Artist — “Song”

The Roots — “Intro/There’s Something Goin’ On”
Black Star — “RE: Definition”
Nelly Feat. Cedric the Entertainer — “Gettin’ It Started”
Jimi Hendrix — Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Metallica — “Of Wolf and Man”
Kittie — “In Dreams”
Led Zeppelin — “Trampled Underfoot”
White Zombie — “Electric Head: The Agony (Pt. 1)”
A Perfect Circle — “Peace Love and Understanding”
Georg Friedrich Händel — “The Messiah: His Yoke is Easy”

And Bonus Track: Dave Brubeck Quartet: “Take Five”

1. Opening Credits:
Let the Wind Blow - The Beach Boys
A couple of years before Brian Wilson resigned himself to being “a leaf on a windy day,” he prays for one exception to the laws of nature, “Don’t take her out of my life.”

2. Childhood:
Five Years - David Bowie
See, I’m 5 years old? No?

3. First Day of School:
Gitarren, Spielt Auf - The Comedian Harmonists
Uh, OK, strike up the guitars!

4. Falling in Love:
Strange Pursuit - Devo

5. Breaking Up:
Took Her Hand - The Cynics
“I took her hand to prove that I’m her man.” It didn’t work.

6. Falling in Love Again:
Backwards Overload - Raymond Scott
Electronic experiment/Electronium demonstration. Make what you will of the title. Interestingly, the remains of the Electronium are now owned by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo.

7. Breaking Up Again:
Are You Jerkin’ Back & Forth? - Devo
Not the more familiar 1981 song.

8. Prom:
Dining Room - BPA
“You’re scattering my nerves… On Earth you’ll never be sane… I’ll never cry when he dies” I need help with this.

9. Birth of Child:
Ripples [Montage] - Raymond Scott
All sequencing done by the Circle Machine, Scott’s main instrument for the Soothing Sounds For Baby series.

10. Life Sucks:
Reuben and Cynthia - Gina Ferraro & William Schaffer
C: When will women be “forc’d to stop this doing things just like the men [?]” R: “…When she comes to strike a match.” What in hell does that mean?

11. Life’s Okay:
BACH: BWV 140 (So geh herein zu mir) - The Bach Ensemble/Joshua Rifkin
This recitative is about the joy of being married to Christ.

12. Mental Breakdown:
Blind Dog - BPA

13. Driving Theme:
The First Time Ever - Lopez Sophisticates
A gentle acoustic song with lyrics taken from exceptionally banal chitchat from an exceptionally pretentious prOn movie is not my idea of driving music. Maybe a different kind of driving is meant.

14. Flashback:
The Ghost Of Liberace - Sparks

15. High School Reunion:
I’m a Potato - Devo

16. Commitment Ceremony:
Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls - Sparks

17. Middle Age:
The Pacific Railroad - Cincinnati University Singers

18. Last Years:
Lovelines Questions - Chuck Jones
Not the cartoon director. That’s right, I’ll spend my dotage babbling intrusive romantic questions until the nurse puts a pillow over my face.

19. Funeral Song:
The place where the nuts hunt the squirrels - Napoleon XIV

20. End Credits:
Nice Streets Above - Wire