So after I tried for a super-duper long time (that's an exact amount) to narrow down the choices for my mix-tape of earworms, I discovered that I simply couldn't do it. I had a plethora of songs (jefe, would you say that I have a plethora of pinatas?) and I was way too attached to too many of them so I decided to "pull over" (pull over! no, it's a cardigan but thanks for noticing!) to the theoretical side of the mix-tape road and switch themes with the hope of making it slightly easier on myself. I decided to make a CD for another one of my roommates who loves movies--especially horribly stupid ones (werewolf! werewolf? There wolf, there castle!)--as much as I do.
I had a much easier time with this topic as the pool of songs from which I could choose was considerably smaller. That being said, it was also harder to do transitions because I noticed that most movie songs tended to vary from the painfully saccharine, uber-depressing ballads a la "My Heart Will Go On" to the pump-up themes intended to leave the audience dancing, singing along, or just simply laughing, as in EuroTrip's "Scotty Doesn't Know" (God bless you and your sense of humor Matt Damon). The smaller supply of middle tempo tunes forced me to make some transitions I wasn't completely happy with, but couldn't come up with any other alternatives that I would have preferred.
I still feel like my playlist was a tad on the lengthy side and it would be hard to listen through the entire CD unless you were going on a road trip, but it really made me think about authors and all of the work they have to do to make sure their works are the appropriate length and have the right transitions. I found many parallels between the editing of my mix tape and how I normally go about editing things I write (although the mix tape was significantly more fun due to the fact that I got to sing and dance along). So, if I haven't dropped enough movie quotes for you already (that you SHOULD be able to identify if you have ANY kind of movie taste--according to me, at least) here are a couple more to keep you guessing--see if you can name them all!
"You have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's the vector, Victor?"
"Phenomenal COSMIC POWERS....itty bitty living space"
"I do not mean to pry, but do you by any chance have six fingers on your right hand?"
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily"
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