom.livejournal.com]

17. "Behind Blue Eyes." *g* Which version do you have? The Who, Limp Bizkit, or Anthony Stewart Head? I'm oddly fond of the Limp Bizkit version (probably because it was the first version I heard).

Everything else is a loss to me, though. :-/ The only other one I recognized was "With Or Without You." (Though I only know the version by U2 there)

Once I'm home on my own computer, I'm gacking this.

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

#17 - woohoo, yes! I have all three versions, although only The Who and Limp Bizkit on the 'puter right now. This one was The Who, and although I love both the other versions as well, that is the one I'd take to a desert island with me.

(Er, also, yes, I only knew the U2 version of With or Without You. But that cover is a good one too.)

[astaria51.livejournal.com]

1 - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend?

16 - I KNOW this, GAH. *pouts*

17 - Behind Blue Eyes (ASH version by any chance? :D or is it The Who?)

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

#1 - Yes! Go you :-) It's the one from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, to be specific.

#16 - Yes, you almost certainly do. Mwahahahaha!

#17 - Yep! It's The Who, but I have the ASH version too - it's off on a CD somewhere right now, though.

[dreamiflame.livejournal.com]

10- Miss Otis Regrets, the version I have is sung by John Barrowman, but it's a Cole Porter song.

12- Um, My Mom Has Gone to Iceland? I have no idea who did it, but it was in the mix you uploaded before Christmas.

17- The Who, Behind Blue Eyes.

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

#10 - Indeed! Mine is the same version. :-)

#12 - No, but that's kind of weird: Mum's Gone to Iceland was in the mix, and that song wasn't, but they are both on a playlist of mine I listen to regularly and so sort of have a mental association between the two tracks even though they're not otherwise connected. Spooky! You've been IN MY BRANE!

#17 - Yup! :-) I love that song so much.