Music Meme

I love happenstance and serendipity with music, so am quite attracted to a music meme Andrew Wheeler just shared:
1. Put your iTunes (or any other media player you may have) 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!
Here we go...

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Izakunyatheli Afrika Verwoerd (Africa is Going to Trample on You, Verwoerd) -- from This Land is Mine: South African Freedom Songs

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Six O'Clock News -- John Prine

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Another Man's Vine -- Tom Waits

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Pagan Poetry -- Bjƶrk

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine -- Bob Dylan

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
I Kill Children -- Dead Kennedys

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Humdrum -- Peter Gabriel

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Brother Flower -- Townes van Zandt

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Cataracts -- Andrew Bird

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Straight -- Amanda Palmer

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Honey in the Rock -- Blind Mamie Forehand

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Steam Powered Aereo-plane -- John Hartford

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Television Man -- Talking Heads

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Drifter's Escape -- Bob Dylan

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Castles Made of Sand -- Vance Gilbert

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Soul Mining -- The The

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Sweet 16 -- Bob Peck

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Aim to Please -- TV on the Radio

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Onions -- The Mountain Goats

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Killer Queen -- Queen

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Demento -- Kill Memory Crash

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Echoes -- Pink Floyd

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Two Good Men (Sacco & Vanzetti) -- Woody Guthrie

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Nice Work if You Can Get It -- Billie Holiday

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Nightswimming -- REM

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Floe -- Philip Glass

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Peter -- Marlene Dietrich

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford


Wow. Those really are random, but a lot of them are oddly appropriate.

Now a fun challenge would be to write a story from all those. If I weren't already trying to write a story based on a stray comment about a group of songs I mentioned to Brian Slattery, I'd give it a try.

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