I just had a comment pop-up on a post on my old Sample as that blog: the post was the one from a couple of years back about the meme where you put iTunes on shuffle and use it to create a soundtrack for your life. As 2008 has been quite a momentous year for me I thought I’d re-run it to see if iTunes has anything to say about my life at this point in time (hey, it’s Sunday & I’m killing time before I head to a mate’s).
If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be?
1. Open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, Zen, iPod)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the name of whatever song comes up
5. New question—press the next button6. don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool
SOUNDTRACK FOR MY LIFE … (SHARE YOURS IN THE COMMENTS)
opening credits:
“I Love Acid” Luke Vibert
waking up:
“Something That’s Real” The Quantic Soul Orchestra feat. Alice Russell
first day at school:
“Soul Flower (Remix)” The Pharcyde
falling in love:
“Si Se Puede” Ray Camacho (the title translates as “Yes we can”)
breaking up:
“Here I Come” Barrington Levy
prom or similar:
“American Money” New Fast Automatic Daffodils
life’s okay:
“Sinny Sin Sins” Roots Manuva
mental breakdown:
“Glory Box” Portishead
driving:
“You’ve Got It Bad Girl” Stevie Wonder
flashback:
“Aciddisco” Luke Vibert
getting back together:
“Mission Venice” Nightmares On Wax
wedding:
“Over You” Lyrics Born
birth of child:
“Jungle Love” Jay Dee aka J Dilla
final battle:
“Ghetto Cartoon” Coolio
death scene:
“Cannonball” Damian Rice
funeral song:
“Drifting” Recoil
end credits:
“Miss Moral” Benny Sings & Rednose Distrikt
There’s some interesting ones here: most Portishead songs sound like the musical equivalents of breakdowns, a wedding soundtracked by a tune called Over You probably wouldn’t be the most auspicious one, I reckon Venice would be a lovely place to be reunited with someone whilst a love scene where the song title translates as Yes We Can has to be a positive one.
If you’re bored and fancy giving it a go, put your results in the comments.Here’s Glory Box whilst you think about it.
iTunes album art image by hiddedevries on flickr
I only have 1GB memory in my phone which doubles as my mp3 player so there may be some duplictaes and is more indicative of ‘now’ than the full year, but here goes:
opening credits:
“Species Coridor” Parking Non Stop
waking up:
“Gobbledigook” Sigur Ros
first day at school:
“Nimrod’s Song” The Pixies
falling in love:
“No Passion” Eilir Pierce
breaking up:
“Bone Machine” The Pixies
prom or similar:
“A Prophecy” Close Lobsters
life’s okay:
“The King of the North” Maher Shalal Hash Baz
mental breakdown:
“Blues du Jour” Maher Shalal Hash Baz
driving:
“Dinas Bangor (Bangor City)” Gwilym Morus
flashback:
“I Kiss the Flower” Close Lobsters
getting back together:
“Velouria” The Pixies
wedding:
“Highway” Maher Shalal Hash Baz
birth of child:
“Soft Atlas” 13 & God
final battle:
“No Sheep” Maher Shalal Hash Baz
death scene:
“Planet of Sound” The Pixies
funeral song:
“Crwydro (Wandering)” Gwilym Morus
end credits:
“Neighborhood #2” The Arcade Fire
I didn’t cheat – obviously .. and I do have more than 3 albums on my player!
Here’s some Maher Shalal Hash Baz for you – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wox8TloD6UA – enjoy!
opening credits:
“Cowgirl in the Sand” Neil Young
waking up:
“Pace is the Trick” Interpol
first day at school:
“Everything in it’s Right Place” Radiohead
falling in love:
“On a Plain” Nirvana
breaking up:
“Roscoe” Midlake
prom or similar:
“Saeglopur” Sigur Ros
life’s okay:
“29 Nov 2003 Ricky Gervais xfm podcast” XFM
mental breakdown:
“Getting Smaller” Nine Inch Nails
driving:
“Public Pervert” Interpol
flashback:
“Houston” REM
getting back together:
“Sour Times” (Live PNYC) Portishead
wedding:
“Roseta Stoned” Tool
birth of child:
“Destroy Everything You Touch” Ladytron (Sasha Involv2er)
final battle:
“The Lighthouse” Interpol
death scene:
“Down is the New Up” Radiohead
funeral song:
“Misunderstood” (Live – Kicking Television) Wilco
end credits:
“Bullet Proof…Wish I Was” Radiohead
Interesting…without cheating. I like the ‘Love myself better than you’ lyric with “On a Plain” – which is meant to be the ‘Falling in Love’ track. LOL.
Ricky Gervais podcast from xfm in the background for ‘Life’s ok’ is pretty cool. Especially as they’re starting the show talking about posters of butt-plugs.
The lyrics for NiN “Getting Smaller” for ‘Breakdown’ track is tooo perfect.
“Public Pervert” while ‘Driving’ could be a little suspicious. Especially if cruising at curb crawling speed.
“Sour Times” to ‘Getting Back Together’. Ironic. ‘nobody loves me. it’s true. not like you do’.
How amusing is “Destroy Everything You Touch” for the ‘Birth of Child’ track. My kids pretty much do that!
‘Death Track’. This track almost points to Hell being the new Heaven in this context.
A good way to waste some time on Xmas Eve morning. May I propose next time around some further ‘scene’ is added…’Gratuitous Steamy/Kinky Sex Scene’.