Soundtrack for your Life

Started by Sarge · 19 posts · 2,830 views

  1. #1
    The idea is that you post up a list of the song(songs) that fit a particular time and place in your life. This is totally stolen from another forum that I cannot remember, but here is a starting list for the "scenes" but feel free to come up with more. I wouldn't try to link everything to youtube or some other source, but I wouldn't discourage it either 😀

    Thanks to Doc & Lexx for reminding me that I had this squirreled away somewhere.....

    Have at it and have fun 😀

    The scenes are:
    Opening credits -
    Waking up -
    Average day -
    First date -
    Falling in love -
    Love scene -
    Fight scene -
    Breaking up -
    Getting back together -
    Secret love -
    Life's okay -
    Mental breakdown -
    Driving -
    Learning a lesson -
    Deep thought -
    Flashback -
    Partying -
    Happy dance
    Regreting -
    Long night alone -
    High School Years -
    College Years -
    Children -
    Death scene -
    Closing credits -
  2. #2
    Wow, that's a lot of work.

    When we get done with this on a personal level, we need to do different versions, ie Funny, Tragic, Always Happy, etc.....

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    For those of you who are concerned because my previous posts have been primarily metal, don't worry. There is only one metal song in this list, so feel free to follow the links! Enjoy!

    My format is: Song, Artist, Album, Style
    A QUICK EDIT: I love the guitar the dude is playin in this first video. It = win!!!
    Opening credits - Slow Burn, Gooding, Live at Loft 150, Acoustic Rock
    This song was chosen because, of the topic of the song. All my life I've been searching for something. Soundtrack of my life.
    Waking up - Johnny is Distrubed Mattrach, Cover Metal
    A great, get up and go song by a talented, yet little known youtube artist mattrach
    Average day - High of 75, Relient K, MMHMM, Pop
    Average Day. Sunny with a high of 75. Relient K has been with me all my teenage life and now that I'm 20 that hasn't changed.
    First date - Reaction, Between The Buried and Me, The Silent Circus, Acoustic
    This is a very soothing song, invokes thought of the future, great hopeful prospect on a first date, hoping there will be future.
    Falling in love - Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller, Swing
    Glenn Miller used to be my favorite thing to listen to. This song in particular, I've always wanted to have played at my wedding.
    Love scene - Dark Water, Gooding, Factory Blue, New Age/Experimental Rock
    Every song on this album is a great take on experimental rock, with some electric influences. Chosen for the love scene because of its rhythm.
    Fight scene - Requiem 1918, Gooding, Factory Blue, Experimental/Piano
    Very sad piano piece. Perfect for this topic.
    Getting back together - You, Mattrach, Acoustic Rock
    Mattrach featured yet again. Amazing song.
    Secret love - Dark Paradise, Mattrach, Acoustic Rock
    Secret love, forbidden love. Dark Paradise is that personified. Emotions that you would love to have, but can't.
    Life's okay - Over The Hills And Far Away, Led Zepplin, Houses Of The Holy, Rawk
    The zep. You can't get any better. This is a great song.
    Mental breakdown - (this one is PERFECT) Planetary Duality I (Hideous Revalation), The Faceless, Planetary Duality, Experimental Metal
    Oh, GOD, if any of the songs on this list are PERFECT for the topic, THIS IS IT!!! MENTAL BREAKDOWN!?!?!?!?
    Driving - The Only Thing Worse Than Beating A Dead Horse Is Betting On One, Relient K, MMHMM, Speed Punk
    Fast, speed down the highway, changin lanes kinda punk. Great for driving!
    Learning a lesson - (the end of ) cuffed by the ankles, Arsonists Get All the Girls, Modern Rock
    The end of this song brings up emotions I don't understand, and don't think I will.
    Deep thought - Where Have All the Flowers Gone, KINGSTON TRIO, War Protest/Acoustic
    Listen to the words, if you've never heard this, you've obviously not lived longer than a day.
    Flashback - Delerium Trigger, Coheed and Cambria, Psychedelic Rock
    In and of itself it the lyrics sound like a flashback, and the sound is wierd enough for that type of moment.
    Partying - Factory Blue, Gooding, Factory Blue
    Greath Rhythms, perfect for a party/rave/thingy
    Happy dance - Living in the Sunlight By This Guy
    OH GOD... Can't....stop....smil-ing................
    Regreting - Pretty Pathetic - Alien, Pennywise, Punk
    This song always brought about strange emotions for me.
    Long night alone - Breath In Breath Out Between the Buried and Me, Alaska, Fingerpicked Guitar
    Clean Fingerpicking with a little delay, perfect song for feeling depressed when you're by yourslf.
    High School Years - The Red, Chevelle, Mainstream Rock
    This song reminds me of high school.
    College Years - Superman, Goldfinger, Hangups, Ska
    I love this song. It brings me right back to my college days. WAIT!!! That's right now!
    Children - Cats in the Cradle, Harry Chapin, Classic Rock
    What better song? Am I right?
    Death scene - Viridian, Between the Buried and Me, Colors, Bass/New age
    Another GREAT mellow song. Kinda sad, and solemn.
    Closing credits - Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care, Relient K, 5 Score and 7 Years Ago, Piano/Waste of Time 🙂

    All of these songs have some sort of deep personal meaning to me. Most of them I have been listening to for years. I over analyze music, so there is an emotion attatched to each of these songs.
  4. #4
    I wish I had an emoticon of a pair of big ass hands clapping.

    Ninjai, thanks for opening my eyes to some really great stuff.

  5. #5
    Atomm wrote:I wish I had an emoticon of a pair of big ass hands clapping.

    Ninjai, thanks for opening my eyes to some really great stuff.

    FTW Ty for the compliment. 🙂
  6. #6
    Ok I will take a crack at it.

    The scenes are:
    Opening credits - Coming to America - Neil Diamond (always claimed I was concieved on the 3rd "Today"!!!)

    Waking up - 1st of the Month - Bone Thugs and Harmony (just catchy) ; Embryonic Journey - Hot Tuna (this song reminds me of a great Jorma concert, I couldn't sleep because I was singing this song all night)

    Average day - Maggies Farm - Hot Tuna(Great old time rag that makes life a little more bareable); Little Mrs. S. - Edie Brickell (reminds me of a trip to Cape Cod as a youngster, great time)

    First date - Angel from Montgomery - John Prine (one of my favorite songs ever, the version with John Prine and Bonnie Raitt can bring tears to my eyes)

    Falling in love - Melissa - Allman Bros.(ahhhh falling in love for a 1 day tryst with a girl named Melissa); Air of December - Edie Brickell; Gina - Blues traveler(ahhh Gina); Sinister Minister - Bela Fleck (My Wife); Can you Feel the Love Tonight -Elton John(Not touching this one)

    Love scene - Fuck you Like an Animal - NIN (HA); Some bullshit song by R Kelly (first time)

    Fight scene - Walk Away - Dropkick Murphys (song gets the adrenillan pumping and makes me want to beat some ass)

    Breaking up - Self Esteem - Offspring ( I swear this happened to me)

    Getting back together - Dance Naked - John Mellencamp (hehe, she just wouldn't f'n leave, setting conditions when you have the upper hand in a relationship you don't care about. 😛)

    Secret love - Love Song for No One - John Mayer(great song); Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond(karyokee?!?)

    Life's okay - $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies(This song pulled me out of a real real low lowtime); Who Killed Bambi - Sex pistols; Friggin in the Riggin - Sex Pistols (both of these songs are fun as hell)

    Mental breakdown - Harvest - Neil Young; Heroin - Velvet Underground(mid life crisis at 20, when you learn how genetics might fuck you); Momma Help Me - Edie Brickell(troubled teen angst)

    Driving - Send me on My Way - Rusted Root; Date Rape - Sublime (All I can say it these both transport me to a different time and I find I am speeding when I come back to reality)

    Learning a lesson - Lola - Kinks(had the best teacher named Lola, and loved the kinks, this turned into an acapella rendition with our teachers info on a fieldtrip); Tick Tock - SRV (tears to my eyes everytime, check out the version by BB King, Robert Cray...etc on the tribute to SRV); Right Next Door - Robert Cray (great music, turned me onto blues)

    Deep thought - Flight of the cosmic Hippo - Bela Fleck(what a concept, great place to lose yourself); Paint it Black - Rolling Stones (Wow! Just wow)

    Flashback - Dazed and Confued - Zeppelin (Puts me in a great mood to think) ; We are 138 (w/ Henry Rollins - Misfits (this song had a major pull on me when I was 8... still does)

    Partying - Sheena Was a Punk Rocker - Ramones ; Alisons Starting to Happen - Lemonheads (man this is a great fun song)

    Happy dance - 20 Eyes - The Misfits; Hurricane- Bob Dylan

    Regreting - Something in the Way She Moves - James Taylor ; Castles Made of Sand - Jimi Hendrix

    Pretty Pathetic - Black - Pearl Jam

    Long night alone - Waiting Room - Fugazi (love it); Flake - Jack Johnson

    High School Years - Your Smiling Face - James Taylor; VooDoo Chile Blues - Jimi Hendrix; Keep 'em Separated - Offspring (Ha, football senior year... so many memories)

    College Years - Thank You -Dido; Put it on Me - Ja Rule; ALBUM, Canival 2 - Wyclef Jean (This album got me through my second stint at college, its great, check it out)

    Children - Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin (could I be more predictable); Lightning Crashes - Live (Not sure why)

    Death scene - Kung Fu Fighting, Karl Douglas of course

    Closing credits - Tuesdays Gone - Skynyrd; 100 years - Blues Traveller (such a scary sad, but humbling thought) ; Genesis - Jorma Kaukonen (Play this when I die, I can hear it through the pine box and I'll know its time)


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    I add a few for those who dare

    Rainy Day - Times Like This - Edie Brickell; Moan - Robert Cray (great song, I love to sing it)

    Fight Scene - Bad Boyz - Shyne (well, hmmm... yup, well lets just day only one of us walked away with an intact jaw)

    Hung over - Old Love - Clapton (yup

    Gramma - Flowers on the Wall - Statler Bros (I <3 me grammy, I love the Statler Bros and shared that love with her)

    At the bar - Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw - Jimmy Buffet (ahhh... drunk bar nights with my bar buddy Amy, never got the balls to ask her out)

    Getting Ripped in the Weightroom - Appetite for Destruction - Guns and Roses (Non stop slamming far too many weights until this CD is done)

    Ready to go on the Wrestling Mat and Tear off someones Head - Symphony of Destruction - Megadeath

    Euphoria - I see the Light - Hot Tuna (same Jorma Concert as above)

    Thanksgiving Dinner - Alice's Restaurant -Arlo (If you listen to this version there is some chance you can hear a certain GRB singing!! http://www.amazon.com/Alices-Restaurant-Ma...846&sr=1-2)

    Leaving for College - Wild Horses - The Sundays (How do you leave a girlfriend behind when you goto college, this song was there at that time.)

    Bubba Dance - Safety Dance - Men Without Hats (Drunken wonder); Kiss - Prince (Love this song... can't help but dance)
  7. #7
    I'll have to fill in the blanks later. I've spent the last few hours putting the list together.


    The scenes are:

    Opening credits - Before You Were Born - Toad the Wet Sproket
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRJfR_FFK3o...feature=related

    Waking up -

    * Edited: Average day - The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking - Just another day in IT.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd-x9H6lfMs

    First date - Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love - I got my first kiss to this song. Oh Yea!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boWSzqjPT0M

    Falling in love - Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes - I never cared much for the singer, but if you remember Say Anything, you'll know why I picked this song.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrzr4R3LpsQ

    Love scene - Ian Moore - Angelyne - The song is a slow seduction.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n18Xe6wM7AY

    Fight scene - Bionic Jive - I Shot Lucifer - I wanted Shut'em Down, but couldn't find it. This is a close second. Power and Anger, Fuck You Satan!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LqX-3nEgG4

    Breaking up - Candlebox - Far Behind - It was mine.....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4QL0L9fgbg

    Getting back together - Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe - Come On, if you got back together, you've gotta feel like this.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa5SiU2U5_k

    Secret love - Deathcab for Cutie - I Will Posses Your Heart - I had a hard time find this as their Label DMCA'd Youtube for all of their songs. Funny, they had them posted to their own website. LOL.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmS0Kjxs2v4...feature=related

    Life's okay - Bob Marley - Three Little Birds - When I want to remember that Life's Okay, I listen to this. You may know it as the Don't Worry About A Thing Song, but it's really called Three Little Birds.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjtbhmQhsXg

    Mental breakdown - Mushroomhead - Solitaire/Unraveling - Feels like a mental breakdown to me. I love it!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U45NfWSX-Vk

    Driving - Sammy Hagar - Where Eagles Fly - This song makes me wanna drive really fast.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIL_AlVpgd4

    Learning a lesson -

    Deep thought - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb - I know, too easy.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY


    Flashback - Limp Bizkit - Almost Over - I really don't like this band, but it's like I'm living a flashback all over again. For some reason, I love this song.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKaf2hvRhRM

    Partying - Beastie Boys - Whatcha Want - This was almost my college song. It's the theme song of the fraternity I was in and our wild parties. Ah, great memories.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzaFGMQRBfs

    Happy dance - Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy - Makes me wanna move.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9K4BKkLaCI

    Regreting - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - All my regrets are summed up here.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic

    Pretty Pathetic - Mudvayne - Happy - Yea, it's like that.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5ZbdDDNz3c

    Long night alone - The Cure - Lullaby - I dunno why, but it feels like a long night alone to me.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEx7pkmFc6s

    High School Years - Anthrax - Inside Out - Anthrax was the first metal band I ever got into. Metallica was my second. This wasn't out when I was in High School, but it describes how I felt.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A67oFjyv06E

    College Years - Tool Sober - I picked this for several reasons. One, it was out when I was in college and two, I wasn't always sober. It takes me back to my freshman year.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8

    Children - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo`ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow - This song always reminds me of my daughter. Wanna see a grown man cry? Didn't think so.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5neuWiAlpm4

    Death scene - Jimi Hendrix - Angel - Play this when I die....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAU5hNh6HEE

    Closing credits - Johnny Cash - Hurt - If you can watch this without tearing up, your either a real asshole or dead. I'll let you decide. 😛
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
  8. #8
    Good catch with
    "Hurt"
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    Opening credits - The Who-Overture/It's a boy. Should be the version with Sandy Denny doing the Pete Townshend vocals at the end, but that's impossible to find on teh intertubes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZg2iqfwXK8

    Waking up - Harry Nilsson-Gotta get up
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjWNd_bdT08

    Average day - Beatles-A Day in the Life
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgQrI-crnUk

    First date - Donald Fagan-New Frontier. Donald Fagan of Steely Dan fame.
    http://www.joost.com/08202c0/t/Donald-Fage...rontier-(Video)

    Falling in love - Van Morrison-Into the Mystic
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f1qsdKaFL8

    Love scene - John Cougar Melloncamp-Ain't Even Done with the Night
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DagIivbPlCU

    Fight scene - Argent-Liar
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGyleads9Q

    Breaking up - The Marshall Tucker Band-Can't You See?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoCmkXXuakE

    Getting back together - Scorpions-Still Loving You
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uNyPefjS88

    Secret love - Jim Croce- I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svLipUxK8vs

    Mental breakdown - Harry Nilsson-Jump into the Fire
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALVjwR3dFE8

    Driving - Sniff & the Tears-Driver's Seat
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwcmU6Ql0A

    Deep thought - Allman Bros-Dreams I'll Never See
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tasekddasnw

    Regrets - Molly Hatchett-Dreams I'll Never See
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfw4Qsbnzv4

    Partying - Albert Collins-I Ain't Drunk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjo2nfFnfR4

    Long night alone - The Motels-Only the Lonely
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uquEXROFja0...feature=related

    Death scene - Pink Floyd-Great Gig in the Sky
    Cool live version:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBWY3bli92Y...feature=related
    Awesome studio version, with HD video to watch with it. Sort of like a sick laser show.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw

    Closing credits - Monty Python-Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
  10. #10
    Man how did you even think of all the scenes??
    Man I could never fill this list. I guess I just cannot put songs to a specific thing like that.


    Bubbaspanky wrote:Ok I will take a crack at it.

    Thanksgiving Dinner - Alice's Restaurant -Arlo (If you listen to this version there is some chance you can hear a certain GRB singing!! http://www.amazon.com/Alices-Restaurant-Ma...846&sr=1-2)


    Oh no you don't! I am not letting that one slide! 🙂

    Please tell me more, I am intrigued. GRB? Sung on the CD? Huh?
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    Atomm wrote:I wish I had an emoticon of a pair of big ass hands clapping.

    Ninjai, thanks for opening my eyes to some really great stuff.



    http://www.rtfg.net/
  12. #12
    Paladin wrote:Oh no you don't! I am not letting that one slide! 🙂

    Please tell me more, I am intrigued. GRB? Sung on the CD? Huh?


    That CD has Alice's Restaurant recorded live at his 25th? 30th anniversary of the song concert. The concert was given in the Church (which Arlo now owns). There were a small number of tickets released for the concert. A certain GRB member might have been there and his mother may have sat with Alice.

    So when you here the crowd participation of the song...
  13. #13
    Duck wrote:http://www.rtfg.net/



    At least I have the proper emoticon for a response to your post.

    🤣
  14. #14
    Doc, that is a lot of perfect songs.

    I love Can't You See. It's one of those songs that never gets old.

    Another song I thought about for the ending credit's was Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but Hurt seemed more appropriate.

  15. #15
    You guys mentioned a whole lot O' good songs there! I think I will just give up completely!

    Bubba, you mentioned Rusted root. Did you know they are from Pittsburgh?
  16. #16
    No, but I really like some of their stuff!
  17. #17
    Paladin: Man how did you even think of all the scenes??
    Man I could never fill this list. I guess I just cannot put songs to a specific thing like that.


    🙂 Good then I am not the only one. Know most of the songs, but was never good at remembering their interprets and titles. So now Sarge is asking to connect the songs to real situations in life?

    No. Sorry.

    I could never connect songs to those lets call them "key" situations.

    My memory connects songs I heard, but I am not necessarily so fond of, because I listened to radio or whatever to WEIRD situations.
    e.g. when I went to pass over an oldtimer Ford - to my friend and it died on me just a couple of km away from the last exit. Almost there. It was dark and I did not know the area as it was southern Germany. Almost another country 😉 And that happened exactly when Guns and Roses version of Heaven´s Gate was on air. I was alone, but still laughing my ass of big time.
  18. #18
    Atomm wrote:Doc, that is a lot of perfect songs.

    I love Can't You See. It's one of those songs that never gets old.

    Another song I thought about for the ending credit's was Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but Hurt seemed more appropriate.

    Interestingly, there is one song on my list that I have an odd fascination with. I've come to think of it as "the perfect song". I love everything about it, and just think it's an amazing piece of work, perfectly crafted and performed by the ppl most perfectly suited to it.

    Every song on the list is one I like a great deal, but this one I've dwelled on for a long time, and I just can't find fault with it. I've been thinking of starting a "perfect song" thread, but we've been kind of busy in the forums lately, and I didn't want to overload things here, causing some good, active threads to get overlooked. Maybe I'll start it in a few days.
  19. #19
    Bubbaspanky wrote:First date - Angel from Montgomery - John Prine (one of my favorite songs ever, the version with John Prine and Bonnie Raitt can bring tears to my eyes)

    Great song. Great rendition. If you get the chance to see Bonnie in concert, do it.


    Bubbaspanky wrote:Death scene - Kung Fu Fighting, Karl Douglas of course

    Not going out like a punk, huh? 😀


    Bubbaspanky wrote:Euphoria - I see the Light - Hot Tuna (same Jorma Concert as above)


    Cool Tune-a! ! ! ! 😀 I'll have to hunt this one up. I only ever really listen to one song by them.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggtD9I7XM00

    I hope to post more about the songs here as I get time-there's a lot of stuff to listen to!