Playlist

Remember this? This was popular as a meme on Facebook in early 2009. It is still amusing. It is like using your iPod as a crystal ball. I’ve put in my answers to this – feel free to copy and edit to produce your own list.

RULES:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. 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.

IF SOMEONE SAYS ‘ARE YOU OKAY’ YOU SAY?
“Rolling” – Soul Coughing

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
“I Know” – Barenaked Ladies

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
“Walk On” – U2

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
“Sugar Free Jazz” – Soul Coughing

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
(Came up as “Unknown” – it is a recording that I took of the sound of chipmunks at Grandfather Mountain) I find this hysterical – it is like God saying “It isn’t that easy!”

WHAT’S YOUR MOTTO?
“When Love Comes to Town” – U2 with B.B. King

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
“Buddha Rhubarb Butter” -Soul Coughing

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
“Ansari” – Tartit (From Mali, the name of the band means “Union”. Ansari might mean “supporters” It is the name of the tribe to which Tartit belong.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
“Eha Ehenia” – Tartit (According to a description of this album on “Crammed Discs” – “this is a song about a woman who is a disgrace to her family – she’s a bad host to strangers and even to her inlaws”)

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
“Leather” – Tori Amos

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
“Freaky Hijiki” – Beastie Boys

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
“Scale Down” – Rising Appalachia

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
(another voice memo) I’d titled it “Flip’s Theme Song, it sounds like a superhero song. Cheery, a bit cheesy, like a 70’s TV sitcom theme song.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
“When I Fall” – Barenaked Ladies

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
“So Thankful” – Nahko Bear and Medicine for the People

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
“Dramastically Different” – Beastie Boys

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST??
“Everybody” – Paper Tongues

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
“Same Thing” – Barenaked Ladies

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
“Collapse” – Soul Coughing

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?

“Beautiful” – Moby

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
“Casiotone Nation” (live) – Soul Coughing