Soundtrack of My Life
This list got me thinking. What would the soundtrack of my life be? I decided to put my iPod on shuffle and just write down whatever song came up next to each scene title.
And I ask you, who the hell wouldn’t want to see the movie of my life with a soundtrack this good?!
Opening Credits: Get By (remix Feat. Mos Def & Jay-Z) – Talib Kweli (This is a ridiculously good opening credits track – are you kidding me?!)
Waking Up: So Sweet – Glenn Lewis (A solid waking up song, I feel.)
Falling in Love: Knock on Wood – Wilson Pickett (Not your traditional fall in love type song, but there’s elements that work, when you consider that I’ll obviously be falling in love with, well, the coolest guy ever.)
Fight Scene: You give me Fever – Peggy Lee (I don’t know what the hell kind of fight that would be. Probably me scrapping with one of the transvestite prostitutes on my street or something.)
Breaking Up: A Song For You – Donny Hathaway (Can we just all pause for a moment to give my iPod a high five? Has there ever been a more perfect break up song than this? No, I didn’t think so.)
Make up: Soundbombing – Talib Kweli & Mos Def (How fitting that hip-hop brought me and the coolest guy ever back together.)
Secret Love: Ball of Confusion – The Temptations (Ha! My love life remains one big Ball of Confusion)
Life’s OK: Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington (I’m nothing if not sophisticated, bitches.)
Mental Breakdown: Superfly – Curtis Mayfield (The sound of mental breakdown or the song I get dressed to every day? You decide.)
Driving scene: Soulful – Kanye West (Windows down on a sunny day? Check. Expensive car that I don’t own? Check. Someone else driving because I don’t have a license? You betcha.)
Flashback: Electric Relaxation – A Tribe Called Quest (Another high five for my iPod, please.)
Happy Dance: My First, My Last, My Everything – Barry White (If you haven’t done a happy dance to this, you haven’t lived.)
Regretting: Feel Like Making Love – Roberta Flack (Damn you, Roberta!)
Long Night Alone: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson (I don’t know about you, but my long night’s alone involve a disco ball in my living room and me wearing a silver sequined glove.)
Final Battle: Chan Chan – Buena Vista Social Club (This ‘final battle’ would take the form of a salsa dance off in the streets of Toronto. Obviously.)
Death Scene: Bada Bing – DangerDoom (Even in death, I got rhythm.)
Final Ending: Cold Sweat – James Brown (I would happily have the horn section on this track be the soundtrack of my entire life.)
End Credits: Streetlife – Randy Crawford (This would be the image of me cruising down my street on my bike, trannies in the background.)
I expect the movie offer to come pouring in any…minute…now.
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