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Of Musical Musings April 3, 2008

Posted by Jen in : Journal, Novel , 23 comments

In the absence of anything sensible to say, I thought I’d do the decent thing and steal a meme from A Writer.

If Your Life Were a Movie…What Would the Soundtrack Be??

So, here’s how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool…because you’re not!
7. Stick the soundtrack on your mp3 player and listen away during the day.

Now, I should tell you that I never, never play music on ’shuffle’. I have to listen to the right thing at the right time. Control freak? Um, yes actually.

But.

Doing this soundtrack thingummy has made me listen to music that I love and I actually haven’t heard for ages. And listening to Morcheeba before brek instead of in the kitchen, cooking, makes it seem completely different. And, somehow, that has combined with the thoughts I’ve been having about ’skewing the perception’ after one of Lucy’s posts on Box Elder. Art, music and perception are the main themes in The Novel so it’s all ticking away in my noggin in a most whizzifying way. I digress. Here, have a soundtrack:

Opening Credits: Candyfloss Branches – Kat Flint (I do love Kat Flint)

Waking Up: No Bravery – James Blunt (so much for being cool, eh? At least you know I’m not cheating)

First Day at School: Situations – Jack Johnson (Ugh, have gone right off poor Jack)

Falling in Love: War in the Mind – Lauren Hill

Fight Song: Silver Dagger – Martha Tilston

Breaking Up: One More Cup of Coffee - Bic Runga & The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra

Prom/Dance/Ball: Down to the Sea – Tim Booth

Life’s OK: Mood for a Day (Live) – Yes (hmmm, some old fogey music slipped in there)

Mental Breakdown: Damascus - The Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project

Flashback: I Wanna Be Your Lover – Prince

Getting Back Together: Otherwise – Morcheeba

Birth of Child: I Don’t Know Enough About You – Peggy Lee (hmmm, cool pick)

Wedding: Re-Offender – Travis (ha!)

Final Battle: Chameleon Day – Talk Talk

Funeral Song: Late Light – Rosie Brown

End Credits: Allegri’s Miserere – The Tallis Scolars (might have this at my funeral for extra weeping value)

Oh, good, I’m late for work now. That really sums me up…