Here’s what you do:
Open your music library, set settings to “Shuffle” and play. Record each song in order with the category. Be amazed! astounded! at your mp3 player’s ability to perfectly represent you as a music-listening artist.
1. Opening Credits: Minor Threat – Straight Edge
2. Childhood: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat
Creepy.
3. First Day of School: Ohmega Watts – Grooving on Sunshine
More like Grooving in My Pink Sparkly Reeboks. I have pictures.
4. Falling in Love: Pizzicato Five – It’s a Beautiful Day
I absolutely did not hand-pick this one, but it’s kind of cute even if my first love experiences were one-sided, embarrassing and desperate.
5. Breaking Up: Nivana – Verse Chorus Verse
This is so melodramatic I almost skipped it. Again, oddly appropriate.
6. Falling in Love Again: Craig Mack – Flava in Ya Ear
7. Breaking Up Again: The Cramps – I Was a Teenage Werewolf
8. Prom: Fugazi – Nice New Outfit
Ha! Well, I didn’t go to prom.
[Note: I changed the order of the list since I was planning for baby while my peers planned for prom. Also, free license because I can.]
9. Birth of Child: New Kingdom – Unicorns Were Horses
I have no idea what this means. Calling all armchair FRT psychoanalysts.
10. Life Sucks: Jens Lekman – Are Birthdays Happy?
No.
11. Life’s Okay: Sufjan Stevens – Super Computer
Ah, yes. Lauren discovers blogging.
12. Mental Breakdown: Edith Frost – Merry-Go-Round
Winamp is way better than a magic eight ball.
13. Driving Theme: Wanda Jackson – Honey, Don’t
14. Flashback: The Quakes – Psychobilly Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
15. High School Reunion: Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
16. Commitment Ceremony: RZA – Drink, Smoke, Fuck
Interesting choice of wedding song, Winamp. That’s how we roll?
17. Middle Age: Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
Word.
18. Last Years: The Stooges – We Will Fall
And break our hips.
19. Funeral Song: Donovan – Get Thy Bearings
20. End Credits: Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
via ASKT
You swear you didn’t set it there on purpose? And I love your end credits.
Yeah, I want those end credits.
Now I need to get my OS upgraded this weekend, so I actually have an iPod that works.
Wow, I can’t believe this interested me enough to do. I almost never do FRTs :)
1. Opening Credits: Jeff Mangum – King of Carrot Flowers pt. 3
2. Childhood: Don Lennon – My Favorite Rock Group
3. First Day of School: The Helio Sequence – Cut the Camera
4. Falling in Love: Peter Walker – Young Gravity
5. Breaking Up: Interpol – Leif Erikson (Interpol may not have been around back then, but if they had, I’d have been listening in this stage, sure enough)
6. Falling in Love Again: Protokoll – Holy Divine
7. Breaking Up Again: Crooked Fingers – Call to Love (um…really?)
8. Prom: Gregor Samsa – three
9. Life Sucks: The Go! Team – Junior Kickstart
10. Life’s Okay: Thelonius Monk – Functional (indeed)
11. Mental Breakdown: Led Zeppelin – Trampled Underfoot
12. Driving Theme: Swans – Love Will Tear us Apart
13. Flashback: Five Fingers of Funk – Genuine
14. Birth of Child:Mephiskapheles – Attack of the Geniuses (ha! Apparently my Mp3 player knows Augustlet…wait, did I say that parenting bullshit out loud?)
15. High School Reunion: Built to Spill – Randy Described Eternity
16. Commitment Ceremony: Built to Spill – Conventional Wisdom (I have a lot of Built to Spill, can you tell?)
17. Middle Age: Mogwai – auto rock (errors remix) (errors indeed)
18. Last Years: DangerMouse (Jay-Z vs. the Beatles) – Interlude
19. Funeral Song: Scissors for Lefty – Softly the Sea Swallows the Sun (!!!)
20. End Credits: Shipping News – Axons and Dendrites
Okay. Well, there’s five or six in there that work very well; some of them look like they’re shifted by one…
1) Distraction- Zero Seven (either what this lifetime film will be, or what i am engaging in right now. you decide!)
2) Poses – Rufus Wainwright (can you be a poseur as a little kid?)
3) In the Colloseum – Tom Waits (school was scary.)
4) Sliver – Nirvana (confusing, kind of cute, strangely violent?)
5) Black Number One – Type O Negative (totally. because i didn’t get that it was a joke the first time i heard it.)
6) (Nice Dream) – Radiohead
7) Random “How Does it Feel” Remix (perfect. less dark, more bitter.)
8) No Compassion – Talking Heads (hehe.)
9) Time’s Arrow – The Weakerthans
10) La La Love You – The Pixies
11) The Bed – V/A Hair soundtrack (mental breakdown induced by listening to this song, perhaps. why is it in my itunes again?)
12) Leave You Behind – Sleater-Kinney
13) Indian War Whoop – John Hartford, “O Brother” (flashback to the 19th century?)
14) Saving All My Love For You – Tom Waits (as if.)
15) Colony – Joy Division
16) Masochism World – Husker Du (oh yeah.)
17) Boys Say Go – Depeche Mode (a saucy, electro-clash middle age, i guess).
18) Each Coming Night – Iron and Wine (calulated for max. tear effex – good job, itunes!)
19) Oh, Me – Nirvana
20) La Femme D’Argent – Air
Here I go:
1. Opening Credits: “Mr. Wendal”, Arrested Development
2. Childhood: “Sir Duke”, Stevie Wonder. Well, I was a child when this song came out…
3. First Day Of School: “Son Of A Preacher Man”, Dusty Springfield. Far from it. Certainly didn’t apply to my first teacher, as she was a woman.
4. Falling In Love: “Living In The Past”, Jethro Tull. Okay, I don’t get this one.
5. Breaking Up: “Hungry Heart”, Bruce Springsteen. Bullseye.
6. Falling In Love Again: “Teacher”, Jethro Tull. What’s with Tull and love on this list?
7. Breaking Up Again: “Money”, The Flying Lizards. Told ya those women were golddiggers….
8. Prom: “Blue Jean”, David Bowie. Didn’t go to prom, so this one’s a wild card.
9. Birth Of A Child: “Hoedown”, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. Well, it’s appropriately celebratory, I suppose.
10. Life Sucks: “I Want You To Want Me”, Cheap Trick. Been there.
11. Life’s Okay: “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite”, The Beatles. Life is a circus.
12. Mental Breakdown: “Once In A Lifetime”, Talking Heads. This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful wife.
13. Driving Theme: “The Warrior”, Scandal featuring Patty Smyth. Hmm. Okay.
14. Flashback: “Groove Is In The Heart”, Dee-Lite. Oh, yeah. Senior year of high school, then freshman year dorm parties.
15. High School Reunion: “Lonesome Tonight”, New Order. Didn’t go because I was 2,500 miles away starting the beta release of Life 2.0. Heard it was a shitty reunion anyway.
16. Commitment Ceremony: “F**k Tha Police”, N.W.A. Well, I would play hip-hop at my wedding, were I to have one…
17. Middle Age: “Changes”, David Bowie. Double bullseye.
18. Last Years: “Your Boy’s Alive”, Ivor Novell/Patrick Doyle (Gosford Park soundtrack). Quite a shock that would be in my last years…
19. Funeral Song: “Lullaby”, Shawn Mullins. Everything’s gonna be all right…
20. End Credits: “Lovely Rita”, The Beatles. They were my first love in rock ‘n’ roll, so it’s appropriate to end my movie with them.
“Commitment Ceremony: RZA – Drink, Smoke, Fuck”
My, it knows you so well…
4. Falling In Love: “Living In The Past”, Jethro Tull. Okay, I don’t get this one.
Oh, come on. You don’t have to have even heard of Freud to know what this is saying.
1. Opening Credits: K.I.M. by EPMD (’I'm a Hurricane, you’re a Miller Genuine Draft’)
2. Childhood: The Legend of Xanadu by The Fall
3. First Day of School: Working in the Coal Mine by Devo (!)
4. Falling in Love: Here We Are Again by Wanda Jackson (one too soon)
5. Breaking Up: Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield by Etta James (what a metaphor!)
6. Falling in Love Again: Mind Your Own Business by Hank Williams, Sr. (I’m sure he wasn’t directing that at you from beyond the grave, Lauren)
7. Breaking Up Again: Land of Sunshine by Faith No More
8. Prom: The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton (interesting theme)
9. Birth of Child: California Desert Party by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
10. Life Sucks: I Got By In Time by The Jam
11. Life’s Okay: From Creation by Thievery Corporation
12. Mental Breakdown: The Flight of Icarus by Iron Maiden
13. Driving Theme: Backwards/Forwards by Mary Timony
14. Flashback: Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie & the Banshees
15. High School Reunion: Baby Don’t You Want to Go (Sweet Home Chicago) by Big Joe Williams
16. Commitment Ceremony: Exorcisto by Girls Against Boys
17. Middle Age: Père et Garçon Zydeco by John Delafose
18. Last Years: We Who Wait by The Adverts
19. Funeral Song: Cumbia Raza by Los Lobos (sure, why not?)
20. End Credits: Don’t Worry ‘Bout That Mule by Louis Jordan (perfect)
here was mine…and it has its embarrassing moments as well.
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1. Opening Credits: Kid Rock – I Got One For Ya
2. Childhood: Nick Cave – Let It Be [Beatles Cover]
3. First Day of School: Chopin – Nocturne No. 2 Opus 27
4. Falling in Love: Dirty Three – Kim’s Dirt
5. Breaking Up: Elvis Costello – Episode of Blonde
6. Falling in Love Again: Robert Johnson – Walkin’ Blues
7. Breaking Up Again: Scud Mountain Boys – In A Ditch
8. Prom: Beck – Round The Bend
9. Birth of Child: Metallica – Of Wolf And Man
10. Life Sucks: David Bowie – Be My Wife
11. Life’s Okay: Ghymes – Dance In The Snow
12. Mental Breakdown: The Briefs – So Stupid
13. Driving Theme: The Mars Volta – Cassandra Geminni: D. Multiple Spouse Wounds
14. Flashback: Alpha Blondy – Afriki
15. High School Reunion: Johnny Cash – Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
16. Commitment Ceremony: Scotty – Draw Your Brakes
17. Middle Age: The Bags – Joy Ride
18. Last Years: Glenn Gould – Goldberg Variations No. 3
19. Funeral Song: Todd Rundgren – Determination
20. End Credits: Hank Williams – I Saw The Light