What's on the soundtrack to your life?

Cafe Society
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This is actually something I do while I’m driving to pass the time, and I thought it might be fun for y’all.

Premise: Someone in Hollywood had the bright idea that your life would make a fantastic movie. They’ve written the script, casted it with all the hottest young (or old, depending on your age) stars. You’ve whined that you’ve had no control over the film at all, and the Hollywood muckety-mucks decide to let you choose a song to correspond with each scene. What songs would you pick?

Here are some suggested scenes. Feel free to add or subtract scenes to fit your own life (or dramatization thereof). And don’t worry about copyrights. That’s what the studio execs have lawyers for.

  1. Romantic interlude
    1a) Sex Scene
  2. Car Chase (what a life you’ve led!)
  3. Stirring oratory at the end of the film
  4. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in
  5. That moment in the film when you’re parked in front of your ex-love’s house wondering where everything went wrong, sobbing gently, and holding a single rose, just to see the cold-hearted jerk walk out with another person on their arm (Even though in real-life, you ended up in custody for stalking, the movie plays out differently). Don’t they even care?
  6. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing)
  7. Scene in which you help the juvenile delinquent crippled orphans fix up the Orphanarium, thus teaching the kids the value of teamwork, and teaching you to believe in hope again, or some such tripe

Feel free to pick anything. For example, if you’re just essentially a brain in a vat, your answer to all the above might be “Tiny Bubbles.”

(Just so you know, most of my answers would be Nine Inch Nails songs (I’m a fifteen year old Goth kid trapped in a 30-year-old lawyer’s body), except my car chase song would involve banjos in some way.)

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  1. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
    1a) Bolero - the jazzed up version by Stanley Jordan
  2. Running With The Devil - Van Halen
  3. Just Like You Said It Would Be - Sinead O’Connor
  4. Deep - Danzig
  5. All Wrong - God Lives Underwater
  6. *Escape (The Pina Colada Song) * - Rupert Holmes
  7. Into The Hands Of Death - Rob Zombie with Alice Cooper

Methinks you should watch the road and not post to SDMB while driving. But, I liked the OP. Was fun to think about.

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The piano exit from Layla by Derick (Eric Clapton) and the Dominoes. Would be the recuring theme and have long shots of me staring at the road I’m supposed to walk.
Mars by Gustov Holst. This would be any time in the film before a big event like a move, birth of a child or birthday party.
Just another day in Paradise by Phil Vasser would be the romantic music. I’m not into country, by my romainic other is.
Thunder Road andNo Surrender by Bruce Springsteen would be the begining and end titles.
Oh man I’m in line to see this, whos with me?

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I’ve decided that my Romantic Scene would also involve Banjos.

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Denis Leary - Asshole

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I’d like to say the soundtrack to my life would be done by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts, but I’m afraid it would actually be Loony Tunes music… sigh

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  1. Romantic interlude – “Moonglow and Theme from Picnic” (the two were once combined into one recording)

1a) Sex Scene – almost any Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova or maybe even Mancini’s “Mr. Lucky” (heh, heh)

  1. Car Chase – “Donkey Seranade” from Grand Canyon Suite (Any car chase scene with my having to drive would have to be comic relief.)

  2. Stirring oratory at the end of the film – The main theme from The Vikings

  3. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in – Londonderry Aire or Mancini’s “Two for the Road.”

  4. parked in front of your ex-love’s house – Barber’s Adagio for Strings turning into that shrieking shower scene music from Psycho

  5. Action scene – Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”

  6. the Orphanarium, thus teaching the kids the value of teamwork – “Great Balls of Fire” (my teaching style is a little up-tempo. :slight_smile:

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  1. Romantic interlude: Blind–Talking Heads
    1a) Sex Scene: not that sort of movie
  2. Car Chase: Macarena/La Bamba medley
  3. Stirring oratory: the wedding march, played on kazoos
  4. Pensive moment: Wichita Sutra Vortex–Philip Glass
  5. parked in front of your ex-love’s house: Piss Factory–Patti Smith
  6. Action scene: Moonlight Sonata at double speed
  7. help the orphans: something by Iggy Pop
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A lot of theme songs:
Peter Gunn
Jaws
Perry Mason
Superman: The Movie

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This could be fun :slight_smile:

  1. Romantic interlude
    Secretly Waiting by Marry Me Jane

1a) Sex Scene that never materializes
No Sex by Limp Bizkit

  1. Car Chase
    The Energy by Audiovent

  2. Stirring oratory

  • Dizzy Moon* by Transister

  1. Pensive moment
    Tomorrow by SR71

  2. Stalking scene
    Lost Cause by Oleander

  3. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing)

  • You Don’t Know What It’s Like* Econoline Crush
  1. Fantasizing about murdering a clown in cold blood and stealing his floopy shoes scene
  • Headstrong* by Trapt
  1. Helping orphans from the goodness of my heart scene
  • Questions* by Home Town Hero

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Ooh, good scene.

I would personally have “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff.

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Soundtrack…for a film to follow:

  1. Romantic Interlude
    “As We Go Along” - The Monkees. Sweet but goofy, kind of like me when I try to be romantic.

1a) Sex Scene
“Grey/Afro/This Time He Has Come” - Skip Spence. (No pun intended with the titles, you just have to hear the songs.) Or possibly “Sanctuary” by Miles Davis.

  1. Car Chase
    “Friendly Little Finger” - Frank Zappa. Always wanted to hear this song put to a car chase.

  2. Stirring Oratory
    “Balada Do Luoco (Ballad of the Lunatic)” - Os Mutantes.

  3. Pensive Moment
    “The Credits: Out-takes from Terry’s Movie” - Leo Kottke.

  4. In the car outside ex-love’s house
    “At The Crossroads” - Mott the Hoople

6)Action Scene
“Blank Frank” - Brian Eno or “El Distorto De Melodica” - Everclear.

7)Uplifting orphan tripe
“The Ballad of Mack the Knife” - Lotte Lenya.

  1. Shocking moment of realization of a double cross or a betrayal
    “The Letters” - King Crimson.

  2. Cheesy Hollywood ending where I get the girl and we drive off together at the end (fade out to the credits)
    “Thunder Island” - Jay Ferguson.

10)Alternate Ending for the DVD
“M1A1” - Gorillaz.

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You sure that’s on the real soundtrack and not just the trailer? :smiley:

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This is hilarious.

  1. Romantic interlude - This Twilight Garden by the Cure

1a) Sex Scene - Hard On For Love by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

  1. Car Chase (what a life you’ve led!) - No One Lives Forever by Oingo Boingo

  2. Stirring oratory at the end of the film - Born in Xaxax by Nina Hagen

  3. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in - Wait by Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire

  4. That moment in the film when you’re parked in front of your ex-love’s house wondering where everything went wrong, sobbing gently, and holding a single rose, just to see the cold-hearted jerk walk out with another person on their arm (Even though in real-life, you ended up in custody for stalking, the movie plays out differently). Don’t they even care? - Bad Liver & a Broken Heart or The Part You Throw Away by Tom Waits

  5. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing) - Dragula by Rob Zombie or Angel With the Scabbed Wings by Marilyn Manson

  6. Scene in which you help the juvenile delinquent crippled orphans fix up the Orphanarium, thus teaching the kids the value of teamwork, and teaching you to believe in hope again, or some such tripe - God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday

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  1. Romantic interlude-Love Reign O’Er Me by The Who
    1a) Sex Scene-Thorn In My Pride By The Black Crowes

  2. Car Chase (what a life you’ve led!)-One Armed Scissor by At The Drive-In

  3. Stirring oratory at the end of the film-Across The Universe by The Beatles.

  4. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in-I am trying to break your heart by Wilco

  5. That moment in the film when you’re parked in front of your ex-love’s house wondering where everything went wrong, sobbing gently, and holding a single rose, just to see the cold-hearted jerk walk out with another person on their arm (Even though in real-life, you ended up in custody for stalking, the movie plays out differently). Don’t they even care?-The Wretched by Nine Inch Nails or Fade by Staind

  6. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing)-Far Away by Sleater-Kinney

  7. Scene in which you help the juvenile delinquent crippled orphans fix up the Orphanarium, thus teaching the kids the value of teamwork, and teaching you to believe in hope again, or some such tripe-Under Pressure by QUeen and David Bowie.

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1] Opening credits: Whitehouse - A Cunt Like You
2] First time I’m seen on screen: Converter - Death Time
3] Scene in which I open fire utilising decidedly badass weapons in a decidedly badass manner: Patsy Cline - Back in Baby’s Arms
3] Insane and vaguely violent sex scene: Smashing Pumpkins - God
4] Moment of truth: Underworld - Born Slippy
5] Denouement: Tear Garden - You and Me and Rainbows
6] Closing credits: Imminent Starvation - Ire

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One I forgot is All Along the Watchtower. The original by Bob dylan to describe my workplace.

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  1. Romantic Interude: Always - Erasure
    1a) Sex Scene: Closer - Nine Inch Nails

  2. Car Chase: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington

3)Stirring Oratory blahblahblah: Ode to Joy

4)Pensive Moment: Virtue - Ani DiFranco

  1. That Moment When You’re Parked in Front of Your Ex-Love’s…: Never There - Cake

  2. Thelma and Louise-esque, Don’t Sneaky Men Just Suck, Let’s Get Back at That Cheating SOB Scene: Angry Johnny - Poe

7)Scene Where I Meet My (alas, currently unknown) True Love - At Last - Etta James

  1. Action Scene: Head Like a Hole: Nine Inch Nails

  2. Scene in the Hospital after my back surgery: One: Metallica

  3. End Credits: I Wanna be Sedated - The Ramones

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  1. Romantic – Billie Holiday, April in Paris
    1a) Sex Scene – Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Reading
  2. Car Chase – Theme from Dragnet
  3. Stirring oratory – Requiem, Mozart
  4. Pensive moment – Beastie Boys, Bhodisvatta Wow (sp?)
  5. Parked in front of your ex-love’s house, sobbing? – Johnny Cash, Solitary Man
  6. Action scene – Prodigy, Fire Starter
  7. Scene in which you help the juvenile delinquent. – Underground, Tom Waits,

And now the theme version featuring Monster http://www.burningheart.com/monster

  1. Romantic – Monster, C’mon With Me
    1a) Sex Scene – Monster, Longest Dub
  2. Car Chase – Monster, Pretty Superficial
  3. Stirring oratory – Monster, Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
  4. Pensive moment – Monster, Can’t Handle Myself
  5. Parked in front of your ex-love’s house, sobbing? – Monster, Choose me again
  6. Action scene – Monster, Looking For a Fight
  7. Scene in which you help the juvenile delinquent. – Monster, God Knows My Name
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  1. Romantic interlude
    –Dissolved Girl, by Massive Attack

  2. Car Chase
    –Save Yourslef, by Stabbing Westward

  3. Stirring oratory at the end of the film
    –Like Spinning Plates, by Radiohead

  4. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in
    –I Have Seen, by Zero7

  5. That moment in the film when you’re parked in front of your ex-love’s house wondering where everything went wrong, sobbing gently, and holding a single rose, just to see the cold-hearted jerk walk out with another person on their arm (Even though in real-life, you ended up in custody for stalking, the movie plays out differently). Don’t they even care?
    –Gunning Down Romance, by Savage Garden (Stop laughing!)

  6. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing)
    –The Red, Chevelle

  7. Scene in which you help the juvenile delinquent crippled orphans fix up the Orphanarium, thus teaching the kids the value of teamwork, and teaching you to believe in hope again, or some such tripe
    –Sing, Travis