Wow. I couldn't even begin to think of songs that are /me/. Plenty of songs that fit times in my life or situations, but not really any that are my identity. I'll reserve this space if I can manage five.
EDIT: Okay, that was surprisingly easy.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Look at Little Sister
Natsumi Kiyoura - Tabi no Tochuu
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
Becca - I'm Alive
I thought about throwing Legs, by ZZ Top in there, but if I figured that'd be a bit presumptuous of me ;)
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Gargantuan_Penguin wrote:@kaos I am 17. my music choices are what they are because my parents listened to that kind of music, and I ended up falling in love with it.
Oh. I guess I shouldn't be so presumptuous.
Still, I have a feeling not many share my musical tastes :P
I tend to agree with Laira a bit, on picking music like this, but at this place in my life, the above in some way, shape or form, is highly meaningful.
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I tend to agree with Laira a bit, on picking music like this, but at this place in my life, the above in some way, shape or form, is highly meaningful.
May you please put them in spoilers?
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I tend to agree with Laira a bit, on picking music like this, but at this place in my life, the above in some way, shape or form, is highly meaningful.
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The only problem that I see with these kinds of thread is that they don't really go anywhere. No discussion generally results, it's just a big collection of people saying something about themselves and only themselves.
FlowerChild wrote:The only problem that I see with these kinds of thread is that they don't really go anywhere. No discussion generally results, it's just a big collection of people saying something about themselves and only themselves.
I dunno, they're good for those moments when you want to listen to something different.
PatriotBob wrote:Damn it, I'm going to go eat pumpkin pie while I still think that it tastes good.
I will try my best though. For many many reasons the 5 songs below are deeply ingrained in my soul and speak volumes on who I really am. They each defined moments in my life that changed a lot of what I am, and how I perceive music in general, but didn't really stop there..
DISCLAIMER: Any hints of insanity hinted by the specific selection of the following 5 songs is purely coincidental.
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Ulver were the band that are 99% responsible for my musical identity from 2000 and onwards. They were the spark that led to an unforgettable decade of musical experimentation and broadened my horizons so much that I wouldn't be listening to 99% of the music I listen to today if it wasn't for them.
You can substitute married with a lot of things in the above song, and it will hold true for me..
This occupies a dark place in my heart.
What ulver did for more experimental music, radiohead did for..well I hate to use the title alternative, but that's what it was. And radiohead do still occupy an even darker place in the core of my soul, especially this song. It's lyrics feel as if I wrote them myself.
Yeah yeah, say what you want. I'm not a huge fan of coldplay, but this particular song marks a very intense moment in my life where a lot of what I would be in the future was shaped. Booze and a girl were included, in large doses. :P
Eh, because I'm not only into depressing music, and the exact opposite part of myself is nicely summed up by this.
I feel obliged to mention a few runners up though, that do define my identity but randomly did not make it in here.
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Beatles - Here comes the sun
Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny
God is an Astronaut - Fireflies and empty skies
Ultravox - Dancing with tears in my eyes
The Cure - Burn
I like things to be simple, and my life reflects that. But not boring.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
FlowerChild wrote:The only problem that I see with these kinds of thread is that they don't really go anywhere. No discussion generally results, it's just a big collection of people saying something about themselves and only themselves.
Yeah, I'll leave this open for another day or so and then lock it. There's no use in keeping a lag thread like this on the first page. I just think it's a cool social experiment to perform for yourself (the idea suddenly popped in my head and I felt I needed to share).
I also suddenly realized that the idea popping in my head is probably related to my love for "High Fidelity". Trying to categorize events, people, etc, into a five song list is a pretty powerful way to express yourself for some reason :)
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Yeah, I'll leave this open for another day or so and then lock it. There's no use in keeping a lag thread like this on the first page. I just think it's a cool social experiment to perform for yourself (the idea suddenly popped in my head and I felt I needed to share).
I also suddenly realized that the idea popping in my head is probably related to my love for "High Fidelity". Trying to categorize events, people, etc, into a five song list is a pretty powerful way to express yourself for some reason :)
Oh, I thought it a very cool idea too, hence my participation. I guess I was just lamenting that none of these threads never really evolves into anything more :)
FlowerChild wrote:Oh, I thought it a very cool idea too, hence my participation. I guess I was just lamenting that none of these threads never really evolves into anything more :)
I guess an internet forum is just too anonymous to really dig into things like this. We need to all go to a bar and get drunk together for that :)
