Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The H Soundtrack

A meme of sorts - coming up with the songs to fill out the soundtrack of my life. I had a very tough time with this and spent way too much time working on it, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results!

Opening Credits: “A-Punk” – Vampire Weekend

Waking Up: “Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins

Average Day:“Alive” – Pearl Jam

First Date: “Once Around the Block” – Badly Drawn Boy

Falling In Love: “The Nearness of You” – Norah Jones

Love Scene: “Sexual Healing” – Ben Harper

Fight Scene:“Know Your Enemy” – Rage Against the Machine (this was by far the easiest choice. Hands down, no contest, no song even came close to touching this.)

Breaking Up: “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” – Bob Dylan

Getting Back Together: “Mystery” – Indigo Girls

Secret Love: “Layla” – Derek and the Dominoes (has there been a better unrequited love song written in the entire history of music? I think not)

Life’s Okay: “Life by the Drop” – Stevie Ray Vaughn

Mental Breakdown: “Let Go” – Frou Frou

Driving: “Keep the Car Running” – Arcade Fire

Learning a Lesson: "Learning to Fly" - Tom Petty

Deep Thought: “Bowl of Oranges” – Bright Eyes

Flashback: “Pictures of You” – the Cure

Partying: “Outta Control (Remix)” – 50 Cent

Happy Dance: “Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo” – Jens Lekman

Regretting: “Both Sides Now” – Joni Mitchell

Long Night Alone: “Only Living Boy in New York” – Simon and Garfunkel

Death Scene: “Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” - Elton John (close runners up were “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie, “Your Long Journey” by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and “Grace” or “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley)

Closing Credits: “The Underdog” – Spoon

2 comments:

Captain Crab said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojXKbYFnus&feature=related

I'm sure that you can find a place for this!

Hannita said...

I have to say that even thinking about those various categories would make my brain hurt. And then to find the names of the songs to go with them, well, that wouldn't be fun. I am very impressed.