OK, this is another silly Facebook object trouve meme. Let’s see how this turns out.
INSTRUCTIONS::
1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the “next” button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS! (or stupid)
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from
My list is below the fold; my conclusions are given right here: This is dumb. Although it’s supposed to yield deep insights or at least some humor, it really just generates noise. There is a disturbing trend in today’s society tho believe in the innate wisdom of randomness, as if throwing a patische of things together somehow tells us something important. That can happen but it rarely does.
More significantly, perhaps, the originator of this meme misunderstood iPods nearly as much as Apple does. I have 26 GB of songs. Most of them were on albums with other songs I like. Some were on albums I decided I didn’t like after hearing. Probably most have been listened to one or two times. Heck, some of them are just physics demonstrations. Picking songs at random from that collection is no more likely to reveal something interesting about me as, well, pulling Scrabble tiles from a bag is to reveal the Question to life, the universe, and everything.
I can see two ways to improve this and give it a fighting chance of being interesting. First, the songs should be picked from a Party Shuffle of songs you actually, you know, listen to. Second, I think it would be better to pull maybe 20 songs into a playlist but then choose which song matched which question. Utter randomness is, by definition, without meaning. But allow me to mediate consciously, and I just might reveal something.
IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
“You Might Think” — The Cars
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
“The Beat Goes On” — Sonny & Cher
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
“One More” — Greg Sell
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
“Me & Julio Down By the School Yard” — Simon & Garfunkel
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
“Pyjamarama” — Roxy Music
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF You?
“New & Improved” — Michael Giacchino
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
“House of the Rising Sun” — Shawn Mullins
WHAT IS 2+2?
“This River is Wild” — The Killers
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
“The Pinnacle” — Kansas
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
“Ending Titles” (Tron) — Wendy Carlos
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
“Welcome to Pylea” — Robert Kral
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” — Boston Pops Orchestra
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
“Flash Lightning” — Papa Fritas
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
“Pistolero” — Juno Reactor
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
“So I Built Myself a Shoulder” — Palivicinni
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
“Looking Ahead: Governance and Democracy” — Larry Diamond, John McMillin, Paul Collier
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
“Influence of Masking Noise on Pitch” — Houtsma, Rossing, Wagennars
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
867-5309 — Tommy Tutone
WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
“The Wild Frontier” — Bruce Hornsby
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
“Stretched & Compressed Scales” — Houtsma, Rossing, Wagenaars
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
“The Long Race” — Bruce Hornsby
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
“The Trio (Main Title)” — Ennio Morricone
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
“Fire Down Below” — Nick Cave
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
“Be Here Now” — Ray LaMontagne
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
“King of Pain” — Alanis Morrisette
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
“West Wing Main Title” — W.G. “Snuffy” Walden
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
“It’s Just a TV Show” — The Be-Fives
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
“Mandatum Novo Do Vobis” — The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
“Strip Polka” — Johnny Mercer
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