Work Displacement, the Second

[oloriel]

Whee, we haven't had that music même in a long time! And we all know that term paper time is même time. *shifty eyes*
So...

1) On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first 20-40 on the list.
2) Write down a random lyric.
3) Let everyone guess what song (and artist!) the lines come from.
4) Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

Miracle of miracles, this time I actually have playlists that contain more than just a CD full of songs. Other than musicals, I mean, where it's kind of pointless to have people guess the artist.
One is the RingStars playlist with the complete songs (minus two ;_;) used for The Unleashed Tales.
The other - and indeed the one I'm currently listening to - is the Silmarillion - RingStars style. Well, the beginning, anyway. It's far, far from finished. And kind of biased.

I'll use it anyway, tee hee, and add a fifth point to the task:
Let people (those that know the fandom, anyway - the others can of course skip this) guess just which part of the Silm this song might apply to. (Remember, it's on shuffle for this, so the order is totally random.)
And if they're really generous, they also might suggest other songs they might feel appropriate for a RingStars style Silmarillion. (For those unfamiliar with the RingStars: Basically, a comedy musical group using modern, more or less well-known songs to put together a LotR musical. A few lines suffice, even if the rest of the song doesn't fit much or at all - after all, not everything is played in full. There's costumes and props and dancing and choreography too, of course, but we can't do that on LJ...)

Wanna play?


1. This is our life, and our time/ And nothing is ever going to break us Runrig - The Greatest Flame, guessed by ladyelleth

2. Wir stürzten uns lachend ins eigne Verderben/ vom Leben berauscht und zur Abfahrt bereit Tanzwut - Meer, guessed by ladyelleth

3. is instrumental, so on to
3.b) First time you feel it, it might make you sad/ Next time you feel it it might make you mad Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love, guessed by ladyelleth

4. We're all on this road, miles to go/ chasing new pathways into the unknown Blackmore's Night - Where are We Going from here, guessed by ladyelleth

5. In the warrior's coat there's no surrender/ though his body says 'stop'/ his spirit cries 'never'

6. Will you join in our crusade,/ who will be strong and stand with me Les Miserables - Do you hear the people sing?, guessed by allie_meril

7. Here we belong, fighting to survive/ in a world with the darkest powers Queen - Princes of the Universe, guessed by laurenia

8. I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd/ you're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud Bon Jovi - It's My Life, guessed by laurenia

9. The drink will flow and blood will spill/ and if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town, guessed by allie_meril

10. But how can that be, look what love gave us/ a world full of killing/ and blood-spilling Chad Kroger - Hero, guessed by littleshebear

11. When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew/ are dressed in ribbons fair Loreena McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance, guessed by littleshebear

12. is instrumental again, so on to
12.b) into terror, into valour/ charge ahead, no! never turn!

13. Now I've walked the path from dark to light/ And they've yet to come to terms

14. is instrumental again, so on to
14.b) for the falsehoods we prized/ and the vows we betrayed

15. Quietly they whispered/ 'let's go back to the life we knew'

16. My dreams recall us being one/ I've searched for you to be free

17. Korah syahdho rahtahmah daanyah/ Korah keelah daanyah [mwahahahah!] John Williams - Duel of the Fates, guessed by littleshebear

18. No matter what we get out of this/ I know we'll never forget Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water, guessed by allamistako

19. Lost in the web of changes/ this could be the last dance

20. So you must carry this light into the darkness The Crüxshadows - Sophia, guessed by allamistako

21. Won't you lay with me (stay with me) one moment more/ I couldn't bear to see you walk out that door

And that's half of what I've got so far. And now I go back to finishing my paper. >_>

Comments

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Oh I love those :D

7. Princes of the Universe, Queen
8. It's my life, Bon Jovi

I'm not really any good at it, though ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Those two are perfectly correct though! ;)

[allie-meril.livejournal.com]

6. Will you join in our crusade,/ who will be strong and stand with me

That'd be from the Les Miz musical, and it's "Do You Hear the People Sing?" Oath of Feanor. Totally. Final answer.

9. The drink will flow and blood will spill/ and if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them

Thin Lizzy, "The Boys Are Back in Town." Ehhhh... OK, I don't actually know where this would stand Silm-wise. Kinslayings? It says "battle," even though it's lighthearted.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Both songs guessed right, and of course the Les Mis is the Oath. *g* Actually, I was using "The Boys are back in Town" for the Mereth Aderthad, because I'm weird like that - and, as you said, it's light-hearted really.

[allie-meril.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, that's a good one. I definitely need to brush up on my Silm.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Gomen nasai about the disappearing act I pulled earlier. And term paper? *coughs* Isn't it a little late for that today?

1) Runrig - The Greatest Flame. I always thought about that one as the Death of Feanor, if only because of the line 'now we're on our own', but I guess it can be applied to more moments than that. Perhaps simply their arrival in Middle-earth?

2) Tanzwut - Meer. Alqualonde.

3b) Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love. I know you mentioned this one before, but I must admit that I forgot.

4) Blackmore's Night - Where Are We Going From Here. That's always been my personal Fall of Gondolin song, but it probably applies to a Wandering Maglor even more.

I also know 10, 11, 12b and 15, but will leave those for others to guess. :)

[littleshebear.livejournal.com]

10: Hero, Chad Whatshisface

11: The Mummer's Dance, Loreena McKennit.

17: Duel of the Fates, John Williams

[allamistako.livejournal.com]

18: Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple

20: Sophia, The Crüxshadows