That song-name meme

[applecameron]

Kind of tough.

Ah, mes amis. Donizetti, from La Fille du Regiment.
Perfect Drug. Nine Inch Nails.
Pearls. Sade.
Loaded. Ricky Martin.
Extremis. Hal, featuring Gillian Anderson.

Criminal. Fiona Apple.
A Little Less Conversation. Elvis Presley.
Mother, Mother. Tracy Bonham.
Express Yourself. Madonna.
Requiem. Mozart.
Ordinary World. Duran Duran.
Nessun Dorma. Puccini, from Turandot.

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[tanacawyr.livejournal.com]

This is my laughy face at all the opera -- all I could *pick* were arias when I tried to do it, and I just gave up.

I actually had the hardest time with this

[applecameron.livejournal.com]

I kept picking up favorite CD's and reading off the names and everything started with S and T...I almost quit.

I'm kind of interested in doing a classical or non-English version only. Could be fun.

Here's a just-opera one (I did have to hunt for these):

Ah mes amis. Donizetti, La Fille du Regiment.
Promesse de mon avenir. Massenet, Le Roi De Lahore
Piangete voi. Donizetti, Anna Bolena.
La Calunnia e un Venticello. Rossini, Il Barbierer di Siviglia.
Ein Madchen oder Weibchen. Mozart, The Magic Flute.

Con onor muore. Puccini, Madama Butterfly.
Ave Maria. (Specifically, from Suor Angelica, by Puccini)
Meta di voi qua vedano. Mozart, Don Giovanni.
Ei, die Ehre, die Ehre. Strauss, Die Schweigsame Frau.
Rataplan, rataplan. Donizetti, La Fille du Regiment.
Ora posso morir. Tutto e compiuto. Ponchielli, La Gioconda.
Nessun Dorma. Puccini, Turandot.

Re: I actually had the hardest time with this

[tanacawyr.livejournal.com]

I got this:

C: Celeste Aida
O: O Sole Mio
R: Recondita Armonia
T: Torna a Suriento
E: E Lucevan Le Stelle
S: Santa Lucia
E: E si nun canto, moro

and I actually tried to do pop songs, damn it. But "Celeste Aida" sprang into my brain, and all the pop songs ran under the kitchen cabinets while the opera came out, ate my chips, drank my soda, and put its feet up on the furniture.

Re: I actually had the hardest time with this

[applecameron.livejournal.com]

C: Criminal/Fiona Apple
O: Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da/The Beatles
R: Return To Sender/Elvis
T: The Lady of Shalott/Loreena McKennitt
E: Every Breath You Take/The Police
S: Shelter/Sarah McLachlan
E: Express Yourself/Madonna