# What's on the soundtrack to your life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752 "2002-12-30T21:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/21 "2003-01-03T19:14:40Z")
1. Romantic interlude: INXS “Never Tear us Apart” 1a) Sex Scene: Elvis Costello “She” (Preferably if I’m actually doing Hugh Grant. Sha. Right.) 1. Car Chase: Bare Naked Ladies, “One Week” 2. Stirring oratory at the end of the film: Rush, “Mission” 3. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in: Little River Band, “Cool Change” 4. That moment in the film when you’re parked in front of your ex-love’s house: Nazereth - either “Love Hurts” or “Hair of the Dog” or maybe J. Gile’s Band, “Love Stinks” (if you’re going for humorus!) 5. Action scene: Iron Maiden, “Where Eagles Dare” 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: Rush, “Everyday Glory” Grace - who refrained from picking Rush for EVERY song, just because she knows how badly it annoys not Rushians. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/22 "2003-01-03T20:37:21Z")
1. Romantic interlude - “Under the Ivy” - Kate Bush 1a) Sex Scene - “Gett Off” - Prince and the New Power Generation 1. Car Chase (what a life you’ve led!) - “Call Me” - Blondie 2. Stirring oratory at the end of the film - “Love is Stronger Than Death” - The The 3. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in - “This Woman’s Work” - Kate Bush 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? Well, shoot, since we’re doing some stalking, how about “Every Breath You Take” by The Police? Creepy song if ya think of it… 1. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing) “Mirror in the Bathroom” - Already used in “Grosse Pointe Blank,” but it still kicks butt. EIther that or “London Calling” by The Clash. 2. 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. “Cloudbusting Day” - Kate Bush Stuck in the 80s, Patty ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/23 "2003-01-03T20:43:55Z")
I actually burned a whole album of contemporary songs that I felt described some aspect of my life last year. Let’s see if I can remember it. . . 1- “Summertime” - The Sundays (Because I was lonely) 2 - “Bittersweet Symphony” - The Verve (Because being lonely made me very depressed) 3- “Californication” - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Because I was living in Oregon after living all my life in Ohio, and much of the mythic stature California has east of the Mississippi was dissipated by the experience.) 4- “Pinch Me” - Barnaked Ladies (I hated the town I lived in) 5- “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand” - Primitive Radio Gods (Because I deeply missed the aimless mental wandering I was free to indulge in during my college days.) 6- “Hunger Strike” - Temple of the Dog (I was thinking a lot about how I could contribute to the world.) 7- “Sweet Surrender” - Sarah McLachlan (Reflecting my disillusionment and lack of focus after college) ---
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/24 "2003-01-03T21:38:12Z")
Romance: First I Look At the Purse- J. Geils Band Sex: ELP’s version of Fanfare for the Common Man Chase scene: Hot Rod Lincoln- Cmdr Cody Stirring oratory: Happy Trails-R. Rogers, D. Evans Waves on the Beach: The Intro & The Outro, Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band Boyfriend’s House: (at last, a serious nominee) I Wish I Were Blind (B. Springsteen) Action Scene: the Hokey-Pokey (REAL VIOLENCE rarely lasts more than 2 bars) Orphanage assistance: the perfect song has been written: “Easy Street” from Annie ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/25 "2003-01-03T21:42:24Z")
NEW SCENE! The moment when I realized that, after months of trying, I finally started a thread that was mentioned in “Threadspotting:” Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/26 "2003-01-03T23:40:15Z")
1 - (love) Comfortably Numb 2 - (sex) Anything NIN 3 - (chase) Greased Lightning 4 - (thought) Wish you were here 5 - (stalk) #1 Crush 6 - (action) Break Stuff 7 - (getting things done) Short Skirt and a looong jacket Like the op there are NIN songs for everything but I gave it a bit more variety 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jmalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@jmalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmalin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/27 "2003-01-04T00:07:35Z")
1. Beatles - If I Fell In Love with You 1a) Bolero - Original version 2. Radar Love 3. An Die Freude - 4th Movement, Beethoven’s Ninth 4. Something by Ravi Shankar 5. I Put a Spell On You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 6. 1812 Overture - Tschiakovsky 7. The theme from the Howdy Doody Show ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/28 "2003-01-04T05:01:41Z")
Oooh, how did I miss this? I love this stuff. (And there’s some good stuff listed, too.) Let’s see, **S. Mussberger** has a very nifty idea. Let’s run with that for a bit… The AC/DC Soundtrack 1 -love scene- **Let Me Put My Love Into You** 1a -sex scene- **Sink The Pink** 2 -car chase- **Shake A Leg** 3 -stirring speech- **There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’ (At The Show Tonight)** 4 -pensive moment- **Ride On** 5 -in the car, despondent- **Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap** 6 -action sequence- **Back In Black** 7 -helping the orphans- **Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution** The Alice Cooper Soundtrack: 1 -love scene- **It’s Me** 1a -sex scene- **Workin’ Up A Sweat** 2 -car chase- **It’s The Little Things** 3 -stirring speech- **Elected** 4 -pensive moment- **Desperado** 5 -in the car, despondent- **Might As Well Be On Mars** 6 -action sequence- **No More Mr. Nice Guy** 7 -helping the orphans- **Department of Youth** The Judas Priest Soundtrack 1 -love scene- **Last Rose Of Summer** 1a -sex scene- **Before The Dawn** 2 -car chase- **Freewheel Burnin’** 3 -stirring speech- **Hard As Iron** 4 -pensive moment- **Diamonds And Rust** 5 -in the car, despondent- **Here Come The Tears** 6 -action sequence- **Breakin’ The Law** 7 -helping the orphans- **Better By You, Better Than Me** Let’s see, who else is in the collection, here? Billy Joel? Billy Squier? Ozzy? The Ramones? The Who? [sub]I can see my productivity shooting right down the tubes…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/29 "2003-01-04T06:42:39Z")
“Paperback Writer” pretty much sums it all up. ---
**Author:** ![ElfWarriorFuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@ElfWarriorFuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElfWarriorFuzzy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/30 "2003-01-04T07:40:50Z")
1. Romantic interlude=there has been no romance in my life story, there probably wouldn’t be one…though if there were it might be Kellswater or Stolen Child by Loreena McKennitt…or Greensleeves… 1a) Sex Scene= probably like Romantic interlude though, if not, either Johnny Horton’s Battle of New Orleans or Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings song The Bridge of Khazad-dum… 2. Car Chase= Transformers theme song? or Loup Garou by Tanglefoot 3. Stirring oratory= The Commodore’s Compliments by Tanglefoot 4. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in= the diddy Gollum was singing “Rock and pool, are nice and cool…” or Johnny Jump Up by Gaelic Storm 5. That moment in the film when you’re parked in front of your ex-love’s house sobbing gently, just to see the cold-hearted jerk walk out with another person on their arm= no sobbing, me gettin’ revenge The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Reba McIntyre… 6. Action scene= Everybody Was Kung-fu Fighting!!! & Jack the Green & Paddy’s Finger by Tanglefoot 7. Dream sequence of my dream elf Legolas= Sullivan’s Shivaree & The Midwife’s Dance by Tanglefoot 8. High school reunion= How do You Like Me Now …Is it Toby Keith?..I don’t remember… ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/31 "2003-01-04T10:38:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NailBunny \* > **4) 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** Thank you so much! I’ve mentioned Andrew Bird a couple of times on this board, and had so far thought I was the only person who’d heard of him. That song was the first that popped into my mind when I saw the “pensive moment” bit. Anyway, on to the answers: 1. Romantic interlude - _Capricho Arabe_, written by Tarrega, as performed by Christopher Parkening 1a) Sex Scene - _Summertime Rolls_ by Jane’s Addiction (is that cheesy? Perhaps.) 1. Car Chase (what a life you’ve led!) - Hmm. Good question. Maybe _Esperanza_ by Dick Dale. Oooh, no: It would the Clash’s version of _Brand New Cadillac_. 2. Stirring oratory at the end of the film - I hate stirring oratories at the end of the film. If I had to pick, though, it would the end of the third movement of Beethoven’s fifth symphony and the breathtaking transition into the fourth movement. 3. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in - Agreed. _Wait_ by Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire (with lyrics from a poem by Galway Kinnell). Oh, how I love that song. 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? - I agree with **Nailbunny** that this is a (perhaps _the_) Tom Waits moment, but I’d choose either _Blue Valentines_ or _Blind Love_. 5. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing) - _I Switched You_ by Frank Black. It is only barely possible to rock harder than this song, and only Minor Threat has accomplished it. 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 - _Let It Snow_, Dean Martin. ---
**Author:** ![JosephFinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JosephFinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JosephFinn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/32 "2003-01-04T14:34:03Z")
So many ood answers so far, but we’re missing an obvious scene: The Joyous Rain Scene, as our hero realizes everything is going to be okay and looks to the skys with his/her arms outstretched as the rain pour down. My choice for this scene? The Pogue’s “Fairytale of New York.” The slow part can be for the pensive moments, and then it can follow along as a gentle rain starts falling and the monsoon can start when the song really rocks into the duet section. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/33 "2003-01-05T05:34:24Z")
Another night’s excuse to go through tapes (and vinyl, kids) for stuff we haven’t listened to in months… The Billy Joel Soundtrack 1 -love scene- **Just The Way You Are** 1a -sex scene- **You’re My Home** 2 - car chase- **Prelude/Angry Young Man** 3 -stirring speech- **Scenes From An Italian Restuarant** 4 -pensive moment- **Somewhere Along The Line** 5 - in the car, despondent- **Captain Jack** 6 -action sequence- **The Ballad Of Billy The Kid** (starting after the intro) 7 -helping the orphans- **I’ve Loved These Days** The Cyndi Lauper Soundtrack 1 -love scene- **I Drove All Night** 1a -sex scene- **All Through The Night** 2 - car chase- **She Bop** 3 -stirring speech- **True Colors** 4 -pensive moment- **Time After Time** 5 - in the car, despondent- **My First Night Without You** 6 -action sequence- **Yeah Yeah** 7 -helping the orphans- **Kindred Spirit** The Billy Squier Soundtrack 1 -love scene- **Fall For Love** 1a -sex scene- **In The Dark** 2 - car chase- **All Night Long** 3 -stirring speech- **(Another)1984** 4 -pensive moment- **Lonely Is The Night** 5 - in the car, despondent- **Sweet Release** 6 -action sequence- **Rock Me Tonight** 7 -helping the orphans- **The Christmas Song (Time To Say I Love You)** Curse you, **Siddhartha Vicious**! 😃 I can’t listen to all this stuff in one night. [sub]Well, not if I wanna get any work done, anyway. What with the air-guitar and desktop drumming I’ve got to do now…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![rapunZeolite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@rapunZeolite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rapunZeolite)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/34 "2003-01-05T19:39:28Z")
1. Romantic interlude–\> **“she’s my kind of rain” tim mcgraw** …WHOOEE, enuff said! or **“im with u”** yah yah, i dont really like avril, but hey, perhaps even \*\* somewhere out there\*\* tho im getting rather sick of the song 1a) Sex Scene–\> **“Makin’ Good Love” avant** , no sumthing _faster_…maybe, no DEFINITELY **“love me when im gone”-3 doors down** , dammit: AND **“control” puddle of mudd** 1. Car Chase—\> **“alive” P.O.D** , no questions asked 2. Stirring oratory at the end of the film- BLAH i duno 3. Pensive moment while you ponder the deeper meaning of life while staring at the tide coming in —\> well if i could take some liberties and say that the pensive moment turned into a mad and angry rush i would have to say trickside’s \*\* freak out \*\* because umm that is required on my soundtrack 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? \*\*“running away”- hoobastank \*\* 5. Action scene (kicking ass, taking names, that sort of thing) faster part of **drift and die** , or hmmm maybe \*\* crawling\*\* always gotta love linkin park 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 \*\* only hope\*\* mandy moore, thanks to her we have songs like this that fit #7 all TOO WELL ---
**Author:** ![AnsaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@AnsaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnsaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/35 "2003-01-06T01:40:09Z")
[http://www.bonfilsinmyhead.org](http://www.bonfilsinmyhead.org) Wrote it myself 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![john\_hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@john\_hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_hill)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752/36 "2003-01-06T01:59:20Z")
Considering I’m from the mountains of Eastern Tennessee and am a classically trained Japanese swordsman - they do call me Jedi Clampett - my theme music is the bluegrass cover of Vader’s theme. John [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-the-soundtrack-to-your-life/145752.md?page=1)