Flotsam

Ah, memes. The last refuge of the overextendend NaBloPoMo participant! I stole this one from Pru, who lifted it from Major Bedhead.

Here’s how it works:
Open your iTunes/etc. library.
Press shuffle.
Press play.
For each question, type the song that plays. One song per question–new question, new song.
No Cheating!

If My Life Were A Soundtrack…

Opening Credits
Somebody’s Watching You – Sly & the Family Stone

Waking Up
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
{This, actually, is what I think every morning when I wake up for work.}

First Day of School
Whatever Lola Wants – Carmen McRae

Falling in Love
I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You – Leon Haywood
{“Your love/is like a mountain/and I want to slide down into/your canyon…”}

Breaking Up
It’s a Family Affair – Sly & the Family Stone
{Well, that would explain the break-up.}

School Formal
Is This Love – Bob Marley and the Wailers
{Fun Fact: I have never been to a school formal.}

Life’s Okay
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
{A Marvin Gaye story–in college, my best friend had The Clapper (not to be confused with The Clap). Every time we played “Sexual Healing” The Clapper went wild, switching the lights on and off, all disco-like. An excellent parlour trick, should you ever need one.}

Mental Breakdown
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Ella Fitzgerald

Driving
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
{This was my school song in kindergarten. I went to an Open School, and there was lots of holding hands in a circle and swaying to this song and “We Shall Overcome”–because there’s no group more oppressed than skinny white five-year-olds.}

Flashback
Batucada – Towa Tei

Getting Back Together
Tea For Two – Blossom Dearie

Wedding
Big Momma Thang – Lil’ Kim
{This is going to mine and the Actually’s first dance, actually. “I used to be scared of the dick/now I throw lips to the shit.” How romantic.}

Birth of a Child
Unbelievable – Notorious B.I.G.
{Bwahaha! Actually, “Birth of a Child” would be pretty Unbelivable at this point.}

Final Battle
U.N.I.T.Y. – Queen Latifah
{You gotta let ‘em know…}
{Who you callin’ a bitch?}

Death Scene
Don’t Rush Me – Jean Grae

Funeral Song
I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James

End Credits
Starlife – Kurtis Blow

This was the most fun I have ever had with a meme. I just had a little dance party here in my office: just me, my laptop, and a bottle of unpronounceable Italian wine.

From Blossom Dearie to Biggie in one post–sometimes I astound even myself.