Occasionally, it's shown that the random tracks playing could hint at events that are about to happen to him, and he could use songs (particularly song lyrics) as a crude form of divination. It's a frequent device used in the novels and was one of the things I wasn't so keen about in the Twilight/Watch books. (I don't often like reading song lyrics unless I know the tune accompanying them.)
That, and the "J. K. Rowling, Russian-style" blurb on the first book.
Anyways, here's a meme that came from Jeff:
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?I spent the afternoon jotting down the songs as they played in the phone's music player. I didn't have the list of questions, just an idea that there were 23 questions in all, so the associations here are purely arbitrary.
Killer Queen - Queen (Guaranteed to blow your mind / Anytime)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Stay - Lisa Loeb (I think that I'm throwing, but I'm thrown)
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Sinnerman - Nina Simone (Sinnerman you oughta be prayin')
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Chasing Pavements - Adele (I build myself up / And fly around in circles)
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
All I Want - Toad the Wet Sprocket (All I want is to feel this way / To be this close, to feel the same)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Run - Collective Soul (I long to find a messenger)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Missing (Todd Terry Remix) - Everything but the Girl (I'm walking down your street again and past your door / But you don't live there any more)
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Takipsilim - Paramita (Kahit na, andito pa rin ako / umaasa)
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman (So I quit school and that's what I did)
WHAT SONG WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Breakdown - Mariah Carey (Well I guess I'm trying not to be nonchalant about it)
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Sweet Surrender - Sarah McLachlan (Am I already that gone? I only hope / That I won't disappoint you)
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low?)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Fairground - Simply Red (And I love the thought of coming home to you / Even if I know we can't make it)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Rexall - Dave Navarro (I want the life you think I have)
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin (Count the years, you always knew it / Strike a match, go on and do it)
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Siesyatnebonsotneicostolim (Awa) - Sugar Hiccup (Panaw mga mahal / Ating buhay uhaw)
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones ('Cause I try and I try and I try and I try)
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Wig in a Box - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett from TV / until I wake up and turn back to myself)
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Wicked Little Town (Hedwig Version) - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (And if you've got no other choice / You know you can follow my voice / Through the dark turns and noise / Of this wicked little town)
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
The Animal Song - Savage Garden (There's so many rules to follow)
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Be Strong Now - James Iha (Ooh God if I could change a thing tonight / We won't be lonely)
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Fantaisie Sign - The Seatbelts (featuring Carla Vallet) (C'est toujours toi)
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You) - Aqualung (And I've been secretly falling apart, unseen.)
It's also the first in a long time that I didn't press Forward to skip to the next song before the current one ended.
The instructions:
- Put player on shuffle
- Hit the 'Next' button to get your answer to every question
- Indicate the title and artist, no matter how far-fetched it sounds
- Tag people who might be interested in doing this same thing (including the one who tagged you)
- Let your jaw drop in amazement, if applicable
4 comments:
hoo waw!
this is one great simple task, i wanna do it, too!
it just occurred to me what other things i can do when i know i can do a lot else. & look at this, here's what's really illuminating!
send me the complete list, friend. PM it if you want. Ü
& i missed you, too.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor (It's been seven hours and fifteen days, since you took your love away)
Hey, Raffy. Just copy the questions, the instructions are below. What I did was I just counted the questions without reading them (23 in all) then played 23 songs on shuffle. Para walang daya talaga. :-)
Miss you too, man. We really ought to hang out again with Maricris.
Oooooh, I love this song.
Ayos a, ang ganda ng mga kanta na lumabas.
thanks. natawa lang ako na the one mariah song na nasa playlist ko lumabas sa list. hahaha. there goes my indie cred. :-D
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