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gyzki, new_man and probably innumerable others by now (mostly because I was curious what the results would be):
"iTunes on shuffle, first lines of the first twenty songs (skipping instrumental pieces, and ones in languages I don't understand). In the Age of Google, this isn't really a challenge anymore, just a peek into part of my life. My eccentric little life." That said, feel free to guess at tracks in the comments -- honor system to do it without looking them up. Some are gimmes, some less so, nothing *really* obscure, although I'd be surprised if anyone gets all of these without looking them up.
In this particular case, chosen from the "Better" playlist, which is the stuff I'm particularly fond of. Aside from one group that surprisingly showed up twice (I don't actually have that much of theirs), it's not a bad representation of my rather eclectic tastes...
1. My shoes went out with a pair of red hot high heels last night
2. Tonight's the night we'll make history, as sure as dogs can fly
3. Who are you
4. Now I dialed 911 a long time ago
5. Captain's on a holiday, first mate has gone away
6. Don't let's start, this is the worst part
7. Movin' on the floor now babe, you're a bird of paradise
8. Put down your remote control, throw out your TV Guide
9. Six o'clock in the morning, I feel pretty good
10. How's everybody doing tonight -- you, you, and you (way in the back)?
11. Any dolt with half a brain can see that humankind has gone insane
12. Ecce gratum et optatum ver reducit gaudia (okay, it kind of violates the "languages I don't understand" clause, but it's my favorite track from one of my favorite albums)
13. I'd drive a million miles to be with you tonight
14. At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
15. I'm never relaxed, even when I say I am
16. Sometimes I feel I've got to run away
17. Shake, shake, shake, signora, shake your body line (bonus points for guessing by whom)
18. Well, come on darlin', the stars are burnin' bright
19. The Breakfast Creek hotel is up for sale
20. When they all come crashing down, midflight
gyzki, new_man and probably innumerable others by now (mostly because I was curious what the results would be): "iTunes on shuffle, first lines of the first twenty songs (skipping instrumental pieces, and ones in languages I don't understand). In the Age of Google, this isn't really a challenge anymore, just a peek into part of my life. My eccentric little life." That said, feel free to guess at tracks in the comments -- honor system to do it without looking them up. Some are gimmes, some less so, nothing *really* obscure, although I'd be surprised if anyone gets all of these without looking them up.
In this particular case, chosen from the "Better" playlist, which is the stuff I'm particularly fond of. Aside from one group that surprisingly showed up twice (I don't actually have that much of theirs), it's not a bad representation of my rather eclectic tastes...
1. My shoes went out with a pair of red hot high heels last night
2. Tonight's the night we'll make history, as sure as dogs can fly
3. Who are you
4. Now I dialed 911 a long time ago
5. Captain's on a holiday, first mate has gone away
6. Don't let's start, this is the worst part
7. Movin' on the floor now babe, you're a bird of paradise
8. Put down your remote control, throw out your TV Guide
9. Six o'clock in the morning, I feel pretty good
10. How's everybody doing tonight -- you, you, and you (way in the back)?
11. Any dolt with half a brain can see that humankind has gone insane
12. Ecce gratum et optatum ver reducit gaudia (okay, it kind of violates the "languages I don't understand" clause, but it's my favorite track from one of my favorite albums)
13. I'd drive a million miles to be with you tonight
14. At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
15. I'm never relaxed, even when I say I am
16. Sometimes I feel I've got to run away
17. Shake, shake, shake, signora, shake your body line (bonus points for guessing by whom)
18. Well, come on darlin', the stars are burnin' bright
19. The Breakfast Creek hotel is up for sale
20. When they all come crashing down, midflight
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14. "I will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
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I Will Survive
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(In general, I like my swing hotter than this, which is also probably tempering my reaction...)
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11. My Eyes - Dr. Horrible soundtrack - Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day
17. Jump in the Line by Harry Belefonte
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17. Correct, but not for the extra credit. (Which *is* a bit obscure, although some of my friends know both me and the group well enough to guess which cover I would have on my iPod.)
11. Oh so right. Fun, nasty song...
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My Eyes is my second favorite song on the soundtrack. First is Brand New Day.
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I'd probably agree with that ordering...
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(3) Duh....
(12) [incipit] Ecce Gratum et Optatum," Orff's Carmina Burana (hope we're not supposed to guess the orchestra :-D)
(14) Donna Summers, "I Will Survive"
Huh. A little more disco than I was expecting... :-)
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12. Yes and no. Yes, I believe it's a correct answer; no, it isn't actually the music in question. The "Better" playlist is more or less entirely uptempo, kicky music -- this is a *startlingly* different piece to the same lyrics.
14. Gloria Gaynor, actually.
A little more disco than I was expecting... :-)
I'm fond of all sorts of good up-tempo music, and I forgave disco a decade or so after my sisters and Saturday Night Fever conspired to make me hate it. As it happens, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a particularly favorite soundtrack of mine, which is where this track comes off of.
(Although, that said, I wouldn't really characterize anything else on this list as Disco -- there's a lot more New Wave than Disco in my playlist...)
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I'm actually listening to their Come Undone as I type this.
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4. 911 Is A Joke -- Public Enemy
6. Don't Let's Start -- TMBG
7. Rio -- Duran Duran
8. UHF -- "Weird Al" Yankovic
11. My Eyes -- DrH'sSAB
13. Everybody Have Fun Tonight -- Wang Chung
14. I Will Survive -- Cake (A guess on the artist. Could be Gloria Gaynor, but less likely.)
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And #4 is the right song, but in fact it was the Duran Duran cover that cropped up in iTunes, as part of my mysterious "iTunes loves Duran Duran Day". (I only own three of their albums, but they've come four times today...)
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So if you're feelin' low ... turn up the radio!
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" -- Wang Chung. This is one of my favorite songs. <3
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7. Duran Duran - but I can't give you the title. I could *sing* you the entire first verse, but the minute I get there, my brain shifts into "Girls on Film" and I'm pretty sure that's not it.
10. Cirque du Soleil - Kooza
13. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
14. ? - I Will Survive (don't know which version you have)
16. This one buzzes the "you know it" button but doesn't give me artist *or* title.
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10. *Nicely* done: despite it being recent, I wasn't sure anyone was going to twig to that one, since it hasn't had long to really get into peoples' heads. (I'm still weirded out by the idea of a Cirque show with lyrics I can understand.)
14. Gloria Gaynor (from the "Priscilla" soundtrack)
16. Very likely, yes...
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#16
Sometimes I feel...I've got to...(BAMP BAMP)...get away...
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All the others I know have been guessed already.
(Oh, and if #17 came up on my iPod, it'd be from the Beetlejuice soundtrack. :)
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17. Interesting -- hadn't realized it was on there. But it's not the version in question...
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17. While this song always makes me think of Beetlejuice if it came up on my ipod it'd be Da Vinci's Notebooks, so that is my guess.
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17. *Ding*! Yes, DVN is one of my favorite groups, so this is the correct recording (out of the many that have been made)...
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#16 again
I have no idea why I know that. She did some backing vocals for T. Rex too.
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My version of 17 is Harry Belafonte; I'm guessing yours isn't.
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Correct, although that's probably the most classic recordings. As
I am high, upon the altar...
I also recognized 2, 3, 11, 14 and 17 which have already been identified.
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(Hadn't realized that the honeymoon was two weeks -- hope it went well...)