I was watching "RockNRolla" and "Layer Cake" this weekend (Great movies, by the way. I'm in a "British Crime" phase now and I'm overdosing on Guy Ritchie and Daniel Craig) and I started thinking about something.
What would the soundtrack to my life be?
It really resonated with me, because as I drove around this weekend I couldn't stop thinking about it. I started to become obsessed with the idea of putting together a "Soundtrack" to my life. You know, imagine your life were a movie, and the pivotal scenes of your life needed background music. What would the songs be?
I've already decided that mine is a box set. It's way too big and eclectic for one CD, so I'm starting to gel around the idea of a 4-CD box set. Something like a cross between "The Breakfast Club", "Platoon", and "Weird Science". I already see lots of 80s punk and new wave, a good selection of vintage "San Francisco Summer of Love", an obscure set list from the early 90s Grunge years living in Seattle, and a healthy dose of Hip Hop and Lollapalooza acts.
Should be a fun exercise.
So what about you? What would the soundtrack to your life look like?
Oh, and by the way, I'm going to need a copy of Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme...
Man...I couldn't even begin.
ReplyDeleteI think some Flobots would definitely fit into your soundtrack.
ReplyDeleteMine would be like the sequence on Family Guy. A few fight songs, a running song, a romantic interlude song, etc, etc.
Ahh, but John, that's the point! To make you stop. Think. Put something down that represents. THAT, my friend, is the exercise!
ReplyDeleteYou know you have to sprinkle something from the Top Gun Soundtrack!! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh absolutely. "Danger Zone" or Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" without a doubt!
ReplyDeleteIt's all about "Huntng bears" by Radio Head. Its an instrumental but something about that track... and I listen to such a diverse range that it would definitely need to be a box set as well. This post makes me think about the movie High Fidelity.
ReplyDeleteRay, TOTALLY "High Fidelity"...Great thought! That's exactly what I must've been subconsciously thinking!
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