The dreaded Soundtrack Shuffle Meme, via Tim Pratt.
IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...
So, I shift over to my Rock-O-Dex browser window, choose Advanced Search, set Limit to 20, and press Shuffle.1 Here we go!
Opening Credits
"Too Fast for You" by The Church, from Hindsight 1980-1987
Waking Up
"Ballet for a Rainy Day" by XTC, from Skylarking
First Day at School
"Country Feedback" by R.E.M., from Out of Time
Falling in Love
"Haiti 2003" by P.R.E. the Prefessional, from Mixtape
Fight Song
"Ray's Rockhouse" by The Manhattan Transfer (w/Jon Hendricks), from Vocalese
Breaking Up
"Over the Hillside" by The Blue Nile, from Hats
Prom
"It Will Be a Good Day (The River)" by Yes, from The Ladder
Life Is Good
"Humoreske, Op. 20, No. 7: Zum Beschluß" by Robert Schumann, performed by Imogen Cooper, from BBC Music Vol. III No. 10: Imogen Cooper Plays Schumann & Brahms
Mental Breakdown
"I Don't Believe" by Paul Simon (w/Brian Eno), from Surprise
Driving
"Alice Childress" by Ben Folds Five, from Ben Folds Five
Flashback
"Get Up off Our Knees" by The Housemartins, from London 0 Hull 4
Getting Back Together
"Strict Machine" by Goldfrapp, from the Robots Attack! mix by Bex
Wedding
"Stupid Is the New Smart" by Ken Ficara (w/Mike Skliar) (live in Toronto)
Paying the Dues
"One Line Wonder" by The Avett Brothers, from the Irish Departure from a Strange America: Josh Says Goodbye (Maybe) mix by Josh McCuen
The Night Before the War
"Socio-Genetic Experiment" by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, from my Scenes in the Country mix
Final Battle
"Cinema Novo" by Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil, from Tropicália 2
Moment of Triumph
"Just a Test" by Beastie Boys, from Hello Nasty
Death Scene
"Black Cadillacs" by Modest Mouse, from Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Funeral Song
"Radio" by Pitty Sing, from SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artist
End Credits
"Is Your Love Strong Enough" (from Legend) by Bryan Ferry, from the Attack of the 50 Foot Soundtrack mix by Ben Herman
Houston, I think we have a new mix disc. (And at 1:22:32, it would work with just a little judicious editing.) I'm a little startled and disappointed, though, that the soundtrack includes no jazz at all. I guess that's only about an eighth of my collection, but still.
1The odd thing is, I rarely listen to my full library on shuffle. Sometimes I will shuffle a particular artist or musical subgenre, or choose a set of albums to shuffle through for a party soundtrack, but almost never do I set the full 44,000-track library to shuffle. But when I happened across Tim's post, I was at that very moment listening to a 13-track selection playing randomly from the full library. Weird.
