Fall, Glimmer, Sparkle and Fade

:: Thursday, June 26, 2003 ::

NBA.com published my thoughts. Copy and paste the link into your browser:

http://www.nba.com/draft2003/sprite_fourth.html

:: Ryan 2:10 PM [+] ::
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This was a lot tougher than I thought it was going to be. I asked a bunch of people what the soundtrack of their life would sound like. The responses were remarkably different. The most common answer was that it should just be made up of your favorite songs. Others suggested it should have sections by age. When I first thought about it I put it into a movie scenario. Meaning it would correspond with a film made about my life. However, how many movies cover someone's entire life in depth? Not many. So I had to come up with a time frame for my film to take place. I'm the first to admit my life hasn't exactly been the most enthralling 22 years, but there have been some entertaining moments. After a lot of contemplation I decided any film based, probably loosely, on my life would take place sometime during my college career. That takes out a lot of the music I grew up listening to -- Billy Joel, Genesis, etc.. -- mainly because I couldn't really see any songs from those artists fitting into a film scene. Because remember, any song making it onto the soundtrack has to appear in the film. This prevented me from simply picking my favorite song from an artist, instead I had to find a song I thought could be played in a scene and make sense.

I went through several different versions before I settled on the final track listing. All the songs fit in nicely just under 80 minutes, the perfect length to keep it from stretching over two discs. Without further delay, here is the soundtrack to the movie of my life with some more comments below.

1) Hootie and the Blowfish "Hannah Jane"
2) Fountains of Wayne "Radiation Vibe"
3) Pete Yorn "For Nancy"
4) John Mayer "No Such Thing"
5) Jude "I'm Sorry Now"
6) Our Lady Peace "Life"
7) Goo Goo Dolls "Name"
8) Everclear "Learning How To Smile"
9) For Squirrels "Under Smithville"
10) Buckcherry "For The Movies"
11) Foo Fighters "Everlong"
12) Tenacious D "Inward Singing"
13) Bloodhound Gang "Mope"
14) Led Zeppelin "Ramble On"
15) Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run"
16) Third Eye Blind "Motorcycle Drive By"
17) Ben Folds Five "Evaporated"
18) Better Than Ezra "This Time Of Year"
19) The Refreshments "Mekong"


There it is! Download it, burn it, love it. There is definitely a good mix of stuff on there. From the obscure (I can hear each and everyone one of you saying to yourself 'Who are the For Squirrels') to the massively successful ("No Such Thing", "Name") to the older stuff ("Ramble On" and the Boss), there's a little something for everyone here. The Tenacious D track is there because they would OBVIOUSLY make a cameo appearance in the film as college roommates discussing Jack's theory of 'inward singing'. And even though the role as me has been tabbed to be Brad Pitt, I might be willing to let Jack Black do his magic as the leading character.

I think I was able to do a pretty good job with the song order. Transition from one track to the next is pretty decent throughout the disc, with the "Mope" to "Ramble On" segue being the only questionable one in my mind. There's also a song for every type of scene with the exception of the "dance club" scenes... oh wait, there wouldn't be any of those, which means I've off the hook for that one. The Zep, Boss, Bloodhound Gang and Refreshments are great bar scene songs. "Evaporated" is a beautiful song that can definitely handle the saddest/most dramatic scene of the picture. The rest of them are pretty versatile in how they could be used in a movie.

Next time you're really, really, really bored I implore you to try putting one of these lists together. It's not as easy as you might think. But I do hope you enjoyed this, because I really did have a good time putting it together. However, while I was doing it I decided this would probably be my last post on this page as you know it. Oh don't worry, you can't get rid of me that easily, this site will most definitely still exist. I'm just going to try and give it a complete overhaul. I've started with some of the links and if I can find a better looking template then I'll change that too. The biggest change will be the content of the page. I know you're all dying in anticipation of just what that will be, but you'll have to wait for the debut of the site's new look to find out. I'm also going to debut something else that is completely new in the very near future. Stay tuned.

This is what a college graduate does with his time.

:: Ryan 3:57 AM [+] ::
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What would be on the soundtrack to your life?

:: Ryan 4:02 PM [+] ::
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