NationStates Jolt Archive

Let's say your life is a movie. Pick 10 songs that either tell your life's story, sum up your life in some way, or just really explain You.

Mine would be, in no particular order:
1) Bat out of Hell--Meatloaf
2) The One--Elton John
3) Hammer to Fall--Queen
4) I Want to Break Free--Queen
5) Don't Stop Me Now--Queen
6) The Touch--Stan Bush (Transformers Movie soundtrack)
7) Take Me Home Tonight--Eddie Money
8) I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)--Steelheart
9) You Don't Have to Say You Love Me--Dusty Williams
10) I Want It All--Queen

hmm, not having most of my music collection, still, doesn't help, but lets see...


1. Deftones - Elite (for the lyrics)
2. Led Zeppelin - Dazed & Confused (obvious why ;))
3. Megadeth - Youthanasia
4. Pantera - (When I Die) I'll Cast A Shadow (i wish)
5. Pitchshifter - Dead Battery
6. Pitchshifter - Civilised (totally agree with the lyrics again - clicky (http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/pitchshifter/wwwpitchshiftercom.html#4))
7. Sepultura - Refuse, Resist
8. Testament - Down For Life
9. Testament - Return To Serenity
10. KoRn - Somebody Someone


edit: lol i had The Touch and the TF movie soundtrack - cool song indeed :D

probably the following
1: the theme tune from a bridge too far
2: Elgars pomp and ceremony
3: Queen:- Bohemian rhapsody
4: Iron maiden :- Run for the hills
5: we will rock you :- Queen
6:- "hitlers only got one ball" just becvause i could!
7: Comming in on a wing and a prayer...because i have my pilots lessons soon and i expect that the song will be fitting to my appaling progress :p

1: The Ramones - I Don't Want To Grow Up
2: Husker Du - Something I Learned Today
3: The Clash - Janie Jones
4: Husker Du - These Important Years

I've only got four right now. I've not exactly lived long enough to have a soundtrack for my life :p.

This is my soundtrack, today at least:

1. It's a Beautiful Life - Ace of Base (Self-explanatory)
2. Stupidisco - Junior Jack (Repetitive)
3. Dancing Queen - ABBA (I guess that's self-explanatory, too) :)
4. (You Don't Have to Be) The Lonely One - Alice Deejay
5. Shy Guy - Diana King (Hah!)
6. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd/Scissor Sisters (I like both versions, dammit!)
7. Die Welt gehört mir - Blümchen (I'm optimistic today)
8. Désenchantée - Mylène Farmer ("A quel saint se vouer, qui peut prétendre?")
9. (La, la, la) Never Give It Up - September
10. Mein Herz brennt - Rammstein

(I suspect this will end up in the spam forum, but anyhow, I like it. :))

In no particular order:
1) U2's "With or Without You"
2) U2's "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
3) Pennywise's "Perfect People" (http://plyrics.com/lyrics/pennywise/perfectpeople.html)
4) Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here"
5) Trad. "The Wild Rover"
6) David Allen Coe's "Take This Job and Shove It"
7) The Dropkick Murphy's "The New American Way"
8) John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High"
9) Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobbie McGee"
10) "Billy and the Boingers" "U Stink But I Love U"

For the moment, here's my life's soundtrack

1. Straight Back (Fleetwood Mac)
2. Goodbye Stranger (Supertramp)
3. The Way (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
4. Fall From Grace (Stevie Nicks)
5. Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac)
6. Destiny Rules (Fleetwood Mac)
7. Tired Of Being Blonde (Carly Simon)
8. The Battle Of Evermore (Led Zeppelin)
9. It's My Life (Billy Joel)
10. Ramble On (Led Zeppelin)

What Difference Does It Make? - The Smiths
Seagull - Ride
One of These Days - The Velvet Underground
Castles Made of Sand - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Just Wanna See His Face - The Rolling Stones
Isolation - Joy Division
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
This Is the One - The Stone Roses
Island in the Sun - Weezer
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

Or something...

Seeing as how I've only lived long enough for the first three or four songs, the rest is just speculation...

1) Embryonic Journey - Hot Tuna
2) Rock & Roll Creation - Spinal Tap
3) Layla - Derek and the Dominoes or Lola - The Kinks (I'd rewrite some of the lyrics though)
4) Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty
5) Let Nothing Come Between You - Warren Zevon
6) Mr. Bad Example - Warren Zevon
7) Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
8) After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
9) Reflection - Tool
10) The End - Doors

I think it'd change pretty much every time something happened. But, at this point:

1. Statesboro' Blues (The Allman Brothers Band)
2. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
3. Guest List (The Eels)
4. Stutter (Elastica)
5. Down At The Tube Station At Midnight (The Jam)
6. One (Johnny Cash)
7. Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
8. Proof (I Am Kloot)
9. I Know That You Know (Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie & Sonny Stitt)
10. The Remote Part (Idlewild)

No order..

1) Ted, Just Admit It - Janes Addiction
2) St.Ides Heaven - Elliott Smith
3) Neighbourhood#1 (Tunnels) - The Arcade Fire
4) Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
5) Dreams - The Cranberries
6) Negative Vibes - Damien Dempsey
7) Soma - Smashing Pumpkins
8) Give A Man A Home - Ben Harper
9) Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode/Tori Amos
10) Lua - Bright Eyes

By the way, whats with all the cock rock?

In no particular order

1) Cul de Sac, "Doldrums"
2) The Verlaines, "We're All Gonna Die"
3) The Fall, "Smile"
4) The Smiths, "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
5) The Verlaines, "Damn Shame"
6) Belle and Sebastian, "There's Too Much Love"
7) The Futureheads, "Meantime"
8) Arab Strap, "The Shy Retirer"
9) Big Country, "The Crossing"
10) The Fall, "Look, Know"

Childhood
1. Too Short - "The Ghetto"
2. Kid Frost - "La Raza"
3. Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day"
Teen
4. Ozzy Osbourne - "Hellraiser"
5. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
6. The Offspring - "Can't Repeat"
Adulthood
7. KoRn - "Freak On A Leash"
8. Eminem - "Mosh"
9. The Game - "Hate It Or Love It"
10. Drowning Pool - "Bodies"

and that's where I'm at now :p

In no particular order...

1) Obviously - McFly
2) Adiemus - Enya
3) Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
4) Angels - Robbie Williams
5) Klendathu Drop - Starship Troopers
6) Jerusalem
7) Nimrod - Elgar
8) Down - Blink 182
9) Kissing You - Romeo & Juliet/Sade
10) Penny and Me - Hanson

Just to spite all the rock and roll fans who have posted entire lists of songs I have never heard of, my soundtrack would be as follows:

1) Sing sing sing - Benny Goodman and his orchestra (With Gene Krupa on drums. Boo-yah!)

2)Love me or leave me - Nina Simone

3) In walked Bud - Thelonius Monk

4) So what - Miles Davis

5) Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong (No, this doesn't mean I'm a serial killer; I just like the song)

6) Sweet Georgia Brown - Louis Armstrong

7) 'Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk

8) Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington

9) Take Five - Dave Brubeck quartet

10) Giant Steps - John Coltrane

In no particular order...

1) Obviously - McFly
2) Adiemus - Enya
3) Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
4) Angels - Robbie Williams
5) Klendathu Drop - Starship Troopers
6) Jerusalem
7) Nimrod - Elgar
8) Down - Blink 182
9) Kissing You - Romeo & Juliet/Sade
10) Penny and Me - Hanson

i definatly agree with nimrod..brilliant peice!

1. The darth vader intro theme
2. I love you babe. (Cher)
3. Amarillo (Tony Christie)
4. Rhinestone Cowboy (Glen Cambell)
5. Ring of Fire (Jonny Cash)
6. Shes a lady (Tom Jones), (don't ask... i once went out with this person who everyone though was a man, even I have my doubts about "her" now.

they are the only 6 i can think of.

Edit: I will survive (Gloria Gaynor)

Just to spite all the rock and roll fans who have posted entire lists of songs I have never heard of, my soundtrack would be as follows:
1) Sing sing sing - Benny Goodman and his orchestra (With Gene Krupa on drums. Boo-yah!)
2)Love me or leave me - Nina Simone
3) In walked Bud - Thelonius Monk
4) So what - Miles Davis
5) Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong (No, this doesn't mean I'm a serial killer; I just like the song)
6) Sweet Georgia Brown - Louis Armstrong
7) 'Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk
8) Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
9) Take Five - Dave Brubeck quartet
10) Giant Steps - John Coltrane

Hmm, interesting choices. Not many jazz fans on here - or people who like Monk for the matter. (Yes, that passes for a joke where I come from).

1. The darth vader intro theme

Heheheh. I remember someone saying that at his wedding he wanted the Indian Jones theme song playing when he walked in and the Darth Vader theme when his bride walked in. I wonder if that guy ever got married . . .

Heheheh. I remember someone saying that at his wedding he wanted the Indian Jones theme song playing when he walked in and the Darth Vader theme when his bride walked in. I wonder if that guy ever got married . . .

LOL! Lordy, I hope so. I think I'd have paid to see that wedding. I 'spect the reception would have been high entertainment...

1. Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt
2. Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
3. The Way We Were - Barbara Streisand
4. Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
5. Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark
6. The Dance - Garth Brooks
7. The Winner Takes It All - Abba
8. In Dreams - Roy Orbison
9. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
10. Yesterday - The Beatles

5) Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong (No, this doesn't mean I'm a serial killer; I just like the song)




You don't like Bobby Darrin's version? :(

1. R.E.M: The Wrong Child.
2. The Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays.
3. Colin Hay: Overkill
4. Bobby Vinton: Mr Lonely.
5. Gary Jules: Mad World.
6. Phil Collins: In the Air Tonight.
7. The Eagles: Hotel California.
8. John Cale: Hallelujah.
9. The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony.
10. R.E.M: Everybody Hurts.

Draw your own impressions about me from this.

Hmmm...

Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Nobody's Hero - Stiff Little Fingers
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Youth Against Fascism - Sonic Youth
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - Nirvana
Love Has Passed Me By - Kyuss
The Same Deep Water as You - The Cure
If Only - Queens of the Stone Age
God Says No - Monster Magnet
Waiting for the Sun - The Doors

Heheheh. I remember someone saying that at his wedding he wanted the Indian Jones theme song playing when he walked in and the Darth Vader theme when his bride walked in. I wonder if that guy ever got married . . .

That's awesome. I'm going to steal that idea.

Veteran of the Psychic Wars - BOC
Modern Crusaders - Enigma
Principles of Lust - Enigma
Broadsword - Jethro Tull
Senschuct - Rammstein
Stamping ground/Cuplet - Moondog
Bananas - Ja Wobble
Deeply Disturbed - Infected Mushroom
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Carmina Burana - Orff
Carol of the Bells - This Ascention/Arcanta

You don't like Bobby Darrin's version? :(

Not particularly. Darrin's version sounds too much like it's being sung by a cheesy lounge singer, which I guess it kind of is. It gets points for being the original though. I also like Ella Fitzgerald's version. You know, the one she did in front of a live audience in Berlin where she forgets the words half way through and starts making stuff up? It's awesome. But really, nothing can top the sheer awesomeness that is Louis Armstrong. What a guy . . .

1. Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt
2. Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
3. The Way We Were - Barbara Streisand
4. Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
5. Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark
6. The Dance - Garth Brooks
7. The Winner Takes It All - Abba
8. In Dreams - Roy Orbison
9. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
10. Yesterday - The Beatles

I like 4, 7 and 10 - personal favourites but not enough to make it onto my own top 10

Personally...number 3 scares me...

In no particular order.

1. I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles
2. The Good Old Days - The Liberteens
3. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
4. Black Cadillacs - Modest Mouse
5. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
6. Happy In Hell (Acappella) - The Christians
7. Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
8. Trumpets - The Waterboys
9. Beautiful Day - U2
10. My Favourite Game - The Cardigans

1. Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band
2. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Little Martha - The Allman Brothers Band
4. Naked Eye - The Who
5. I'm One - The Who
6. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
7. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan
8. Presence of the Lord - Blind Faith
9. Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills, and Nash
10. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

I don't know about all ten, but:

1. Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
2. Megadeth - Skin o' my teeth
3. Pink Floyd - Time
4. The Beatles - All you need is love
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets (:D)
6. The Offspring - Low Self-esteem
7. SOAD - Pogo
8. Muse - Your time is running out
9. Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh
10. Led Zeppelin - Whole lotta love

Yeah, I'm all over the place.

5) Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong (No, this doesn't mean I'm a serial killer; I just like the song)
Nick Cave's version, or Brecht's version, are even better. Trust me.

Personally...number 3 scares me...

It sort of scares me, too. Brings up memories of an old girlfriend. :rolleyes: