Put your media/mp3 player on random/shuffle, and take the first 25 songs which come up, no matter how embarrassing they are. Then post your favorite lyrics from these songs to your livejournal and see how many your flist can recognize.
I’ma note what I skip too (since one point of this seems to be to expose “embarrassing” tracks), as much of my playlist is non-lyrical or… elsehow unfitting.
…skipped one Monty Python track…
…skipped Intro (Gorillaz)…
1. And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations; they’re quite aware of what they’re going through
2. Itsuka wa… nante yume no naka yume… wakatteru, wakattenai…
…skipped Leopardman Battle (Quest for Glory III: Wages of War)…
…skipped The Black Pearl (Pirates of the Carribbean etc.)…
…skipped Ballad of Gales (Baton) (The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker)…
…skipped requiem for the lost ones (Bleach)…
3. May I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you
4. When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say, “If only for today, I am unafraid.”
5. No matter who’s that be that done walked out of your life, you don’t need ’em, don’t need no healin’
…skipped Seiiki (Shaman King)…
…skipped Whispering of the Trees (Legend of Dragoon, and, oh, god, why did I never find un-translated titles for this track list??)…
…skipped Kenjutsu Komachi (Kaoru’s Theme) (Rurouni Kenshin)…
6. Somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car, somebody got away, somebody didn’t get too far.
…skipped Kokiri Forest (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)…
7. Friday evening… the blood still on my hands… to think that she would leave me now for that ungrateful man…
…skipped Street Urchins (Disney’s Aladdin)…
…skipped Shooting Gallery (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)…
8. This morning I made the call, the one that ends it all; hanging up, I wanted to cry, but, dammit, this well’s gone dry.
…skipped “Eine schreckliche Nacht!” (Mozart)…
…skipped Chibi Moon (Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon S)…
9. Fukaku nemuru mae ni, anata no koe wo wasurenai you
10. A chance is a chance, a chance to take. I step. I move. I bend. I don’t break.
11. Quand tu me prends dans tes bras quand je regarde dans tes yeux je vois qu’un Dieu existe ce n’est pas dur d’y croire (NO, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PUNCTUATE THAT)
12. Aitakute awa no umi ni oborete naiteta, “Sagashite! Hayaku!”
13. I don’t want to ride on the shotgun side, don’t want to be a quaint observer on this super sonic ride
14. They paved the road through the neighborhood; I guess the county finally fixed it good… it was getting rough; somebody finally complained enough.
15. I do it ’cause it’s the least I can do, I do it ’cause I learned it from you, I do it just because I want to
16. Wenn du sie losläßt kommt sie auf einem anderen Weg, wenn du sie zwingst wird sie dich zur Lüge zwingen
…skipped Kouba (Rurouni Kenshin: Juu Yuushi Inbou Hen)…
…skipped Shaman Apusuu (Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Another Story)…
17. You’ve drifted so far you don’t see the stars that we wished upon before…
…skipped Yume ~ Kyoujin no Theme (Rurouni Kenshin: Juu Yuushi Inbou Hen)…
18. And I wonder what of this will have meaning for you when you’ve left it all behind. I think I’ll even wonder if you meant it at the time.
…skipped Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)…
…skipped another Monty Python track…
…skipped The Legend of Zelda Musical Suite (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Hyrule Symphony)…
19. The waves bled as the storm changed in the cold embrace of the unknown. Not even blood could bring us warmth.
20. Glücklich werd ich nirgendwo… der Finger rutscht nach Mexiko, doch er versinkt im Ozean.
…skipped Don’t Stop His Love by KIX-S not because it doesn’t fit but because I don’t have time to romanize lyrics and I can’t find any online…
21. “Furuki yoki jidai wa doko ni itta no?” Sonna kuchiguse wa kimi ni nageku shikaku wa nai.
…skipped Lumos! (Hedwig’s Theme) (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)…
…skipped Thieves Guild (Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness)…
…skipped Snowhead Temple (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask)…
22. My heart has wings and I can fly… I’ll touch ev’ry star in the sky… so this is the miracle that I’ve been dreaming of
…skipped an Animetal Marathon Something track whose title I haven’t even romanized; once again, I’m running out of time…
…skipped Inori no Aida (Rurouni Kenshin: Juu Yuushi Inbou Hen)…
…skipped Hana Meiro no Shitou (Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon R movie)…
23. Time and again I tell myself I’ll stay clean tonight, but the little green wheels are following me
24. God and Man… no confessions… God and Man… no religion… God and Man… don’t believe in…
25. Donna omoide ga hikitomete mo mou nido to furimukanai sonna ki ga shita