Soundtrack

I rippped off this idea from my new favorite blog. I give credit where credit is due - so thank you to Marissa for a great idea! (http://mariskris.blogspot.com/)

So if they made a movie of my life, this would be the soundtrack and these would be the liner notes.

Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
I heart this song so much. It doesn’t remind me of anything other than the fact that I love it. Makes me happy.

Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Conner
My first heartbreak happened in 8th grade. He broke up with me in front of the entire football team by shaking my hand and saying, “It’s been fun.” I'm pretty sure he clubbed some baby seals that day too, being the gentle soul that he was. He went to the 8th grade social with another girl and when they played this song I went into the back hall and cried.

Love in the Library – Jimmy Buffett
Evokes memories of college and the crush I had on a guy who didn’t know I was alive. I always saw him in the library but never really spoke to him. One day we met through a friend and suddenly, he knew I was alive. Library Minx, that's me. And at a Catholic school, no less.

Don’t Go Breakin My Heart – Elton John and Kiki Dee
This song was a huge hit the summer I was born. Every time my mom hears it, she reminds me of that fact. And the fact that I was three weeks late...during the hottest summer in St. Louis, MO...and my labor took forever...and I had a big head.

Shoop/Whatta Man – Salt N’ Peppa
Ok, so this is actually two songs but whenever I hear one, I think of the other too. I know a lot of people who didn’t like high school and I probably wouldn’t have liked it either were it not for those girls who sang these song with me whenever they came on the radio. I would be such a different person without you guys and am grateful everyday that you’re in my life. You know who you are.

Say Goodbye – Dave Matthews Band
As Amber and I were discussing the other day, I’m a good girl. I have as much edge as a butter knife. But this song reminds me so much of a time when I did something edge-y. Still makes me smile.

Come Sail Away – Styx
The summer before senior year of high school Beth introduced me to Styx. That fall, I introduced her to her first B. Overall, an excellent trade.

The Real McCoy – Frank Sinatra
Spent a night at a hole-in-the wall bar in Omaha with a guy in college. We played pool until the place cleared out. The bartender put this song on the jukebox and we danced like the drunk fools we were.

99 Luft Balloons - Nena
My friend Aliza and I used to love this song. I remember sitting in her room and listening to this song over and over. We would discuss who would sing which parts while we rewound the cassette.

I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
Becci Bella – how different would our lives be had this song and a social studies class not changed the course of history? Remember, that clock’s a little fast…

The Fire Inside – Bob Seger
My dad and I used to listen to Bob Seger whenever we drove to the cabin in the summers. I was 5 years old and knew the words to every single song on the Greatest Hits. Every time I hear one of those songs, I think of my dad and I in his car, windows down, sunroof open. I was usually windsurfing with my hand out the window and daydreaming about the s’mores we were going to have that night.

O’er the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin
I graduated high school in 1994 but this was our class song. The line in our graduation programs was “Many dreams come true and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocketful of gold.” I swear to God, when this song comes on the radio now, I become 17 again. It’s fantastic.

Omaha – Counting Crows
While we’re on the subject of high school…
I decided to go to Creighton University in, yep you guessed it, OMAHA! Mix tapes were huge in 1994 and everytime someone made me one it had “Omaha” on it. I get a sense of pride when I hear this song because at 18, I packed up and left everything and everyone I knew to find my own way. I’m not sure I could do it now, but I’m so happy I did it then.

Love Will Come to You – Indigo Girls
I can’t sing. Amber can sing. But I swear, when we sing this song together, I can sing. Or perhaps I just hear her voice and by some synaptic mis-fire, I think it’s mine. She's kind enough to let me keep the illusion that I can harmonize when we sing this.

Hook – Blues Traveler
Kiewit Hall. Sitting around the Neutral Zone with the people who would end up being some of my closest friends in college…and still today. My freshman year…hell, the whole college experience would have been so different without the likes of Jen B., Ted, Jimmy, Torey, Spank, Vuorela, Wear, and Knauf.

American Girl – Tom Petty
I was a bit nervous about making the drive from Omaha to Denver by myself for the first time but this song came on the radio and all the sudden, I wasn’t nervous anymore. In fact, I felt happy and totally free.

Grey Street – Dave Matthews Band
The year was 2002 and DMB released this album the week of my 26th birthday. I was still reeling from the break-up #1 with C and aside from that, unhappy at work, frustrated with my family and in general, just blue. I got the Busted Stuff cd and heard Grey Street. I was in my car when the lyrics started to sink in. I cried and cried and cried.
“There’s a emptiness inside her and she’d do anything to fill it in. And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now it feels like cold blue ice in heart. She feels like kicking out all the windows and setting fire to this life she could change everything about her using colors bold and bright but all the colors mix together to grey. And it breaks her heart.” Get out of my head, Dave.

Beautiful Day – U2
Karen was a low maintenance bride but her one demand was that this song be played while we got ready for the wedding. Whenever I think of anything from that day, this song is playing in my head.

Over-Rated – Gavin DeGraw
The second I feel this way about someone, I’ll marry him.

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
This song came out my senior year of college and every time I hear it I think of parties at the Brown & Mode, twice-baked potato dinners, date parties with assorted Pikes or Sig Eps, trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life, Friday afternoon’s with J and shacker lights.

Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Jay-Z
Come on people, it's the ring tone on my phone. Of course it would be on the soundtrack.

Crazy in Love - Beyonce
My 27th birthday included dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, followed by dancing at a club and meeting a Ben Affleck knock-off who was 21...but he kissed like it was his job. He bought me a shot and wished me a happy 21st birthday. When I told him I was actually 27, he responded, "Wow! You look great for 27!" It was hilarious! He was crafty too because during the course of the night, he managed to call his cell from my cell to get my number. He called for a few weeks after that telling me he wanted to take me to dinner but I thought he was too young. Little did I know that a few months later, Demi would make having an "Ashton" terribly fashionable...

At the Edge - The Nadas
*sigh* It still kind of stings. But when it was good, it was soooooooooooo good. Then again, when it was bad, it was...well, therein lies the sting.

Covered in Rain - John Mayer
Saw his show at Red Rocks last summer. This song is mellow and when he played it I remember looking down at the city and just thinking how much I love CO. During the guitar solo the wind shifted and I cracked up because Red Rocks has to be the only place I've ever paid to see a show and gotten refreshments for free. And I'm not even into that...but it's funny when it happens.

Now the big question...who would play the part of me in the movie?