Music Can Wait

1. Put your iPod on shuffle.

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

Seen this kind of thing before? Well it’s not surprising, they are very common. But what interests me is the way the language has evolved over time. It started off with the most usual player being Windows Media Player, something that each time I copied one of the quizzes found necessary to change to Winamp, Winamp being a much better mp3 player.
Then it started being more inclusive, it would say Windows Media Player, iTunes, mp3 player.
As you can see from this one, it says iPod. I’m kind of intrigued to know why it says iPod when the person doing the quiz is so clearly at their computer surely they would be using iTunes. However today I did a quiz all about my phone, so some people seem to think hardware is more interesting. I still don’t get it though.

Another interesting thing is aside from me and the people who blindly copy the chain from me, I have never seen Winamp come up as one of the mp3 players even though it is one of the best available. I have also never seen Creative even though they are well known for their sound products, maybe more hardware than software in some cases, and I’ve never seen one that I haven’t heard of. There must be as many music players as there are songs, so why is it that I have never seen one I don’t already know?

It may be wrong to read too much into something as simple as a quiz on your music, but I suspect it has to do with the demographics attracted to this kind of quiz. The people doing this kind of quiz would be primarily teenagers I suspect, more so the kind of teenagers who have MySpace profiles. This type of chain has its origins in social networking, you wouldn’t send this kind of thing in an email.
I just think that the kind of people who are teenaged myspace users aren’t the kind of people who would care enough to go searching for an alternative music player. This explains why it says either the default music player for most computers (Windows Media Player) or the most popular music player (iTunes). Friends I have who go searching for better music players aren’t the kind of people who spend much time on social networking sites, if they have one at all, and most definitely they aren’t the kind of people who do these surveys.

Sadly, although I continue to add Winamp to the list on most occasions, I no longer use Winamp as since getting my iMistress have had no need for it with iTunes fully integrated into the operating system aleady. So I used iTunes for this, but then I am the kind of teenager who spends time doing quizzes.

Here is the quiz for anyone interested:


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OK" YOU SAY?
Out Here In The Cold (- Gotye)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Ghost (- Regurgitator)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Like Toy Soldiers (- Eminem)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Honour (- VNV Nation)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
This Boy’s In Love (- The Presets)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
White (- Something For Kate)

WHAT IS 2+2?
Stinkfist (- Tool)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
20 Fathoms Deep (- Sounds Like Chicken)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Virtual Life (- Regurgitator)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
One Big Mob (- Red Hot Chili Peppers)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Terminate (- Noise Boy [you may have read his blog])

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Surrender (- U2)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Is There Anybody In There (- Hunters and Collectors)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
The Ocean (- U2)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Treat Your Mama (- John Butler Trio)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
In The Night (- Expatriate)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Dudley (- Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Holy Grail (- Hunters and Collectors)

WHATS THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN?
Jigsaw Falling Into Place (- Radiohead)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Lullaby (- The Cure)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Atrocity Exhibition (- Joy Division)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Together (- The Presets)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Easily (- Red Hot Chili Peppers)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Parallel Universe (- Red Hot Chili Peppers)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Chain Of Fools (- The Commitments)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Nothing Else Matters (- Metallica)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
(-) Ions (- Tool)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
It’s Not Over Yet (- Klaxons)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Heaven Can Wait (- Meatloaf)