Why are you taking yet another shuffle quiz?
Song: Oh! Il signore vi manda—Cavalleria Rusticana
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Comment: In this case, a signora is involved… I like Anastasia’s shuffle memes.
What's currently in your fridge?
Song: El Condor Pasa
Artist: DJ Sammy
Comment: Not sure what this song is about. I wish there was something in my fridge that tasted as good as this sounds.
Your biggest nightmare?
Song: This Thing Called Love
Artist: Queen
Comment: It has kept me up at night, but I wouldn’t call it a nightmare.
What place would you like to visit?
Song: Grievous and the Droids –Star Wars Episode III
Composer: John Williams
Comment: I have the soundtrack and yet have not seen the movie. I’m not sure Grievous and Droids sound like fun folks to visit.
A reason to commit suicide?
Song: Cry Ophelia
Artist: Adam Cohen
Comment: Well, that’s a funny coincidence, “You say you want to live your life without tears, but we’ve been trying to do that for thousands of years.”
Why are we here?
Song: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
Composer: W.A. Mozart
Comment: To drink wine and marry. My shuffle is a hedonist.
Something you never dared to say to anyone...?
Song: Cautioners
Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Comment: I’ve never broken up with anyone…
One thing the world really doesn't need?
Song: Vouchsafe, O Lord, To Keep Us This Day Without Sin: Dettinger Te Deum
Composer: G.F. Handel
Comment: Sin. Too late.
What's your biggest unfulfilled wish?
Song: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Artist: Sting
Comment: Why do I keep getting depressing love songs?
If you could invent something, what would it be?
Song: All That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn
Composer: G.F. Handel
Comment: A monitor of the attitude of other people toward me.
The last thing you say before you die?
Song: Come Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
Artist: Edward Higginbottom
Comment: I really would like to go out this way, though the Gloria In Excelsis is easier to remember.
What's your destiny?
Song: Take On Me
Artist: A-ha
Comment: To race motorcycles competitively. That’s a joke.
What do you do when you're alone in an elevator?
Song: Leto Atreides II—Children of Dune
Composer: Brian Tyler
Comment: I spawn children with lucid connections to their ancestral memories and other barely natural abilities.
Why do people go fishing?
Song: Who Wants to Live Forever
Artist: Queen
Comment: Fishing is exceptionally dangerous, especially in the Grand Banks and such.
What would you do with your slaves?
Song: Fecit potentiam
Composer: John Rutter
Comment: The Lord would free any slaves I had. “He hath shown strength with his arm” is an allusion to the Exodus most of all, for the Lord “hath brought you out with a mighty hand from Egypt.”
Is there a man on the moon?
Song: Drive In, Drive Out
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Comment: Only if you’re high.
What does hell look like?
Song: Pavane, Op. 50
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Comment: Hell is a so-so add-on to a good Requiem.
About what would you like to write a book?
Song: Grace (Anxiety)
Artist: Louderbach
Comment: Martin Luther always will surpass me on that subject…
The best thing ever is...?
Song: Hammer To Fall
Artist: Queen
Comment: I think this song is about the end of the world or just death or living in expectation of death. So the best thing ever is death. This is sounding like Anastasia’s blog.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Song: Saltwater
Artist: Chicane
Comment: To swim in the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland. It’s cold but the scenery is beautiful.
Why do you listen to music?
Song: English Pavan
Composer: Philip and Alan Crumpler
Comment: Because I like slow dances…or Hell…
What do you do when you're alone and nobody's watching?
Song: Psalm 150
Artist: John Rutter
Comment: True.
Why are other people so stupid?
Song: Have you seen me lately?
Artist: Counting Crows
Comment: Because your girlfriend thought you were cheating on tour, so she dumped you, and you keep singing about her or to her.
Last thing you ate?
Song: My apologies.
Artist: J-Tron
Comment: J-Tron is a veggie burrito. (It’s a very good veggie burrito).
Why is grass green?
Song: Et misericordia
Artist: John Rutter
Comment: By the mercies of God expressed through evolution by natural selection.
Your phone is ringing, but who's on the other end?
Song: He That Dwelleth in Heaven
Composer: G.F. Handel
Comment: God, and He’s laughing.
What should you stop doing?
Song: Battle of Little Round Top
Composer: Randy Edelman
Comment: Stop fighting the Civil War. That’s good advice for everyone in this country.
A word of advice to the readers of this quiz?
Song: Love comes again
Artist: Tiesto featuring BT
Comment: So don’t give up.
1 comment:
Wow, I feel even more like a Cretan after seeing what is on your list compared to mine!
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