music memes!
I'm bored and there is very little on TV (I'm actually watching Return to Halloweentown, that is how bored I am). Thus, it is yet again time for my favorite iChing meme.
The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
"Walk Like an Egyptian," The Puppini Sisters. EY OH WAY OH WAY OH WAY OH!!
Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
"Where Does the Good Go?", Tegan & Sara. Not true. I am a very playful and fun-loving drunk. Ask anyone.
Your message to the world:
"It's A Hit," Rilo Kiley. Stop being fucking hypocritical assholes!
Your deepest secret:
"Soul Meets Body," Death Cab for Cutie. I want to live where soul meets body and let the sun wrap its arms around me and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing and feel, feel what it's like to be new. That's pretty much right on the money.
Your innermost desire:
"Jack's Lament," Danny Elfman. That was creepy, Pete. Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones an emptiness began to grow; there's something out there, far from my home, a longing that I've never known...
Somewhere in your wedding vows, you'll include:
"Handle With Care," Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (feat. Conor Oberst and Ben Gibbard). Everybody needs somebody to lean on, put your body next to mine and dream on IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN MY WEDDING VOWS PETE HOW DID YOU KNOWWWWWWW.
On your deathbed, you'll whisper:
"Cannonball," Damien Rice. The mere fact that the line life taught me to die is in this song at all is creepy. PETE YOU ARE GIVING ME THE WIG. FOR REAL.
Your friends say behind your back:
"My Freeze Ray," Neil Patrick Harris. ...my friends check out my underwear when I do the laundry? I KNEW IT!
You say behind your friends' back:
"Everybody Got Their Something," Nikka Costa. Not particularly sure what this is pointing to.
When you wake up in the morning, you mutter:
"I Hear the Bells," Mike Doughty. BECAUSE MY ALARM CLOCK IS ACTUALLY BELLS, YOU GUYS, I AM NOT KIDDING, WHERE IS MY CAT, I NEED TO HUG HIM AND CALM DOWN, I AM FREAKING OUT.
If you found yourself lost on a desert island, you'd yell:
"This is Not a Test," She & Him. LOL.
Right now, your feelings are:
"Gloomy Sunday," Sarah MacLachlan. BECAUSE TOMORROW IS SUNDAY AND I HATE SUNDAYS OMG.
What's your excuse for reposting this:
"Animal Instinct," The Cranberries. Because it is human instinct to post memes.
Your life's soundtrack:
"Silver Lining," Rilo Kiley, THIS ACTUALLY IS MY LIFE'S SOUNDTRACK AAAAAAAA PETE IS WAY MORE PSYCHIC THAN STEVE EVER WAS!
The day you fall in love will be the day that:
Okay, so at first I got "Does He Love You?" by Rilo Kiley, and I really should have stuck with that, but I don't like the connotations, because it's about a man who's cheating on his pregnant wife. So I clicked "next" and got "The Horror of Our Love" by Ludo and now I am FUCKING FREAKED OUT. Next again yields "Sweet Darlin'" by She & Him, which is far more appropriate.
What do people assume when they first look at you?
"She," Green Day. What, that I have a sullen riot penetrating through my mind? ...wait, shit, actually, I usually do. ...FREAKY.
What will be a big challenge in life for you?
"I Want You To Want Me," Letters to Cleo. Unrequited love? Because that's been a big fat fucking problem for most of my life, it's very very true.
Are you a good boyfriend/girlfriend?
"No Promises," James Marsters. Hee.
Do you have a secret admirer?
"Clark Gable," The Postal Service. Aw, I totally do.
Will you ever become manically depressed in your life?
"Black Sand," Jenny Lewis. I have this dream where I'm down on my knees on the black sand; I'm facing the sea as the wind pushes me down to my hands. Who’s going to mind, when the end is nigh? So... yes.
How will you die?
"Happy," Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (man, Pete is really feeling the Jenny love tonight). They warn you about killers and thieves in night; I worry about cancer and living right, but my mama never warned me about my own destructive appetite---so, my own destructive appetite will be my downfall. Clearly this has something to do with the amount of soap I own.
Is someone trying to kill you?
"Revenge," Spoon. ...oh, shit.
What's for dinner tonight?
"Lover's Spit," Broken Social Scene. Okay, ew.
Your farewell message to the readers of this:
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. THAT'S FUCKIN' RIGHT I DO!
And I got bored and found another one, so I thought I'd do it too.
What five songs are you really enjoying right now and why?
1. I can't just pick one song off this album, so I'm going to go with the entire album Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis. This is literally the soundtrack to my life these days. Every song on it represents a facet of my life right now---in fact, if you sat me down in front of the entire Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis discography and told me to pick out songs that were about my life, I could describe my entire life through their songs.
2. "So They Say," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. I just introduced this musical to my sister and we sing "So They Say" at the top of our lungs all the time---in Target parking lots, while stuck in traffic, in Starbucks. It is just so funny all the time. ("We have a PROBLEM WITH HE-ER! ...this is his hair.")
3. "Brain Stew," Green Day. I just rediscovered this song and forgot how much I love it. I like to blast it on Marta when other people are blasting Ne-Yo. I also like to blast it when I walk to ballet in my little pink tights and perky little leotard. It's a juxtaposition I'm quite fond of.
4. "Broken Bride, Part IV: A Morning in May," Ludo. This EP was kind of a rock opera in four parts, about a man who lost his wife in a car crash who becomes so obsessed with stopping the crash that he builds a time machine to go back to then, which is what part one is about. He overshoots backwards in part two and overshoots forwards in part three, eventually saving the world, and in return the gods or whatever let him go back in time to the exact morning when he lost his wife. This song aches. All he can think about is his wife---he hasn't seen her in fifteen years, and now that he's had one last morning with her, he can't lose her again. But the gods (or whatever) told him his wife had to die (so that he could go forward in time and save the world), so he knows he can't save her, and instead he goes with her:
You check the clock, it's time to go
You grab your keys and you're out the door
I step outside and you're waving goodbye
It's all happening again like before
as you're starting the car and I'm tearing inside
I knock on your window, you stop just in time
Around to the other side
I say, "Baby, I thought I'd come along for the ride."
Seriously, I totally cried. It's a really lovely song (sometimes Ludo really surprises me with the depth of feeling they're able to portray; sometimes they sound like a Weezer cover band) and the sentiment is so beautiful. Anyways, I'm really enjoying it.
5. "Main Titles (from Sleepy Hollow)," Danny Elfman. I'm sorry, but Danny Elfman might be god (he and Jenny Lewis should get married and have amazing macabre indie children who would make FUCKING AWESOME MUSIC), and it's such a great time of year to watch this movie and enjoy this music. On that note, I think I'm going to go watch Sleepy Hollow, right now. I'm way overdue for a Johnny Depp droolfest. Ooh, I think I have a pumpkin candle around here I can burn while I watch it...
The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
"Walk Like an Egyptian," The Puppini Sisters. EY OH WAY OH WAY OH WAY OH!!
Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
"Where Does the Good Go?", Tegan & Sara. Not true. I am a very playful and fun-loving drunk. Ask anyone.
Your message to the world:
"It's A Hit," Rilo Kiley. Stop being fucking hypocritical assholes!
Your deepest secret:
"Soul Meets Body," Death Cab for Cutie. I want to live where soul meets body and let the sun wrap its arms around me and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing and feel, feel what it's like to be new. That's pretty much right on the money.
Your innermost desire:
"Jack's Lament," Danny Elfman. That was creepy, Pete. Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones an emptiness began to grow; there's something out there, far from my home, a longing that I've never known...
Somewhere in your wedding vows, you'll include:
"Handle With Care," Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (feat. Conor Oberst and Ben Gibbard). Everybody needs somebody to lean on, put your body next to mine and dream on IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN MY WEDDING VOWS PETE HOW DID YOU KNOWWWWWWW.
On your deathbed, you'll whisper:
"Cannonball," Damien Rice. The mere fact that the line life taught me to die is in this song at all is creepy. PETE YOU ARE GIVING ME THE WIG. FOR REAL.
Your friends say behind your back:
"My Freeze Ray," Neil Patrick Harris. ...my friends check out my underwear when I do the laundry? I KNEW IT!
You say behind your friends' back:
"Everybody Got Their Something," Nikka Costa. Not particularly sure what this is pointing to.
When you wake up in the morning, you mutter:
"I Hear the Bells," Mike Doughty. BECAUSE MY ALARM CLOCK IS ACTUALLY BELLS, YOU GUYS, I AM NOT KIDDING, WHERE IS MY CAT, I NEED TO HUG HIM AND CALM DOWN, I AM FREAKING OUT.
If you found yourself lost on a desert island, you'd yell:
"This is Not a Test," She & Him. LOL.
Right now, your feelings are:
"Gloomy Sunday," Sarah MacLachlan. BECAUSE TOMORROW IS SUNDAY AND I HATE SUNDAYS OMG.
What's your excuse for reposting this:
"Animal Instinct," The Cranberries. Because it is human instinct to post memes.
Your life's soundtrack:
"Silver Lining," Rilo Kiley, THIS ACTUALLY IS MY LIFE'S SOUNDTRACK AAAAAAAA PETE IS WAY MORE PSYCHIC THAN STEVE EVER WAS!
The day you fall in love will be the day that:
Okay, so at first I got "Does He Love You?" by Rilo Kiley, and I really should have stuck with that, but I don't like the connotations, because it's about a man who's cheating on his pregnant wife. So I clicked "next" and got "The Horror of Our Love" by Ludo and now I am FUCKING FREAKED OUT. Next again yields "Sweet Darlin'" by She & Him, which is far more appropriate.
What do people assume when they first look at you?
"She," Green Day. What, that I have a sullen riot penetrating through my mind? ...wait, shit, actually, I usually do. ...FREAKY.
What will be a big challenge in life for you?
"I Want You To Want Me," Letters to Cleo. Unrequited love? Because that's been a big fat fucking problem for most of my life, it's very very true.
Are you a good boyfriend/girlfriend?
"No Promises," James Marsters. Hee.
Do you have a secret admirer?
"Clark Gable," The Postal Service. Aw, I totally do.
Will you ever become manically depressed in your life?
"Black Sand," Jenny Lewis. I have this dream where I'm down on my knees on the black sand; I'm facing the sea as the wind pushes me down to my hands. Who’s going to mind, when the end is nigh? So... yes.
How will you die?
"Happy," Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (man, Pete is really feeling the Jenny love tonight). They warn you about killers and thieves in night; I worry about cancer and living right, but my mama never warned me about my own destructive appetite---so, my own destructive appetite will be my downfall. Clearly this has something to do with the amount of soap I own.
Is someone trying to kill you?
"Revenge," Spoon. ...oh, shit.
What's for dinner tonight?
"Lover's Spit," Broken Social Scene. Okay, ew.
Your farewell message to the readers of this:
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. THAT'S FUCKIN' RIGHT I DO!
And I got bored and found another one, so I thought I'd do it too.
What five songs are you really enjoying right now and why?
1. I can't just pick one song off this album, so I'm going to go with the entire album Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis. This is literally the soundtrack to my life these days. Every song on it represents a facet of my life right now---in fact, if you sat me down in front of the entire Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis discography and told me to pick out songs that were about my life, I could describe my entire life through their songs.
2. "So They Say," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. I just introduced this musical to my sister and we sing "So They Say" at the top of our lungs all the time---in Target parking lots, while stuck in traffic, in Starbucks. It is just so funny all the time. ("We have a PROBLEM WITH HE-ER! ...this is his hair.")
3. "Brain Stew," Green Day. I just rediscovered this song and forgot how much I love it. I like to blast it on Marta when other people are blasting Ne-Yo. I also like to blast it when I walk to ballet in my little pink tights and perky little leotard. It's a juxtaposition I'm quite fond of.
4. "Broken Bride, Part IV: A Morning in May," Ludo. This EP was kind of a rock opera in four parts, about a man who lost his wife in a car crash who becomes so obsessed with stopping the crash that he builds a time machine to go back to then, which is what part one is about. He overshoots backwards in part two and overshoots forwards in part three, eventually saving the world, and in return the gods or whatever let him go back in time to the exact morning when he lost his wife. This song aches. All he can think about is his wife---he hasn't seen her in fifteen years, and now that he's had one last morning with her, he can't lose her again. But the gods (or whatever) told him his wife had to die (so that he could go forward in time and save the world), so he knows he can't save her, and instead he goes with her:
You check the clock, it's time to go
You grab your keys and you're out the door
I step outside and you're waving goodbye
It's all happening again like before
as you're starting the car and I'm tearing inside
I knock on your window, you stop just in time
Around to the other side
I say, "Baby, I thought I'd come along for the ride."
Seriously, I totally cried. It's a really lovely song (sometimes Ludo really surprises me with the depth of feeling they're able to portray; sometimes they sound like a Weezer cover band) and the sentiment is so beautiful. Anyways, I'm really enjoying it.
5. "Main Titles (from Sleepy Hollow)," Danny Elfman. I'm sorry, but Danny Elfman might be god (he and Jenny Lewis should get married and have amazing macabre indie children who would make FUCKING AWESOME MUSIC), and it's such a great time of year to watch this movie and enjoy this music. On that note, I think I'm going to go watch Sleepy Hollow, right now. I'm way overdue for a Johnny Depp droolfest. Ooh, I think I have a pumpkin candle around here I can burn while I watch it...