What songs would you include on the soundtrack of your life?

"I'm Just a Gigolo"

"Julie"-a song that was popular when I was a young child
"The Little Blue Man"-a song I loved as a small child
"Que Que Sera Sera"-another song I loved as a small child
"My Old Kentucky Home" because of my grandpa
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" because of my grandma
"Chains" because that used to be my favorite Beatles' song
"War", "Give Peace A Chance", and the "Fish" cheer (my favorite anti-Vietnam songs)
"Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers-because it reminds me of when I started to college
"Have You Ever Been Mellow?" by Olivia Newton-John, because it reminds me of my first spring break to Daytona.
just about anything by K.C. and the Sunshine Band; Edmund Fitzgerald son; "Get up and Boogie", and "Boogie Nights" because of my trip to Lauderdale in 1976
Many disco songs
To represent my high school years, this song:
Time it was
And what a time it was
It was a time of innocence,
A time of confidences
Long ago
It must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you
AND "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end".
"American Pie" by Don McLean
"I Honestly Love You"
"Home To Myself" by Melissa Manchester
That's all I can think of.

'How Soon Is Now?'

I would get Zang to tell me the 10 worst songs in the history of the world and then include those. I would *hate* for people to go and see a film about my life and would try and sabotage the project in any way I could.

"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"--Spin Doctors
"Sweet Baby James"--James Taylor
"Somebody"--Depeche Mode
"Both Hands"--Ani Difranco
"Love Shack"--The B52s
"The Fragile"--Nine Inch Nails

That's all I can think of right now. There would have to be some more 80s music on it, and I guess some more 90s music as well. And maybe there'd be a classical piece, like an aria from "Carmen" or something.

I'll tell you when I'm dying.

I wouldn't have a clue what to pick.

End of the Innocence" ~
http://www.geocities.com/chattykathy01/innocence.html

Bow down Mister
http://www.btinternet.com/~s.essom/bowdownmister.htm

Fudge Authority by Pennywise
Right Now by Nappy Roots feat. Marcos from P.O.D.
Bulls On Parade by Rage Against The Machine
Fanboy by The Great Luke Ski
Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
Rainy Day Parade by Jill Sobule
I Love You by Sarah McLachlan
Angry White Boy Polka by Weird Al Yankovic
Boom! by System of a Down
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Fell In Love With a Girl by The White Stripes
Hotel Yorba by The White Stripes
Birthday by Meredith Brooks
I Am by Eminem
Fight Song by MArilyn Manson

Hotel Yorba!! I am fully enamored by it. Good pick!

I love the White Stripes!

good god, thats a lot of songs i'd probably include. i used to listen to some of these constantly at least one time or another.

i can still hear the harmony rackapella "fudge authority, down with the majority, gone with system", and can almost hear manson's little ticking sound, taw taw ti ti, taw taw "fudge all your protests" and taww nawa noo, aahhh, woh woh wooeh scrach woh, ewh eherr, wereh gata aint no family, we a pack a full of shells, tun naa naw na...

"Jupiter" from Holst's "The Planets".
Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes.

Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Wide Boys - Ultravox
Do The European - Jean Jacques Burnell
Sonatas & Interludes - John Cage
Serenade - Albert Roussel
Razamanaz - Nazareth
Narrow Way - Pink Floyd
I'll Come Running - Brian Eno
Sombre Reptiles - Brian Eno
On Some Faraway Beach - Brian Eno
Spinning Away - Brian Eno & John Cale
Rock & Roll High School - The Ramones
Stratovarius - Kraftwerk
Negativland - Neu!
Fernwarme - Michael Rother
Flute Quartet K.285 Adagio - Mozart
Sextet No. 1 - Brahms
Less Of Me - The Statler Brothers
Focus On Sanity - Ornette Coleman
Blurred Girl - John Foxx
O Hasina Zulfonwali - Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi
Jupiter - Gustav Holst
Nocturnes - Alexander Mossolov
Roses In The Snow - Nico
Convincing People - Throbbing Gristle

...I think I may have exceeded 15...

I picked "Jupiter" too!

"Way Down" by Elvis Presley to start it off (it was the #1 song the year I was born)
"Teenage Wasteland" by The Who
"Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna
"You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
"Jamie's Cryin'" by Van Halen
"Fight for Your Right" by The Beastie Boys
"Hole in My Soul" by Aerosmith
"Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen
"The One" by Elton John
"Imagine" by John Lennon
"Life in the Fast Lane" by The Eagles
"How Sweet It Is" by Marvin Gaye
"Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline
"Shameless" by Garth Brooks
"Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns N' Roses
"Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper
"The Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd
"Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails
"Cruel to Be Kind" by Spacehog
"When Doves Cry" by Prince
"If You Can't Say No" by Lenny Kravitz

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Metallica - Shoot Me Again
Bif Naked - Lucky
Silverchair - After All These Years
No Doubt - Just a Girl
System of A Down - Aerials

Novacaine for the Soul- The Eels
Under the Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
The Letter- Kristin Hersh
Got No Idols- Juliana Hatfield
32 Flavors- Ani Difranco
Free as a Bird- The Beatles
Natural One- Folk Implosion
The Scientist- Coldplay

Oh God, Aerials is a beautiful song!

Looks like Ani will be doing both our soundtracks.

Here's mine, in chronological order:
1.Cherish is the Word-The Associates
2.Step By Step-New Kids on the Block (I was obsessed!)
3.Nothing Compares To You-Sinead O'Connor
4.Little Rosa-Letters to Cleo
5.Isobel-Bjork
6.If Only-Goldfinger
7.Smoke-Natalie Imbruglia
8.Butterfly-Weezer
9.Break Stuff-Limp Bizkit
10.Stellar-Incubus
11.Psalm 139-Sarah Masen
12.Never is a Promise-Fiona Apple
13.The Luckiest-Ben Folds
14.Closer to Fine-Indigo Girls
15.Let's Not Crap Ourselves-Bright Eyes

So there's my in depth unapologetic look at my life. It doesn't come close to representing my taste in music, but it's a great representation of some of the most important periods of my life.

That song by Sinea O'Connor always makes me cry.

Me too. I think it's because it came out right around the time my parents got divorced, and that's what I thought the song was about. (I was only about 7).

I know. It's one of those songs that goes right through you!