My Life In Song-Your Life's Soundtrack W/O Sep 10 '04    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet Popular Products in Music The Dirtchamber Sessions, Vol. 1 by The Prodigy From $11 Jersey Boys [Original Broadway Cast Recording] by Original Broadway Cast From $8 The Bottom Line Sounds like my life would make a pretty boring film, but a pretty nice soundtrack, huh? This is my entry into Epinions member whisperscream's Your Life's Soundtrack W/O. The object is to picture you life as a movie and choose the soundtrack to match it. Opening Credits: Let's get this soundtrack off to a rousing start with Celebration by Kool & The Gang. This is a tune that I keep hearing in my head over and over again, especially when I'm having a good day. I love that funky rhythm! Waking Up: A lively melody from the '60's, perfect to start off any day, It's a Beautiful Morning, by The Young Rascals. Let's dance! Average Day: Then I get to work, and I'm taken down a notch with the background music of my life, It's Just Another Day, the same hum drum, lyrics and simple tune from Paul Mc Cartney And Wings, that mimics most of my days. First Date: Ah, the innocence of youth, reminds me of the Beatles' smash hit of the early '60's, I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Falling In Love: I'll take a cynical view on this one, with Diana Ross And The Supremes' doo wop favorite Why Do Fools Fall In Love? Love Scene: For a serious look at love, I have to go with The Righteous Brothers' crooning Unchained Melody, an old song that gained a whole new audience, with the hit movie Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. Fight Scene: I'll go for the more passive aggressive tone here, with Different Drum, as evident in the lyric, You and I travel to the beat of a different drum, oh can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me? Whoa... by Linda Ronstadt. Breaking Up: My sentiments are captured exactly in Ring Of Fire, by country music legend Johnny Cash, with the biting lyric, Love, is a burning thing, and it makes a firey ring, Bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire, and it burns, burns, burns, that ring of fire, that ring of fire... Man is that a hot song or what? Getting Back Together: The storm clouds are gone, the sky is sunny, and we wander off hand-in-hand into the Fields Of Gold a sweet, seductive, romantic ballad by Sting. Secret Love: What could be more fitting than the good old honky tonk, crying in your beer song, You Don't Know Me, by the late, great, Ray Charles? Life's OK: When things are going great, my theme song is George Harrison's peppy, uplifting, tune Here Comes The Sun, from one of my favorite all time albums, Abbey Road. Mental Breakdown: This happens when every day seems like a Monday, and I hear the Bangels belting out Another Manic Monday. Driving: Cruising down the highway, I love to hear my favorite traveling song, the breezy instrumental Jessica, by The Allman Brother's Band. Learning A Lesson: Take Bruce Hornsby's melodic piano, and ex- Eagle Don Henley's soothing vocals, and you can't help but be enlightened by The End Of The Innocence. Deep Thought: Life is an endless search for answers, as expressed in U2's plaintive anthem, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Flashback: I grew up in a small town, with little to entice young people to stay around, and that's why I can identify with Bruce Springsteen's poignant ballad, My Hometown. Partying: I'm not much of party person, but I like listening to Lionel Ritchie's bouncy party tune, Dancing On The Ceiling. Happy Dance: This has to be, Oh, Happy Day, with it's simple, but powerful, gospel lyric, Oh, happy day, Oh happy day, when Jesus washed yes, when He washed my sins away... performed by a variety of artists including The King, Elvis Presley. Regretting: There's something about Jackson Browne's haunting ballad, Late For The Sky, that speaks to me of loneliness and regret, maybe it's just that it fit so right in Martin Scorsese's brilliant masterpiece, Taxi Driver. Long Night Alone: This brings back memories of Missing You, and old Hall & Oates number with the catchy lyric, Every time I think of you, I always catch my breath, And I'm standing here, and you're miles away, and wondering why you left, and there's a storm raging, through my frozen heart tonight...And I'm missing you... Death Scene Let's switch to a classical piece, Beethoven's brooding, melancholy, masterpiece, Moonlight Sonata, for the last rites. Closing Credits: And for the finale, it's gotta be It's The End Of The World As We Know It, by the ever enigmatic band, REM. I'm looking forward to the afterlife! Please see Whisperscream's W/O Page for additional entries. This was sooo much fun!

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