Soundtrack of my life

2007.01.19

Soundtrack of my life

Tag! I’m it!

CC Chapman tagged me in his post If My Life Was a Movie, What Would the Soundtrack Be? The idea is to put your media player on shuffle and record the name of each song that comes up in sequence against a specific list of scenes in your life — also in sequence. I had to skip over some audiobook tracks that came up (they would make for a boring soundtrack).

Opening credits
Swingin’ the Blues (Count Basie)

First day of school
People Say (The Meters)

Falling in love
Scatterlings of Africa (Johnny Clegg and Savuka)

Prom/Grad
Easy (Barenaked Ladies)

Mental breakdown
Silence (Fiction Plane)

Flashbacks
Better Man (Pearl Jam)

Getting back together
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker)

Wedding scene
Pump It Up (Elvis Costello)

Final battle
She Got Me (Masters of Reality)

Death scene
The Next Bed (Christa Couture)

Funeral scene
Like It Or Not (Genesis)

End credits
Theme song for a client’s Podcast (Mark Blevis)

Finale
Squonk (Genesis)

Full disclosure: Fell Out of Oz by Christa Couture was the first song that came up for the Fight scene. Since The Next Bed, also by Christa Couture, came up for the very next scene (the Death scene which seemed appropriate by the title), I re-did the fight scene.

Some songs are eerily appropriate, aren’t they?

Now it’s my turn to tag a few folks… Maurizio Ortolani, Julien Smith, Matthew Hanchon, Dave Brodbeck, and Mark Ramsey.

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http://www.managingthegray.com C.C. Chapman

Your make up song is the best one yet. Dangerously sexy song!
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Scatterlings of Africa (Johnny Clegg and Savuka), I thought Johnny Clegg was with Jaluka when he did this song, but then I am old. Either way great list mark.
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Thanks for the idea, CC. And, I must admit that I was intrigued by the make up song.

I believe that when Scatterlings was released, they went by Juluka. Somewhere after their chart success, the band became known as Johnny Clegg and Savuka. I remember this being a trend in the music industry in the 80′s, that the face of the band became part of the name. A lot of these shifts escape me. One that comes to mind right now… Red Rider became Tom Cochrane and Red Rider.
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I heard you were “Easy” at the Prom. Must have been the Lemon Gin.
http://www.markblevis.com/ Mark

Thanks for the idea, CC. And, I must admit that I was intrigued by the make up song.

I believe that when Scatterlings was released, they went by Juluka. Somewhere after their chart success, the band became known as Johnny Clegg and Savuka. I remember this being a trend in the music industry in the 80's, that the face of the band became part of the name. A lot of these shifts escape me. One that comes to mind right now… Red Rider became Tom Cochrane and Red Rider.