How old is this one? Eons. And yet, I’ve never. Kelly just did. So I will.
You know the drill. Set the iPod on Shuffle. Match the songs that surface against an arbitrary list of life events prescribed my some immortal demigod of bloggery, his or her name lost to the broken links of time. The end result is the soundtrack to your very own biopic. That stated, here is mine …
Waking Up: “Enchantment” – Corrinne Bailey Rae (Magic oatmeal?)
First Day Of School: “Enter The Circus” – Christina Aguilera (Now that’s funny.)
Falling In Love: “Sun Comes Up (Live)” – John Legend (“Baby, when the sun comes up, I’m gonna be next to you …”)
Fight Song: “Antarctica” – Black Tie Dynasty (That works.)
Breaking Up: “Love Will Tear You Apart” – A plus D (A mashup featuring She Wants Revenge, Joy Division and Bauhaus.)
Prom: “50 Cent Love” – Sugarland (At first, I found this odd. Then I remembered my prom.)
Life: “How Long Have You Been Stoned?” – Over The Rhine (Must be a metaphor.)
Mental Breakdown: “I Might Be Wrong” – Radiohead (Nice.)
Driving: “L’Via L’Viaquez” – The Mars Volta (A 12-minute song. Must be a long trip.)
Flashback: “The Right Profile” – The Clash (“Hey, where did I see this guy …?”)
Wedding: “It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow” – Vera Lynn (Hmm. WWII-era optimism. I’ll take it.)
Childbirth: “Last Goodbye (Live)” – Jeff Buckley (Shouldn’t this appear later, say in about three songs?)
Final Battle: “The Flame” – Cheap Trick (Once again, the Monster Ballads compilation rears its AquaNet-ted head at a time most inappropriate.)
Death Scene: “Sportin’ Life” – James Brown (Organ-laced instrumental track from the soundtrack to Black Caesar, as if that knowledge helps at all.)
Funeral Song: “Love For Sale” – Cannonball Adderley (Excellent track, without a doubt. But the titular implications …)
End Credit: “Trumpet Voluntary” – London Symphony Orchestra (How very regal.)
Things were going so well, right up until the morbidly-scored nativity scene.
If you’ve done one of your own, link it or list it in the comments below.
