Friday, October 13, 2006
Soundtrack of Your Life
This comes to me via Bill Shunn. If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be? The rules are:
"Texture" by The Catherine Wheel, from Ferment
Waking Up
"You Must Be Evil" by Chris Rea, from The Road to Hell
First Day at School
"Condi, Condi" by Steve Earle, from The Revolution Starts Now
Falling in Love
"Tempted" by Squeeze, from Singles 45's and Under
Fight Song
"Atlantic City" by Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears and Mystery (Disc 10), a bootleg
Breaking Up
"Hey, Johnny Park!" by The Foo Fighters, from The Colour and the Shape
Prom
"Does the Bus Stop at 82nd Street" by Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears and Mystery (Disc 9)
Life Is Good
"A Simple Desultory Phillippic" by Simon & Garfunkel, from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Mental Breakdown
"Just Woke Up" by Kirsty MacColl, from Titanic Days
Driving
"When Will You Come Back Home" by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, from Cold Roses (Disc 1)
Flashback
"Deeper Water" by Paul Kelly, from Deeper Water
Getting Back Together
"Since the Last Time" by Lyle Lovett, from Joshua Judges Ruth
Wedding
"Midnight Rain" by Paul Kelly, from ...Nothing But a Dream
Paying the Dues
"Too Much of Anything" by The Who, from Who's Next
The Night Before the War
"Black Cowboys" by Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears and Mystery (Disc 8)
Final Battle
"Do Ya" by Matthew Sweet, from Rarities (another bootleg)
Moment of Triumph
"Rudy" by Supertramp, from Retrospectacle
Death Scene
"Wasted Time" by The Eagles, from Hotel California
Funeral Song
"Love Comes Love Goes" by Poco, from Legend
End Credits
"Life in the Fast Lane" by The Eagles, from Hotel California
My, there are some surprises on that list. Now, I haven't gone bananas like Bill has, and probably I have about 15% of the music he has, digital-wise. But that's still almost 5000 songs to choose from, many of which are not the Eagles or Paul Kelly or Bruce Springsteen. I too am surprised that no jazz reared up. Pleased with some of the appropriate choices, though.
This comes to me via Bill Shunn. If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be? The rules are:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...
"Texture" by The Catherine Wheel, from Ferment
Waking Up
"You Must Be Evil" by Chris Rea, from The Road to Hell
First Day at School
"Condi, Condi" by Steve Earle, from The Revolution Starts Now
Falling in Love
"Tempted" by Squeeze, from Singles 45's and Under
Fight Song
"Atlantic City" by Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears and Mystery (Disc 10), a bootleg
Breaking Up
"Hey, Johnny Park!" by The Foo Fighters, from The Colour and the Shape
Prom
"Does the Bus Stop at 82nd Street" by Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears and Mystery (Disc 9)
Life Is Good
"A Simple Desultory Phillippic" by Simon & Garfunkel, from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Mental Breakdown
"Just Woke Up" by Kirsty MacColl, from Titanic Days
Driving
"When Will You Come Back Home" by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, from Cold Roses (Disc 1)
Flashback
"Deeper Water" by Paul Kelly, from Deeper Water
Getting Back Together
"Since the Last Time" by Lyle Lovett, from Joshua Judges Ruth
Wedding
"Midnight Rain" by Paul Kelly, from ...Nothing But a Dream
Paying the Dues
"Too Much of Anything" by The Who, from Who's Next
The Night Before the War
"Black Cowboys" by Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears and Mystery (Disc 8)
Final Battle
"Do Ya" by Matthew Sweet, from Rarities (another bootleg)
Moment of Triumph
"Rudy" by Supertramp, from Retrospectacle
Death Scene
"Wasted Time" by The Eagles, from Hotel California
Funeral Song
"Love Comes Love Goes" by Poco, from Legend
End Credits
"Life in the Fast Lane" by The Eagles, from Hotel California
My, there are some surprises on that list. Now, I haven't gone bananas like Bill has, and probably I have about 15% of the music he has, digital-wise. But that's still almost 5000 songs to choose from, many of which are not the Eagles or Paul Kelly or Bruce Springsteen. I too am surprised that no jazz reared up. Pleased with some of the appropriate choices, though.
// posted by Derryl Murphy @ 12:56 PM 
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