"Cue the band!"
September 30th, 2006 by Bill
Enough with east coast babbling. Here’s my soundtrack, meme courtesy of Lushy via Brooke. (Yes, I’m slow getting around to this but I’ve been caught up in other things. Better late than …) According to Lushy:
Here’s how it works…Put your iPod or whatever music player you have on shuffle. The first song that you hear will be the song for your Opening Scene. Skip to the next song, this is your next category. Keep doing this until the end.
In my list, I just about peed laughing at the “Learning a lesson” song. And I love my Closing Credits. Here we go:
Opening Scene: In this World - Moby
Lordy don’t leave me
all by myself.
Wake Up Scene: Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Glass - Lucinda Williams
You got a sense of humor
You’re a mystery
I heard a rumor
You’re making history.
Average Day: 36 Inches High - Nick Lowe
I heard the rich man grumble
I heard the poor man cry.
1st Date: Moon River - Frank Sinatra
Two drifters off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
Falling in Love: Dakon - Djeli Moussa Diawara & Bob Brozman
Instrumental.
Fight Scene: What Now My Love? - Frank Sinatra
Once I could see, once I could feel
Now I am numb, I’ve become unreal.
Break Up Scene: Proving You Wrong - Keb’ Mo’
Everything that really mattered just walked out the door.
Back together: Love for Sale - Ella Fitzgerald (Cole Porter)
If you want the thrill of love,
I’ve been through the mill of love;
Old love, new love
Every love but true love
Secret Love: Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
She’s nobody’s fool so I’m playing it cool as can be.
Life’s OK: Always a Use - Madeleine Peyroux
Maybe ain’t no use in sayin’ what I want it to be
Maybe ain’t no use in playin’ a tune
Maybe ain’t no use in singin’ my blues
But there’s always a use in you and me
Mental Breakdown: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin’ dreams.
Driving: The Window - Leonard Cohen
Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love
Oh tangle of matter and ghost
Oh darling of angels, demons and saints
And the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul
Learning a Lesson: In the Jailhouse Now - Johnny Cash
I’m in the jailhouse now,
I’m in the jailhouse now.
Deep Thought: The Party’s Over - Willie Nelson
Call it a night, the party’s over
And tomorrow starts the same old thing again
Flashback: Avenue A - ABC
Instrumental.
Partying: Picture in a Frame - Tom Waits
I’m gonna love you
Till the wheels come off
Oh yeah
Happy Dance: Autrefois - Pink Martini
Je ne manque à personne
Mais ce n’est pas grave
J’ai déjà passé un bon moment
Un bon moment autrefois
Poorlytranslated, that’s:
Nobody misses me
But that’s okay
I’ve already had a good time
a good time before
Regretting: You and the Night and the Music - Julie London
Morning will come without warning and take away the stars
If we must live for the moment
Love ‘til the moment is through
Long Night Alone: Exodus - Bob Marley
Open your eyes and look within:
Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
Death Scene: Mid-Riff - Duke Ellington
Instrumental.
Closing Credits: Wild Night - Van Morrison
And ev’rything looks so complete
When you walk out on the street
And the wind catches your feet
And sends you flyin’, cryin’
Woo-woo-wee!
Wild night is calling
I’ve seen this meme all over; I love it. Yours is a particularly good version.
If I hadn’t been preoccupied I probably would have seen it sooner. Haven’t been able to do a lot of blog stuff lately. Glad I did see it though. It was fun.