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rena_librarian) wrote2006-12-04 07:40 pm
rena_librarian) wrote2006-12-04 07:40 pm
another creative music meme
Gacked from kitty0_o, who obviously had an easier time with this one than I did...
Open your playlist, and choose songs that start with each letter of your username. The songs have to mean something to you. Don't just pick a song because it starts with a letter in your username. Post the list to your journal. If you want you can explain why the songs are important to you, but it's not required...
Reasons for Living by Duncan Sheik. First heard at one of my very first sleepovers with Kat--she loved it at the time, presumably right after it came out. Being eleven and forbidden to listen to "rock" (read: secular) music, I felt very guilty about liking the song as much as I did, especially as (at the time) I thought it sounded like someone being a horrible person. Not being happy with life? Oh, HORROR!
Edge of the Ocean by Ivy. Simply because of this story: It was on a commercial for a cruise line and I actually called the company to ask the name of the song and who sang it. I was all, "I have a weird question," and when I asked, the guy on the phone was all, "Um, actually, that's not a weird question. Every time the commercial airs we get a spike in calls because people call and ask that." And he was coughing a lot because he had strep throat, and I remember feeling really sorry for him because he had to work, and prayed for him after I hung up. (I only recently downloaded this song and apparently it's been featured on Grey's Anatomy. Sarcatstic woot for them.)
Not Done Yet by Superchic[k]. When the LIT's (junior counselors) at camp were at their best, that one glorious summer, this song described us so well. "We're not done yet, not going quietly into the night, not me and my friends." Damn Ashley Keaton (who is, FYI, actually a guy) for tearing the whole thing apart. But I'll let sleeping dogs lie.
Absolutely Not by Deboarh Cox. Yay for female empowerment. (Too bad I don't have a D in my username or I'd've said "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue for the same reason, on that note.)
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Let's Get Retarded by the Black Eyed Peas. (Everyone who persists in going "Let's get it started in here!" ought to be SHOT. Seriously. Edited versions are teh moronic.) In my mind it's the theme song for the two weeks I spent in Canada. Not because of the lyrics, but just--the attitude, I think. I got introduced to DDR so thump-y music was the order of the day, and I just plain did and said a lot of shit that I wouldn't have ever tried to get away with here at home. At least not THEN. XD And one day when the woman whose kids Kat was babysitting picked us up, this song was playing and it just...it FIT. We borrowed the CD and burned copies and it was several weeks after I got back before I listened to the REST of the album. XD (So everyone stop ragging on Fergie for London Bridge. A, I like that song as well, and B, the BEP are probably always going to be close to my heart.)
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. I listened to this song over and over whilst justifying my pitiful little 16-year-old heartbreak to myself. It will always remind me of HIM.
Bitch by Meredith Brooks. Any woman who cannot relate to this song on some level is not feminist enough to live and should just give up and become a non-hair-cutting, skirt-only-wearing, I-submit-to-my-husband-and-am-nothing-more-than-a-breeding-machine Pentecostal. The only drawback to that is that women who do that breed MORE women like that. >_< (I think this could launch a whole separate debate...)
Ridiculous Thoughts by the Cranberries. I loved this band and this song long before I knew Elijah Wood was in the music video (actually for quite a while before I even knew who Elijah Wood WAS, though those days are hard to remember), but that certainly didn't hurt matters. Though admittedly he looks better in the stills from the vid than in the actual vid. ^_^**
American Psycho by Treble Charger. One of the first songs that expressed my frustration with the celebrity gossip industry and the whackjob girls who devote their lives to keeping up with it. I mean--dude, I read People magazine now that it's in the house, but unless it's about someone in LotR, I can keep totally detached. (That's WHY I read it, to make sure I don't miss an article about someone from LotR!) And I certainly won't be heartbroken when the subscription runs out. My point is that I can see keeping up with SOME celebrities if you're a fan. I CANNOT see the point in keeping up with ALL of them.
Room 417 from the soundtrack (orchestral) to Somewhere In Time, by John Barry. The whole score is sooo evocative and romantic. Admittedly I just picked a random track that happened to fit the letter requirement. ^_^**
It's Just Started to Rain, by World Without Sundays. I cannot plug this band enough, I would LOVE to see them have a fanbase in the US that doesn't consist mainly of teenage girls who have discovered them by being hardcore Dominic Monaghan fans. *coughmyselfincludedcough* This song perfectly captures the doldrums you get into after a heartbreak. "I've been looking at pictures, but I don't know why, 'cause it's not the same..."
Amazing by Point of Grace. One of my favorite songs off their "Steady On" album, which was one of my first CD's. I was led to the discovery that Christian music and secular music sounded more or less the same, the lyrics were just about different stuff. This segued into me deciding that music that had been forbidden me was not sinful and deciding to listen to it anyway, everything from secular soft pop to hardcore Christian rock. ^_^ Ha.
Nice, by Duran Duran (now that they've regrouped). Every time I have a hardcore crush on someone I play this on endless repeat.
I realized that most of the music that "means something to me" are songs that remind me of the golden days when Kat was first driving and she would come and pick me up and I first experienced things like driving topless (she had a convertible, lol), cranking the radio, speeding around corners, all when I was first geting into pop and rock, all behind my parents' back...ahh, glory days. But I tried not to pick ALL songs from that time, because I didn't want to tell the same story fifteen times.
And if you want more details, ask. ^_^ Because I'm a dork and don't mind.
kitty0_o, who obviously had an easier time with this one than I did...Open your playlist, and choose songs that start with each letter of your username. The songs have to mean something to you. Don't just pick a song because it starts with a letter in your username. Post the list to your journal. If you want you can explain why the songs are important to you, but it's not required...
Reasons for Living by Duncan Sheik. First heard at one of my very first sleepovers with Kat--she loved it at the time, presumably right after it came out. Being eleven and forbidden to listen to "rock" (read: secular) music, I felt very guilty about liking the song as much as I did, especially as (at the time) I thought it sounded like someone being a horrible person. Not being happy with life? Oh, HORROR!
Edge of the Ocean by Ivy. Simply because of this story: It was on a commercial for a cruise line and I actually called the company to ask the name of the song and who sang it. I was all, "I have a weird question," and when I asked, the guy on the phone was all, "Um, actually, that's not a weird question. Every time the commercial airs we get a spike in calls because people call and ask that." And he was coughing a lot because he had strep throat, and I remember feeling really sorry for him because he had to work, and prayed for him after I hung up. (I only recently downloaded this song and apparently it's been featured on Grey's Anatomy. Sarcatstic woot for them.)
Not Done Yet by Superchic[k]. When the LIT's (junior counselors) at camp were at their best, that one glorious summer, this song described us so well. "We're not done yet, not going quietly into the night, not me and my friends." Damn Ashley Keaton (who is, FYI, actually a guy) for tearing the whole thing apart. But I'll let sleeping dogs lie.
Absolutely Not by Deboarh Cox. Yay for female empowerment. (Too bad I don't have a D in my username or I'd've said "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue for the same reason, on that note.)
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Let's Get Retarded by the Black Eyed Peas. (Everyone who persists in going "Let's get it started in here!" ought to be SHOT. Seriously. Edited versions are teh moronic.) In my mind it's the theme song for the two weeks I spent in Canada. Not because of the lyrics, but just--the attitude, I think. I got introduced to DDR so thump-y music was the order of the day, and I just plain did and said a lot of shit that I wouldn't have ever tried to get away with here at home. At least not THEN. XD And one day when the woman whose kids Kat was babysitting picked us up, this song was playing and it just...it FIT. We borrowed the CD and burned copies and it was several weeks after I got back before I listened to the REST of the album. XD (So everyone stop ragging on Fergie for London Bridge. A, I like that song as well, and B, the BEP are probably always going to be close to my heart.)
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. I listened to this song over and over whilst justifying my pitiful little 16-year-old heartbreak to myself. It will always remind me of HIM.
Bitch by Meredith Brooks. Any woman who cannot relate to this song on some level is not feminist enough to live and should just give up and become a non-hair-cutting, skirt-only-wearing, I-submit-to-my-husband-and-am-nothing-more-than-a-breeding-machine Pentecostal. The only drawback to that is that women who do that breed MORE women like that. >_< (I think this could launch a whole separate debate...)
Ridiculous Thoughts by the Cranberries. I loved this band and this song long before I knew Elijah Wood was in the music video (actually for quite a while before I even knew who Elijah Wood WAS, though those days are hard to remember), but that certainly didn't hurt matters. Though admittedly he looks better in the stills from the vid than in the actual vid. ^_^**
American Psycho by Treble Charger. One of the first songs that expressed my frustration with the celebrity gossip industry and the whackjob girls who devote their lives to keeping up with it. I mean--dude, I read People magazine now that it's in the house, but unless it's about someone in LotR, I can keep totally detached. (That's WHY I read it, to make sure I don't miss an article about someone from LotR!) And I certainly won't be heartbroken when the subscription runs out. My point is that I can see keeping up with SOME celebrities if you're a fan. I CANNOT see the point in keeping up with ALL of them.
Room 417 from the soundtrack (orchestral) to Somewhere In Time, by John Barry. The whole score is sooo evocative and romantic. Admittedly I just picked a random track that happened to fit the letter requirement. ^_^**
It's Just Started to Rain, by World Without Sundays. I cannot plug this band enough, I would LOVE to see them have a fanbase in the US that doesn't consist mainly of teenage girls who have discovered them by being hardcore Dominic Monaghan fans. *coughmyselfincludedcough* This song perfectly captures the doldrums you get into after a heartbreak. "I've been looking at pictures, but I don't know why, 'cause it's not the same..."
Amazing by Point of Grace. One of my favorite songs off their "Steady On" album, which was one of my first CD's. I was led to the discovery that Christian music and secular music sounded more or less the same, the lyrics were just about different stuff. This segued into me deciding that music that had been forbidden me was not sinful and deciding to listen to it anyway, everything from secular soft pop to hardcore Christian rock. ^_^ Ha.
Nice, by Duran Duran (now that they've regrouped). Every time I have a hardcore crush on someone I play this on endless repeat.
I realized that most of the music that "means something to me" are songs that remind me of the golden days when Kat was first driving and she would come and pick me up and I first experienced things like driving topless (she had a convertible, lol), cranking the radio, speeding around corners, all when I was first geting into pop and rock, all behind my parents' back...ahh, glory days. But I tried not to pick ALL songs from that time, because I didn't want to tell the same story fifteen times.
And if you want more details, ask. ^_^ Because I'm a dork and don't mind.
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It's nice your glory days are within recent memory. When I think back I remember being six and being deeply in love with an animated movie called "the Swan Princess". At least your memories are cool! ^^
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"Once Upon a December" and "At the Beginning" particularly. ^_^