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Welcome to my Soundtrack...of My Life (Soundtrack W/O)Jul 20 '05 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Sorry if it sounds more like a music review then a little glimpse into my life through music. Read and know me better, or worse.
What can I say, I love music. It's one of the most convient activites that one can take pleasure in without hassle. And when I thought about a write-off where I could pair some of my favorite music with certain situations in my life I hopped on the oppurtunity. So here it is, my entry into Whisperscream's Soundtrack W/O. Opening Credits: Intro-T-Bone This is the intro for T-Bone's record "The last Street Preacha". It's a spoken introduction, but if I could I would remove the vocals and just play the background music, which is a nice combination of a weak violin and low key piano, it would work well. It never really breaks out, it just rides the listener through the beginning to get things started. Waking Up: Be My Escape-Relient K That opening guitar line is almost perfect for the start of a day with our given character. It's not all upbeat and happy, but it never fully gives into a darker and depreseed side of lyrics and music. The lyrics might be a little too deep for first thing in the morning, but then again what did you go through last night? Lyrics: "I've given up I'm doing this alone now 'Cause I'm failed and I'm ready to be shown how You've told me the way and I'm trying to get there" Average Day: Hoopes, I Did it Again-Relient K This song sums up a summer day in my town almost freaksihly perfect. The music is only average, but that fits into the contenxt of a not so awesome or exciting day. The song is basically parts of a conversation between lead singer Matt Thiessen and drummer Dave Douglas as they talk about what there is to do, and what there is that they aren't doing. It's nothing new, but neither is an average day. " 'Cause a small town is like a small stage For teenagers and their drama Instead of playing shows, we'll be showing plays Like 90210 without the Beverly Hills" First Date: Hey Now-FM Static The song isn't really about a first date, parts of it are. It's a nice musical treat as the singer talks about his freindship with a girl that he just met. An acoustic guitar is the lone instrument played with expertise. The vocals are parshily electronically backdropped which add a softer side without the awkward vocals that accompany most of this disc. The lyrics aren't prize material, far from it, but it's a case of the music taking over every aspect of the song whether it's weak or not. "Please don't ask me what I like about you Because it's every little thing you do That's just the way you make me feel" Falling In Love: 5 Years to Write-John Reuben Although this song was written about how John met his wife, take away the last line ("This song about my wife took me 5 years to write") and you have the story of any slightly nervous guy dealing with thoughts of rejection and such while dealing with the current relationship. It's nice and touching without being all corny and ecstatic over finding a girlfriend. "I pray for her daily, as well as perspective Battling with pride and thoughts of being rejected And that's just not appealing It's almost enough to make you disconnect your feelings Or something And try to move on and give them to someone else Yet I care for her more then I care for myself ...In the end it's probably just a waste of time spent Or maybe there's something more to this relationship" Love Scene: "The Ocean"-Mae So it's a little bit of an unorthodox song for this scene, but it's slow and heartfelt as Dave Elkin's vocals seem to levitate over the shined and polished soft guitars that pave the musical road for this song. The lyrics don't fuel the song, it's just the way that the vocals drape over them. "You come over unannounced Silence broken by your voice in the dark I need you here tonight just like this night it needs the rain..." Fight Scene: Get Me Out-MXPX This song is one of MXPX's harder ones, with the vocals being fastly screamed aainst the intentionally uncoordinated guitar and drumming pounding underneath the angered vocals. The chorus loses some of the songs momentum with just the frequent screaming of "Get me out!!" but the songs true power lies in the verses. "I don't want to move I just want to lay here Shaking hands, sweaty shakes I don't care what you think you know" Breaking Up: Find My Way-P.O.D. The lyrics on this one are frusturatingly vague, but don't doubt Sonny Sandoval's vocal power on this track. The guitar and drums blend together to make a depressed, but mostly unexciting, mood. The light that makes this one shine so bright is Sonny's vocals which display the inward of losing something that was important to him. "I don't know how to let you go I've given to you all of me All that we'll ever be We share the same heart and soul I want you to believe in me" Getting Back Together: Breakdown-Mae This song has a sense of familiarness about it dealing with the relationship. The lyrics are a little pessimistic, with the character fearing the Breakdown of their relationship, but not for himself, he fears what the aftermath of the break-up would do again to his significant other. Musically it's dreamy and in bliss over seemingly finding what the two characters need in one another. "It's magic She says to me MY hand on her waist she approaches sweetly It's enough when I see that look in her eyes" Secret Love: Definitely Maybe-FM Static I hate to keep using multiple artist two or three times, but if the shoe fits... The fun pop-punk doesn't always fit well with the feelings of unrequited love, with the whole song being a little too jumpy, but it fits into a listener friendly package that anyone can enjoy when dealing with the aspect of this part in life that everyone has been through sometime, whether back in grade 3 or 2003 or the present. "Don't think I can take it Wake me when it's over Seems so far away, I wish that it was closer I see her everyday, I'm too scared to go over I wonder what she'd say, I barely even know her" Life’s OK: Jefferson, Areo Plane-Relient K This one leans a little more toward the pessimistic side of "Life's OK" but the seemingly older school music tilts the balance in positive's favor. Matt Thiessen goes a little out of character here in the vocal departemnt, his vocals representing the autobiographical lyrics of a person who has been through much lately, and is now resting in peace from the daily troubles of the world. "If it hurts kiss it better You wear skirts I write nice letters Never said nothing with flowers, although we talked for hours And it seems to get much colder when you cry on your own shoulder" Mental Breakdown: I Haven't Been Myself-John Reuben F/ Adrienne Camp This song gets a lot of playtime in my stereo, because of it's cryptically haunting effects that toy in the background and Reuben's disturbed rhymes. Through the lyrics we see someone who was exactly where he should be with his faith, family and life in general. But through one mistake he falls to the bottom and struggles to get up. Adrienne Camp provides vocal duties for the chorus and it is quite beautiful. "It's gotta get worse to get better It went from "No way,never" to "Okay, whatever" The things that once were me are no longer Every so often God reminds me, but I'm always there in front to blind me I value my pride more then peace of mind My precious pride..." Driving: "Boom"-P.O.D. This song is just so...fun! The guitar line is strong throughout the song. What I always love about P.O.D. is the way that they can just hard rock out on a song, yet still keep things so darn fun! It's been a little abused over the years for use in soundtracks, but you can see why when you listen to it, it's just so upbeat. "We rep the South, so what you talking about I’m not running off my mouth, I know this without a doubt 'Cause if you know these streets, then these streets know you When it’s time to handle business, then you know what to do" Learning A Lesson: Breaking the Habit-Linkin Park This one is a lower tempo tune, but the singing delivery and Chester Bennington's (sp?) are pretty smooth. It's not the ultimate song when you're learning things the hard way, but it's what popped into my head. "Memories consume Like opening the wound I'm picking me apart again" Deep Thought: Sing For The Moment-Eminem Man, I have almost unlimited choices for this track. I'm gonna steal Snik1's answer here for this one. What can I say about this song, it just plain out rocks! It's introspective lyrics as Em deals with where he was and where he is now (Or was before his "Encore" days) as a rapper and individual in general. The beat is easily swallowed and addictive, and the whole thing is healthy ear candy. "That's why we seize the moment Try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it Cause we consider these minutes golden And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone Just let our spirits live on Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs" Flashback: Pataskala-John Reuben Reuben reminsices here about his life growing up in smalltown Ohio. The actual song is somewhat of a dedication to one of his friends who had passed away. It's not as dark as it may seem, quite the opposite. Reuben never fully gets all giddy on us, his raps are relaxed as one might be on a perfect midsummer night. "Things that once seemed simple now seem valuable Like the simple satisfaction of being content I value everything that our friendship meant Even though you never paid back the money I lent Speaking of which the other day, your mom, I saw her I had to tell her Scott Bellows still owes me fifty dollars" Partying: Yeah-Usher This was a tough one, 'cause there are so many great party tracks out there that have become staples of party tracks, and this one is probably on of 'em. Lil John's beat over Usher's smooth vocals give at once a laid back and energetic fell for the party crowd. Even if you hate Usher, you gotta love this song. No special lyrics on this one. Sorry people... Happy Dance: So Glad-John Reuben Happy Dance? Oh well, I guess I'll give Reuben another go. I'm sure all of you are sick of me mentioning him, but what can I do? A nice synth effect backs this one up. Reuben's lyrics are stumped a little here, he isn't showing off with them here. Just like the title says, he's glad and he's feeding off some of that positive energy to his listeners. "1,2,3,4: Get yourself on the dance floor 5,6,7,8: Everybody participate 9,10,11,12 'O Clock and all is well You gotta inhale nice and slow, exhale and let it go We're waning into the AM, and we got no place to be So let me feel your energy" Regretting: In the End-Linkin Park Man, I love this song alot! A sad piano opens up the song for us followed soon after with Mike Shinoda's sobered rapping. When Chester Benningtons rough around the edges vocals pop up in the chorus and the bridge, making the moajority of this song a nice slowly rapped ride, all with lyrics full of regret that ring true for so many people as the vocal duo "Tried so hard, but in the end it doesn't even matter." Lyrically this is one of those cases where you wish that you had written something so simple, yet so strong that it gets its message across all while keeping a strong beat. "Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so far Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize anymore Not that you knew me back then" Long Night Alone: All of Us-Blindside An atmospheric rocker that has something something to say to the most popular among us to the little emo kid in the corner. Christian Lindskog's vocals are at the top of their game on this track, as fellow members of the band create the perfect blanket on an otherwise hard ground of music (Just a musical image I thought of, disregard it if you don't get it). Christian sings of the longing all of us have to be loved, especially when we're alone. "I was my wounds with tears of hope.... All of us are searching for an open arm And it's a shame how I pull myself apart When it's the same words making me run for cover To your heart" Death Scene: Silence-Blindside The title track off of Blindside's junior release is an emotion packed light musical offering. The only instrument here is a guitar plucking away the notes ahead of Christian's hopeful vocals. The lyrics don't deal with dying per say, It's more of a worshipful meditation song as Christian sings aloud to God. For the use in a soundtrack it's more like a song that comes in when all other sounds on the screen become muted. "So I think I'll stay Caught up in silent prayer Because I believe in silence Why don't we just walk along the shoreline with our silence I believe in silence..." Closing Credits: Eternal-P.O.D. This instrumental track was the shining star on P.O.D.'s latest self-titled musical venture. New guitarist Jason Truby pairs with Guitarist legend Phil Keaggy for a 6 minute escape into a beautiful musical paradise. This song is one of the few lengthy instrumentals that I can listen to all the way through...and then want to push previous and push it again. It's that powerful. And so it ends. To think that I just summed up part of my life in music. It's pretty crazy. I might have overdone it on the John Reuben songs included, and I apologize for that, I tried to mix it up artists wise as best as I could think of through what I have right now. You want to get into this write-off if you haven't yet? According to Whisperscream there is no deadline so don't worry about unconviently crashing a write-off. You can get information on it, and check out other members entries here. Thanks for reading -Jimmy  |
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