Lyric-poem meme
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beandelphikiI'll admit this is a meme. But it's a really COOL meme. I did this days ago, and haven't had a chance to post it, but I think other people should find this fun.
Okay, here it is (I've completely forgotten who I originally saw post this, so these are the rules from memory): put your iPod/MP3 player (this assumes you have one) on "shuffle." (If you don't have one, I suppose you could just turn on the radio. It ought to work the same way, since you don't pick the rotation on the radio, either.)
Then, write down the first lyric of the first twenty songs. These form a poem. The first lyric of the 21st song is your title.
Did I cheat when I did this? You betcha! But not so much as you might think. I did move a few lines around (and skip some really goofy songs), but some of the eeriest combinations of lines were pure serendipity. (The boat/stowaway thing, for example.) Totally freaky.
I'm pleased that it sort of formed a story (especially with my bits of re-arrangement, heh), even if it IS unintentionally hilarious with the way you keep getting smacked between the eyes with really obvious, well-known song lyrics.
Also, I didn't see anything saying I HAD to keep this to a strict, four-line stanza format (unless I missed it), so um...I didn't. I actually spliced one line into another towards the end, but hopefully the credits are clear enough.
So...TA-DAAH! [Re-]shuffled art.
I Have Sailed The World
Whisky bottles and brand
new cars - nothing is sacred.
I'm going to make a change; I dreamed
last night I got on the boat
to heaven. Once
I found a stowaway.
(gotta get back) I can
show you the world: people
are talking, talking
about people. (what
did you say?) Call me irresponsible;
I had a roof overhead.
Standing at the back door, she's taking
time making up the reasons; there are so many
things to remember. (dear, I
fear we're facing a problem)
Count the cases piled
up high (goodbye, my friend,
you've messed up again)
I can think of younger days
(little girl, it's a great
big world); when living for
my life, I spent
twenty years trying
to get out of this place.
Song lyrics:
1. "Whiskey bottles and brand new cars," from "That Smell," Lynyrd Skynyrd.
2. "Nothing is sacred," from "Images of Heaven," Peter Godwin
3. "I'm going to make a change," from "Man in the Mirror," Michael Jackson
4. "I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven," from "Sit Down! You're Rocking the Boat," Guys and Dolls
5. "Once I found a stowaway," from "The Stowaway," Murray Gold & Yamit Mamo
6. "Gotta get back" from "Pigeons & Crumbs," Natalie Imbruglia
7. "I can show you the world," from "A Whole New World," Aladdin
8. "People are talking, talking 'bout people," from "Something to Talk About," Bonnie Raitt
9. "What did you say?" from "Those Sweet Words," Norah Jones
10. "Call me irresponsible," from "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Bublé
11. "I had a roof overhead," from "I Want To Be Loved," Bon Jovi
12. "Standing at the back door," from "Wasted," Carrie Underwood
13. "She's taking time making up the reasons," from "To the Moon and Back," Savage Garden
14. "There are so many things to remember," from "Things to Remember," The Roar of the Greasepaint
15. "Dear, I fear we're facing a problem," from "Lovefool," The Cardigans
16. "Count the cases piled up high," from "Walter Reed," Michael Penn
17. "Goodbye, my friend, you've messed up again," from "Walla, Walla," The Offspring
18. "I can think of younger days when living for my life," from "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" Al Green
19. "Little girl, it's a great big world," from "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight," Spinal Tap
20. "I spent twenty years trying to get out of this place," from "Who Says You Can't Go Home," Bon Jovi
And the title, of course, is from Sweeny Todd; it's the opening lyric of, "No Place Like London."
NEAT, huh?
Okay, here it is (I've completely forgotten who I originally saw post this, so these are the rules from memory): put your iPod/MP3 player (this assumes you have one) on "shuffle." (If you don't have one, I suppose you could just turn on the radio. It ought to work the same way, since you don't pick the rotation on the radio, either.)
Then, write down the first lyric of the first twenty songs. These form a poem. The first lyric of the 21st song is your title.
Did I cheat when I did this? You betcha! But not so much as you might think. I did move a few lines around (and skip some really goofy songs), but some of the eeriest combinations of lines were pure serendipity. (The boat/stowaway thing, for example.) Totally freaky.
I'm pleased that it sort of formed a story (especially with my bits of re-arrangement, heh), even if it IS unintentionally hilarious with the way you keep getting smacked between the eyes with really obvious, well-known song lyrics.
Also, I didn't see anything saying I HAD to keep this to a strict, four-line stanza format (unless I missed it), so um...I didn't. I actually spliced one line into another towards the end, but hopefully the credits are clear enough.
So...TA-DAAH! [Re-]shuffled art.
I Have Sailed The World
Whisky bottles and brand
new cars - nothing is sacred.
I'm going to make a change; I dreamed
last night I got on the boat
to heaven. Once
I found a stowaway.
(gotta get back) I can
show you the world: people
are talking, talking
about people. (what
did you say?) Call me irresponsible;
I had a roof overhead.
Standing at the back door, she's taking
time making up the reasons; there are so many
things to remember. (dear, I
fear we're facing a problem)
Count the cases piled
up high (goodbye, my friend,
you've messed up again)
I can think of younger days
(little girl, it's a great
big world); when living for
my life, I spent
twenty years trying
to get out of this place.
Song lyrics:
1. "Whiskey bottles and brand new cars," from "That Smell," Lynyrd Skynyrd.
2. "Nothing is sacred," from "Images of Heaven," Peter Godwin
3. "I'm going to make a change," from "Man in the Mirror," Michael Jackson
4. "I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven," from "Sit Down! You're Rocking the Boat," Guys and Dolls
5. "Once I found a stowaway," from "The Stowaway," Murray Gold & Yamit Mamo
6. "Gotta get back" from "Pigeons & Crumbs," Natalie Imbruglia
7. "I can show you the world," from "A Whole New World," Aladdin
8. "People are talking, talking 'bout people," from "Something to Talk About," Bonnie Raitt
9. "What did you say?" from "Those Sweet Words," Norah Jones
10. "Call me irresponsible," from "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Bublé
11. "I had a roof overhead," from "I Want To Be Loved," Bon Jovi
12. "Standing at the back door," from "Wasted," Carrie Underwood
13. "She's taking time making up the reasons," from "To the Moon and Back," Savage Garden
14. "There are so many things to remember," from "Things to Remember," The Roar of the Greasepaint
15. "Dear, I fear we're facing a problem," from "Lovefool," The Cardigans
16. "Count the cases piled up high," from "Walter Reed," Michael Penn
17. "Goodbye, my friend, you've messed up again," from "Walla, Walla," The Offspring
18. "I can think of younger days when living for my life," from "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" Al Green
19. "Little girl, it's a great big world," from "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight," Spinal Tap
20. "I spent twenty years trying to get out of this place," from "Who Says You Can't Go Home," Bon Jovi
And the title, of course, is from Sweeny Todd; it's the opening lyric of, "No Place Like London."
NEAT, huh?
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Date: 2008-12-13 07:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-12-18 05:47 am (UTC)Thanks for the idea though! Have a good week Dan!