a music meme
December 16th: 03 - a song that makes you happy
There was only ever really one contender for this. I considered Tim Minchin's Canvas Bags or Bright Eyes' First Day of My Life (that is possibly my favourite music video ever; you must watch it) but, really, no song makes me more inexplicably happy than Boston's 'More Than A Feeling'. You can listen to the whole song here.
BUT. You don't want to watch it on that boring vid. You want to watch it on the Barclays ad where the guy rides the rollercoaster to work, don't you? Yeah, me too:
While looking this song up on Youtube, I also came across this marvellous Nirvana clip that makes it obvious how similar 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is to 'More Than A Feeling' (which I didn't notice and now will never be able to notice anything else. And I like Nirvana; there will be more Nirvana songs in this meme).
And to conclude, have 'More Than A Feeling' done Scrubs style here.
01 - your favorite song
02 - your least favorite song
03 - a song that makes you happy
04 - a song that makes you sad
05 - a song that reminds you of someone
06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
08 - a song that you know all the words to
09 - a song that you can dance to
10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
11 - a song from your favorite band
12 - a song from a band you hate
13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
15 - a song that describes you
16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
19 - a song from your favorite album
20 - a song that you listen to when you're angry
21 - a song that you listen to when you're happy
22 - a song that you listen to when you're sad
23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
25 - a song that you love at Christmas
26 - a song that makes you laugh
27 - a song that you can play on an instrument
28 - a song that you wish you could play
29 - a song that makes you feel guilty
30 - a song from your childhood
31 - your favorite song at this time last year
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I will actually go and work on the thing I'm meant to be writing now. ...After getting a cup of coffee, since I finished the strawberry tea I made to help myself write about an hour ago now. And I've written...77 words.
December 16th: 03 - a song that makes you happy
There was only ever really one contender for this. I considered Tim Minchin's Canvas Bags or Bright Eyes' First Day of My Life (that is possibly my favourite music video ever; you must watch it) but, really, no song makes me more inexplicably happy than Boston's 'More Than A Feeling'. You can listen to the whole song here.
BUT. You don't want to watch it on that boring vid. You want to watch it on the Barclays ad where the guy rides the rollercoaster to work, don't you? Yeah, me too:
While looking this song up on Youtube, I also came across this marvellous Nirvana clip that makes it obvious how similar 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is to 'More Than A Feeling' (which I didn't notice and now will never be able to notice anything else. And I like Nirvana; there will be more Nirvana songs in this meme).
And to conclude, have 'More Than A Feeling' done Scrubs style here.
01 - your favorite song
02 - your least favorite song
03 - a song that makes you happy
04 - a song that makes you sad
05 - a song that reminds you of someone
06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere
07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
08 - a song that you know all the words to
09 - a song that you can dance to
10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
11 - a song from your favorite band
12 - a song from a band you hate
13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
15 - a song that describes you
16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
19 - a song from your favorite album
20 - a song that you listen to when you're angry
21 - a song that you listen to when you're happy
22 - a song that you listen to when you're sad
23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
25 - a song that you love at Christmas
26 - a song that makes you laugh
27 - a song that you can play on an instrument
28 - a song that you wish you could play
29 - a song that makes you feel guilty
30 - a song from your childhood
31 - your favorite song at this time last year
~
I will actually go and work on the thing I'm meant to be writing now. ...After getting a cup of coffee, since I finished the strawberry tea I made to help myself write about an hour ago now. And I've written...77 words.
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:10 pm (UTC)ALSO. I have written *checks* 26 words. So you're doing better than me.
Edit: Also, I love that you are not telling ANYONE what you are writing. It's very entertaining for me!
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:14 pm (UTC)I'll give you my 77 words if you give me your 26 (though actually I've written 214 words that you haven't read because I wrote a bit this morning)?
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:19 pm (UTC)My 26 words is literally one sentence. It's not even worth it... but 214 I WILL TAKE HAPPILY.
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:28 pm (UTC)It's now 270 because I was trying to find a good place to end the snippet. Not including the paragraph you've already read, included for context:
Right now though, it makes him unspeakably glad that Andy's here to tell him that he's being an idiot. Not that he doesn't have plenty of people to do that – it seems to be becoming a theme this week, actually – but Andy's one of the very few he trusts to be honest. He smiles back, until he realises they're standing practically beneath the London Eye smiling stupidly at each other and he cracks up into laughter, allowing his head to rest on Andy's shoulder as the Brit demands “What?!”
“If this was a movie,” Novak says into a mouthful of Andy's coat, because they're just two more people in the crowd today and he can let himself have this, leaning into Andy in public, “There would be some music now, with violins perhaps. And then you would kiss me.”
Andy goes still, suddenly tense against Novak as he must realise what they look like. Novak is already wishing he hadn't said anything but it's too late, Andy shifting a safe couple of inches away although he at least has the grace to look apologetic when Novak lifts his head. “Sorry,” the Brit mutters, even as he's looking searchingly across the crowds for any cameras (plenty, when Novak glances around, but all pointed at street performers or the view). “Not in London, Novak.”
Not when every other person here could recognise me he means, and Novak knows he's right, that the last thing they need is to get caught in a too-affectionate moment that can't be explained away as 'friendship'. Especially in London, where the press are unrelentingly vicious if Andy so much as thinks the wrong thing and, in the eyes of the journalists, that would definitely include screwing – literally -his rivals.
Still. He's had the kind of week where it'd be nice to be able to lean into his boyfriend without worrying about causing a paparazzi frenzy, his cheerful front decidedly tattered around the edges after Djordje catching them, after the humiliating match against Rafa; he doesn't think it's asking too much of the universe to let them get away with this one.
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:33 pm (UTC)WHEN YOU ENDED IT THERE IN THE EMAIL I KNEW NOVAK WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. AND IT WAS PERFECT AND NOVAK AND OH DID I MENTION HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS?????????????
Also, you posted the Wrong to a LJ comment. LOLS FOREVER. (I put mine in an email.)
Edit: Very oddly, I have Murray mentioning movie endings in this fic too. I did not steal it from you! I promise. Our brains must just be scarily connected or something.
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:43 pm (UTC)At least it wasn't one of the moments of Epic Wrong. ^_^ Of which there haven't been too many so far but I just need to get this Andy/Novak bit out the way and then the Epic Wrong kicks up into Epic Wrong of Wrongeryness with Sprinkles of Wrong. I don't know why I wanted to add "Yay!" to that because, well. Wrong!
*still hasn't got around to making Novak/Andy icons. Faaaaaaaail. This weekend for sure*
edit: That is fine! We have proven way too many times that we have creepy brains that think the same. Also we probably can't claim credit for the concept of mentioning movies in fic. ^_^
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Date: 2010-12-16 10:54 pm (UTC)I am going bedwards now so I will try for more than 50-or-so words tomorrow. I expect fic when I wake up... you have like two days you owe me. ;)
Edit: And in your 'a song that makes you happy' post, we have veered off into INCEST and UNDERAGENESS. Well done us.
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Date: 2010-12-16 11:02 pm (UTC)Hey! Was there not fic in your inbox this morning? Like, over 900 words of fic? And almost 300 word just now?! I think it's you who owes me, actually. ;-) I will try, though I have an early start tomorrow so I can't stay up until 4am again. Stupid work.
not an edit: ...Oh dear. Um. At least the actual fic snippet was entirely safe? Sort of? I should probably remember not to post any of the actual Wrong without warnings. Hmm.
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Date: 2010-12-16 11:24 pm (UTC)*random comment*
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Date: 2010-12-16 11:45 pm (UTC)*entirely approves random comments*
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Date: 2010-12-17 07:53 pm (UTC)...um, I apologise for sounding so demanding. BUT NARNIA YAY.