A few months ago a friend of mine attended the funeral of her childhood friend. At the funeral everyone received a CD of this individual's favorite music. Being music lovers, my friend and I spent a lot of time talking about what would be on our CD if one was given out at our funeral. Do you include songs that represent different seasons of life? Or do you pick songs that convey a specific message to loved ones? Or songs that spoke deeply to you at some point along the way?
This CD idea has been bugging me for a while now. So last week I sat down and went through my iPod (all 6500 songs) and made a playlist of songs that HAD TO BE on the mix. When I was done there were 110 songs in the playlist! I was actually pleasantly surprised it was that small. A day or two later I revisited the playlist and pared it down again. This is what I came up with:
1. 32 Flavors by Ani DiFranco
2. Time after Time by Cyndi Lauper featuring Sarah McGlaughlin
3. Never There by CAKE
4. Song 2 by Blur
5. Follow You by Death Cab for Cutie
6. Wild Flowers by Dolly Parton
7. Society by Eddie Vedder (from the "Into the Wild" soundtrack)
8. Watch the World Die by Everclear
9. Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly
10. Favorite Things ("Sound of Music" cover) by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
11. Penny and Me by Hanson
12. Collide (acoustic version) by Howie Day
13. Romeo and Juliet by Indigo Girls
14. Heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez
15. Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
16. Mr Brightside by the Killers
17. Suck My Kiss by Red Hot Chili Peppers
18. I'm Free by the Soup Dragons
19. Let It Ride by Ryan Adams
20. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Live version from the Rattle and Hum album) by U2
So...ya, there it is. Its random and weird and represents a wide variety of genres. But I guess you could say the same thing about me. It has songs that resonate with who I am, songs that always remind me of special people and special places, and songs that just make me put the pedal to the metal with the windows rolled down and use my cell phone as a microphone.
Want a copy of the mix? Send me an email and once I get settled in Wyoming I'd be more than happy to send you a copy. Provided that you make a "soundtrack to my life" CD and send it to me in return. What would you put on there anyway?
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Oooh! Fun project! Send me a copy, and I'll work on mine for you. Actually, we share a couple: Time after Time and Unwritten. Somehow I knew you would have Collide on there too...
Ooh, I want one! Sounds great. Delightfully eclectic. I'll work on mine and send it your way. :)
Interesting mix. I like the randomness of it. Now you have me thinking about what my soundtrack would be and getting it together.
Cool list Rob! I'd like a copy too! I'll have to think about my list in the meantime...
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