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intertribalDid a bunch of music memes.
A) Go to Music Outfitters.
B) In the search function, enter the year you graduated from high school. Get the list of the 100 most popular songs of that year.
C) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate, and underline or italicize your favorite. Do nothing to those you don’t remember or don’t care about.
1. We Belong Together, Mariah Carey
2. Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson
3. Because Of You, Kelly Clarkson
4. Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson
5. You And Me, Lifehouse
6. Don't Cha, Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
7. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day (I used to like this song... then overplay destroyed it)
8. Pon De Replay, Rihanna
9. Karma, Alicia Keys
10. Run It, Chris Brown
11. Let Me Love You, Mario
12. Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani
13. Beverly Hills, Weezer
14. Don't Phunk With My Heart, Black Eyed Peas
15. Shake It Off, Mariah Carey
16. Don't Forget About Us, Mariah Carey
17. 1, 2 Step, Ciara featuring Missy Elliott
18. Photograph, Nickelback
19. Caught Up, Usher
20. Gold Digger, Kanye West
21. Let Me Go, 3 Doors Down
22. Obsession (No Es Amor), Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
23. Switch, Will Smith
24. Listen To Your Heart, D.H.T.
25. My Humps, Black Eyed Peas
26. Rich Girl, Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
27. Lose Control, Missy Elliott
28. Lonely No More, Rob Thomas
29. Scars, Papa Roach
30. Beautiful Soul, Jesse McCartney (AAAAAAAARRRRGH)
31. Feel Good Inc., Gorillaz
32. Baby I'm Back, Baby Bash
33. Don't Lie, Black Eyed Peas
34. Soldier, Destiny's Child
35. These Words, Natasha Bedingfield
36. Get It Poppin', Fat Joe featuring Nelly
37. Belly Dancer (Bananza), Akon
38. Holiday, Green Day
39. Wake Me Up When September Ends, Green Day
40. Oh, Ciara featuring Ludacris
41. Mr. Brightside, The Killers
42. Chariot, Gavin DeGraw
43. Sugar, We're Goin' Down, Fall Out Boy
44. Luxurious, Gwen Stefani
45. Nobody's Home, Avril Lavigne
46. Incomplete, Backstreet Boys
47. True, Ryan Cabrera
48. Collide, Howie Day
49. Sunday Morning, Maroon 5
50. Mockingbird, Eminem
51. Cool, Gwen Stefani
52. Disco Inferno, 50 Cent
53. How To Deal, Frankie J
54. Lovers & Friends, Lil Jon featuring Usher & Ludacris
55. We Be Burnin', Sean Paul
56. Untitled (How Can This HappenTo Me?), Simple Plan
57. Like You, Bow Wow featuring Ciara
58. Your Body, Pretty Ricky
59. Lonely, Akon
60. Sugar (Gimme Some), Trick Daddy
61. Candy Shop, 50 Cent
62. Almost, Bowling For Soup
63. Hate It Or Love It, The Game & 50 Cent
64. Just A Lil' Bit, 50 Cent
65. Let Me Hold You, Bow Wow featuring Omarion
66. Just The Girl, Click Five
67. Grind With Me, Pretty Ricky
68. Numb/Encore, Jay-Z & Linkin Park
69. Cold, Crossfade
70. How We Do, The Game featuring 50 Cent
71. Speed Of Sound, Coldplay
72. Outta Control, 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep
73. Hung Up, Madonna
74. Cater 2 U, Destiny's Child
75. When I'm Gone, Eminem
76. Goin' Crazy, Natalie
77. Wonderful, Ja Rule featuring Ashanti & R. Kelly
78. I Just Wanna Live, Good Charlotte
79. It's Like That, Mariah Carey
80. Only U, Ashanti
81. Girl, Destiny's Child
82. Pimpin' All Over The World, Ludacris
83. Hold You Down, Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe
84. Soul Survivor, Young Jeezy featuring Akon
85. If You Were Mine, Marcos Hernandez
86. Look What You've Done, Jet
87. Don't Bother, Shakira
88. Signs, Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake
89. Fall To Pieces, Avril Lavigne
90. Boyfriend, Ashlee Simpson
91. More Than Words, Frankie J
92. N Dey Say, Nelly
93. Here By Me, 3 Doors Down
94. Somewhere Only We Know, Keane
95. Follow Through, Gavin DeGraw
96. Encore, Eminem featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
97. Shine On, Ryan Cabrera
98. Get Right, Jennifer Lopez
99. Here We Go, Trina featuring Kelly Rowland
100. Like Toy Soldiers, Eminem
The first 25 songs my iTunes shuffled to are:
1. "Risingson" - Massive Attack
2. "Waiting for the Night" - Depeche Mode
3. "Teenage FBI" - Guided by Voices
4. "Addicted" - Simple Plan
5. "The Hand that Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails
6. "Woman King" - Iron & Wine
7. "Find My Baby" - Moby
8. "Icicle" - Tori Amos
9. "Gabriel" - Lamb
10. "The Court of Miracles" - Hunchback of Notre Dame
11. "Prelude" - Pendulum
12. "Rabbit In Your Headlights" - Radiohead
13. "Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson
14. "What Do You Do With a B.A. in English" - Avenue Q
15. "To Drown A Rose" - Death in June
16. "Put It Out For Good" - Amy Ray
17. "Nancy Boy" - Placebo
18. "Kiss the Girl" - the Little Mermaid
19. "He Woke Me Up Again" - Sufjan Stevens
20. "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" - Celine Dion
21. "Sin City" - Sin City
22. "Sad Redux-O-Grapher" - Xiu Xiu
23. "Isobel" - Bjork
24. "Contain" - Venetian Snares
25. "A Wolf at the Door" - Radiohead
And then, there are 10 questions to answer about these 25 tracks:
1) What artist came up most?
Radiohead
2) Which song do you like most (choose from the list)?
Right now, "Put It Out For Good".
3) What song do you dislike?
Don't know how Celine Dion got on there.
4) Is your favourite artist on the list? (If “No”, what’s your fav’?)
Well, my official favorites, Radiohead and Depeche Mode, are. There are certainly artists that are not represented, however.
5) Your first thought when you look at track 10?
"We are the lawyers and judge all in one - we like to get the trial over with quickly, because it's the sentence that's really the fun!" Which made me think of Dante's Inferno for some reason.
6) Choose from track 4 or track 11, which do you like most?
I have to say... "Addicted." I mean, how can you say no to "I'm a dick, I'm addicted to you?" You can't, that's how.
7) First song you heard of artist 13?
Pretty sure it was "Beautiful People", actually.
8) If you had to pick your favourite artist from this list, who would it be?
See #4.
9) Are there any similarities between track 3 and 19?
They both involve being controlled by something other than yourself?
10) What do you think about number 21?
One of the best soundtracks/themes ever. Period. Double period.
Write your top ten artists or bands and answer the questions below.
1. Radiohead
2. Depeche Mode
3. Sigur Ros
4. Fiona Apple
5. Hole
6. Morcheeba
7. Interpol
8. Tori Amos
9. Massive Attack
10. U2
What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
"What New York Couples Fight About". An amazing, amazing song that reminds me of Goren/Eames of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. This song single-handedly sold me on Morcheeba.
What is your favorite album by number 8?
From the Choirgirl Hotel, no contest.
What is your favorite lyrics of 5?
Ooh, that's hard. How about "is she pretty on the inside, is she pretty from the back?" Although I also really like "miles and miles of perfect skin, I swear I do, I fit right in" and of course "he said, I'm your lover, I'm your friend, I'm pure and he hits me again". Oh God, can I just include "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" even though they didn't write it? And I mean of course, my theme song, "well, I went to school in Olympia... well, what do you do WITH A REVOLUTION?"
How many times have you seen 4 live?
None. I'm bad about that kind of thing.
What is your favorite song by 7?
"Leif Erikson", hands down. For some reason that song really speaks to me. I think that's one of the most romantic songs out there.
Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Hard question? I find most of their music extremely and strangely uplifting, although I guess Flugufrelsarinn's lyrics are kind of sad... actually, Track 4 of ( ), working title "the spy machine", probably comes closest. I named it "at the end of it all". Still, I don't find Sigur Ros sad. Heima is one of the more uplifting movies I've ever seen in my life. I think that's part of why I like Sigur Ros. Because they sing about "the human experience" and yet it's positive in a very non-sentimental way.
What is your favorite lyric of 2?
This one's actually easy, because Depeche Mode for me is more about the sound than the lyrics. I like "promises me I'm as safe as houses, as long as I remember who's wearing the trousers", and "I don't advise and I don't criticize, I just know what I like with my own eyes". Oh, and "I should have known each dress you own is a loaded gun", because it makes me laugh.
What is your favorite song by 9?
Probably "Teardrop" (I know, so cliche, but that song is plainly and truly epic), although I can't let "Mezzanine" pass without mention.
How did you get into 3?
I have no idea. I know Agaetis Byrjun was the first CD I listened to by them... I have a feeling that some guy on the speech team loaned it to me during one of our long tournament bus rides. I can't chart back any further than that.
What is your favorite song by 4?
Fucking impossible?! I guess "Extraordinary Machine", but... oh man, that's really hard. "Criminal" for sentimental value and "A Paper Bag" for right now... "Fast As You Can"...
How many times have you seen 9 live?
I tell you, I don't see bands live. It's not how I roll.
What is a good memory concerning 1?
They are awesome. That is my good memory. WTF.
Is there a song by 8 that makes you sad?
"Winter", obviously.
What is your favourite song by 1?
LOL, are you serious? "Lucky", "Optimistic", "Paranoid Android", "Reckoner", "2+2=5", "Backdrifts", "Bulletproof... I Wish I Was", "Planet Telex", "The Bends", and "There There". Pah.
How did you become a fan of 10?
How did I not become a fan of U2? Actually, I think it was that damn "Beautiful Day", when it was a radio single, although it (and the album it's on) is no longer anywhere near my favorite U2 song.
Another version: top ten favorite artists, and then 1) first song heard by that artist, 2) song that made me "fall in love" with that artist, and 3) current favorite song by that artist.
1. Radiohead
- "Karma Police"
- "There, There"
- "Planet Telex"
2. Depeche Mode
- "Dream On"
- "Enjoy the Silence"
- "Barrel of a Gun"
3. Sigur Ros
- "Svefn-g-englar"
- "Track 08" (the pop song)
- "Myrkur"
4. Fiona Apple
- "Criminal"
- "Extraordinary Machine"
- "A Paper Bag"
5. Hole
- "Celebrity Skin"
- "Reasons to be Beautiful"
- "Rock Star"
6. Morcheeba
- "What New York Couples Fight About"
- "Get Along"
- "Big Calm": "things I used to do with her I now do alone"... is possibly the best lyric of all time.
7. Interpol
- "Untitled"
- "Leif Erikson"
- "Say Hello to the Angels"
8. Tori Amos
- "Little Earthquakes"
- "Cruel"
- "Siren"
9. Massive Attack
- "Angel"
- "Teardrop"
- "Mezzanine"
10. U2
- "Beautiful Day"
- "One" (live, I hate the studio version)
- "Crumbs From Your Table" <-- America's theme song, according to the rest of the world
Here's my (apparently) favorite Billboard song of 2005. How often do I post rap songs? This is a special event.
Speaking of the Game, here's probably my favorite commercial ever. I know it's terrible that I'm posting commercials now, but I really like Atlanta in this. It's like Lincoln. In tone. Obviously there are fewer black people in Lincoln.
A) Go to Music Outfitters.
B) In the search function, enter the year you graduated from high school. Get the list of the 100 most popular songs of that year.
C) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate, and underline or italicize your favorite. Do nothing to those you don’t remember or don’t care about.
1. We Belong Together, Mariah Carey
2. Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson
3. Because Of You, Kelly Clarkson
4. Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson
5. You And Me, Lifehouse
8. Pon De Replay, Rihanna
9. Karma, Alicia Keys
10. Run It, Chris Brown
11. Let Me Love You, Mario
12. Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani
13. Beverly Hills, Weezer
14. Don't Phunk With My Heart, Black Eyed Peas
15. Shake It Off, Mariah Carey
16. Don't Forget About Us, Mariah Carey
18. Photograph, Nickelback
19. Caught Up, Usher
20. Gold Digger, Kanye West
21. Let Me Go, 3 Doors Down
22. Obsession (No Es Amor), Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
23. Switch, Will Smith
24. Listen To Your Heart, D.H.T.
25. My Humps, Black Eyed Peas
26. Rich Girl, Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
28. Lonely No More, Rob Thomas
31. Feel Good Inc., Gorillaz
32. Baby I'm Back, Baby Bash
33. Don't Lie, Black Eyed Peas
34. Soldier, Destiny's Child
36. Get It Poppin', Fat Joe featuring Nelly
37. Belly Dancer (Bananza), Akon
38. Holiday, Green Day
41. Mr. Brightside, The Killers
42. Chariot, Gavin DeGraw
43. Sugar, We're Goin' Down, Fall Out Boy
44. Luxurious, Gwen Stefani
45. Nobody's Home, Avril Lavigne
46. Incomplete, Backstreet Boys
47. True, Ryan Cabrera
48. Collide, Howie Day
50. Mockingbird, Eminem
51. Cool, Gwen Stefani
52. Disco Inferno, 50 Cent
53. How To Deal, Frankie J
54. Lovers & Friends, Lil Jon featuring Usher & Ludacris
56. Untitled (How Can This HappenTo Me?), Simple Plan
57. Like You, Bow Wow featuring Ciara
58. Your Body, Pretty Ricky
59. Lonely, Akon
60. Sugar (Gimme Some), Trick Daddy
61. Candy Shop, 50 Cent
62. Almost, Bowling For Soup
63. Hate It Or Love It, The Game & 50 Cent
64. Just A Lil' Bit, 50 Cent
65. Let Me Hold You, Bow Wow featuring Omarion
66. Just The Girl, Click Five
67. Grind With Me, Pretty Ricky
68. Numb/Encore, Jay-Z & Linkin Park
69. Cold, Crossfade
70. How We Do, The Game featuring 50 Cent
71. Speed Of Sound, Coldplay
72. Outta Control, 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep
73. Hung Up, Madonna
74. Cater 2 U, Destiny's Child
75. When I'm Gone, Eminem
76. Goin' Crazy, Natalie
77. Wonderful, Ja Rule featuring Ashanti & R. Kelly
78. I Just Wanna Live, Good Charlotte
79. It's Like That, Mariah Carey
80. Only U, Ashanti
81. Girl, Destiny's Child
83. Hold You Down, Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe
84. Soul Survivor, Young Jeezy featuring Akon
85. If You Were Mine, Marcos Hernandez
86. Look What You've Done, Jet
87. Don't Bother, Shakira
88. Signs, Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake
90. Boyfriend, Ashlee Simpson
91. More Than Words, Frankie J
92. N Dey Say, Nelly
93. Here By Me, 3 Doors Down
94. Somewhere Only We Know, Keane
95. Follow Through, Gavin DeGraw
96. Encore, Eminem featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
97. Shine On, Ryan Cabrera
98. Get Right, Jennifer Lopez
99. Here We Go, Trina featuring Kelly Rowland
100. Like Toy Soldiers, Eminem
The first 25 songs my iTunes shuffled to are:
1. "Risingson" - Massive Attack
2. "Waiting for the Night" - Depeche Mode
3. "Teenage FBI" - Guided by Voices
4. "Addicted" - Simple Plan
5. "The Hand that Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails
6. "Woman King" - Iron & Wine
7. "Find My Baby" - Moby
8. "Icicle" - Tori Amos
9. "Gabriel" - Lamb
10. "The Court of Miracles" - Hunchback of Notre Dame
11. "Prelude" - Pendulum
12. "Rabbit In Your Headlights" - Radiohead
13. "Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson
14. "What Do You Do With a B.A. in English" - Avenue Q
15. "To Drown A Rose" - Death in June
16. "Put It Out For Good" - Amy Ray
17. "Nancy Boy" - Placebo
18. "Kiss the Girl" - the Little Mermaid
19. "He Woke Me Up Again" - Sufjan Stevens
20. "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" - Celine Dion
21. "Sin City" - Sin City
22. "Sad Redux-O-Grapher" - Xiu Xiu
23. "Isobel" - Bjork
24. "Contain" - Venetian Snares
25. "A Wolf at the Door" - Radiohead
And then, there are 10 questions to answer about these 25 tracks:
1) What artist came up most?
Radiohead
2) Which song do you like most (choose from the list)?
Right now, "Put It Out For Good".
3) What song do you dislike?
Don't know how Celine Dion got on there.
4) Is your favourite artist on the list? (If “No”, what’s your fav’?)
Well, my official favorites, Radiohead and Depeche Mode, are. There are certainly artists that are not represented, however.
5) Your first thought when you look at track 10?
"We are the lawyers and judge all in one - we like to get the trial over with quickly, because it's the sentence that's really the fun!" Which made me think of Dante's Inferno for some reason.
6) Choose from track 4 or track 11, which do you like most?
I have to say... "Addicted." I mean, how can you say no to "I'm a dick, I'm addicted to you?" You can't, that's how.
7) First song you heard of artist 13?
Pretty sure it was "Beautiful People", actually.
8) If you had to pick your favourite artist from this list, who would it be?
See #4.
9) Are there any similarities between track 3 and 19?
They both involve being controlled by something other than yourself?
10) What do you think about number 21?
One of the best soundtracks/themes ever. Period. Double period.
Write your top ten artists or bands and answer the questions below.
1. Radiohead
2. Depeche Mode
3. Sigur Ros
4. Fiona Apple
5. Hole
6. Morcheeba
7. Interpol
8. Tori Amos
9. Massive Attack
10. U2
What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
"What New York Couples Fight About". An amazing, amazing song that reminds me of Goren/Eames of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. This song single-handedly sold me on Morcheeba.
What is your favorite album by number 8?
From the Choirgirl Hotel, no contest.
What is your favorite lyrics of 5?
Ooh, that's hard. How about "is she pretty on the inside, is she pretty from the back?" Although I also really like "miles and miles of perfect skin, I swear I do, I fit right in" and of course "he said, I'm your lover, I'm your friend, I'm pure and he hits me again". Oh God, can I just include "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" even though they didn't write it? And I mean of course, my theme song, "well, I went to school in Olympia... well, what do you do WITH A REVOLUTION?"
How many times have you seen 4 live?
None. I'm bad about that kind of thing.
What is your favorite song by 7?
"Leif Erikson", hands down. For some reason that song really speaks to me. I think that's one of the most romantic songs out there.
Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Hard question? I find most of their music extremely and strangely uplifting, although I guess Flugufrelsarinn's lyrics are kind of sad... actually, Track 4 of ( ), working title "the spy machine", probably comes closest. I named it "at the end of it all". Still, I don't find Sigur Ros sad. Heima is one of the more uplifting movies I've ever seen in my life. I think that's part of why I like Sigur Ros. Because they sing about "the human experience" and yet it's positive in a very non-sentimental way.
What is your favorite lyric of 2?
This one's actually easy, because Depeche Mode for me is more about the sound than the lyrics. I like "promises me I'm as safe as houses, as long as I remember who's wearing the trousers", and "I don't advise and I don't criticize, I just know what I like with my own eyes". Oh, and "I should have known each dress you own is a loaded gun", because it makes me laugh.
What is your favorite song by 9?
Probably "Teardrop" (I know, so cliche, but that song is plainly and truly epic), although I can't let "Mezzanine" pass without mention.
How did you get into 3?
I have no idea. I know Agaetis Byrjun was the first CD I listened to by them... I have a feeling that some guy on the speech team loaned it to me during one of our long tournament bus rides. I can't chart back any further than that.
What is your favorite song by 4?
Fucking impossible?! I guess "Extraordinary Machine", but... oh man, that's really hard. "Criminal" for sentimental value and "A Paper Bag" for right now... "Fast As You Can"...
How many times have you seen 9 live?
I tell you, I don't see bands live. It's not how I roll.
What is a good memory concerning 1?
They are awesome. That is my good memory. WTF.
Is there a song by 8 that makes you sad?
"Winter", obviously.
What is your favourite song by 1?
LOL, are you serious? "Lucky", "Optimistic", "Paranoid Android", "Reckoner", "2+2=5", "Backdrifts", "Bulletproof... I Wish I Was", "Planet Telex", "The Bends", and "There There". Pah.
How did you become a fan of 10?
How did I not become a fan of U2? Actually, I think it was that damn "Beautiful Day", when it was a radio single, although it (and the album it's on) is no longer anywhere near my favorite U2 song.
Another version: top ten favorite artists, and then 1) first song heard by that artist, 2) song that made me "fall in love" with that artist, and 3) current favorite song by that artist.
1. Radiohead
- "Karma Police"
- "There, There"
- "Planet Telex"
2. Depeche Mode
- "Dream On"
- "Enjoy the Silence"
- "Barrel of a Gun"
3. Sigur Ros
- "Svefn-g-englar"
- "Track 08" (the pop song)
- "Myrkur"
4. Fiona Apple
- "Criminal"
- "Extraordinary Machine"
- "A Paper Bag"
5. Hole
- "Celebrity Skin"
- "Reasons to be Beautiful"
- "Rock Star"
6. Morcheeba
- "What New York Couples Fight About"
- "Get Along"
- "Big Calm": "things I used to do with her I now do alone"... is possibly the best lyric of all time.
7. Interpol
- "Untitled"
- "Leif Erikson"
- "Say Hello to the Angels"
8. Tori Amos
- "Little Earthquakes"
- "Cruel"
- "Siren"
9. Massive Attack
- "Angel"
- "Teardrop"
- "Mezzanine"
10. U2
- "Beautiful Day"
- "One" (live, I hate the studio version)
- "Crumbs From Your Table" <-- America's theme song, according to the rest of the world
Here's my (apparently) favorite Billboard song of 2005. How often do I post rap songs? This is a special event.
Speaking of the Game, here's probably my favorite commercial ever. I know it's terrible that I'm posting commercials now, but I really like Atlanta in this. It's like Lincoln. In tone. Obviously there are fewer black people in Lincoln.
