Music has been around us for as long as we can remember. It was there to console us when we were rejected by that guy / girl we were trying to get with. It was there during the happy times, and the downright shit times.
Right now, Paolo, across my desk from me at work is swearing at his monitor, (more likely his dodgy code) while listening to Tiesto. Me, I’m listening to the sound of the aircon, it’s a constant sound that’s keeping me grounded in my thoughts, but that’s besides the point. Music has been pretty much a constant in most of our lives, made possible by the fact that your hearing is pretty much intact and lobes on the side of your head do a good job of propping up a set of headphones. The music we consumed in our childhood is the music that shapes us. We’ll always refer to “our” music as “classics”. Strange? Ask one of your parents which music they listened to while growing up…
If your life had a soundtrack consisting, say 14 tracks, songs important to you for whatever reason… what would those tracks be? Can you list them? Why not hit us up in the comments!
Here are my 14 tracks, in no particular order:
- Starship - We built this city
- Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire
- Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson - The best things in life are free
- Simon Harris - Louder than a shotgun
- Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
- Skeelo - I Wish
- House of Gypsies (aka Todd Terry) - Samba
- Basement Jaxx - Where’s your head at
- Jungle Brothers - I’ll house you
- Skunk Anasie - Secretly (Armand Van Helden’s remix)
- David Bowie - China girl
- DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Summertime
- LL Cool J - Momma said knock you out
- Mel and Kim - Respectable
* Streaming audio clips by cduniverse.com.
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Here’s (some) of mine, in no particular order:
1. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
2. Fuel - Hemorrhage (In my hands)
3. The Cure - Burn
4. Deftones - Change (In the house of flies)
5. Feist - Mushaboom
6. Eels - Novocaine for the soul
7. Beck - Devil’s Haircut
8. Oasis - Wonderwall
9. Offspring - Smash
10. Green Day - Basket Case
11. Blink 182 - Wendy Clear
12. The Flaming Lips - She don’t use jelly
13. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
14. 7Mary3 - Waters edge
Good idea for a post… there are a couple of songs that tend to reappear over and over again in our lives. On a side note: “Tay tay TAY tay t-t-t tay tay TAY tay take or leave us only please believe us we ain’t never gonna be…”
1. Filter - Take a Picture
2. Phil Collins - Against All Odds
3. Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
4. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
5. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
6. Sense Field - Save Yourself
7. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
8. Queen - Under Pressure
9. Radiohead - Karma Police
10. Nirvana - Plateau
11. Massive Attack - Protection
12. K’s Choice - If You’re Not Scared
13. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
14. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
There’s a lot more than 14 tracks in my head here but on the spur of the moment I think that covers it.
Hmmm, 14 Tracks, such an awkward number, 15’s better, it divides better. 14 makes me feel like I have bugs under my skin. Anyway here goes, no particular order, except for the last track, I must close with it.
1. Barenaked Ladies – Humour of The Situation
2. Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
3. Guns n Roses – Knocking on Heavens Door
4. Finley Quaye – Even Afer All
5. John Lennon - Imagine
6. Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
7. Rage Against The Machine – Freedom
8. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
9. The Eagles – One Of These Nights
10. Tom Petty & The Heartbreaksers – Free Fallin
11. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
12. The Skins – When you Notice
13. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
14. Monty Python – Closing Theme
Ah - “Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun” that’s one that slipped my mind when doing this - love that song!
Thanks for the feedback, it’s been great so far, just keep ‘em coming…
When I wrote this post I found a lot more than 14 tracks that had significance to me and if left open-ended would go on to become an 8 CD box-set… I just needed to limit it some way and produce a list that consisted of just the “cream”.
Bonus tracks:
REM - “Everybody hurts”
Tears For Fears - “Mad world”
Phil Collins - “In the air tonight”
Europe - “Final countdown”
Steve Winwood - “Valerie”
Was Not Was feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger - “Shake your head”
U2 - One
Sigur Ros - Flugufrelsarinn
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme
Placebo - I know
Eva Cassidy - TIme after time
Lamb - Gabriel
Bjork - Hyperballad
Tori Amos - Losing my religion
Moby feat. Patti LaBelle - One of these mornings
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
Eric Clapton - Wonderful tonight
Dido - Here with me
Bebe - Siempre me quedara
Orishas - El kilo
Interesting post. I struggled with this one, because I never thought of the music that “themed” my life…
In no particular order:
1. Queen - I want to ride my bicycle
2. Mariah Carey - We belong together (awesome to sing at the top of your lungs!)
3. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
4. The White Stripes - I don’t know what to do with myself
5. Tina Turner - Simply the Best
6. Duran Duran - Save a prayer
7. Gwen Stefani - Serious
8. Beyonce - Dangerously in Love 2
9. Lionel Richie - Dancing on the ceiling
10. Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit
11. Blur - Country House
12. TLC - Waterfalls
13. Rolling Stones - Under my Thumb
14. Andrew Lloyd Webber - All I ask of you
Arg… there’s hundreds, there really are. So I’m just going to write the first 14 that pop into my head. And in no particular order.
1. Violent Femmes - I Held Her in My Arms
2. Elton John - The Club At The End of the Street
3. Radiohead - Anyone Can Play Guitar
4. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
5. Limp Bizkit - Faith
6. Dashboard Confessional - Screaming Infidelities
7. Greenday - She
8. Pearl Jam - Even Flow
9. Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
10. The Clash - Spanish Bombs
11. The Who - Baba O’Reilly
12. Saves The Day - Rocks Tonic Juice Magic
13. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Walkabout
14. Hundred Reasons - Falter
I so completely forgot to mention ‘Kiss Me’ by Indecent Obsession. It totally ruled my life for brief summer in my youth.
Just happened to find your site while on google, was actually looking for info on Moroccan themed parties, and I simply couldn’t resist including my 2 cents. My list of “Feel Good” songs, and in no particular order, are
1. I guess that’s why they call it the Blues - Elton John
2. I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
3. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
4. I wanna hold your hand - The Beatles
5. Hand in my pocket - Alanis Morissette
6. Runaway - The Corrs
7. Three little birds - Bob Marley
8. Try Ja Love
9. Water Runs Dry - Boys II Men
10. All at Once - Whitney Houston
11. That’s the way it is - Celine Dion
12. You raise my up - Josh Groban
13. With or without you - U2
14. Kiss from a rose - Seal
That armand van helden remix of secretly is one of my all time favourites, get in touch and read my blog! i’ve been dying to find someone into it aswell.