Another tag from Mike, and this one’s quite good.
The instructions
- Load your whole music collection, and place your music player on shuffle.
- Press forward for each question.
- Use the song title as the answer to the question.
The questions
- What does next year have in store for me?
- What’s my love life like?
- What do I say when life gets hard?
- What song will I dance to (should I have danced to) at my wedding?
- What do you want as a career?
- Famous last words?
- Your favourite saying?
- Favourite place?
- What do you think of your parents?
- Where would you go on a first date?
- Describe yourself.
- What is the thing I like doing most?
- What is my state of mind like at the moment?
- How will I die?
My answers
Now, since I have a subset of my MP3 collection at work I thought it would be interesting to answer these questions in both locations. So the first answer is from work, and the second (italicized) answer is from home.
What does next year have in store for me?
“Heal Me” – Freak Kitchen
“A Different Drum” — Peter Gabriel
What’s my love life like?
“Turn out the light” – The Music
“Hold Your Head Up” — Fish
What do I say when life gets hard?
“Prison Song” – System Of A Down
“Two” — King’s X
What song will I dance to (should I have danced to) at my wedding?
“Dream On (Dave Clarke Acoustic Version)” – Depeche Mode
“One Fine Day” — Marillion
What do you want as a career?
“Would?” – Alice In Chains
“Wherever I May Roam” — Metallica
Famous last words?
“Once in a Lifetime” — Thunder
“Dead Eyes” — Jesu
Your favourite saying?
“A New Day Yesterday” — Jethro Tull
“You Don’t Fool Me” — Queen
Favourite place?
“The Heretic Anthem” — Slipknot
“Ashes Of The Wake” — Lamb of God
What do you think of your parents?
“Have you ever?” — Incubus
“The Imploding Voice” — The Smashing Pumpkins
Where would you go on a first date?
“A Legacy” — Marillion
“Pass the Clock, Part 3” — Mostly Autumn
Describe yourself.
“30/30-150” — StoneSour
“1983 (A Mermaid I Should Turn To Be)” — Jimi Hendrix
What is the thing I like doing most?
“Animal” — Pearl Jam
“Love Is A Dog From Hell” — Godflesh
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
“Bicycle Race” — Queen
“She Blows Hot and Cold” — Freddie Mercury
How will I die?
“Minstrel in the Gallery” — Jethro Tull
“Holy Moment (Featuring SONICFlood)” — Matt Redman
Hmmm, not sure that this worked for me, although the two Delirious songs that popped up in there are at least appropriate to the questions asked…
What does next year have in store for me?
– Midnight by Asia
What’s my love life like?
– One word by Heart
What do I say when life gets hard?
– Paint the town red by Delirious
What song will I dance to (should I have danced to) at my wedding?
– Julianne by Ben Folds Five
What do you want as a career?
– Heavy by DramaGods
Famous last words?
– In dependence day by Less than Jake
Your favourite saying?
– No other love by Heart
Favourite place?
– America by Delirious
What do you think of your parents?
– I will be there for you by Asia
Where would you go on a first date?
– Leave me alone by Extreme
Describe yourself.
– Lights out by UFO
What is the thing I like doing most?
– Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
– Anthem: For the young by Randy Bachman
How will I die?
– Any road by Randy Bachman
That actually worked quite well Gareth! Scarily so!
What does next year have in store for me?
“Heal Me†– Freak Kitchen
“A Different Drum†— Peter Gabriel
Both quite apt really…