The meme heard 'round the corner
Mar. 8th, 2007 11:21 amSitting around waiting for a shirt to dry, I ran across in someone's blog a songmeme that sort of seemed to be about soundtracking the movie of one's life. It sort of sucked though, so I made a new one.
The original procedure was to put your whole music collection on shuffle and just see what comes up for however many songs in a row, but I am completely amending this to 'if it sucks, or makes no sense, find something else.' I think the point is to recontextualise music and fake up a plot out of nothing. At least that's what it is for me.
My results:
Opening Credits: Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Hawa Dolo
Protagonist Introduction Sequence: Force of Nature - Nightshift (I picture this playing over a lot of really boring day-to-day actions. Maybe like three minutes of doing dishes.)
Antagonist Introduction: Medeski, Martin & Wood - Sequel (man, this movie is too 'cool.')
Conflict Setup: Pixies - The Sad Punk (This movie is about mismatched lifepaths or something?)
Character Development Interlude: Jean-Jacques Perrey - The Saturn Ambassador (I am picturing a puppet show)
The Love Interest: Dead Kennedys - I am the Owl (we totally have a punk/not punk conflict here. Maybe I left the brotherhood or something.)
Fight Sequence: Hideki Naganuma - The Concept of Love (Hooray)
Antagonist's Exposition: Rinken Band - Shichiguwachi Eisa (Aww, the antagonist is Okinawan! He misses his low-key homeland, but life has forced him to become a punk super-spy.)
Preparation for Battle Montage: The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make (No one sees the point of this battle!)
Pre-Battle Dancefight: Joshua Morse - Medical Insurance (This is an excellent dancefight song.)
Ultimate Battle: Hepcat - Yoko Zuna (Maybe everyone is just sitting around and listening to this song instead of actually fighting.)
Aftermath and Resolution: Eartha Kitt - Monotonous (Everyone is sick of this movie. Even Eartha Kitt.)
End Credits: Devo - Pity You [E-Z Listening version]
Here! Download.
The original procedure was to put your whole music collection on shuffle and just see what comes up for however many songs in a row, but I am completely amending this to 'if it sucks, or makes no sense, find something else.' I think the point is to recontextualise music and fake up a plot out of nothing. At least that's what it is for me.
My results:
Opening Credits: Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Hawa Dolo
Protagonist Introduction Sequence: Force of Nature - Nightshift (I picture this playing over a lot of really boring day-to-day actions. Maybe like three minutes of doing dishes.)
Antagonist Introduction: Medeski, Martin & Wood - Sequel (man, this movie is too 'cool.')
Conflict Setup: Pixies - The Sad Punk (This movie is about mismatched lifepaths or something?)
Character Development Interlude: Jean-Jacques Perrey - The Saturn Ambassador (I am picturing a puppet show)
The Love Interest: Dead Kennedys - I am the Owl (we totally have a punk/not punk conflict here. Maybe I left the brotherhood or something.)
Fight Sequence: Hideki Naganuma - The Concept of Love (Hooray)
Antagonist's Exposition: Rinken Band - Shichiguwachi Eisa (Aww, the antagonist is Okinawan! He misses his low-key homeland, but life has forced him to become a punk super-spy.)
Preparation for Battle Montage: The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make (No one sees the point of this battle!)
Pre-Battle Dancefight: Joshua Morse - Medical Insurance (This is an excellent dancefight song.)
Ultimate Battle: Hepcat - Yoko Zuna (Maybe everyone is just sitting around and listening to this song instead of actually fighting.)
Aftermath and Resolution: Eartha Kitt - Monotonous (Everyone is sick of this movie. Even Eartha Kitt.)
End Credits: Devo - Pity You [E-Z Listening version]
Here! Download.