If Your Life Was A Movie...

[The_Reaper]

I got an interesting e-mail from a friend today, and thought I would post it on here.

The rules are very simple:

Start up your music program, put it on random, and hit the next button for each question. NO CHEATING or Skipping songs.

Feel free to make comments on the songs, if you so wish.

I'll go first:

Opening Credits: Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws

Waking Up: All Along the Watchtower - U2

First Day of School/Work: Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene

Falling In Love: Another Day - U2

Fight Song: What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday

Breaking Up: Karma Police - Radiohead

Life: An Cat Dobh - U2

Mental Breakdown: Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

Driving: Down With the Sickness - Disturbed

Getting Back Together: You Were Meant For Me - Jewel (This one is sort of fitting, eh?)

Wedding: Dirty Day - U2 (Apparently no one told Bono it's not the day that's dirty, it's what happens on the honeymoon )

Birth/Adoption of Child: A Celebration - U2

Divorce: The Other Side - Scissor Sisters

Final Battle: Running to Stand Still - U2

End Credits: Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Who else wants a go? And before you ask, no...There are no sequels or remakes allowed.

 

[GL]

Opening Credits: Learning To Fly / Pink Floyd ...cool!

Waking Up: Getting Away With It / Electronic

First Day of School/Work: Life In Mono / Mono

Falling In Love: Barely Breathing / Duncan Sheik

Fight Song: Battle Without Honor or Humanity / Tomoyasu Hotei ...super cool!

Breaking Up: Bring Me To Life / Evanescence

Life: What Hurts The Most / Rascall Flats ...just my damn luck.

Mental Breakdown: I'm Beginning To See The Light / Bobby Darin

Driving: You Had A Bad Day / Daniel Powter

Getting Back Together: Here's Where The Story Ends / The Sundays

Wedding: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over / Lenny Kravitz

Birth/Adoption of Child: Let's Groove / Earth, Wind and Fire

Divorce: Psychadelic Soul / Scott Matthew

Final Battle: Babylon / David Gray

End Credits: It's All Been Done / Barenaked Ladies

 

[Brer Fox]

Opening Credits: Rise and Shine - Lyrics Born

Waking Up: You Be Illin' - Run DMC

First Day of School/Work: Just The Two Of Us - Al Green

Falling In Love: If I Close My Eyes Forever - Ozzy Osborne & Lita Ford

Fight Song: I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Beatles (Aha!)

Breaking Up: The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman (Awesome)

Life: May It Be - Enya (Also awesome)

Mental Breakdown: Desert Rose - Sting

Driving: Moi Lolita - Alizee

Getting Back Together: Walking In The Air (The Snowman) - Aled Jones

Wedding: Time Of The Season - The Zombies

Birth/Adoption of Child: Your Mama Don't Dance and Your Daddy Don't Rock & Roll - Poison

Divorce: Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf

Final Battle: Malaguena - Jose Feliciano

End Credits: Gettin' It Together - Tommy Guerrero & Lyrics Born

 

[Marbas]

Mine make little sense; but here they are anyway:

Opening Credits: Thankful by Meshell Ndegeocello

Waking Up: Haxan Phi by Art Zoyd

First Day of School/Work: Johann by Il Rovescio Della Medaglia

Falling In Love: Sanctus Diavolus by Rotting Christ

Fight Song: Dreaming With Open Eyes by Steve Hackett

Breaking Up: Thoughts in Absence by Anekdoten

Life: Light of the Candle by Mirthrandir

Mental Breakdown: Sympathy by Rare Bird

Driving: Orgone Accumulator by Hawkwind

Getting Back Together: If You Ever Should Leave by Nina Hagen & The Leipzig Big Band

Wedding: What's it Worth by Peter Hammill

Birth/Adoption of Child: Violin & Keyboard Sonata No.6 BWV 1019 A by JS Bach

Divorce: Witch's Song (I Am Your Pussy) by Gong

Final Battle: Split Part 2 by The Groundhogs

End Credits: The Final Epitaph by Play Dead (how very appropriate)


I've got about 25,000 music files, and it choose to play some pretty obscure stuff.

 

[Croynan]

With a display of my complete ignorance for everyone to see. I here by DECLARE DEFEAT.

I have never hearrf of any of these groups, people and or songs in my entire life, to the best of my knowledge,

So help me, Stephen Sondheim.

michael

eM.

 

[dkonfrost]

Opening Credits: Nothing's Impossible""- Depeche Mode
Waking Up: "It's a Beautiful Life" - Ace of Base
First Day of School/Work: "Dark Side of the Moon" - Ernesto v. Bastian
Falling In Love: "California Dreaming (Benny Benassi Remix) - Royal Gigolos
Fight Song: "Kiss the Sky (Mike Rizzo Mix)" - Danielle Bollinger
Breaking Up: "Jellyhead" - Crush
Life: "I Want It All" - Depeche Mode
Mental Breakdown: "My Humps" - Black Eyed Peas
Driving: "Southern" - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Getting Back Together: "Tainted Love/Where Did the Love Go" - PCD
Wedding: "S.O.S" - Rihanna
Birth/Adoption of Child: "Who's Knocking (Ferry Corsten Remix)" - FB feat. Edun
Divorce: "Flirt" - PCD
Final Battle: "Come on Over" - Christina Aguilera
End Credits: "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" - BT

**some of the results were f***ng hilarious

 

[dkonfrost]

Just imagining that as the final battle music almost made me spit my drink out!!

I honestly started laughing out loud, literally. it was just so...odd.

 

[dkonfrost]

Let's collaborate!

Between you battling to that song and me having a mental breakdown to "Little Surfer Girl", I think we could have a hit on our hands.

Yeah!!! and for our fight song, we'll have "Barbie Girl" by Aqua

 

[HarryPotterHimself]

Opening Credits: The Academy Is- "Down and Out"

Waking Up: Rent Movie Soundtrack- "I Should Tell You"

First Day of School/Work: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Soundtrack- "My Unfortunate Erection" (LMFAO!!!)

Falling In Love: Evanescence- "Taking Over Me"

Fight Song: Hanson- "Gimme Some Lovin/Shake a Tailfeather"

Breaking Up: Rent Movie Soundtrack- "Will I?"

Life: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Movie Soundtrack- "Death of Cedric"

Mental Breakdown: Evanescence- "Lacrymosa"

Driving: Rent Movie Soundtrack- "La Vie Bohem"

Getting Back Together: 25th Annual Spelling Bee Sountrack- "Woe Is Me"

Wedding: HP and GoF Soundtrack- "Hogwarts Hymn"

Birth/Adoption of Child: 25th Annual Spelling Bee Sountrack- "Pandemonium"

Divorce: Hanson- "Man from Milwaukee"

Final Battle: Evanescence- "Weight of the World"

End Credits: Dashboard Confessional- "Reason to Believe"

Okay guys, remember, this is a new computer and I only have my favorite/new CD's on it now, lol, so a lot of artists are repeated.

 

[DiaryOfAMadman]

Opening Credits: Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Waking Up: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin

First Day of School/Work: We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

Falling In Love: Slither - Metalica

Fight Song: Devil Man - White Zombie

Breaking Up: Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zepplin

Life: I am the Walrus - The Beatles

Mental Breakdown: Metabolic - Slipknot

Driving: Orion - Metalica

Getting Back Together: Dancing in the Streets - Mick Jager & David Bowie

Wedding: Fade To Black - Metalica

Birth/Adoption of Child: American Idiot - Green Day

Divorce: Glow - Coal Chamber

Final Battle: Torn - Poison the Well

End Credits: Time - Pink Floyd

 

[blackbeltninja]

Opening Credits: Disturbed - Prayer

Waking Up: World Party - Way Down Now

First Day of School/Work: Alice in Chains - Over Now

Falling In Love: Our Lady Peace - Innocent

Fight Song: Adema - The way you like it

Breaking Up: Third Eye Blind - semi-charmed life

Life: Pearl Jam - Baba o'Riley

Mental Breakdown: A Perfect Circle - Gravity

Driving: The Cure - Doing the Unstuck

Getting Back Together: Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the cradle

Wedding: Pearl Jam - Glorified G

Birth/Adoption of Child: Incubus - When it comes

Divorce: Tenacious D - Tribute

Final Battle: Pearl Jam - Daughter

End Credits: Soundgarden - Flower


An incredibly interesting exercise - amazing how some fit quite well, and some really don't. The anticipation each time you hit "next" is quite distracting.

-d-

 

[Aussieguy01]

Opening Credits: Lose my breath - Destiny's Child

Waking Up: Its Tricky - Run DMC This song has nothing to do with waking up

First Day of School/Work: You make me sick - Pink

Falling In Love: Long hot summer - Girls Aloud

Fight Song: Waterfalls - TLC

Breaking Up: Push the button - sugababes

Life: Pon de replay - Rihanna

Mental Breakdown: Wonderful life - gwen stefani

Driving: Beep - Pussycat dolls

Getting Back Together: See the day - Girls Aloud

Wedding: Love Machine - Girls Aloud - Makes perfect sense

Birth/Adoption of Pet : I want you - Paris Hilton - i dont want children so i put adopt a pet

Divorce: Sexy back - Justin Timberlake sounds more like a re-bound song

Final Battle: Screwed - Paris Hilton

End Credits: Fields of gold - Nadine Coyle

 

[just_mills]

Opening Credits: Huddle Formation (The Go! Team)

Waking Up: Dr. Greenthumb (Cypress Hill)

First Day of School/Work: Raped On The Alter (Dying Fetus)

Falling In Love: Rude Boy Don't Cry (Bedouin Soundclash)

Fight Song Cast Down The Heretic (Nile)

Breaking Up: Can We? (Nu:Tone)

Life: Crazy or High (Black Label Society)

Mental Breakdown: Special Cases (Massive Attack)

Driving: Crash (Holocaust)

Getting Back Together: Friend of the Night (Mogwai)

Wedding: Summertime Cowboy (Husky Rescue)

Birth/Adoption of Child: Kicking The Cack (Roots Manuva)

Divorce: First Name Smut (Cage)

Final Battle: Jump (TC/Distorted Minds)

End Credits: Fuck Heroes (Living Legends)

Hahaha, some of these work out hilarious!!

 

[UnderUrVoodoo]

opening credits - bullet with butterfly wings/smashing pumpkins

waking up - life/our lady peace

first day of school or work - the Freshmen/the verve pipe

falling in love - head over feet/alanis morissette

fight song - fast as you can/fiona apple

breaking up - we will become silhouettes/the postal service

life - everlong/foo fighters

mental breakdown - closer/nine inch nails

driving - br quiet and drive (far away)/deftones

getting back together - recovering the satellites/counting crows

wedding - soul meets body/death cab for cutie

birth - playboy mommy/tori amos

divorce - anything but down/sheryl crow

final battle - sober/tool

end credits - wise up/aimee mann

 

[treanir]

Opening Credits: Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen

Waking Up: Lonesome Day - Bruce Springsteen

First Day of School/Work: Break Away - Beach Boys

Falling In Love: Lightning Crashes - Live (ooh, fitting!)

Fight Song: Haste to the Wedding - The Corrs

Breaking Up: Mary's Place - Bruce Springsteen

Life: Amsterdam - Coldplay

Mental Breakdown: The Torch - Dropkick Murphys

Driving: Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

Getting Back Together: Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top

Wedding: Old Maid in the Garret - traditional (oh crap...)

Birth/Adoption of Child: The Gauntlet - Dropkick Murphys

Divorce: Can You Hear What I'm Saying? - Toto

Final Battle: Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer

End Credits: He's a Pirate - Pirates of the Carribean Soundtrack


Not bad eh?

 

[MidnightPrism]

Opening Credits: Dream A Little Dream of Me - The Mama and the Papas
Waking Up: Johanna ((Sondheim)) - Megan Mullally ... FOR CROYNAN
First Day of School/Work: Travelin' Thru - Dolly Parton
Falling In Love: Today My World Slipped Away - George Strait LOL
Fight Song: Strange - Patsy Cline
Breaking Up: I Am What I Am - Gloria Gaynor
Life: Mercy - Melissa Etheridge
Mental Breakdown: Crazy Bitch- Buckcherry YAY!
Driving: Feelin's - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Getting Back Together: Unforgettable - Nat King and Natalie Cole
Wedding: Courtyard Lullaby - Jan Werner
Birth/Adoption of Child: She's Got You - Patsy Cline
Divorce: University of Rochester Alma Mater on the Carillon Bells
Final Battle: How Blue - REBA
End Credits: A Better Rain - George Strait

 

[smile86]

well let's see...

Opening Credits: Delicate - Damien Rice

Waking Up: Staple it together - Jack Johnson

First Day of School/Work: Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

Falling In Love: Girl From Mars - Ash (hmmm)

Fight Song: Space Oddity - David Bowie

Breaking Up: Girl, you have no faith in medicine - the white stripes

Life: Razorblade - The Strokes

Mental Breakdown: (nice dream) - Radiohead

Driving: Hammer to fall - Queen

Getting Back Together: Starlight - Muse

Wedding: Outsiders - Franz Ferdinand (not very romantic!)

Birth/Adoption of Child: Beautiful Child - Rufus Wainwright (creepy..)

Divorce: Let me entertain you - Robbie Williams !

Final Battle: Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian (i'd love to see people 'battle' to something as cheery as that)

End Credits: National Express - Divine Comedy

 

[theatreboi]

Opening Credits: "Mahna Mahna" by Mahna Mahna & the Two Snowths

Waking Up: "I Guess This is Goodbye; Maybe They're Magic" from "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim

First Day of School/Work: "Flight to Neverland" from "Peter Pan" by Leonard Bernstein

Falling In Love: "Bloody Mary" from "South Pacific"

Fight Song: "The Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like To Hear)" from Evita

Breaking Up: "Slide Some Oil To Me" from "The Wiz"

Life: "Your Fault; Last Midnight" from "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim (I had to skip to get to this one because the track that appeared was a sound effect of a balloon being inflated. Maybe that really is more appropriate. less depressing for sure.)

Mental Breakdown: "The Music And The Mirror" from "A Chorus Line"

Driving: "Ball and Chain" by Sublime

Getting Back Together: "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (WOW! how appropriate)

Wedding: "Somebody's Eyes" from "Footloose The Musical" (also appropriate considering it's still illegal basically)

Birth/Adoption of Child: "She Ain't Got No Place To Go..." from "The Most Happy Fella" by Frank Loesser

Divorce: "Abondanza" from "The Most Happy Fella" by Frank Loesser (I'm really surprised that i've gotten so many repeats.)

Final Battle: "Love Dance" from Cirque du Soleil's "KA"

End Credits: "So This is Love" from Disney's "Cinderella"


so that was fun, but now i want to try something a little different. i'm going to do the same thing but only with music that is actually from movie soundtracks that i have and see what happens. here goes:

Opening Credits: "Where Is Love" from "Oliver!" the movie soundtrack version

Waking Up: "Return To Spectre" from "Big Fish" by Danny Elfman (not bad at all, though a bit off)

First Day of School/Work: "Magic Works" from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by Patric Doyle (not very fitting)

Falling In Love: "A Life So Changed" from "Titanic" by James Horner

Fight Song: "Colors Of The Wind (End Title)" from Disney's "Pocahontas" by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz

Breaking Up: "Violet Beauregarde" from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Danny Elfman (WTF?)

Life: "Who Taught You How" by Crystal Waters from "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar"

Mental Breakdown: "The Warriors Arrive" from Disney's "Pocahontas" by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

Driving: "Really Confused" from "Contact" by Alan Silvestri

Getting Back Together: "Long John" from "Muppet Treasure Island" by Hans Zimmer (Uhhh...)

Wedding: "These Are Dark Days" from "The 10th Kingdom" by Anne Dudley

Birth/Adoption of Child: "The Arrival At Tatooine And The Flag Parade" from "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" by John Williams

Divorce: "Midnight Radio" from "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" by Stephen Trask

Final Battle: "A Bomb In The Hotel" from "The Fifth Element" by Eric Serra

End Credits: "The Shape Of Things To Come" from "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by James Horner


all in all, i like this second list a lot better. things seem to fit better for the most part.

 

[RenaissanceMan]

Opening Credits: Where are you now? - Michelle Branch

Waking Up: Sonata in D major, op.28 "Pastoral" - Beethoven

First Day of School/Work: Sanctuary - Utada Hikaru

Falling In Love: Trio for piano, violin, cello in G minor: Allegro con fuoco - Chopin

Fight Song: Scherzo no.2 - Chopin

Breaking Up: Nobody's Perfect - Madonna

Life: Mazurka in C major, op. 56, no.2 - Chopin

Mental Breakdown: Declaration of Love - Celine Dion

Driving: Tainted Love - Pussycat Dolls

Getting Back Together: Mother and Father - Madonna

Wedding: C'mon C'mon - Sheryl Crow

Birth/Adoption of Child: La Tortura - Shakira

Divorce: In the Still of the Night - Cole Porter

Final Battle: Piano Concerto no.3 - Liszt

End Credits: Nozze di Figaro overture - East Village Opera Company

THAT turned out weird. (And I haven't heard most of those songs in a long time)
Starts by asking "where are you now?" and ends with an overture?

 

[Soilwork]

Opening Credits: Oh my fucking God - Strapping Young Lad (pretty much how I'd feel)
Waking Up: Pretty Vegas - INXS (me waking up "And it ain't pretty.....")
First Day of School/Work: Flame Thrower - J Giles Band (about right)
Falling In Love: Almost Beautiful - Jane Child (quite right)
Fight Song: you've been flirting again - Bjork (this one confuses me)
Breaking Up: Do You Wanna Touch? - Joan Jett and the Black Hearts
Life: The Baying of the Hounds - Opeth
Mental Breakdown: Spirit - Death Angel
Driving: Progenies of the Great Appocalypse - Dimmu Borgir
Getting Back Together: I love you like a ball and chain - Eurythmics (seems close)
Wedding: Stand Inside your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
Birth/Adoption of Child: Kiddie Grinder - Marilyn Manson (considering I'll NEVER have kids...)
Divorce: Confusion - New Order
Final Battle: Where do I belong? - Peccatum
End Credits: Tomorrow's Dream - Black Sabbath