Casting Call: The Soundtrack

Now, the theme for today’s WANAFriday post is: Your life as a movie. Name the starring roles, the cast, and why.

Hmm.

Because that’s not tricky at all.

As usual with these WANAFriday posts, I’m going to tweak the theme a little.  My life is a musical, you see, so I’m going to post a few songs that are part of the soundtrack.

The Sounds of My Life by Amy Caldwell on Grooveshark

#1 Ramblin’ Man (Allman Brothers Band). This song works because my father was in the Coast Guard, so we moved around a lot. And because the Allmans are (arguably) the kings of Southern Rock, and I was born in North Carolina.

#2 Ain’t No Stopping Us Now (McFadden & Whitehead). This is a disco classic! It doesn’t get played nearly enough anymore, you know? I’ve loved disco since high school, so this song represents that chunk of my life.

#3 Mental Hopscotch (Missing Persons). College was the era of punk and New Wave, and no song represents this better than Mental Hopscotch. Didn’t you play that game in college? (Oh, and while you’re listening to it, imagine trying to figure out what she’s saying. I was in a cover band that did this song, back in the days before you just typed “Mental Hopscotch lyrics” into Google.)

#4 Like A Prayer (Madonna). I could probably pick a Madonna song for just about every episode in my life, but I’ll spare you. This one came out right about the time I turned 30, and the whole album hit so many of the things I was dealing with, I felt like she’d written it for me.

#5 Jesu Redemptor Omnium (Gregorian Chant). Like A Prayer seems like  a good lead-in to this chant hymn. I spent many, many years doing church music, and there are few things I like better than singing chant with friends.

#6 You Wreck Me (Tom Petty). My dear husband gets a Tom Petty song, because his college band covered it. The Gestures are a great band, and still get together for gigs every so often. I would have posted a song from his new band, The Fentons, but they didn’t have any on Grooveshark. Here’s a link to their website so you can check them out.

#7 Poker Face (Lady GaGa). It was tricky to come up with a song for my 15 year old daughter. She was such a little baby, and now she’s almost 6 feet tall. That’s a lot of changing in a short amount of time. I chose Poker Face because when she was in, like, fourth grade, the school music teacher had the kids do a lip-synched number to their favorite song. She and two of her friends chose Poker Face, and I crack up every time I think about these ten year old girls in their Catholic school uniforms bopping around to Lady GaGa. What was the teacher thinking?

#8 Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz). My son’s song was hard to choose, too. His taste in music is pretty esoteric, and I don’t really keep track of what he listens to – mainly because Skrillex and most other dubstep hurts my brain. I chose this song because I know he loves Gorillaz, and because the whole family went to see them in concert a couple years ago. What an awesome show!

#9 We Are Family (Sister  Sledge). Okay, two of the most important themes in my life are family and sisters, so while this song is a little bit obvious, it kind of nails it. There’s my birth family (and sisters), the sisters I found as an adult, and the family my husband and I have created. I love and honor every one of them, and am so glad they’re part of my life.

So there you have the soundtrack of my life. To hear it, click on the Grooveshark link above. I hope you end up dancing, because I know I will be!

Peace,

Liv

You can check out the other WANAFriday posts here…

Dianna Bell – My Life As A Movie