About Me

My photo
New York, New York, United States
"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel."

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

My soundtrack


IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
1. Turn on your iPod
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing

Opening credits: Chemicals - The Notwist

Waking up: The Ocean Always Wins - She's Spanish, I'm American

First day of school: Everything is Alright - Four Tet

Falling in love: Breathe - Telepopmusik

First song: Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead

Breaking up: The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows - Brand New

Prom: Trains to Brazil - Guillemots

Life: Secret Meeting - The National

Mental breakdown: Ready For the Floor - Hot Chip

Driving: Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend

Flashback: Flux - Bloc Party

Getting back together: White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes

Wedding: Spiralling - Keane

Birth of a child: I Need Something - Newton Faulkner

Final battle: Burning - Whitest Boy Alive

Death scene: Mistaken For Strangers - The National

Funeral song: I Still Remember - Bloc Party

End credits: Skinny Love - Bon Iver


I know these things are silly but more than a few of these are spookily apt...! (my personal favs: Falling in love and Mental breakdown....Wedding and End Credits are hilarious)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Opening credits: Sigur Ros - Untitled #3

Waking up: Sufjan Stevens - Pick Up

First day of school: Radiohead - The Tourist

Falling in love: James Brown - Make it Funky

First song: Scriabin - Piano Sonata No.9 Op.68

Breaking up: Charles Bukowski - Earthquake (a poem)

Prom: Mogwai - O I Sleep

Life: Bob Dylan - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Mental breakdown: Modest Mouse - Dance Hall

Driving: Radiohead - Airbag

Flashback: M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gone

Getting back together: Michael Jackson - Human Nature

Wedding: Chopin - Romance

Birth of a child: Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen

Final battle: Emilie Simon - Desert

Death scene: Mika - Love Today

Funeral song: Steve Miller Band - Joker

End credits: Portishead - Only You