urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:frailingminda If not today... Arminda 2007-03-26T11:05:45Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:frailingminda:583 2007-03-25T05:21:02Z 2007-03-26T11:05:45Z I suppose I could talk about the whole joys & horrors of moving, first home ownership, first mortgage payment (OW!!), etc. But forget all that, let's go for a Music Meme...<br /><br /><i>-Put iTunes on shuffle.<br />-Pick your favorite line(s) to the first 30 songs, no matter how embarassing.<br />-Have your friends guess what songs the lines are from.<br />-Bold the ones people have already gotten</i><br /><br />Okay, so my musical taste runs from embarrassing to obscure, and twelve of the first 30 songs were instrumentals (don't worry, I didn't use those). Anyway, here they are, for anyone who cares to play once again.<br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br />1. Baby my love will last / (how long?) /Long as life’s in my body<br /><br />2. A walk through hell ain't bad compared to where we've been<br /><br />3. Now I need a pound of fatback drums...<br /><br />4. And she laughed and she cried and she tried to taunt him / And he hated to be separated<br /><br />5. When you were a child you were treated kind / But you were never brought up right<br /><br />6. Ain't about no cotton fields or cotton picking lies<br /><br />7. I hear the drums echoing tonight / But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation -- <b>"Africa" by Toto, guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b><br /><br />8. We'll move up into the mountains so far we can't be found / And throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon <b>"Please Come to Boston," by Dave Loggins (this version by Willie Nelson), guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_franwi' lj:user='franwi' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://franwi.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://franwi.livejournal.com/'><b>franwi</b></a></span></b><br /><br />9. Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend / Which came as some surprise<br /><br />10. Other peoples' thoughts they ain't your hand-me-downs<br /><br />11. Father will do the best that he can/ But he can't do and he can't understand<br /><br />12. I'd see his frown behind the lighter's flame / Now that same frown's in my mirror<br /><br />13. You always scold me whenever somebody is near, dear<br /><br />14. Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind -- <b>"Carolina in My Mind" by James Taylor, guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b><br /><br />15. Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake / Luck ain't even lucky -- <b>"It's My Life," by Bon Jovi, guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b><br /><br />16. I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all / Many times I've often prayed<br /><br />17. Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom -- <b>"Redemption Song," by Bob Marley (this version by Sinead O'Connor), guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_ultraviolet730' lj:user='ultraviolet730' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://ultraviolet730.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://ultraviolet730.livejournal.com/'><b>ultraviolet730</b></a></span></b><br /><br />18. We'll hitch-hike, bus, or yellow cab it / (Cab it?) -- <b>"Movin' Right Along," by the Muppets (Kermit & Fozzie, specifically), guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b><br /><br />19. If I but ask He kindly will help me<br /><br />20. Say little darling' if you were mine / Wouldn't do nothin' but starch and iron<br /><br />21. The most original, amazing, astounding, miraculous remarkable, startling, sensational, stupendous music that has ever been created is ours - but believe me it was complicated -- <b>"Brand New Funk," by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b><br /><br />22. Look around, my little friend / Jubilation in the land<br /><br />23. A hundred dead guitarists lying in the cemet'ry<br /><br />24. You make me forget myself / I thought I was someone else / Someone good<br /><br />25. 'Cause I sat beside you then / and I felt the warmth as it left your hands<br /><br />26. You're always up to no good / you catch on like a bonfire<br /><br />27. I don't care about the cold, baby / 'Cause when you're hot, you're too much<br /><br />28. I can't believe you had a life before me / I can't believe they let you run around free<br /><br />29. Each and every single day I know / I'm going to have to eventually give you away -- <b>"I'm Like A Bird," by Nelly Furtado, guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b><br /><br />30. It's the perfect ending / to the bad day I was just beginning -- <b>"My Favorite Mistake," by Sheryl Crow, guessed by <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_mymzee' lj:user='mymzee' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mymzee.livejournal.com/'><b>mymzee</b></a></span></b> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:frailingminda:489 2006-06-25T01:42:20Z 2006-06-25T02:01:11Z Nina Simone, "Be My Husband" I have been warned by someone I've trusted for more years than I care to admit to that blogging will ruin your life and wreck your writing. So it's probably a good thing I'm too lazy to do much.<br /><br />I have no idea what this will be--I started it mainly to hang out more comfortably with some old PCO friends. We'll just see how it goes, I guess.