Thursday, February 5, 2009

Every breath you take

PhizzleDizzle, tragic Nickleback fan extraordinaire, tagged me for this meme.

RULES:

a) Put your MP3 player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle
b) For each question (capitalised), press the next button to get your answer.
c) YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
d) Tag at least 5 people
e) Everyone tagged has to do the same thing (no they don't, actually)
f) Have Fun! (Step f is not required)

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
"I know what I know" (Paul Simon)
I certainly do

2. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
"SeƱor Matanza" (Mano Negra)
Erm...

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Jenny was a friend of mine" (The Killers)
So I guess I like... my ex-friend Jenny?

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"Mean Mr. Mustard" (The Beatles)
Ewww, but he's a pervert

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Bar Italia" (Pulp)
So... to buy coffees for hungover people in Soho?

6. WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
"The new pollution" (Beck)
I didn't say it was a very good motto

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Be somebody" (Kings of Leon)
That's not very nice of them, eh? Don't they know I already am somebody?

8. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Old-fashioned love" (Dick Hyman Group feat. Howard Alden)
Icky

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Little acorns" (The White Stripes)
Be like the squirrel! Be like the squirrel! Mwa ha ha ha, I'm quite mad you know

10. WHAT IS 2 + 2?
"Until the lion learns to speak" (K'naan)
...I will not answer that question on his behalf

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Let it be" (The Beatles)
My BFF is way more grown-up and sorted than I am, so, yeah, if it ain't broke...

12. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"A Wrong Turn" (Les Finnigan, local guitarist)
I sincerely hope not!

13. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Uncle Jonny" (The Killers)
no no no NO. I don't even have an Uncle Jonny, but this is just wrong.

14. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Heard 'em say" (Kanye West feat. Adam Levine)
Actually he probably thinks "heard her say... and say... and say... does she ever shut up?"

15. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Fake plastic trees" (Radiohead)
We didn't, actually, although I really like the song

16. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"The touch of your lips" (Chet Baker)
Ewwww, again

17. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"Help the aged" (Pulp)
LOL I have totally been thinking about finding a local senior centre or something to volunteer at. Seriously. I like old people, they have the best stories.

18. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
"Paranoid android" (Kirsty Rock cover of the Radiohead song)
Aaaarrrrrgggghhhh Marvin, noooooooooooooo! Put the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster down!

19. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Pull this blanket off" (The Raconteurs)
I swear I am not really a pervert

20. WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
"The love song" (K-OS)
Oh my

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Verbal anime" (The Herbaliser feat. Rakaa Iriscience)
I don't even know what that's supposed to mean

22. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"Every breath you take" (The Police)
The anthem of stalkers everywhere

I tag: anyone who has any of these songs on their iPod (or equivalent).

12 comments:

  1. OK, I got number 14, but that's the only one. Guess I'm in then.

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  2. Did you not learn from last time? If you had all of these songs but didn't tell me, I would never have known ;)

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  3. No I'm a bit slow...

    but it's fun; my 22 are pretty darn good. soon up chez moi!

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  4. I WAS already tagged, but I'm pretty sure some inappropriate Beatles songs are going to show up on my list, so I consider myself tagged from you as well ;)

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  5. oh no, now i'm tragic nickelback fan? gar! :)

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  6. HG, memes like this are pretty easy and fun! Thanks for playing!

    Nina, no Beatles song is ever inappropriate... except maybe the original version of Get Back.

    Phizzle, don't forget "extraordinaire".

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  7. 17. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
    "Help the aged" (Pulp)
    LOL I have totally been thinking about finding a local senior centre or something to volunteer at. Seriously. I like old people, they have the best stories.


    It's an omen!

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  8. Hello and welcome!

    You may be right about that ;)

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  9. I've got like 8 of them so am going to play along as well!

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