zune song poem

[sab]

I'm still at skip=a zillion because of being away for Thanksgiving and then having a computer virus, but as seen at Punk's house, here's 21 songs my Zune spat, at random, first lines of each for to make a poem.

My Zune was in a mood, so there's a threepeat in there. I kept it in because I didn't want to spite the Zune, and also because it's a good line.

If they ask about Charlemagne, be polite and say something vague.

Once, in the spring of my 24th year;
There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right.
Hazard lights at rush hour -
Saturday night in the men's ensemble dressing room -
Seventeen was an underfunded comedy about love and trust and girls and immortality.

The picture I took of you in your cowboy hat made you look like you were one of the boys out on a Saturday.
Me and my friends are like the drums on "Lust for Life"
because I'm tired of maturity.
I will write you letters that explain the way I'm thinking,
And when the dawn breaks through, the drums start.

If they ask about Charlemagne, be polite and say something vague.
Another day begins, and there you are.

If they ask about Charlemagne, be polite and say something vague.
Small ground owls arrange themselves on posts along the road.

Now my work is done; I feel I'm owed some joy.

They made a statue of us,
Some say the local lake had been enchanted,
All the other girls here are stars; you are the northern lights.

She was waiting at the station -
When there weren't any parties, she'd park by the quarry.

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BTW, if you see a line that interests you from a song you don't know, speak up and I'll give you the mp3. Mmm, sharing.

Comments

[fourteenlines.livejournal.com]

Geez, this is the first one of these things I've seen where I recognized any of the first lines whatsoever!

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

What song is "They made a statue of us" from? Just because there's a song by Wir sind Helden that begins with the exact same line, only in German, so now I'm curious. Possibly there's an English version, I don't even know.

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

ZOMG Glen Hansard. ♥

[kristophine.livejournal.com]

Regina Spektor, "Us." They made a statue of us and put it on a mountaintop, and now the tourists come and stare at us.

I don't recognize (most of them) "all the other girls here are stars." It sounds lovely.

[kernezelda]

A li'l somethin'-somethin' for ya

[fourteenlines.livejournal.com]

Isn't he dreamy? *g*

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

Cool! I like the similarity in imagery. The Wir Sind Helden one continues "and everyone knows that that spoils love".

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

He is well dreamy! And also gives off this very intense vibe in person. (That's only from watching him walking out my store!)

If you aren't writing professionally...

[otrame.livejournal.com]

... then you are wasting time here having fun with your fanfics. Don't get me wrong. I love writing fanfics too. (http://www.whofic.com/viewuser.php?uid=8165) But YOU are a writer. Get your ass in gear and write your own characters and your own situations.

It helps that I am a big fan of Sports Night. But even without that your story "Where have you gone Tom Glavine" could be published just as it is, if it wasn't copyright infringement. So file the damned serial numbers off it and get it published.

Seriously. Consider this a wakeup call. You do not need any more practice. Just write.


Oh, and considering some of the stuff you write and how you like to write about it, you really should get into Torchwood. Sexy guys. REALLY sexy guys. Sexy girls too. LOTS of room to play with them. I recommend. (available on iTunes in the US.)