If my life were a movie, there would be a

...soundtrack! I TOTALLY ripped this off from Flotsam. The only Meme I think I've ever done. Basically, set your iPod on shuffle and see what you get. Here is mine. No cheating! You have to write down what is played.

If My Life Were A Soundtrack…

Opening Credits
Back in the Day (Puff) - Erykah Badu
(Seems as though it will be a light-hearted romp.)

Waking Up
Whip-Smart - Liz Phair
(Whoo hoo! "I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green
And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide" Pretty accurate about what I think about upon waking these days.)

First Day of School
Wild - Poe

Falling in Love
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Bryan Ferry

Breaking Up
Ironic - Alanis Morissette

School Formal
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

Life’s Okay
More Than A Woman - Bee Gees

Mental Breakdown
Perfect Indian - Universal Mother (Wow! Couldn't have pegged a better song for that. "Why in my life is that the only time that any of you will smile at me".)

Driving
Orchestral Suite #3 in D, Air - Baby Einstein Lullabye Classics (Ha! We actually did that last weekend!)

Flashback
To Be Myself Completely (Belle & Sebastian) (More light-heartedness!)

Getting Back Together
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell

Wedding
Pretty Things - Rufus Wainwright

Birth of a Child
Rush - Depeche Mode (Ha! Menacing sound of the music is about right for labor and delivery.)

Final Battle
What if No One's Watching - Ani DiFranco ("If my life were a movie, there would be a sunset and the camera would pan away." Deep, man!)

Death Scene
Ecstasy - PJ Harvey

Funeral Song
Toxic - Britney Spears (BWAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would have to be the most fucked up funeral on the planet!)

End Credits
Me Myself and I - De La Soul

Fun!

Comments

[Red Betty]

The Life Story of Red Betty as told by my IPOD shuffle at 1:55 p.m. Nov. 16, 2006:

1. C’Mon C’Mon by The Von Blondies –

The first human voice I heard, my mother screaming "C’MON! C’MON! Get out of my vaginal canal already!"

2. Radio Baghad by Patti Smith –

Although it is true, “Oh, in Mesopotamia Aloofness ran deep” the only thing this song relates to in my life is the fact that it is 8:13 minutes long. In the days when I was a DJ, I would call this a “poop song”. Those songs long enough to have an evacuation without dead air…….

3. Rock and Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter -

I once almost got pick-pocketed at a Chicago Bulls game in 1987. Seriously. The guy's hand was in my coat pocket. I only had a used Kleenex in it but still.

4. Distant Camera by Neil Young – How poignant is this?!

Life is changing everywhere I go,
New things and old both disappear.
If life is a photograph,
Fading in the mirror....

5. Shout! by Tears for Fears – Let it all out! This was so me in the 80’s!

6. Crush with Eyeliner –R.E.M.
I am probably only at 1 and 2/3's of bad road.

She’s a sad tomato
She’s three miles of bad road
She’s her own invention

7. China Girl by David Bowie -
Did you know this was about heroin addiction? True!
OK, deep secret. I have always had sort of a thing for famous guys who did heroin. Lou Reed, Anthony Bourdain, Mike Ness, even Robert Downey Jr! What kind of sicko am I?

8. My Little Blue Window by Elvis Costello hello? d.i.v.o.r.c.e.

How am I ever going to make you see?
Nothing in this ugly world comes easily
Well, I was a gloomy soul
Never thought I'd see a brighter day
The dark interior
Blows those silver clouds away

9. Swing by Ani DiFranco –
Holy shit, have I been that depressed?!

Are you weary as water
In a faucet left dripping
With an incessant sadness
Like a sad record skipping –
Holy crap, I better have an upbeat #10!

10. The Right Thing – Simply Red
Pretty sure this is about sex. WAHOO!!!! I am going to get laid!

[Red Betty]

oh - I didn't do this right. And I wasn't even drunk! ha!