If you were to create a soundtrack for your life, what songs would be on it?

Question

Mine would be (yes it would be a two album set, not necissarily the order):
Beethoven 1812 Overture
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter Paul and Mary
Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
Teen Dream - Shaun Cassidy
Super Trouper - Abba
YMCA - Village People
Me and Julio Down By The School Yard - Paul Simon
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party - Beastie Boys
Fight The Power - Public Enemy
*** on Feel The Noise - Quiet Riot
Guitars Cadillacs Hillbilly Music - Dwight Yokam
Music of The Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber (original broadway cast version)
Empty Garden - Elton John
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Only Women Bleed - Alice Cooper
Funky Cold Medina - Ton Loc
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Thief - Our Lady Peace
Father of Mine - Everclear
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Superman - Five For Fighting
In Da Club - 50 Cent
Changes - Tupac
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Maria Maria - Santana & Rob Thomas
You Sang To Me - Marc Anthony

A few years ago, I created a double cd for a friend's 30th birthday of all the songs that meant something for her -- they played it at her wake last year and well... I've been kind of thinking about what my soundtrack would be like ever since. Thanks for all the answers -- some great songs listed.

General Stamey - Both Lou Reed and Hoku did songs called "Perfect Day", but I am guessing the one you are talking about is the one by Collective Soul. (All are different songs)

Answer 1

Sweet Home Alabama- Lynrd Skynrd
For What It's Worth- Buffalo Springfield
Freebird- Lynrd Skynrd
The Time of Your Life- Green Day
Crossroads- Bone Thugs N Harmony
This Kiss- Faith Hill
I Love You- Martina McBride
Thuggish Ruggish Bone- Bone Thugs N Harmony
Ride With Me- Nelly
Wrap Sumpden- Nelly
Deliverance- Bubba Sparxx
Ironic- Alanis Morsette
Spiderweb- No Doubt
Perfect Day- (I have no idea who sings this)
The Possum Song- Troublesome Hollow
Amazed- Lonestar
Like A Pimp- David Banner
Devil Went Down To Georgia- The Charlie Daniels Band

I actually have asked this question to myself for about a week, it's kinda cool to see someone ask the same thing I was thinking.

Answer 2

Funny you should ask this because I always though it'd be so damn cool to have a soundtrack in my life.

For the sad times:

Heysatan- Sigur Ros
Why Does It Always Rain On Me?- Travis
Fix You- Coldplay
Ask Me Anything- The Strokes
Clementine- The Decemberists
Girl From the North Country- The Secret Machines
Such Great Heights- The Postal Service

For the fun times:

If You Talk Too Much(My Head Will Explode)- People in Planes
You Only Live Once- The Strokes
The Electric Version- The New Pornographers
This Year- The Mountain Goats
Nature of the Experiment- Tokyo Police Club
Deceptacon- Le Tigre

For the angry times:

Subzero Fun- Autolux
Blanket- Autolux
Burn Piano Island, Burn- The Blood Brothers
A Time To Be So Small- Interpol

So many more songs but those are just pretty basic I guess.

Answer 3

Well, my Ipod Video is kinda like my bigger soundtrack CD of my life, lol!

Who Knows-Avril Lavigne
Stop- Spice Girls
Nobody's Home- Avril Lavigne
Fun in the Sun- Steve Harwell
Dance Dance Dance- Wilson Phillips
I'm with You- Avril Lavigne
Larger than Life- Backstreet Boys
I want It that Way- Backstreet Boys
What a Girl Wants- Christina Aguilera
He Wasn't- Avril Lavigne
Ha Ha Sugar Sugar- Gorillaz
Complicated- Avril Lavigne
Don't Want You Back- Backstreet Boys
Crazy- Britney Spears
Viva Forever- Spice Girls
Wannabe- Spice Girls
Love Thang- Spice Girls
Take Me Higher- Led Zepplin
Take it Easy- The Eagles
I will Remember You- Sarah Mclahan
We Like To Party- Vegaboys
Walk Away- Kelly Clarkson
Breakaway- Kelly Clarkson
Real Thang- Bo Bice
S.O.S.- Rihanna
Temperature- Sean Paul
I write Sins Not Tradegies- P! at the Disco
I'm a Bi***, I'm a Lover- Alanis Morissette

Ya, there's many more, but I don't want to waste this beautiful day inside! LOL, have fun! GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 4

Ascot Fire - Something You Deserve
Vibekingz - Like The Wind
Ascot Fire - Better Than You
Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure
Paint By Numbers - Decorate Your Pavement
Notroious BIG - Nasty Girl
Saves The Day - The End
Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Jamie Kennedy - Rollin With Saget
Fort Minor - Remember The Name
Damien Streets - We Rock
Jacks Mannequin - Dark Blue
Billy Talent - Devil In A Midnight Mass
Jacks Mannequin - The Mixed Tape
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
Pharrell - Number One
Jacks Mannequin - Bruised
Mase - 24 Hours To Live
DMX - Lord Give Me A Sign
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
Scary Kids Scaring Kids - My Darkest Hour
DMX - We In Here
Paint By Numbers - Pictures Last Longer (Unless They Catch On Fire)
Jacks Mannequin - Holiday From Real
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Blacktop Mourning - Another Day
AFI - Miss Murder

Answer 5

Please, Please Please, James Brown & The Flames
Maybe, The Chantells
We Belong Together, Robert and Johnny
Over the Mountain, Across the Sea, ?
Little Deuce Coop,the Beachboys
Feel Flows, the Beachboys
Tell Me Why, Its All Too Much, The Beatles
Pride of Man, Quicksilver Messenger Service
Going Surfin, ?
You Make Me Feel, Sylvester
Make it One For My Baby and One More For The Road, Sinatra
All Along The Watchtower, Hendrix
Turn Turn Turn, the Byrds
Earth Angel, the Penguins
In The Still of the Night, the 5 Satins
Night Owl, Tony Allen
Like A Rolling Stone, Desolation Row, Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues, Dylan

Answer 6

good question! In no particular order. I still haven't found what i am looking for. U2 Rainbow Connection. Kermet the Frog Alive. Edwin Tears and Rain. James Blunt Chasing Cars. Snowpatrol Here's to the nights. Eve 6 Jude Law and a semester abroad. Brand New Pigeons and Crumbs. Natalie Imbruglia feel the sun. Mel C Bizarre Love Triangle. New Order I am sure that i am missing tons more... but that is what i can think of at the moment!

Answer 7

Leader of the Pack by the Shangri-Las
Road House Blues by the Doors
Dirty Little Girl by Twiztid
Under the Moon by Insane Clown Posse
Sober by Jennifer Paige
How the Mighty Have Fallen by Adam Cohen
Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde
L.A. Woman by the Doors
Serious by Alice Cooper

Answer 8

It would take too long (and become too long of a list) to make a soundtrack for my entire life (I'm 34). However, here are some songs that popped into my mind for my life at this moment. Like yourself, I draw from a lot of different musical genres. :)

"Breathe" - Anna Nalick
"Crash & Burn" - Savage Garden
"Desperado" - The Eagles
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Empty Seat Beside Me" - Chris Wall
"I Will Remember You" - Sarah McLachlan
"I'll Stand By You" - The Pretenders
"I Take My Chances" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Life in One Day" - Howard Jones
"Life's a Dance" - John Michael Montgomery
"Never Surrender" - Corey Hart
"Not That Different" - Collin Raye
"The Promise" - When in Rome
"The Rose" - Bette Midler
"Shake the Sugar Tree" - Pam Tillis
"Standing Outside the Fire" - Garth Brooks
"Take It Easy" - The Eagles
"That's The Way It Is" - Celine Dion
"They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore" - Boy Howdy
"Walk Away" - Kelly Clarkson
"We Belong" - Pat Benatar
"You May Be Right" - Billy Joel

Answer 9

mine would be...

boys II men - song for mama
boys II men - on bended knee
papa bear - cherish
boys II men - water runs dry
boys II men - 4 seasons of lonliness
juanes - adios le pido
tyrese/ginuwine/case/r.l. - the best man i can be - im not a man, but i really love this song
boys II men - i miss you
ne-yo - sexy love
chris brown - say goodbye
santana feat jorge moreno - satellite
p.diddy feat ginuwine - i need a girl part II - mine is i need a guy
joe - i wanna know
wyclef jean feat. claudette ortiz - dance like this - original version of song - other version is wyclef jean/shakira - hips dont lie. i like original better
p.diddy/faith evans/112 - i'll be missing you
jagged edge - where the party at
fabolous feat jagged edge and p.diddy - trade it all
jagged edge - wifey
All 4 one - i swear
brian mcknight - one last cry
faith evans feat puff paddy - all night long
k-ci & jojo - tell me its real
brain mcknight - win
k-ci & jojo - all my life
k-ci & jojo - crazy
carlos santana feat wyclef jean - maria maria
brian mcknight - 6, 8, 12
112 - peaches and cream
brian mcknight - back at one
beastie boys - gotta fight for your right to party
98 degrees - the hardest thing
jagged edge - good luck charm
112 feat twista - dont be mad
mario - how could you
112 - its over now
the product G & B - dirty dancing
tupac - changes
ne-yo - dont worry me now
toni braxton & babyface - how could an angel break my heart
blackstreet - dont leave me girl - this case, dont leave me boy
lil mo feat fabolous - lets make it official
2pac & jodeci - how do u want it
mariah carey - hero
stevie wonder & babyface - how come how long
dru hill & sisqo - incomplete
aaliyah - i miss you
LL cool J feat amerie - paradise
mario - just a friend
frankie J - how to deal
pretty ricky - your body
notorious B.I.G. - big papa - a song that i've loved ever since i watched the movie 'Hard Ball'
coolio - gangster's paradise - a song i've liked ever since watching 'dangerous minds'
toni braxton - spanish guitar
massari - real love - so true about how i feel
boys II men - thankyou in advance - i've loved this song ever since i heard it
boys II men - roll wit me
beyonce & marc nelson - after all is said and done - i've loved this song ever since i first heard it played in the movie 'The Best Man'.

i'm sorry for how long my list is, it's just these songs really mean something to me and are the ones i love the most. they would be able to fit on like three or four cds, but i'd rather have those all because they really fill my life and what i love.

Answer 10

Drops of Jupiter is a nice song...

Mine would start out with something happy.. hmm..

A Savage Garden song maybe.

Then it would get hectic... Maybe "To the Moon and Back" by SG.

Then it would be something like "Light" by Darren Hayes.

Then maybe.. "Animal" by Def Leppard...

Then "Take it Easy Chicken" by Mansun Started taking it easy more I guess you could say.

"So Beautiful" by Darren Hayes. Goes 'I have thrown myself at things I don't understand'

Lastly "The Chad Who Loved Me" by Mansun when I got confused. Which is where I am now, bouncing from the confident "So Beautiful" to the confused characters in the best album in the entire world entitled: Attack of the Grey Lantern
by the wonderful Mansun