A friendly game of tag

Mark tagged me in his post Tag! I’m it! which, in turn, is a response to CC Chapmans’ post If My Life Was a Movie, What Would the Soundtrack Be? (read his post for game instructions).

As Mark says, “The idea is to put your media player on shuffle and record the name of each song that comes up in sequence against a specific list of scenes in your life — also in sequence”.

Full disclosure: I used the shuffle feature in iTunes instead of a portable media player because my iPod is in vacation prep mode and is uncharacteristically laden with reggae at the moment. Also, I skipped any orchestral or obscure jazz tracks that came up.

Here’s what I came up with by pressing “shuffle”:

Opening credits
The Empty Page - Sonic Youth

First day of school
I’ll Be Your Mirror - Velvet Underground

Falling in love
Deluge - Dave Douglas

Prom/Grad
Whatever happened to? - Buzzcocks

Mental breakdown
What’s Going On? - Marvin Gaye

Flashbacks
Always Tomorrow - Bob Mould

Getting back together
Her Love Rubbed Off - The Cramps

Wedding scene
Less - Ben Harper

Final battle
Time Will Tell - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Death scene
Don’t Ask For The Water - Ryan Adams

Funeral scene
Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes

End credits
Modal Mood - Dexter Gordon

Finale
Flying - Faces

My turn, my turn! I’m tagging Chris Lawson, Chris Dearlove, Evan Thornton, Jason Westerlund, and Hugh McGuire