music for particular moments
- when the weather is hot and the sun in shining and i'm driving, particularly on a highway, preferably on a road trip: journey's greatest hits (see also: when i need to get motivated to clean house)
- when it is raining and no one has to get up and go to work and instead i and my beloved get to stay in bed, etc: keith jarrett's the koln concert
- when the summer day is so long that the sun is still intense at 8:00 in the evening and it makes my heart break with anticipation for something out of reach until i can hardly stand to be in my own skin: the yeah yeah yeah's fever to tell
- when i need to feel: elton john's songs from the west coast
- when i want to feel nothing: coldplay's x & y
- when i'm cooking for a party: carole king's tapestry
- when i want to remember the joy that hans gave me and/or want to feel youthful hope for the future: the futureheads
- when we have people for dinner (no more than 6): the dave brubeck quartet's time out and miles davis's sketches of spain, followed by rita lee's bossa 'n beatles for dessert
- when we have parties: michael wolff's intoxicate, the orishas' emigrante, klez! from the klezmer conservatory band; after kath leaves, the beatles' abbey road; for a nightcap, sharon jones and the dap kings' naturally (also good for when justin and i are both home reading)
- when i'm trying to wake up: bright eyes' i'm wide awake, it's morning
- when we're playing scrabble or chess: belle and sebastian's the boy with the arab strap and if you're feeling sinister (because it's easier to strategize to music to which you can sing "tra la la la la")
- when i need to laugh: the red elvises' i wanna see you bellydance or har mar superstar's the handler (jill - if you're up to going out, you should see har mar - he will make you feel better, i promise - he's in sydney and melbourne this week)
- when i feel like my heart will break for no particular reason: charlie haden's nocturne and vince gill's high lonesome sound
- when i want to pretend i'm still 14: the police's synchronicity
- when i'm home alone, playing online or reading by myself: moulin rouge and moulin rouge 2 from the 2001 movie
- when our parents come to visit: the kinks' backtrackin', vol. 1
- when zelda comes to visit: dan zanes and friends' family dance
so what's your soundtrack?
posted by laura at 9:09 PM
6 Comments:
sketches of spain was what i had my parents play at my brothers' funeral (which he stole from me...well, after i stole it from my dad...and i never got it back). its my favorite miles davis album.
ummm, ani and liz phair when i am feeling angry or need empowerment; fela, bollywood soundtracks, les negresses vertes and massilla sound system when i need pumping up or am tired or want to block out the subway noise; the pogues, cibu mato, and david wilcox when i am feeling silly; and simon and garfunkel, ella, billie, and etta when i am feeling overly sentimental.
bridge over troubled waters when i am crying and want to feel like my brother is with me.
You didn't list anything that I play on my show. :(
And you even listed Bright Eyes, and I've actually played an anti-Bright Eyes song on my show a few times. :P
_, this is my life soundtrack, and it only includes whole albums.
before i lost my son, i didn't subscribe so much to the philosophy of the show; now it's relevant to me. but it's also relatively new. over time, some artists you play you could make the list. but not yet.
also, i find a lot of your artists, while really, really interesting, to be, if not novelty acts, then one-note acts - not the sort of music in which i want to invest in the whole album or have to listen to the whole album. your artists of choice are more of the mix-tape variety for me.
i would invest in the trachtenburgs - just haven't gotten around to it yet. but do i find them the perfect music for a specific facet of my life? no.
plus, your show, which i adore, is only one facet of my personal music, which is kind of all over the map.
i've missed your anti-bright eyes music. what is your beef with him? people seem to be so polarized around him; i don't know - i just see him as someone young and maybe brilliant who is still figuring out who he is and what he wants to be, and it's riveting to watch it happen.
and where's your personal soundtrack??? you of all people should have such a list at your fingertips. spill it!
ella, billie and etta - how could i have forgotten them?
I have one for driving home for a funeral: John Mellencamp's Human Wheels album.
that's a great cd, isn't it? i understand exactly what you're saying. when i listen to modest mouse, my life as i know it evaporates, and i live in a sleek, minimalist space and wear sleek, minimalist clothes and i, too, am sleek.
as if.
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