This Is This

On Tuesday I asked for questions for my iPod divination project. So, you asked me questions and I put my iPod on shuffle to give you an answer through my interpretation of the opening lyrics and general vibe of the tune.

The results (pause) were staggering.

Thanks to everyone who replied - I have now been itching to publish this since I got the results, because I have solved all of your problems.

Readers took part in their twos and threes with questions ranging from… Ach, have a read for your yourselves.

Katy says:
O Mighty iPod of Cliff, will the lovely man upon whom I currently have my eye and I ever just sort it out and get it together?

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

You talk about things that nobody cares
You’re wearing out things that nobody wears
You’re calling my name but you gotta make clear
I can’t say baby where i’ll be in a year  

Well, Katy, things look a little uncertain. I’m not sure whether the above lyrics apply to you or me, or maybe they apply to lovely man. Thing is we just don’t know.

But is not knowing really all that bad? Isn’t that the heart of the heart? Isn’t that - kind of, you know - the point? If love came with rules then we’d all read the back of the box and argue over who was going to be the car. That’s not life.

Best of luck with that.

Dawn asks:
Oh powerful arse- liking anal Viking…
Will John and I’s new company be a success or should we throw in the towel now and get while the gettin is good?

Here I Come - The Roots

He said: “Yeah, you better come out with your hands up. We got you surrounded.
I’m in the back, changing my outfit. He said: “Blink, we gonna send the hounds in.”
I said: “Wait, cause here I come, here I come, here I come.
“You boys get ready, cause here I come, here I come, here I come.”

Dawn, Dawn, Dawn - you’re in a spot, but there is hope. The outfits reference I got: is there some kind of element about this company that’s in the entertainment or service industry?

It’s something - one sec - to do with giving. You’re giving someone something and I’m thinking money. There’s money being given to someone, either from you or to you. It’s green money, and there’s a man on one side wearing a wig. I’m seeing eagles. Are there eagles anywhere connected to your business, Dawn? Specifically green eagles. Does that make any sense?

It kinds of sound like you’ve got to do it. Think of Ned Kelly’s last charge, or Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid when they’re running from the law and it’s either get shot or jump into the chasm and the rapids far below.

Butch: What’s the matter with you?
Sundance: I can’t swim.
Butch: Why you crazy, the fall will probably kill you.

Any help?

By the way, since you married Leemer, I have had Status Quo’s Down Down in my head. “Dawn, Dawn, Leemer and Dawn”. Is it possible you could marry someone else? Darren Day, perhaps, so I can have Nina Simon’s Feeling Good in my head?

So there you have it. I’m proud that I was honest and up front, and I got to answer every question I was asked (Seriously though, two? TWO?) Was I tempted to go for the next song instead of the first on that popped up? Hell yes. And you know I checked, so just don’t.

Katy’s love interest one would have been The Ocean by Led Zeppelin (Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain…) and as Dawn’s professional advisor I would have channeled Dio by Tenacious D (Dio has rocked for a long long time Now it’s time for him to pass the torch) and imparted something rubbish instead of the comprehensive and sound business advice you read before.

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