if my life were a movie

One of my favorite "getting to know you" questions to ask someone is "what would be on you life soundtrack?" I've always kind of wished my life were a movie, and if it were I would want it to have an awesome soundtrack. Awesome, like "High Fidelity" soundtrack awesome (one of my favorite movie soundtracks).

When I was at OBU I pledged College Players (a social club, since we didn't actually have sororities or fraternities at OBU) and one of my pledge projects was to create a cd with a least 10 tracks that I felt told the story of my life. Then a few years after that I got together with a couple of my friends and we decided to do the same thing and then swap them. It's interesting to see what music people feel tells the story of their lives.

I decided that if my life were a movie "Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani Difranco would play during the opening credits. That's been the one constant in my soundtrack over the years, the rest of it has varied. I've been trying to come up with my current tracklist and I think I would include these songs:

1. "Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani Difranco
2. "All My Ex's Live in Texas" by George Strait
3. "Flowers on the Wall" by The Statler Brothers
4. "River" by Joni Mitchell
5. "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" by Bob Dylan
6. "Providence" by Ani Difranco
7. "Girl at the Rockshow" by Blink 182
8. "Red Letter Day" by The Get Up Kids
9. "The Walk" by The Cure
10. "Flood" by Jars of Clay
11. "Foolish Games" by Jewel
12. "Vampire" by Juliet Turner
13. "All I Ask of You" Phantom of the Opera
14. "The Next Episode" by Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg
15. "Better Son/Better Daughter" by Rilo Kiley

Coming up with a soundtrack is more difficult that I thought it would be. Music plays such an important part of life. It always amazes me how hearing a song can take me back to a particular moment in time.

Music defines the best moments in life.

**Edit** I would have to add some Janis Joplin in there too, "Me and Bobby McGee" or "Piece of My Heart"