The Music Thing That's Going Around
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tabular_rasaAmy: “I’m dead serious.”
Neil: “How are you dead serious?”
Amy: “I got pushed through a veil by my evil cousin.”
HAHAHAHAHA!!! Get it??? Get it???
1. Open your favourite media player.
2. Put random on.
(or, in my case, have people pick random numbers for a long time, find the CDs in your book that correspond to that number, and then put those on shuffle . . . )
3. Write the first 10 random plays, no matter how embarrasing they are.
4. Write some memories or thoughts about the song.
5. Say up to two songs out of the 10 that are a MUST-LISTEN-TO (marked with the asterisks).
1) ”Come to Me: Fantine’s Death” from Les Miserables: Summer 2005. I just got this recently, so it’s relatively new memory, pretty blank. Naturally, I think of the scene it depicts (in the book, since I’ve never seen the musical . . . ), and also the parody I wrote about to it. I like Les Miserables; it’s a serious musical, very true to the book, and the intertwining of themes and the abundance of the important characters is absolute wonderful. It’s a character novel and political motivated, yet still with love– it manages to cover like every age group and every trial within them (probably because it’s so darn long, lol . . . ). What’s there not to love?
2) ”Summer” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi: Winter/Spring 2005. This is my favorite movement of The Four Seasons (Spring being the one that drives Nichole insane . . . ), the Summer Storm, really. In my head, I have one of my story-music videos that I always do, this one of the von Brandts (story with Jessica and Tiffany), who play in a family quartet, rehearsing, and the sort of tense dynamic between the four of them.
3) ”Night on Bald Mountain” by Modeste Mussorgsky: Youth (like . . . 1992/1993ish?). This song will forever be tainted by Fantasia. I loved Fantasia when I was little, and it was so good to introduce children to music, but, really, I can’t think of anything else but the evil demons that dance and come out of the graves like in the movie (I used to stop the movie after the hippos and alligators of “Dance of the Hours” because I liked them– and the “Pastoral Symphony” with the unicorns and pegasuses? pegasi? pegases? that came right before it best of all– because I was scared of this particular scene, too– that, and the dinosaurs of “The Rite of Spring”). I was happier with Fantasia 2000, because by then, I knew all the sounds. Honest-to-God, they used every single one I knew, and my favorites of movements of many of them, lol . . . and I had my own visions, and they were too firm, and so it didn’t matter.
4) ”White Flag” by Dido: Spring/Summer 2004. It reminds me of Tiffany having boy issues (I recommended this song for her, too, lol . . . ), and the Marauder journal. I also made a parody to this one, too, lol . . . It also is the song that Mom and Tory turn off with glee in the car when I’m not around because they don’t have to sit and listen to me sing it, apparently. Good lord, is my voice REALLY that bad? Honest-to-God, get me a job in Guatanamo Bay singing to the prisoners to get information out of them . . . sheesh louish . . .
5) ”Largo” (2nd Movement) from The New World Symphony (9th Symphony) by Antonin Dvorak: Autumn 1997. This song reminds me of 5th grade orchestra when we first got our sheet music, and one said, “New World Symphony” on it, and everyone thought it would be “A Whole New World” from Aladdin, and it wasn’t, lol . . . Now, it makes me think of Mariel in that von Brandt book, since it’s her movement.
6) ”Buckbeak’s Flight” from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Summer 2004. This reminds me of last summer, obviously. It reminds me of Harry Potter obsessiveness, going to see the movie, and the sad background story of the Marauders and such. It’s really almost more of a theme for Sirius (or at least I read it as such), when he’s escaping, because it’s so youthful and free and yet with these undeniable sad underdowns, and, well, we all know how everything for him, his youthfulness and rashness, ends in tragedy . . .
7) *”Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland: Autumn 2001. 9/11 totally stole this song, lol. We used it every year on our announcements about remembering 9/11. It’s a good song for that, though; it’s both patriotic and almost Communistic in of that I picture working people (ie: fireman digging through rubble). Sometimes I picture Jean Valjean carrying Marius through the sewers, oddly enough. That fits, too, though, come to think of it. Sometimes I picture it for my story.
8) ”Before the Dawn” by Evanescence: Winter 2003. This is a very strong music video song in my head. It’s Juliet waiting for Romeo. I have it entirely all planned out; I’d love to film it, sometime. In fact, I’ve made a movie from it with clips of the 1968 Romeo and Juliet movie. It’s actually very cool, and very fitting, and Nichole and Kristina can vouch for ^_^
9) ”Livin’ On A Prayer” by Bon Jovi: Fall 2003, Fall 2004. This is a good Autumn song, for me, apparently, lol . . . I remember hearing this song in the car when I was with Kaylene and Tina and Waldo while visiting them in Minnesota. I also then got the CD a year later and now it reminds me of Kurage and Ningyo, for some reason . . . well, I think I know why . . . but, I dunno . . . lol . . . nevermind . . .
10) *”The Logical Song” by Supertramp: All the time . . . ? I remember this song as a little kid, listening to the Oldies channels with Mom, or whatever. It’s a rather unique-sounding song. I really discovered the song, though, last summer, when I was listening to a flashback lunch or whatever and actually paid attention to the lyrics. Then Tory got her Supertramp CD and I yoinked the song, because I love it. My favorite line is, “You better watch what you say, or they’ll be calling you a radical, a liberal, ooh, fanatical, criminal!” Heh. I can relate.
*Eh, I probably ought to suggest most of the classical pieces, because, well, they’re classical, and we all need culture. I don’t know that any of these are any better than the others . . .
Neil: “How are you dead serious?”
Amy: “I got pushed through a veil by my evil cousin.”
HAHAHAHAHA!!! Get it??? Get it???
1. Open your favourite media player.
2. Put random on.
(or, in my case, have people pick random numbers for a long time, find the CDs in your book that correspond to that number, and then put those on shuffle . . . )
3. Write the first 10 random plays, no matter how embarrasing they are.
4. Write some memories or thoughts about the song.
5. Say up to two songs out of the 10 that are a MUST-LISTEN-TO (marked with the asterisks).
1) ”Come to Me: Fantine’s Death” from Les Miserables: Summer 2005. I just got this recently, so it’s relatively new memory, pretty blank. Naturally, I think of the scene it depicts (in the book, since I’ve never seen the musical . . . ), and also the parody I wrote about to it. I like Les Miserables; it’s a serious musical, very true to the book, and the intertwining of themes and the abundance of the important characters is absolute wonderful. It’s a character novel and political motivated, yet still with love– it manages to cover like every age group and every trial within them (probably because it’s so darn long, lol . . . ). What’s there not to love?
2) ”Summer” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi: Winter/Spring 2005. This is my favorite movement of The Four Seasons (Spring being the one that drives Nichole insane . . . ), the Summer Storm, really. In my head, I have one of my story-music videos that I always do, this one of the von Brandts (story with Jessica and Tiffany), who play in a family quartet, rehearsing, and the sort of tense dynamic between the four of them.
3) ”Night on Bald Mountain” by Modeste Mussorgsky: Youth (like . . . 1992/1993ish?). This song will forever be tainted by Fantasia. I loved Fantasia when I was little, and it was so good to introduce children to music, but, really, I can’t think of anything else but the evil demons that dance and come out of the graves like in the movie (I used to stop the movie after the hippos and alligators of “Dance of the Hours” because I liked them– and the “Pastoral Symphony” with the unicorns and pegasuses? pegasi? pegases? that came right before it best of all– because I was scared of this particular scene, too– that, and the dinosaurs of “The Rite of Spring”). I was happier with Fantasia 2000, because by then, I knew all the sounds. Honest-to-God, they used every single one I knew, and my favorites of movements of many of them, lol . . . and I had my own visions, and they were too firm, and so it didn’t matter.
4) ”White Flag” by Dido: Spring/Summer 2004. It reminds me of Tiffany having boy issues (I recommended this song for her, too, lol . . . ), and the Marauder journal. I also made a parody to this one, too, lol . . . It also is the song that Mom and Tory turn off with glee in the car when I’m not around because they don’t have to sit and listen to me sing it, apparently. Good lord, is my voice REALLY that bad? Honest-to-God, get me a job in Guatanamo Bay singing to the prisoners to get information out of them . . . sheesh louish . . .
5) ”Largo” (2nd Movement) from The New World Symphony (9th Symphony) by Antonin Dvorak: Autumn 1997. This song reminds me of 5th grade orchestra when we first got our sheet music, and one said, “New World Symphony” on it, and everyone thought it would be “A Whole New World” from Aladdin, and it wasn’t, lol . . . Now, it makes me think of Mariel in that von Brandt book, since it’s her movement.
6) ”Buckbeak’s Flight” from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Summer 2004. This reminds me of last summer, obviously. It reminds me of Harry Potter obsessiveness, going to see the movie, and the sad background story of the Marauders and such. It’s really almost more of a theme for Sirius (or at least I read it as such), when he’s escaping, because it’s so youthful and free and yet with these undeniable sad underdowns, and, well, we all know how everything for him, his youthfulness and rashness, ends in tragedy . . .
7) *”Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland: Autumn 2001. 9/11 totally stole this song, lol. We used it every year on our announcements about remembering 9/11. It’s a good song for that, though; it’s both patriotic and almost Communistic in of that I picture working people (ie: fireman digging through rubble). Sometimes I picture Jean Valjean carrying Marius through the sewers, oddly enough. That fits, too, though, come to think of it. Sometimes I picture it for my story.
8) ”Before the Dawn” by Evanescence: Winter 2003. This is a very strong music video song in my head. It’s Juliet waiting for Romeo. I have it entirely all planned out; I’d love to film it, sometime. In fact, I’ve made a movie from it with clips of the 1968 Romeo and Juliet movie. It’s actually very cool, and very fitting, and Nichole and Kristina can vouch for ^_^
9) ”Livin’ On A Prayer” by Bon Jovi: Fall 2003, Fall 2004. This is a good Autumn song, for me, apparently, lol . . . I remember hearing this song in the car when I was with Kaylene and Tina and Waldo while visiting them in Minnesota. I also then got the CD a year later and now it reminds me of Kurage and Ningyo, for some reason . . . well, I think I know why . . . but, I dunno . . . lol . . . nevermind . . .
10) *”The Logical Song” by Supertramp: All the time . . . ? I remember this song as a little kid, listening to the Oldies channels with Mom, or whatever. It’s a rather unique-sounding song. I really discovered the song, though, last summer, when I was listening to a flashback lunch or whatever and actually paid attention to the lyrics. Then Tory got her Supertramp CD and I yoinked the song, because I love it. My favorite line is, “You better watch what you say, or they’ll be calling you a radical, a liberal, ooh, fanatical, criminal!” Heh. I can relate.
*Eh, I probably ought to suggest most of the classical pieces, because, well, they’re classical, and we all need culture. I don’t know that any of these are any better than the others . . .
