Life Soundtrack #1

No music, no life. For me, music gets me through the day. Songs get me through things and I cannot imagine living a single day without music in my ears. As a certified music junkie, I have thousands of songs in my library for me to choose from but imagine what songs will best represent a certain moment or mood or situation. Soundtrack plays a vital role in the success of movies and television series. Imagine a dramatic or a joyful scene without any background music to accompany it, that would suck right? That’s how I imagine everyday life. I love music to be my company when push comes to shove. So for this entry, here are some songs which I thought can fit specific scenes.

This is a fun music survey to answer but quite tough since there are tons of songs to choose from. If life is a movie, these will be the songs I would like to use for instant scenes. This is so cool, do this shiz music friends.

Opening Credits:

‘’I Don’t Want To Be’’ – Gavin DeGraw

‘’Remember The Name’’ – Fort Minor

‘’Pumped Up Kicks’’ – Foster The People

‘’Big Machine’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

‘’Meant To Live’’ – Switchfoot

‘’Metalingus’’ – Alter Bridge

‘’Take A Look Around’’ – Limp Bizkit

Waking Up:

‘’Sweet Disposition’’ – The Temper Trap

‘’Such Great Heights’’ – The Postal Service

‘’Banana Pancakes’’ – Jack Johnson

‘’Uncharted’’ – Sara Bareilles

‘’Holiday From Real’’ – Jack’s Mannequin

‘’Light Up The Sky’’ – Yellowcard

‘’New Morning’’ – Alpha Rev

Average Day:

‘’Shooting Stars’’ – Edwin McCain

‘’Everyday’’ – Dave Matthews Band

‘’Sick Cycle Carousel’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Don’t Wait’’ – Dashboard Confessional

‘’Upside Down’’ – Jack Johnson

‘’Be Like That’’ – 3 Doors Down

‘’Everyday Is A Winding Road’’ – Sheryl Crow

Mental Breakdown:

‘’Lost Realist’’ – Trapt

‘’Lose Yourself’’ – Eminem

‘’Breathe’’ – Anna Nalick

‘’All These Things That I’ve Done’’ – The Killers

‘’Boston’’ – Augustana

‘’Dare You To Move’’ – Switchfoot

‘’Use Somebody’’ – Kings Of Leon

‘’Finding Me’’ – Vertical Horizon

‘’Learning To Fall’’ – Boys Like Girls

‘’The Rescue’’ – American Hi-Fi

‘’Standing In The Rain’’ – Jamie Scott And The Town

Driving:

‘’New Black Car’’ – July For Kings

‘’Mr. Brightside’’ – The Killers

‘’Drive’’ – Incubus

‘’Crossfire’’ – Brandon Flowers

‘’Learn To Fly’’ – Foo Fighters

‘’Amber’’ – 311

‘’Ironic’’ – Alanis Morissette

‘’Hanging By A Moment’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Stay’’ – Safetysuit

‘’Good Times’’ – Tommy Lee Feat. Butch Walker

‘’The Zephyr Song’’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers

‘’Slide’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

Deep Thought:

‘’Maybe Tomorrow’’ – Stereophonics

‘’Somewhere In Between’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Open Your Eyes’’ – Alter Bridge

‘’With A Smile’’ – Eraserheads

‘’Hide And Seek’’ – Imogen Heap

‘’Run’’ – Snow Patrol

‘’Resolve’’ – Foo Fighters

‘’If I Am’’ – Nine Days

‘’The Resolution’’ – Jack’s Mannequin

‘’Shine’’ – Collective Soul

‘’Breathe In, Breathe Out’’ – Mat Kearney

‘’Cannonball’’ – Damien Rice

‘’High And Dry’’ – Radiohead

‘’Kill’’ – Jimmy Eat World

‘’Stars And Boulevards’’ – Augustana

‘’Chasing Pavements’’ - Adele

‘’Hope’’ – Twista Feat. Faith Evans

‘’Drops Of Jupiter’’ – Train

‘’Jumper’’ – Third Eye Blind

‘’The Question’’ – Bonehead

‘’Before It’s Too Late’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

Fight Scene:

‘’Like A Stone’’ – Audioslave

‘’Love, Fury, Energy, Passion’’ – Boy Hits Car

‘’It’s Over’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

‘’My Way’’ – Limp Bizkit

‘’Mad’’ – Ne-Yo

‘’We Might As Well Be Strangers’’ – Keane

‘’Blurry’’ – Puddle Of Mudd

‘’Push’’ – Matchbox Twenty

‘’King Of Kings’’ – Motorhead

‘’Burn In My Light’’ – Mercy Drive

‘’It Ends Tonight’’ – The All-American Rejects

‘’Face Down’’ – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Secret Love:

‘’Hold You In My Arms’’ – Ray LaMontagne

‘’Come On Get Higher’’ – Matt Nathanson

‘’Look After You’’ – The Fray

‘’Mixtape’’ – Butch Walker

‘’The Best Thing That You Never Had’’ – Butch Walker

‘’Hands Open’’ – Snow Patrol

‘’Why Don’t You And I’’ – Santana Feat. Alex Band

‘’Crack The Shutters’’ – Snow Patrol

‘’When The Stars Go Blue’’ – Tyler Hilton And Bethany Joy Lenz

‘’Just Say The Word’’ – Josh Kelley

‘’Battle’’ – Colbie Caillat

‘’Walking After You’’ – Foo Fighters

‘’Only One’’ - Lifehouse

‘’Stick Around’’ – Azure

‘’Far Away’’ - Nickelback

‘’Deep Inside Of You’’ – Third Eye Blind

‘’Love Song For No One’’ – John Mayer

‘’Smack Into You’’ – Jon McLaughlin

‘’More Than A Love Song’’ - Augustana

‘’We’ll Never Know’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Come Around’’ – Rhett Miller

‘’Uncomfortably Numb’’ – Butch Walker

‘’The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’’ – The Script

‘’C’mon, C’mon’’ – Sheryl Crow

‘’Sunsets And Car Crashes’’ – The Spill Canvas

Life’s Stable/Steady:

‘’I Could Not Ask For More’’ – Edwin McCain

‘’Good Life’’ – OneRepublic

‘’Times Like These’’ – Foo Fighters

‘’Our Lives’’ – The Calling

‘’The Luckiest’’ – Ben Folds

‘’No Such Thing’’ – John Mayer

‘’Absolutely Still’’ – Better Than Ezra

‘’Chasing Cars’’ – Snow Patrol

‘’Everything’s Right’’ – Matt Wertz

‘’Beautiful Day’’ – U2

‘’Built To Last’’ - Melee

Partying:

‘’Superhuman Touch’’ – Athlete

‘’Are You Gonna Be My Girl?’’ – Jet

‘’Starlight’’ – Muse

‘’There Goes The Neighborhood’’ – Sheryl Crow

‘’Rocketeer’’ – Far East Movement Feat. Ryan Tedder

‘’All I Wanna Do’’ – Sheryl Crow

Happy Dance:

‘’Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off’’ – Panic! At The Disco

‘’Sugar, We’re Going Down’’ – Fall Out Boy

‘’Human’’ – The Killers

‘’Rock With You’’ – Michael Jackson

‘’Staring Down’’ – Collective Soul

Regretting:

‘’Here Is Gone’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

‘’Lullaby’’ – Shawn Mullins

‘’Warning’’ – Incubus

‘’Cat And Mouse’’ – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

‘’Move Along’’ – The All-American Rejects

‘’Broken’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Shoulda Woulda Coulda’’ – Beverly Knight

‘’Lightning Crashes’’ – Live

‘’Scars’’ – Papa Roach

‘’Rewind’’ – Paolo Nutini

‘’Stop Crying Your Heart Out’’ – Oasis

‘’It’s Only Life’’ – Kate Voegele

‘’Shimmer’’ - Fuel

‘’Had Enough’’ - Lifehouse

Long Night Alone:

‘’Street Map’’ – Athlete

‘’Always Love’’ – Nada Surf

‘’Sympathy’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

‘’Bruised’’ – Jack’s Mannequin

‘’Come Undone (Acoustic)’’ – Jackson Waters

‘’Belief’’ – Gavin DeGraw

‘’Here’s To The Night’’ – Eve 6

‘’Come Home’’ – OneRepublic Feat. Sara Bareilles

‘’Storm’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Be Yourself’’ – Audioslave

‘’Better Days’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

‘’Fast Car’’ – Tracy Chapman

‘’I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’’ – U2

‘’You Found Me’’ – The Fray

Death Scene:

‘’The World Spins Madly On’’ – The Weepies

‘’Blue Skies’’ – Noah And The Whale

‘’We Don’t Have To Look Back Now’’ – Puddle Of Mudd

‘’Rescued’’ – Jack’s Mannequin

‘’Angel’’ – Sarah McLachlan

‘’I’m Still Here’’ – John Rzeznik

‘’Rooftops’’ – Lost Prophets

‘’Wake Up’’ – Coheed And Cambria

‘’Leave The Memories Alone’’ – Fuel

‘’The Memory Will Never Die’’ – Default

‘’The Show Must Go On’’ - Queen

‘’So Here We Are’’ – Bloc Party

‘’Closing Time’’ – Semisonic

‘’Bring Me To Life’’ - Evanescense

Closing Credits/Coda:

‘’Here Comes A Regular’’ – The Replacements

‘’The Space Between’’ – Dave Matthews Band

‘’Echo’’ – Vertical Horizon

‘’Life Is Beautiful’’ – Vega4

‘’How To Save A Life’’ – The Fray

‘’Breathe You In’’ – Thousand Foot Krutch

‘’Save You’’ – Matthew Perryman Jones

‘’Empty Apartment’’ – Yellowcard

‘’Good Enough’’ – Lifehouse

‘’Everybody’s Changing’’ – Keane

‘’Inside Of Love’’ – Nada Surf

 ‘’All We Are’’ – Matt Nathanson

‘’Rest In Pieces’’ – Saliva

‘’Little Wonders’’ – Rob Thomas

‘’Last Request’’ – Paolo Nutini

‘’I Don’t Want To Wait’’ – Paula Cole

‘’Brick’’ – Ben Folds

‘’Calling All Angels’’ - Train

‘’Fallen’’ – Sara McLachlan

‘’Take Me Away’’ - Lifehouse

‘’Fix You’’ – Coldplay

‘’Iris’’ – Goo Goo Dolls

Hope I can make new lists like this one every once in a while.

Music Eight #1: The Space Between

They say music saves lives and everyone knows the value of songs. Since I love music since I can remember and I know a million songs in my head so I guess why not do a music blog?

Listening to music is always a constant for me. Whatever I do I always have earphones plugged in to my ears with kick-ass music to accompany me through the day.

Enter my music library which has 15,516 songs, and counting, so far. It’s surreal right? I know. I am one crazy music junkie. I’ll pick eight songs, because it’s my favorite number, I’m listening to at the moment and list ‘em up and share for your auditory pleasure.

To be honest, sometimes when I hear a beautiful song I just want it to be mine because it just sucks when a lot of people discover it and suddenly it is playing on the airwaves of some jologs radio station as it goes mainstream.

I’ve always been possessive with the awesome bands and songs that I know and like and I have this aversion towards mainstream stuff so I prefer my music to remain under the radar. But what the hell right? Right. Great music are meant to be heard and meant to be shared.

I’ll try to do this as much as I can. I’ll post it both on my facebook and on the blog itself.

I don’t listen to crap music. You know what I’m talking about here. If you expect some Lady Gaga or some boy bands or some rap that has only one theme, you won’t find it here. I’m sharing music that makes sense here. I’m sharing real music here.

If you’re tired of crappy music on the radio here, I can help you address that problem.

On to the music now. Here are the first eight offerings for my first post. Listen to them, download them, share them and play them ofcourse. Do whatever you please.

It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over by Lenny Kravitz

(Mama Said – 1991)

‘’ How many times did we give up? / But we always worked things out’’

- A blast from the 90s here. This is a cool song. Usually Lenny Kravitz’s songs aren’t that deep in lyrics but they are all kick-ass. This song helped him solidify his place in the music industry.

Uncharted by Sara Bareilles

(Kaleidoscope Heart – 2010)

‘’I’m going down / follow if you want I won’t just hang around / Like you’ll show me where to go I’m already out / Foolproof ideas so don’t ask me how to get started /  It’s all uncharted’’

- Have you watched the music video of this song? You should. It’s the coolest music video I’ve seen in years. Artists such as Ben Folds, Adam Levine and Josh Groban all doing crazy stuff while singing the song. Video is great but the song is better so listen to it.

32 Flavors by Alana Davis

(Blame It On Me – 1997)

‘’Still there's many who've turned out their porch lights / Just so I would think they were not home / And hid in the dark of their windows / 'Til I'd passed and left them alone’’

- I’m sure people hear this song often on certain 90s program on the radio. A perfect song to listen to when relaxing or driving for that matter. Love its rhythm.

All That You Are by Goo Goo Dolls

(Tranformers 3: Dark Of The Moon Soundtrack – 2011)

‘’And we’ve gone from the edge of our souls made it back to a place we call home / Let your heart sing and tonight, we light up the stars /  All That You Are’’

- This song ain’t even a month old but it’s already syncing in. I heard it like six times the past two days on the radio, 99.5 RT, and as usual, John Rzeznik and the Goos did not disappoint. Another phenomenal song from one of my favorite bands. Rzeznik is a music genius.

Pictures Of You by The Cure

(Disintegration -1989)

‘’You were stone white / So delicate lost in the cold / You were always so lost in the dark /  Remembering you how you used to be slow drowned’’

- I’m sure this is one of the most underrated the Cure songs. People know Friday I’m In Love and Love Song but I think this song is at that level. Couldn’t stop listening to this the first time I heard it. Disintegration is probably one of the best albums ever. It is that good.

Turbulence by Bowling For Soup

(Fishin’ For Woos – 2011)

‘’And we're all just passengers tonight / And we're all just traveling through our lives / We will reach our destination / So just hang on for the ride / So say a prayer and close your eyes / It’s just a little turbulence’’

- Ofcourse I love songs that talk about realities in life. Since it’s new, I just heard this song a few days ago on the radio and I got hooked up right away. The chorus is the bomb.

Ghost Of Days Gone By by Alter Bridge

(AB III – 2010)

‘’So I sing this song tonight / To the ghost that will not die / And somehow it seems to haunt me till the end’’

- It’s the rainy season and if you’re the one who wants to accompany it with songs about memory lane, this one’s for you. Alter Bridge is one of my favorite bands not because most of its members are from Creed, but because its music is just awesome.

Song of the Day: The Space Between by Dave Matthews Band

(Everyday – 2001)

‘’The Space between the tears we cry / Is the laughter keeps us coming back for more / The Space between the wicked lies we tell / and hope to keep safe from the pain’’

- Come on, who doesn’t know this song? We all know it’s a classic and we all know this song is as beautiful as Angelina Jolie but I just have to post it. I know this one never gets old and we can’t get enough of it. Dave Matthews Band. Enough said.

"Sometimes, things find you when you need them to find you, I believe that. And for me it’s usually song lyrics," – Peyton Sawyer, One Tree Hill