I am slacking, or so I have been told by my dear friend, Hillary. It's true, but I have good reason. Classes started back up, and this one is seriously a snoozefest, but I still have to maintain that GPA.
I have been very pensive lately, and I think it is a good time to go back to what makes me happy: music. I posted on Facebook this evening that the album Transatlanticsm holds a special and dear place in my heart and is an album that truly defines me. If you don't own it, get it now. So, with that being said, I would like to share what I will call "The Soundtrack of my Life." I hope you enjoy it.
These 30 songs all hold a special place for me. I know all the words. They all "speak" to me. They make me incredibly happy, sad, thoughtful, angsty, and most of all, they make me. People laugh at me all the time because I go right to music and mention songs. It's fun. Here is my list.
1. "Inbetween Days" - The Cure "And I know I was wrong when I said it was true, that it could have been me, to get caught inbetween without you!"
2. "A Lack of Color" - Death Cab for Cutie "And when I see you, I really see you upside down."
3. "Live Forever" - Oasis "Maybe you're the same as me, we see things they'll never see. You and I are gonna live forever!"
4. "Common People" - Pulp "Still you'll never get it right, when you lay in bed at night. Watching roaches climb the wall. If you called your dad he could stop it all, but... you'll never be like common people!"
5. "Debaser" - The Pixies "Want to grow, grow up to be, be a debaser!"
6. "Head On" - The Jesus and Mary Chain "And the way I'm feeling tonight, oh I could die and I wouldn't mind!"
7. "A Praise Chorus" - Jimmy Eat World "I wanna always feel like part of this was mine! I wanna fall in love tonight!"
8. "Have a Little Faith in Me"- John Hiatt "And when the tears you cry, are all you can believe... just give these loving arms a try, and have a little faith in me."
9. "Little Plastic Castle" - Ani DiFranco "They say goldfish have no memories. I guess their lives are much like mine."
10. "I Wanna Be Adored" - Stone Roses "I don't need to sell my soul... he's already in me"
11. "Another Girl, Another Planet" - The Other Ones "I can face your threats. Stand up tall and scream and shout about it."
12. "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From" - Kings of Convenience "I slowly tried to bring back the image of your face from the memories so old."
13. "If I Can't Change Your Mind" - Sugar "Tears fill up my eyes, I'm washed away with sorrow. And somewhere in my mind, I know there's no tomorrow. Well soon, you're leaving soon, I guess you had your fill. But if I can't change your mind than no one will."
14. "Need You Around" - Smoking Popes "And I'm gonna feel this way till I'm six feet underground. Crazy as it sounds. I need you around."
15. "Tell Her This" - Del Amitri "Tell her the chips are down. I drank too much and shouted it aloud. Tell her something in my heart needs her more than clowns need the laughter of the crowd. And tell her from this high terrain, I am learning how to fall"
16. "Too Much Passion" - Smithereens "When I kiss your lips, I just don't want to behave."
17. "Cemetery Gates" - The Smiths "Keats and Yeats are on your side but you lose, cause Wilde is on mine!"
18. "Chasing Pavements" - Adele "Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements, even if it leads nowhere."
19. "Home and Dry" - Pet Shop Boys "Oh tonight I miss you, oh tonight I wish you could be here with me but I won't see you till you make it home and dry"
20. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" - Eric Burdon on the Animals "We gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do."
21. "Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks "But I don't get afraid as long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise"
22. "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" - Morrissey "Don't rank up my mistakes, I know exactly what they are!"
23. "God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys "If you should ever leave me, life will still go on believe me"
24. "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" - Editors "We've all changed from what we were. Our broken parts smashed on the floor. I can't believe you if I can't hear you"
25. "Mistaken For Strangers" - The National "Cause you don't mind yourself in a picture as long as you look faraway, as long as you look removed."
26. "Nothing Better" - Postal Service "Tell me am I right to think that there could be nothing better?"
27. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "This does not mean I don;t love you, I do. That's forever."
28. "Golden Brown" - The Stranglers "Never a frown with golden brown"
29. "I'm Allowed" - Buffalo Tom "They stopped my bleeding, my they could not stop all my tears."
30. "Ever Fallen in Love" -The Buzzcocks "You spurn my natural emotion, and make me feel like dirt. And I'm hurt."
There are more and more songs that are getting to me now. The older I get, the more nostalgic I feel. This is 30 songs, off the top of my head, and there are more that will make this list. Each one has a different emotion for me.
Now my challenge for you is: How many of these do you know?
