The music meme...

[sulwen]

...because I have to do something while my hand takes a break from Rock Band 2.

Put your music player on shuffle. Write down the first lines of the first fifty songs. Make your flist guess them. Please don't Google songs (well, please don't Google songs and then post the title as if you'd guessed it--you can Google and keep the information to yourself).

Excluded are songs with no lyrics, songs where the first line is the title, songs in other languages, and anything that I don't have a title or artist for. Also, I totally did the first two lines for some of them.

This actually did a second good thing - it forced me to get all my audio files organized in one place. They were scattered all over the place, even across two seperate hard drives. So it's nice to have it all together again. Took forever, though.

There are a surprising number of artist repeats here considering the amount of music I have, but I kept with what the shuffle gave me. I suppose this means I need to get around to ripping all my recent CDs...



1. He had a thousand ideas; you might have heard his name...

2. It's over now, I know inside; no one will ever know...

3. Better far to live and die under the brave black flag I fly...

4. Many years I have waited for a gift like yours to appear... isilwen_dreams

5. How you've turned my world, you precious thing...

6. As I lie here, tossing in my bed...

7. When you walk away, you don't hear me say... isilwen_dreams

8. No more questions, please; no more tests...

9. When the dark wood fell before me, and all the paths were overgrown... laurus_nobilis

10. When I am down, and oh, my soul so weary... laurus_nobilis

11. This is the story of two straight men... (glee!) chez_amanda

12. Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skin...

13. Kind LA patrons, put on your fake horns; it's opera time... (I will be FLOORED if anyone gets this)

14. Man alone, born of stone, will stamp the dust of time...

15. I have so much to say, and yet I cannot speak...

16. So, he got big brown eyes, so he built nice... (OH MY GOD THIS VID HAS BEEN ON MY COMPUTER FOR LIKE, FIVE YEARS. I FEEL LIKE A TEENAGER AGAIN!)

17. When I was just a lad, looking for my true vocation...

18. Remember the feelings, remember the day...

19. There's a rock, there's a rock that holds you down...

20. Dear Diary: mood - apathetic...

21. It's been two decades; I know the scene has changed...

22. Don't give up; it's just the weight of the world... chez_amanda

23. There was a boy; a very strange enchanted boy... chez_amanda

24. It's all the same; only the names have changed... chez_amanda

25. Control my tiniest motions; withhold my simplest needs...

26. Sunbeam, stop tugging me; pull that door shut quietly...

27. I don't need no TV, I don't need no news...

28. Once upon a time, (I wish), in a far-off kingdom, (more than anything)...

29. Something takes a part of me; something lost and never seen...

30. I can't understand it; the search for an answer is met with a darker day... chez_amanda

31. Take a look at my body, look at my hands; there's so much here I don't understand... nippa56

32. Master! Apprentice! Heartborn! Seventh seeker! (Hint: I totally had to look this up to figure out what was being said)

33. I think I'm drowning, asphyxiating...

34. Look at me and tell me who I am, why I am, what I am...

35. Let me know that I've done wrong, when I've known this all along...

36. Pull back the shield between us, and I'll kiss you... (this is like, the Ultimate Shipper's Song...in fact, I might have to steal it and vid it myself)

37. And in my twisted face, there's not the slightest trace...

38. Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight... chez_amanda

39. I looked out this morning and the sun was gone...

40. Right before my very eyes, I thought that you were only faking it...

41. There's something I can't do; I don't know how...

42. No one knows what it's like to be the bad man... chez_amanda

43. Don't be aroused by my confession; unless you don't give a good goddamn about redemption... (I think this song has popped up in every music meme I've ever done) chez_amanda

44. I hear the ticking of the clock, I'm lying here, the room's pitch dark... chez_amanda

45. Kiss kiss fall in love... (Hint: that's one of the only English lines in the song) laurus_nobilis

46. Innocent child, how you thought you knew me...

47. Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes... chez_amanda

48. Now here I go, hope I don't break down...

49. Take, take your time, smell the roses but steal the vines...

50. Industrialization has crippled the globe; nature failed as technology spread...

Comments

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

9. Dante's Prayer - Loreena McKennitt
10. You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
45 - Sakura Kiss from Ouran

There are a couple that look familiar but I can't quite put my finger on. :/

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

Very good!

Yeah, it's really hard to get them just from the first line. I'm always terrible at these. :-)

[chez-amanda.livejournal.com]

10. "You Raise Me Up" Josh
11. The Ballad!!!! I'd be a bad SPN fan if I *didn't* get that.
22. "You Are Loved" Josh
23. "Nature Boy" David Bowie
24. "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi (who rocks, on occasion)
30. "Never Let Go" Josh
38. "As Long As You're Mine" from Wicked
42. "Behind Blue Eyes" The Who
43. "REV 22:20" Puscifer (mwaha, I'm responsible for this one)

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd get a lot of them, since many of them came from CDs you gave me! *hugs* :-)

[chez-amanda.livejournal.com]

I'm just awesome like that. I did one over on my LJ.

[isilwen-dreams.livejournal.com]

4. "The Wizard and I" from Wicked
7. "Simple and Clean" from Kingdom Hearts

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

Yep! And yay for getting "Simple and Clean" - I adore that song! :-)

[nippa56.livejournal.com]

31. natalie merchant - my skin

...i suck at these things.

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. I'm always kicking myself when I see the answers!

On the plus side...yay "My Skin"! I love that song.

*pets your icon*

*needs to re-upload some TNA icons*

[nippa56.livejournal.com]

the first time i heard that song was because of the smallville fandom. i played it on repeat for a week. *lame*

hee, ain't alex pretty? and you totally should re-up some tna icons. i like to see those guys splashed all over my flist. *grin*

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

Not lame! I have a Smallville vid to that song that I LOVE, (Lionel rapes Chloe, Lex comforts her - great idea for a vid and perfect song) and I've watched it about six million times.

[nippa56.livejournal.com]

y'know, it's funny you should mention smallville vids, because one of them gave me an intense love for depeche mode's master and servant, and another is possibly one of the most wonderfully hurty vids i've ever seen (without you i'm nothing by sisabet). both are clark/lex. so much love, dude. so much.

ps. i know you're on the look out for sabin/shelley fics, and i feel that i'm honour bound to point this out. it's not strictly sabin/shelley, but i think it's there, hovering around the sidelines. it's small though, on account of it being a part of a kinkmeme, but still. better this than nothing, right? *grin*

[chez-amanda.livejournal.com]

OH! I forgot one.

44. "Alone" Heart
47. "La Vie Boheme" from Rent (I didn't think you liked that musical)

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

I don't. I just like that song.

[chez-amanda.livejournal.com]

It is a very fun song. Holy crap, I pretty much own this list.

[fluffysilver.livejournal.com]

Dang, I don't recognise a single one. D:

I have to do this.

[sulwen.livejournal.com]

Don't feel bad. I don't think I would recognize half of them from just the first line, and I own them! :-)

*hugs*

[fluffysilver.livejournal.com]

Just did it - man, this meme takes a while. XD

Yeah, I know what you mean, I just looked over my list again and took a moment to remember.

...

[goldengeminian.livejournal.com]

49. There And Back Again - Daughtry
20. I Must Be Emo - Hollywood Undead

And that's all I got. :/