{"id":239,"date":"2010-07-21T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/blog\/2010\/07\/21\/pop-music-quiz-hot-shot\/"},"modified":"2010-12-09T05:43:08","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T05:43:08","slug":"pop-music-quiz-hot-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/blog\/2010\/07\/21\/pop-music-quiz-hot-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop (music) quiz, hot shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago this past Sunday, Bekah and I got married. It was awesome.<\/p>\n<p>I try not to post personal stuff here, but I will talk about the music, which we had a lot of fun selecting. We played Sigur Ros\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heavenly \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Svefn-G-Englar\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as we walked down the aisle, had some friends cover Iron &amp; Wine&#8217;s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Resurrection Fern\u00e2\u20ac\u009d during the ceremony, and used songs by Leo Kottke, Luna, and the Magnetic Fields for the slide show.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner and reception were in a barn, and we rolled our own music for that, too. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve dug up as much as I could of the playlists (we changed them on the fly, and I only have a portion of the originals), and offer you a challenge: name as many artists and song titles as you can, <em>from only the first 10 seconds of each song. <\/em>Of course, no Googling or other cheating. That ruins the fun!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 10-second snippets from the reception, where we stuck with favorites for the most part. There are 48, so the clip is around eight minutes long.<br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='\/mp\/swfobject.js'><\/script><\/p>\n<div id='reception'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\n  var so = new SWFObject('\/mp\/player.swf','mpl','470','24','9');\n  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');\n  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');\n  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');\n  so.addVariable('duration','495');\n  so.addVariable('file','https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/lj\/7-21-2010\/reception.mp3');\n  so.addVariable('title','Reception');\n  so.addVariable('plugins', 'googlytics-1');\n  so.write('reception');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fairly standard stuff, on the whole. Give yourself <em>half a point for each artist and half a point for each song title you can name<\/em>. Rate yourself as follows:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"484\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"412\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">0-15<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\" valign=\"top\">Really? Stop listening to indie music and turn on MTV!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">16-35<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\" valign=\"top\">Solid. What I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d expect out of someone in my age group who listens to the radio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">36-48<\/td>\n<td width=\"412\" valign=\"top\">Very impressive. You even got the obscure ones!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you thought that was easy, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more of a challenge. We veered off into indie\/folk territory for the background music during the dinner \u00e2\u20ac\u201c aiming for quiet, pretty songs that weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sad (which eliminates about 90% of quiet, pretty songs).<\/p>\n<div id='dinner'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\n  var so = new SWFObject('\/mp\/player.swf','mpl','470','24','9');\n  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');\n  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');\n  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');\n  so.addVariable('duration','276');\n  so.addVariable('file','https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/lj\/7-21-2010\/dinner.mp3');\n  so.addVariable('title','Dinner');\n  so.addVariable('plugins', 'googlytics-1');\n  so.write('dinner');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"608\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"536\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">0-4<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\" valign=\"top\">Really? Stop watching MTV and listen to some other music! Just kidding.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">5-8<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\" valign=\"top\">Solid for a casual listener. You probably got the ones your parents listened to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">9-13<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\" valign=\"top\">Good for a folkie.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">14-22<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\" valign=\"top\">Very impressive. We seem to have the same taste in quiet music&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"70\" valign=\"top\">23-26<\/td>\n<td width=\"536\" valign=\"top\">Amazing. You are a god among mortals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I did leave one song out, because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very hard to get \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never even been released on an actual album, as far as I know. <strong>One bonus point each for the artist, the title, and the original artist of this song. <\/strong>No Googling!<\/p>\n<div id='quiz'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\n  var so = new SWFObject('https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mp5\/player.swf','mpl','470','24','9');\n  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');\n  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');\n  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');\n  so.addVariable('duration','276');\n  so.addVariable('file','https:\/\/www.boopidy.com\/aj\/lj\/7-21-2010\/quiz.mp3');\n  so.addVariable('title','Quiz');\n  so.addVariable('plugins', 'googlytics-1');\n  so.write('quiz');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like you check your answers, post them in the comments below. 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