left my shadow waiting down the road for me a while

[walkingshadow]

my favorite meme! my favorite meme of all time!

Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play.
Step 2: Write down the first line from the first 20 songs that play or close to it.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

0. left my shadow waiting down the road for me a while simon & garfunkel - cloudy, iamsab
1. i'm undecided about you again: oh sailor by fiona apple
2. i listen for your footsteps coming up the drive the beatles - don't pass me by, leksa
3. i go to town, they're all around like ants or spiders: too many people by the moaners
4. the time to rise has been engaged - r.e.m. - finest worksong, callmesandy
5. met a girl, thought she was grand - puddle of mudd - she hates me, writingmike
6. i will sing a song to you and you will shake the ground for me: jesus by page france
7. her innocence is above me: empathy by the sneaker pimps
8. when you hear that i'm a cowboy and i work the cattle trail arrogant worms - the last sensitive cowboy, silentfire
9. when you're feeling all wrong in the back of your mind again goo goo dolls - what a scene, silentfire
10. pistol shots, gun shots - they might be giants - sapphire bullets of pure love, runpunkrun
11. two french sisters on a DC-10 sped from dallas destroyer - i want this cyclops, beatpropx
12. i want you to know he's not coming back radiohead - knives out, tenebris
13. they're rioting in africa, they're starving in spain kingston trio - the merry minuet, writingmike
14. living with me, i don't think it would be so bad: never give up by a new found glory
15. when she walks she swings her arms instead of her hips cake - let me go, writingmike
16. don't tell me not to fly, i've simply got to bobby darin - don't rain on my parade, gjstruthseeker
17. the sun is shining in the sky, there ain't a cloud in sight electric light orchestra - mr. blue sky, vongroovy
18. i've made it my dear, face it, i still kiss the darkness: into your hideout by pilate
19. don't call me a zero barenaked ladies - celebrity, runpunkrun
20. oh, gotta see, gotta know right now modest mouse - gravity rides everything, gjstruthseeker

Comments

[leksa.livejournal.com]

2. the beatles: don't pass me by. !!! ?

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

yes! and indeed!

[beatpropx.livejournal.com]

11. Destroyer - "I Want This Cyclops" (awesome one I snagged from Said the Gramophone, are you the one that linked to that blog a while back? If so, many, many thanks.)

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

correct! and it is indeed awesome! i try to pimp said the gramophone to anyone who'll stand still long enough to listen, so yay, success! *g*

[beatpropx.livejournal.com]

Woo! *pins star on chest*

It's that kinda day, I need validation.

from Tolstoy to Tinkerbell

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Well, in meteorological fashion, I think #5 is "Summer Lovin'," and I'm sure that the subject line's from "Cloudy." Yes?

down from berkeley to carmel

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

unfortunately no to #5 (i can see where you got it from though), but yes to simon and garfunkel in the subject line!

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

12. is "Knives Out," Radiohead.

...as for the rest, I dunno. I suck at these type of memes. :)

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

heh, i always feel like an idiot when i don't recognize songs i know, but it's fascinating how much the lyrics of songs are tied into the songs themselves. you're absolutely right though!

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

4. r.e.m. i can sing the entire song, totally blanking on the title. we're better best ... i believe in watching you!

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

i am completely willing to award it to you on faith. (though you'll come to the title eventually if you just sing a few lines more.)

what's this game? i win!

[writingmike.livejournal.com]

13. they're rioting in africa - kingston trio
14. let me go - cake

Re: what's this game? i win!

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

yes on both counts! *g*

Re: what's this game? i win!

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

well, technically the kingston trio song is called "merry minuet," but you can have it anyway. ;)

Re: what's this game? i win!

[writingmike.livejournal.com]

I got this song from you!

Re: what's this game? i win!

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

i know! which is why i felt you shouldn't suffer for my mis-labeling. :-p

[writingmike.livejournal.com]

4. puddle of mudd - she hates me

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

yup!

[runpunkrun]

10 is TMBG, sapphire bullets of pure love, I THINK. And 19 is some BNL song that I can't remember, but the next line is probably "I wanna be a hero." I'm not all that good at this game.

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

correct all the way on TMBG; and the barenaked ladies song is called "celebrity" (the next line is i'm gonna be a hero), which i am happy to credit you fully with. to me the whole point of this meme is whether you can recognize song lyrics out of the context of their songs—i think you've won if you can do that, whether or not you know the song's name.

[runpunkrun]

Then I like the way you play this game. I can always get the artist right, and often know which album the song is from, but I'm so bad with titles. I knew the BNL song was off Celebrity, just had no clue which song.

[vongroovy.livejournal.com]

17. Mr. Blue Sky // Electric Light Orchestra

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

absolutely!

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

16. Don't Rain on My Parade
20. Modest Mouse of some vaguely Garden State-ish ilk. I can hear the line in my head, but I can't place it in a song. Which only makes it one and a half points, but hey, better than what I usually do on these things.

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

that's two full points as far as i'm concerned. my philosophy on this game is that if you can identify the song, YOU WIN. the modest mouse is called "gravity rides everything."

[silentfire.livejournal.com]

see, this is what i get for coming late to the party. the only one i know that hasn't been guessed is 9. goos - what a scene


p.s. omg are you watching the dvds? are you watching *right now*?! call me so we can gush about the cuteness!

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

aww, but you are correct, ma'am! i was counting on you to get that one. (frankly i was also betting on you getting #8, but that's okay; this meme is hard, yo.)

zomg i have ZE DISKS! i have watching .023 seconds of the special features, specifically rainbow's diary and THEY ARE SO CUTE I DIE KTHX. family here now, but i will call you tomorrow and maybe we can COORDINATE THE WATCHING THROUGH TIME AND SPACE.

[silentfire.livejournal.com]

omg is #8 the last sensitive cowboy? i mean, what other song on *your* playlist would reference cowboys, right? you don't have some secret cowboy song fetish you haven't told me bout, do you? um. yay arrogant worms?

dude, they are so cute it hurts. i hope you have fun with your family, and that you survive long enough to make it through the rest of the special features. *mwah* happy thanksgiving, love.

[walkingshadow.livejournal.com]

<33333 yes it IS. and he's not just a cowboy, he's the LAST SENSITIVE COWBOY ON THE RANGE. OH OH OOOOOH. um, no secret cowboy song fetish as yet, but i'm in fandom now, so. who can say!

SO FREAKING CUTE. i watch and i think, will i die of the cute this time? WILL THIS BE IT? (what a way to GO omg)

(also, this comment just made its way to my inbox o.O um, happy thanksgiving to you too? *squishes you, just because*)