Life is a song

[Agamid]

Tell me the song that sums up you, your life and/or state of mind right now.
It doesn't have to be your favourite song, or by your favourite band, it just has to say something about you.

Link it from youtube or myspace or some other site if you can.


Right now, i'm Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=85o579htuYU

[Stormthorn]

Well my lifelong song is a certain Who song

Right now im not sure. My mood is slightly apathetic, slightly fearful.

[Tempest Fennac]

I'd say a combination of All Good Things (Cone to an End) by Nelly Furtardo, Holding Back the Years by Simply Red and Call of the Wild by Midge Ure sums me up well. Unforgiven Part 2 fits for me as well.

[Bor the Barbarian Monk]

Then there are some of the important people in my life, in which this song seems to fit so well.

At times when I consider the course of my life, this song always manages to creep into my mind. (Video is cut just short of its proper end. )

Ah, yes. The great desire to simple escape it all is embodied in this one. (Wow, I'd forgotten how 80's that video is. )

Heh...What was once my theme song, and seems to remain so: I Need a Woman. (Another video cut short. )

When working my fictional blog, this tune tends to run through my head.

The height of romance.

Finally, when a little fun is needed, I can always have a Zombie Jamboree.

This is just a small tatse of the soundtrack of my life, and no ONE song represents me.

[randman22222]

Hmm. That'd be a few songs mixed together over a light simmer.

"Butterflies & Hurricanes"
"Message In A Bottle"
"Secret Journey"
"King Of Pain"
"Limelight"
"Distant Early Warning"
"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
"Seven Days"
"Shape Of My Heart"

Yeah, I just went through my winamp library, and chose the ones that I think suit me.

[Mx.Silver]

Tell me the song that sums up you,

This

your life

This

state of mind right now.

A combination of this (vid's crap but it's only one of the uncut song I could find) and this (the first one that plays).

[Player_Zero]

Frontier Psychiatrist.

[zeratul]

Tell me the song that sums up you,

Battle of Who Could Care Less ~ Ben Folds

your life

It's a Long Way to the Top ~ AC/DC

state of mind right now.

Trashed , Lost, and Strungout ~ Children of Bodom

[Castaras]

Quite a few songs actually.

I'd say Willow Farm(part of Supper's Ready, by Genesis) sums me up at the moment. Although Total Eclipse of the Heart, by Bonnie Tyler does as well.

Mm. Definitely Total Eclipse of the Heart now. The hyperness has worn off.

[Stormthorn]

"Shape Of My Heart"

I love that song.

[Rawhide]

It is no longer current, but I wanted to share the haunting voice of Chris Isaak in his song Wicked Game a while back.

[skywalker]

It is no longer current, but I wanted to share the haunting voice of Chris Isaak in his song Wicked Game a while back.

Whenever her "head is in a maze," the actress in that video turns to the easy things in life: "Sex and cheese. The two are connected." This according to her wikipedia page

Also, that video makes me very, very nostalgic.

[Telonius]

The Rain Song, Led Zeppelin.

[hamishspence]

"always look on the bright side of life"

[Rawhide]

Ahha !

[loopy]

Don't you think it's time? - Bob Evans

[skywalker]

Ahha !

Man, I completely forgot about Green Day!

They need to release another album, pronto. American Idiot grows stale.

[BizzaroStormy]

I think mine would be havin' t' be "Story o' me Life". On accoun' o', like th' song, me life be long, borin', an' repeatative.

[EndlessWrath]

i gotta say... it's based on my mood. Today I'm love-sick...

so love me dead comes to mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCU1JYmGxcA

tomorrow it could be the entire Musical of Avenue Q songs.

[Griever]

So, what does it say about me that when I first saw the title of this thread I thought of this?

Eh, anyway, to the actual premise of the thread...

Bleh, I'll just submit a sonnet + extra couplet (as songs are merely poetry put to music ) I wrote about a year ago when I was piecing my life back together from my own stupidity:

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With despair, fear, unease and dread,

Slowly, down the path, we tread.


Present ignored, we see the future not,

While down the path, steadily, we trot.


So easily we trailed our forebears’ codes;

Stifiling those that challenged total uniformity.

Even if they were correct, our minds were closed,

And our stance rigid, they too succumbed to conformity.


Perhaps we were scared of their thoughts unprecedented,

Which held that, in the end, our crumbling society, we did feed.

No, such thoughts would danger our society contented,

The downward spiral of life, independent of our own misdeeds.


Such amazingly good impact we might have achieved,

If only, in bravery, our ancestors did not push conformity.


But, too long have we stifled learning and pursued archaic laws,

So, hands self-tied, we shall forevermore go down the path without pause.

The entire idea of it is the fact that humanity (and definately myself) feel the need to often blame problems on others, and absolve their own accountability for the shape their life/country/whatever is in, instead of standing up. And I feel this is too often an accurate depiction of my life.

Also:

The increasing size of each line down the sonnet is intentional, as it is supposed to parallel the growing picture in the reader's mind... but what do I know about English, I'm an engineer-in-training

[Ravens_cry]

Windmills of your Mind-Dusty Springfeild
My constant sense inner turnmoil leading back into itself.
Apollo 13 Score - James Horner
My undying belief and hope in the triumph and hope of the human spirit. No matter what.
Canon in D
Like ripples in the water, our lives spread out and touch other lives, even though we are utterly alone inside our mind. When this happens, it is the most beutiful thing in the universe.

[chiasaur11]

And we all play a part.
And when the music starts,
We open up our hearts

It’s all right if some things come out wrong.
We’ll sing a happy song
And you can sing along.

Where’s there’s life,
There’s hope.
Everyday’s
A gift.
Wishes can
Come true.
Whistle while
You work.
So hard
All day.

(So the original said "Show". Sue me. I got nothing.)

[Semidi]

Bleh, I'll just submit a sonnet (as songs are merely poetry put to music ) I wrote about a year ago when I was piecing my life back together from my own stupidity:

....

Also:

The increasing size of each line down the sonnet is intentional, as it is supposed to parallel the growing picture in the reader's mind... but what do I know about English, I'm an engineer-in-training

Hate to break it to you, but that's not a sonnet. By definition a sonnet has 14 lines--yours has 16. The poetry gods will probably forgive you.

Anyway,

Probably what best fits me at the moment is Disorder by Joy Division (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrzGpVOPcTI). Though I've been mostly listening to The Beatles' Revolver album and the first two Velvet Underground albums (minus songs featuring Nico).

[mangosta71]

My current worldview can best be described by Spreading the Disease. The whole album is fabulous.

[Tempest Fennac]

2 songs I forgot to mention earlier are Where You Want To Be by Darren Hayes and the Sonic Adventure 1 version of It Doesn't Matter by Crush 40. Ignoring the title, I Do9n't Care by Savage Garden works well for me as well. Placebo's version of Running Up That Hill works for me as well.

[The Rose Dragon]

Big Bad World One - Jonathan Coulton.

[Kimusabe]

I have a few songs that seem to speak about how I feel in life at different times, being:
1 - Wild Child by Enya
2 - Beautiful world by Carolina Liar
3 - Dance with the Devil by Breaking Benjamin
4 - Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard

[MisterSaturnine]

For some reason, I seem to have Heart Shaped Box stuck in my head every 2 or 3 days, for the entire day, but I don't think it describes my life very well at the moment. Maybe I Must Belong Somewhere by Bright Eyes.

[Castaras]

Song that describes me perfectly?

Anything But Ordinary - Avril Lavigne

I may not like her music anymore, but it does sum me up.

Song to reflect current mood?

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Well...yeah. <.<

[SensFan]

Someday Soon - Great Big Sea reflects my mood these days, what with both Canadian and American campaigns right now.

Looking for a YouTube link. Anyone who doesn't know the song should definatively listen to it.

Can't find a YouTube video, or even an audio. Lyrics spoilered.

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They keep talking of the things they'd do if we'd only vote them in
One more dollar and all the bickering and suffering would end.
If you'd sign your 'X' in favour it's three jobs for every man
You can burn your boats, thats what they said,
It seemed they had it planned.
And I hope they haven't forgotten, the promises they made

[Chorus:]

Cause they said they'd stop the fighting
And they said they would bring peace
And they said they'd find a serum that can cure all our disease.
And they said they'd house the homeless
And put black and white in tune
And they said they'd feed a hungry child
And I hope it's someday soon

Saw a man sleep in an alley lane with a paper for a bed
And the headline shown beneath the man and this is what they read,
"If elected there would be no persons living in the street"
But the paper couldn't even provide shelter for his freezing feet.
And I hope they haven't forgotten, The promises they made

[Chorus]

Well they said it would be so different, if we'd would only play their games
And I've been playing for so long and I swear its still the same!

[Chorus 2x]