{"id":4183,"date":"2010-08-14T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T16:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2010-08-14T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T16:26:40","slug":"requiem-agnus-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100814-4183.htm","title":{"rendered":"Requiem-Agnus Dei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the song meme that&#8217;s making the rounds in my little group of Facebook friends.  You place your MP3 player on shuffle and write down the titles of each of the first twenty songs that come up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. What do your friends think of you? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Like Humans Do<\/i> (David Byrne)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m achin,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m shakin&#8217;,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m breakin&#8217;<br \/>\nlike humans do<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>2. If someone says, &#8220;Is this okay?&#8221; You say? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>The Lord of the Rings V-Hobbit<\/i> (Arvika Stadsmusikk\u00e5r-Instrumental Score)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. How would you describe yourself? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Beethoven&#8217;s Symphony No 9.<\/i> (Seattle Symphony)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. What do you like in a guy\/girl? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Highway Blues<\/i> (Marc Seales-Jazz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. How do you feel today?<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>A Delicate Balance<\/i> (Dan La Maestra-Jazz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. What is your life&#8217;s purpose? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>As Night Falls<\/i> (David Bach-Jazz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. What is your motto? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Larry Brown<\/i> (Larry Brown-Jazz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. What do you think about very often? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Blues for Charlie<\/i> (Royce Campbell-Jazz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. What do you think of your best friend? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Blue Stomp<\/i> (Gary Smulyan-Jazz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. What do you think of the person you like? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Come Rain, Come Shine<\/i> (Maija)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m gonna love you like nobody&#8217;s loved you,<br \/>\nCome rain or come shine.<br \/>\nHigh as a mountain and deep as a river,<br \/>\nCome rain or come shine.<\/p>\n<p>Well I guess when you met me<br \/>\nThat it was just one of those things,<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t you ever bet me,<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m gonna be true if you let me.<\/p>\n<p>~Lyrics by Johnny Mercer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>11. What is your life story? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>La Vie en Rose<\/i> (Danielle Westphal)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When he takes me in his arms<br \/>\nAnd speaks softly to me,<br \/>\nI see life in rosy hues. (La Vie en Rose)<br \/>\nHe tells me words of love,<br \/>\nWords of every day,<br \/>\nAnd in them I become something.<br \/>\nHe has entered my heart,<br \/>\nA part of happiness<br \/>\nWhereof I understand the reason.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s he for me and I for him, throughout life,<br \/>\nHe has told me, he has sworn to me, for life.<br \/>\nAnd from the things that I sense,<br \/>\nNow I can feel within me<br \/>\nMy heart that beats. <\/p>\n<p>~Translation by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.useless-knowledge.com\/1234\/06apr\/article064.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Keyes<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>12. What do you want to be when you grow up? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Do Nothin&#8217; Till You Hear From Me<\/i> (Bill Harris)<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. What do you think of when you see the person you like\/love? <\/strong><i>Escapade<\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invitation_to_an_Escapade\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Akasian<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was just a summer escapade<br \/>\nA sudden enchanting shore<br \/>\nthat happened once or twice before<br \/>\nIt wasn&#8217;t meant to last<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not a child who has to pretend<br \/>\nLet it fade into the glow of waning light&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>~Words by William Benton (I think)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>14. What will you dance to at your wedding? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Preta Porter de Tafeta<\/i> (Leonard Lucini-Blues)<br \/>\nYeah, probably not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. What will they play at your funeral? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Fragile<\/i> (The Dave Anderson Trio-Jazz)<br \/>\nDitto the above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16. What is your hobby\/interest? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Frenzy<\/i> (James Bazen-Jazz)<br \/>\nThe title says it all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. What is your biggest fear? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Gabalot<\/i> (Michael J. Harris)<br \/>\nRemarkably weird song.  I have no idea why I have this, but it&#8217;s&#8230;strange.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. What is your biggest secret? <\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Gonna Build a Mountain<\/i> (Ericka Ovette)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gonna build me a daydream.<br \/>\nFrom a little hope.<br \/>\nGonna push that daydream.<br \/>\nUp the mountain slope.<br \/>\nGonna build a daydream.<br \/>\nGonna see it through.<br \/>\nGonna build a mountain and a daydream.<br \/>\nGonna make them both come true.<\/p>\n<p>~Lyrics by (Does anyone know?&#8211;this was performed by Sammy Davis Jr. in the olden days :-)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>19. What do you think of your friends?<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Adoro te devote<\/i> (Gregorian Sense)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>  <em>  Adoro te devote, latens Deitas,<br \/>\n    Qu\u00e6 sub his figuris vere latitas;<br \/>\n    Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit,<br \/>\n    Quia te contemplans totum deficit. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Translated:<br \/>\nProstrate I adore Thee, Deity unseen,<br \/>\nWho Thy glory hidest &#8216;neath these shadows mean;<br \/>\nLo, to Thee surrendered, my whole heart is bowed,<br \/>\nTranced as it beholds Thee, shrined within the cloud. <\/p>\n<p>~Lyrics by Thomas Aquinas<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>20.What will you post this as?<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Requiem-Agnus Dei<\/i> (Gregorian Sense)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem,<br \/>\n        Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem,<br \/>\n        Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<br \/>\n Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,<br \/>\ngrant them rest,<br \/>\n Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,<br \/>\ngrant them rest,<br \/>\n Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,<br \/>\ngrant them eternal rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think there might be some disadvantages to my remarkably eclectic tastes in music&#8211;and my reluctance to actually <i>purchase<\/i> music while still insisting on not listening to pirated music.  Most of these songs are probably completely unfamiliar to the rest of the world, since I got them here and there as one band or another was giving away a free MP3.  This particular set is rather heavy on Jazz (and is composed entirely of free music&#8211;no purchased titles.)<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, a few of them were remarkably apt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the song meme that&#8217;s making the rounds in my little group of Facebook friends. You place your MP3 player on shuffle and write down the titles of each of the first twenty songs that come up. 1. What do your friends think of you? Like Humans Do (David Byrne) I&#8217;m achin, I&#8217;m shakin&#8217;, I&#8217;m &#8230; <a title=\"Requiem-Agnus Dei\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100814-4183.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Requiem-Agnus Dei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}