The mp3 player meme
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castironVia oursin and heleninwales:
Instructions
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first 20 songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ (or DW) denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless LJ (or DW) denizen wins admiration.
(My modifications: I'm including the non-English-language ones I have lyrics for as extra bonus entries. I'm tempted to skip duplicate artists -- like any proper random selection, certain musicians are over-represented -- but am leaving that as-is.)
1. Come gather 'round and listen to my tale; take warning when you hear the ....
2. ...For three score'r more in this little Isle of green
Bonus 1. Kad ne bih bilo mene, znam da nema zene
3. Ooh, you're giving me the fever tonight; I don't want to give in; I've been playing with fire
4. Now we have come to an end, and it's time to say so long, my friends
5. The beginning is now, and will always be; you say you've lost your chance, that fate brought you defeat
6. You can torture me with Donny and Marie; you can play some Barry Manilow
7. As I rode ashore from my schooner close by, a girl on the beach, sir, I chanced to espy
8. A gentleman was passing by; he asked for a drink as he'd got dry
9. The waves crash in and the tide pulls out; it's an angry sea, but there's no doubt that the lighthouse will keep shining out to warn the lonely sailor
Bonus 2. .... As nuk dua ruz-e, as nuk dua par-e / Por e dua dja-djalin, more me cigare.
10. It's not in the way that you hold me; it's not in the way you say you care
11. This bloody road remains a mystery; this sudden darkness fills the air
12. The pipie is dozie, the pipie is fey / He wullnae come round for his vino the day
13. When the bottle's empty, I can see through your disguise / So you'd better mind your tongue....
14. As I rode down by yon Brig o Dye and past yon hill o broom, / A maiden sang right merrily just as the sun gaed doon
15. When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle
Bonus 3. Yanlış hesap bağdattan dönermiş hocam / Fani dünya kimseye kalmamış hocam
Bonus 4. Aşk için vazgeçmeli gururundan kendinden / Sen köleysen kibrine... Azad ol efendinden
16. Cold the wind on the moors blow; warm the enemy's fire glows
17. ...it wouldn't be in summer; seeing you in summer, I never would go.
18. "O cam ye here the fight to shun, Or herd the sheep wi' me, man?
19. So, come all young men, where e'er you be, and listen to my lamentation / I courted a girl of beauty rare and loved her beyond admiration
20. Ax's flash, broadswords swing; shining armor's piercing ring / Horses run with the polished shield; fight those bastards till they yield.
oursin and heleninwales:Instructions
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first 20 songs that come up that do not give away the name of the song. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless LJ (or DW) denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless LJ (or DW) denizen wins admiration.
(My modifications: I'm including the non-English-language ones I have lyrics for as extra bonus entries. I'm tempted to skip duplicate artists -- like any proper random selection, certain musicians are over-represented -- but am leaving that as-is.)
1. Come gather 'round and listen to my tale; take warning when you hear the ....
2. ...For three score'r more in this little Isle of green
Bonus 1. Kad ne bih bilo mene, znam da nema zene
3. Ooh, you're giving me the fever tonight; I don't want to give in; I've been playing with fire
4. Now we have come to an end, and it's time to say so long, my friends
5. The beginning is now, and will always be; you say you've lost your chance, that fate brought you defeat
6. You can torture me with Donny and Marie; you can play some Barry Manilow
7. As I rode ashore from my schooner close by, a girl on the beach, sir, I chanced to espy
8. A gentleman was passing by; he asked for a drink as he'd got dry
9. The waves crash in and the tide pulls out; it's an angry sea, but there's no doubt that the lighthouse will keep shining out to warn the lonely sailor
Bonus 2. .... As nuk dua ruz-e, as nuk dua par-e / Por e dua dja-djalin, more me cigare.
10. It's not in the way that you hold me; it's not in the way you say you care
11. This bloody road remains a mystery; this sudden darkness fills the air
12. The pipie is dozie, the pipie is fey / He wullnae come round for his vino the day
13. When the bottle's empty, I can see through your disguise / So you'd better mind your tongue....
14. As I rode down by yon Brig o Dye and past yon hill o broom, / A maiden sang right merrily just as the sun gaed doon
15. When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle
Bonus 3. Yanlış hesap bağdattan dönermiş hocam / Fani dünya kimseye kalmamış hocam
Bonus 4. Aşk için vazgeçmeli gururundan kendinden / Sen köleysen kibrine... Azad ol efendinden
16. Cold the wind on the moors blow; warm the enemy's fire glows
17. ...it wouldn't be in summer; seeing you in summer, I never would go.
18. "O cam ye here the fight to shun, Or herd the sheep wi' me, man?
19. So, come all young men, where e'er you be, and listen to my lamentation / I courted a girl of beauty rare and loved her beyond admiration
20. Ax's flash, broadswords swing; shining armor's piercing ring / Horses run with the polished shield; fight those bastards till they yield.
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Date: 2011-11-16 08:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-16 06:12 pm (UTC)