My Life as a Soundtrack

[bryansmith]

Hey all,

My housemate gave me this little list to fill out based on my music collection. It is supposed to resemble your life (if it were a movie) and it's big moments in song form.

That's probably a very vague description and doesn't make much sense so I will direct you to my results here. What you do is put your music collection in shuffle/random and play a song. That is the "opening credits" of your life. You hit next and go from there.

It's a very odd thing to do but it produced a good couple of laughs for me.

So, how did you guys do?

Bryan

[burntfuse]

Opening Credits - Bridge to Nowhere?
Prom - When I Come Around? (I guess you're going to get drunk and pass out or something?)
Funeral - Make No Difference?
Closing Credits - The Hell Song?

I laughed out loud at those, thanks for posting.

[fingal]

Hi - I had a go at this, and rediscovered some old songs. Some of these won't make much sense to you, but here's what I got:

Opening credits:
Those about to rock: we salute you - AC/DC

Waking Up:
Just a man - Faith No More

First Day of School:
Why? - Avril Lavigne (Why indeed!)

Falling In Love:
For whose sake? - Richard Thompson (eerily accurate in my case)

Fight Song:
I courted a sailor - Kate Rusby (No ... that's another love song!)

Breaking Up:
Till the morning comes - Neil Young

Prom:
ZZ Top - Tube Snake Boogie

Life (in general):
The beginning - Seal

Mental Breakdown:
La Cardeuse (The Wool Carder) - Martin Carthy

Driving:
Nothing up my sleeve - Motorhead

Flashback:
Are you ready for the country? - Neil Young

Getting back together:
Fly - Nick Drake (Perfect for the occasion, but you would need to hear it.)

Wedding:
I can't stand it - The Velvet Underground (So that's why I'm still single!?)

Birth of Child:
Crazy - Seal

Final Battle:
Carry On - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Death Scene:
Cuckoo for Caca - Faith No More (Sounds a lot like someone dying.)

Funeral Song:
Hazy Jane 1 - Nick Drake

End Credit:
The Jack - AC/DC

It's fun listening to songs on shuffle ...

[Thrillhouse]

Opening Credits
Redemption Song - Bob Marley

Waking Up
Viginti Tres - Tool

First Day of High School
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Falling in Love
Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John (ironically)

Fight Song
God's Own Drunk - Jimmy Buffet (the antithesis of a fight song)

Breaking Up
Enter Sandman - Metallica

Prom
Could You Be Loved - Marley Again

Life in General
Sabotage - Beastie Boys

Mental Breakdown
Witchy Woman - The Eagles

Driving
Like a Prayer - Madonna

Flashback
So Many Tears - Tupac Shakur

Getting Back Together
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Wedding
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

Birth of a Child
Chop 'em Down - Matisyahu

Final Battle
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds

Death Scene
Say It Ain't So - Weezer (no kidding)

Funeral Song
One Particular Harbor - Jimmy Buffet

End Credit
Alberta - Eric Clapton

I can't believe my immense collection of Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin went untouched!

[bryansmith]

Opening Credits - Bridge to Nowhere?
Prom - When I Come Around? (I guess you're going to get drunk and pass out or something?)
Funeral - Make No Difference?
Closing Credits - The Hell Song?

I laughed out loud at those, thanks for posting.

Oh trust me, I had a good laugh at those too.

Bryan

[ellen76]

Great laugh , I'm worried that we will all end up like this ...

http://www.themightywhites.com/

[fingal]

I'm a bit concerned that my closing song is about venereal disease. I can imagine that going down well at a funeral. 'He was okay, and he lived life to the full. Now, a song about VD.'

[techieMoe]

Hmm... I've never thought about giving my *life* a soundtrack, but I have considered giving some of my ex-girlfriends songs that matched either their personality or the nature of our relationship. I don't think I could post those here and still keep their relative anonymity though.

[burntfuse]

fingal: Oh, I interpreted it to mean that you would die of VD... Pretty funny either way.

[Vergil83]

Opening Credits
The Prescience of Dawn - The Weakerthans
Waking Up
Ladies Auxiliary - Woody Guthrie
First Day of High School
AEnema - Tool
Falling in Love
Propaganda By The Deed - The Pinkerton Thugs
Fight Song
Bulldog Front - Fugazi
Breaking Up
Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice) - The Clash
Prom
Colorado - Fifteen
Life in General
West Texas Teardrops - Old 97's (so my life is going to be really sad!)
Mental Breakdown
Butterfly - A Heartless Solution
Driving
Windows - Greg MacPherson Band
Flashback
White Flag - GC5
Getting Back Together
Baltimore To Washington - Woody Guthrie
Wedding
Against The Law - Billy Bragg/Wilco
Birth of a Child
Career Opportunities - The Clash (poor kidding working at the BBC)
Final Battle
Brand New Colony - The Postal Service
Death Scene
Ruby, Are You Mad - The Osborne Brothers
Funeral Song
Port of Amsterdam - Dresden Dolls
End Credit
So Kill Me - MXPX (seems better a couple up)