My Life: The Soundtrack

I don’t normally do surveys. For the most part, I consider them a bit pedestrian. I mean, who really cares if your favorite colour is red, or that you believe in ghosts, or that your favorite food, when you were a kid, was a fucking peanut butter and banana sandwich?

Man, I used to love those…

But I digress. Normally I don’t do surveys, but I found this one kind of interesting.

It’s called Your Life: The Soundtrack.

I actually took my time with this survey. I tried to picture what it would be like if my life was, literally, made into a movie. How would it be shot? Would it be a big budget spectacular, or a scrappy independent? Would Cameron Crowe write the screenplay? Or Spike Jonez? Could we get Michel Gondry to direct? Or would I have to settle for his non-union equivalent? Do I get royalties? And, most importantly, who would play me?

Please don’t say Jason Priestly. I have nothing against the guy, but I really don’t think we look that much alike…

Anyway, here is what the soundtrack would be like.


Opening Credits: Hello – Oasis
Waking Up: Get it Together – The Go! Team
Average Day: Habit over Heart – Novillero
First Date: Beautiful Ones – Suede
Falling in Love: I’ve Just Seen a Face – The Beatles
Love Scene: Race for the Prize – The Flaming Lips
Fight Scene: Life on Mars – David Bowie
Breaking Up: Twisting – They Might Be Giants
Getting Back Together: Phantom Limb – The Shins
Secret Love: Young Folks – Peter, Paul, and Bjorn
Life’s Okay: The World is Full of Crashing Bores – Morrissey
Mental Breakdown: Downer – Nirvana
Driving: Don’t Make Me a Target – Spoon
Learning a Lesson: Never Going Back Again – Fleetwood Mac
Deep Thought: Secret Meeting – The National
Flashback: How Soon Is Now? – The Smiths
Partying: Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio – The Ramones*
Happy Dance: Oh Mandy! – Spinto Band
Regret: Alone With You – Sufjan Stevens
Long Night Alone: Builds the Bone – The Hidden Cameras
Death: Ramble On – Led Zeppelin
Closing Credits: (Nice Dream) – Radiohead

Hmmm…something tells me that the royalties might eat up the budget of my life story. Oh well. Go big, or go home!


Jim out.

*The DEMO version, found as a bonus track on “End of the Century”. Not the radio version. I like my Ramones before Phil Spector fucked with them…