“What my music says about me.”

Here are the rules:

1. Put your iPod (or any MP3 player) 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
4. Tag at least 10 friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the note from.

Except I’m going to cheat, as I usually do when I deal with these kinds of memes:

  • I’m not going to tag anyone else. If you see this note and feel like responding, go ahead!
  • If I were to follow the instructions exactly, most of the answers would be something like, "Track 03" or "Chapter 3A". That’s because, by number of tracks, most of the contents of my iPod are audiobooks. Therefore, I’m going to use a "smart playlist" on iTunes instead. It’s restricted to musical works between 60 seconds and 12 minutes long. I’ll keep the random element, though.
  • Since I don’t listen to much current pop music, some of the titles (though humorous) don’t give a clear idea to the piece of music or where it’s from. I’ve included these additional comment [in square brackets].
  • Bear in mind that I have over 6000 songs on my iPod classic, and I don’t fiddle with the random-number generator. The large number of selections from movie soundtracks and the Battlestar Galactica TV series is just a co-incidence. Probably.

1) IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade – Escape from Venice

2) WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Putrid And Disgusting
[from the Crimson Pirates album of the same name]

3) WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The Holo-Detector
[from the Wall*E soundtrack]

4) HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Euryanthe
[by Carl Maria von Weber]

5) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Attack
[from the Patton soundtrack]

6) WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Sun Will Set
[a cello piece by Zoe Keating]

7) WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Winter Solstice Sunrise
[from Mothertongue’s "This Winter’s Night"]

8) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Battlestar Sonatica
[from Battlestar Galactica (season three)]

9) WHAT IS 2+2?
Suite No. 1 F major "Water Music"
[from Handel’s Water Music, of course]

10) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Main Title
[from the Star Wars soundtrack]

11) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Mysterious Island – The Giant Crab

12) WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Partita No. 3 In E Major, BWV 1006: Giga

13) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
The Final Seduction
[from the Beowulf soundtrack]

14) WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
You’re Not One of Them
[from the Superman Returns soundtrack]

15) WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Beautiful Galatea
[an overture to an opera by Franz von Supper]

16) WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Prelude And Main Title March
[from the Superman soundtrack]

17) WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Gina Escapes
[from Battlestar Galactica (season two)]

18) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Lohengrin
[the prelude to Wagner’s opera of the same name]

19) WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Duetto
[a Bach pastiche by Lara St. John]

20) WHAT IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Allegro moderato
[lots of tracks with that name, but this one is from Prokofiev’s first violin concerto]

21) HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Flight to the Ford
[from the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack]

22) WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Refugees Return
[from Battlestar Galactica (season three)]

23) WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Camerata Rhenania

24) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Bonnie Black Hare
[from Diane Linn’s album A Rogue By Any Other Name]

25) WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED
Siciliano
[from Telemann’s Trumpet Concerto in D]

26) WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
The Queen’s Alman
[from Cantiga’s album The Otter’s Pool]

27) DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
The Furies Suite
[from Erich Kunzel’s Round-Up, a collection of movie music from Westerns]

28) IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Holy Water
[from Mothertongue’s album Weaving the Web of Life]

29) WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Are Those Bullet Holes
[from the Iron Man soundtrack]

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