Memes! Because I'm bored. And I can.
First, ganked from bookblather:
Post here with a character's name, and I'll upload you a song that reminds me of them. Original characters only, please, but OCs do count as original. You can ask for as many characters as you want, but I don't guarantee songs for all of them. Please stick to AtLA, BSG, or Feredar.
And now, because it's making the rounds again generally:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up that do not give away the name. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musicals/other soundtracks, the name of the show/movie is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless internet denizen wins admiration. That's right, just like a computer when you don't have power, the points don't matter.
5. Please comment to the crosspost at http://shadowsong26.dreamwidth.org/68419.html, so I can keep all of the guesses together ^^
1. Styles keep a-changin',
The world's re-arrangin',
But Edna, [titlle]--You're Timeless to Me, Hairspray, guessed by bookblather
2. D'you feel that beat, pumpin', poundin' through you?
D'you feel that rhythm in your feet?
D'you feel that beat, how it starts to move you?
Come on, now, let's turn up the heat.--Rhythm in Me, Altar Boyz, guessed by bookblather
3. Don't move--
Let me help with the car door, dear.
Have I told you how pretty you are?
4. Oh, the shark has
Pretty teeth, dear,
And he shows them
Pearly white.--Ballad of Mack the Knife, originally from The Threepenny Opera, but Frank Sinatra is the version most people know, guessed by dark_puck
5. Safe at harbor,
Everything is easy.
Port to starboard,
Daylight comes up fast.
6. Well, I see you in the morning,
Puttin' on your pretty clothes,
And I watch you do your makeup
Like they do in all those fashion shows.
7. [title]
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of a people who
Will not be slaves again.--Do You Hear the People Sing?, Les Miserables, guessed by dark_puck
8. Well, we're living here in [title],
And they're closing all the factories down.
Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time,
Filling out forms, standing in line.
9. [first chorus excised]
If you want my future,
Forget my past.
If you wanna get with me,
Better make it fast.--Wannabe, Spice Girls, guessed by dark_puck
10. Father says 'Head down.
We don't want them finding you.'
Mother says 'Practice now
All the words you know.'--No Gringo, Vienna Teng, guessed by bookblather
11. By the time the wind has blown
The weathervane around
I'll show you if I can.
No matter what the circumstance,
For one thing I'm renowned:
My character is spit-spot, spic and span.
12. Sittin' here in Avalon,
Lookin' at the pouring rain.
Summertime has come and gone,
And everybody's home again.
13. Ich weiß nicht,
Ob du mich Hör?n kannst.
Wenn ja, kommt es drauf an,
Ob auch ein Zigeunermädchen
Zu dir beten kann.
14. [title]!
What a foolish thing to say!
Who expects a miracle to happen
Every day?
15. Don't chastise me--
I'm a child, acting as a child does!
You ply me with lifeless dolls
When what I want is blood!
16. I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clocks screaming, monsters calling my name.
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me,
Where the raindrops, as they're falling,
Tell a story--Imaginary, Evanescence, guessed by dark_puck
17. I have wished before.
I will wish no more.
[title]
[title] from me.
Fly when you pass my door.
Fly, and get lost at sea!
18. [title]
Is a night I'll never forget.
Some of the boys got loaded drunk,
And they ain't got sober yet!--The Night that Patty Murphy Died, Great Big Sea/Traditional/Originally by Johnny Burke, guessed by bookblather
19. There's a place in the world for the [title],
With his working-class ties and his radical plans.
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
And he's always at home with his back to the wall
20. I dreamed I met a Gallilean,
A most amazing man.
He had that look you very rarely find--
The haunting, hunted kind.--Pilate's Dream, Jesus Christ Superstar, guessed by dark_puck
21. Tale as old as time,
True as it can be.
Barely even friends--
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly.--Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, guessed by dark_puck
22. [first four lines cut, because they're the title]
My girl said goodbye (my oh my).
My girl didn't cry. (I wonder why)
Told my girl we had to break up,
Hopin' she would call my bluff.
Then she said, to my surprise--Big Girls Don't Cry, The Four Seasons, guessed by bookblather
23. I wanna hold 'em, like they do in Texas, please.
Fold 'em, let 'em hit me, raise it, baby you're with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with spades to start,
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart.--Pokerface, Lady Gaga, guessed by dark_puck
24. Neon shines through smoky eyes tonight.
It's 2 AM. I'm drunk again. It's heavy on my mind.
It's heavy on my mind.
25. Kind friends and companions,
Come join me in rhyme.
Come lift up your voices
In chorus with mine.--A Health to the Company, Traditional, guessed by dark_puck
26. Every time I look at you, I don't understand
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd've managed better if you'd had it planned.
Why'd you choose such a backward time in such a strange land?--Superstar, Jesus Christ Superstar, guessed by dark_puck
27. You think you own whatever land you land on,
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim,
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name.--Colors of the Wind, Pocahontas, guessed by dark_puck
28. Live in my house.
I'll be your shelter.
Just pay me back
With one thousand kisses.--I'll Cover You, RENT, guessed by bookblather
29. She don't even know exactly where she wants to go.
Is that a double negative? Oh never mind. Let's go
To the next line of the story.--Smoothie King, Bowling for Soup, guessed by bookblather
30. Whenever life gets you down
Has you wearing a frown
And the gravy train has left you behind
And when you're all out of hope,
Down at the end of your rope,
And nobody's there to throw you a line...--Enormous Penis, Da Vinci's Notebook, guessed by bookblather
Post here with a character's name, and I'll upload you a song that reminds me of them. Original characters only, please, but OCs do count as original. You can ask for as many characters as you want, but I don't guarantee songs for all of them. Please stick to AtLA, BSG, or Feredar.
And now, because it's making the rounds again generally:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up that do not give away the name. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musicals/other soundtracks, the name of the show/movie is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless internet denizen wins admiration. That's right, just like a computer when you don't have power, the points don't matter.
5. Please comment to the crosspost at http://shadowsong26.dreamwidth.org/68419.html, so I can keep all of the guesses together ^^
1. Styles keep a-changin',
The world's re-arrangin',
But Edna, [titlle]--You're Timeless to Me, Hairspray, guessed by bookblather
2. D'you feel that beat, pumpin', poundin' through you?
D'you feel that rhythm in your feet?
D'you feel that beat, how it starts to move you?
Come on, now, let's turn up the heat.--Rhythm in Me, Altar Boyz, guessed by bookblather
3. Don't move--
Let me help with the car door, dear.
Have I told you how pretty you are?
4. Oh, the shark has
Pretty teeth, dear,
And he shows them
Pearly white.--Ballad of Mack the Knife, originally from The Threepenny Opera, but Frank Sinatra is the version most people know, guessed by dark_puck
5. Safe at harbor,
Everything is easy.
Port to starboard,
Daylight comes up fast.
6. Well, I see you in the morning,
Puttin' on your pretty clothes,
And I watch you do your makeup
Like they do in all those fashion shows.
7. [title]
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of a people who
Will not be slaves again.--Do You Hear the People Sing?, Les Miserables, guessed by dark_puck
8. Well, we're living here in [title],
And they're closing all the factories down.
Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time,
Filling out forms, standing in line.
9. [first chorus excised]
If you want my future,
Forget my past.
If you wanna get with me,
Better make it fast.--Wannabe, Spice Girls, guessed by dark_puck
10. Father says 'Head down.
We don't want them finding you.'
Mother says 'Practice now
All the words you know.'--No Gringo, Vienna Teng, guessed by bookblather
11. By the time the wind has blown
The weathervane around
I'll show you if I can.
No matter what the circumstance,
For one thing I'm renowned:
My character is spit-spot, spic and span.
12. Sittin' here in Avalon,
Lookin' at the pouring rain.
Summertime has come and gone,
And everybody's home again.
13. Ich weiß nicht,
Ob du mich Hör?n kannst.
Wenn ja, kommt es drauf an,
Ob auch ein Zigeunermädchen
Zu dir beten kann.
14. [title]!
What a foolish thing to say!
Who expects a miracle to happen
Every day?
15. Don't chastise me--
I'm a child, acting as a child does!
You ply me with lifeless dolls
When what I want is blood!
16. I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clocks screaming, monsters calling my name.
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me,
Where the raindrops, as they're falling,
Tell a story--Imaginary, Evanescence, guessed by dark_puck
17. I have wished before.
I will wish no more.
[title]
[title] from me.
Fly when you pass my door.
Fly, and get lost at sea!
18. [title]
Is a night I'll never forget.
Some of the boys got loaded drunk,
And they ain't got sober yet!--The Night that Patty Murphy Died, Great Big Sea/Traditional/Originally by Johnny Burke, guessed by bookblather
19. There's a place in the world for the [title],
With his working-class ties and his radical plans.
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
And he's always at home with his back to the wall
20. I dreamed I met a Gallilean,
A most amazing man.
He had that look you very rarely find--
The haunting, hunted kind.--Pilate's Dream, Jesus Christ Superstar, guessed by dark_puck
21. Tale as old as time,
True as it can be.
Barely even friends--
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly.--Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, guessed by dark_puck
22. [first four lines cut, because they're the title]
My girl said goodbye (my oh my).
My girl didn't cry. (I wonder why)
Told my girl we had to break up,
Hopin' she would call my bluff.
Then she said, to my surprise--Big Girls Don't Cry, The Four Seasons, guessed by bookblather
23. I wanna hold 'em, like they do in Texas, please.
Fold 'em, let 'em hit me, raise it, baby you're with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with spades to start,
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart.--Pokerface, Lady Gaga, guessed by dark_puck
24. Neon shines through smoky eyes tonight.
It's 2 AM. I'm drunk again. It's heavy on my mind.
It's heavy on my mind.
25. Kind friends and companions,
Come join me in rhyme.
Come lift up your voices
In chorus with mine.--A Health to the Company, Traditional, guessed by dark_puck
26. Every time I look at you, I don't understand
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd've managed better if you'd had it planned.
Why'd you choose such a backward time in such a strange land?--Superstar, Jesus Christ Superstar, guessed by dark_puck
27. You think you own whatever land you land on,
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim,
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name.--Colors of the Wind, Pocahontas, guessed by dark_puck
28. Live in my house.
I'll be your shelter.
Just pay me back
With one thousand kisses.--I'll Cover You, RENT, guessed by bookblather
29. She don't even know exactly where she wants to go.
Is that a double negative? Oh never mind. Let's go
To the next line of the story.--Smoothie King, Bowling for Soup, guessed by bookblather
30. Whenever life gets you down
Has you wearing a frown
And the gravy train has left you behind
And when you're all out of hope,
Down at the end of your rope,
And nobody's there to throw you a line...--Enormous Penis, Da Vinci's Notebook, guessed by bookblather