Soundtrack of my Life: Extended Edition!

So, I had so much fun doing the last one that I decided to give it another go. This time, I added a bunch of my own categories as well. Moreover, in order to retain the inherent entropy in this (or the "element of surprise," as approved by Chuck Norris!), while achieving somewhat more relevant results, I still utilized my vast song library and Winamp's randomizer, but kept randomizing until a song that made at least a minor amount of sense (or was funny) in the situation came up. Here we go! Let me know how you like this one, and how it compares to the previous list.

Opening Credits: Rocky - Theme Song
In the words of Peter Griffin, "Freaking Awesome!"

Waking up: John Williams - Star Wars Main Theme
I love the smell of lightsabers in the morning... certified 100% pure geek right there.

First Day at High school: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
This is a great song for the start of anything, but it seems to fit particularly well with high school.

Education: Pink Floyd - The Wall
Summarizes education: "We don't need it!"

Falling in Love: Audio Adrenaline - Some Kind Of Zombie
Plenty of correlation between people in love and zombies...

High school in general: Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
For all the conflicts I got into.

Fight Song: Dropkick Murphys: The Gauntlet
Nothing like brawling Irishmen for a good fighting song: this one does actually involve war and fighting too, so it's perfect.

High school cliques: The Who - Pinball Wizard

Breaking Up: Green Day - Basket Case
Definitely appropriate for a break-up: could also work for a (mental) breakdown.

Drumming: AC/DC - Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Self-explanatory...

Camping: Moxy Fruvous - The Drinking Song
Last song of every Venturer dance: possibly the greatest narrative song ever, and one of the best to sing along to, especially when there's 200+ people all doing so at once.

High school soccer: Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Great sporting song for almost any event.

Police: AC/DC - Nervous Shakedown
Brilliant song: describes my view of the boys in blue quite nicely.

Poker games: Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Best gambling song ever.

Small-town, small-school life: Relient K - Hoopes I Did It Again
One of the best summaries of high school life in a small community that I've ever heard.

Ball hockey: Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Brilliant hockey song

Applying to university: AC/DC: If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
Describes the application process pretty well, I thought.

Prom: Judas Priest - You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
Summarizes senior year, prom, and high school in general well, and also how adults treat teenagers.

Life: U2 - Mysterious Ways
Makes a lot of sense about life in general.

Mental Breakdown: Moxy Fruvous - The King of Spain
Seems as good an alter-ego as any to adopt during a mental breakdown...

Working out (or lack thereof): Arrogant Worms - I Want To Look Like Arnold Schwarzenegger

Looking for answers: Iron Maiden - The Rainmaker

Preparing to move to university: They Might Be Giants - Destination Moon
A good song to describe the convoluted process of getting from A to B.

Plane trip to Kingston: Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
Perfect description of a long plane trip, with anticipation of what's to come.

Concerts: Thousand Foot Krutch - Bounce
Quality song: demonstrates moshing pretty well!

Flashback: Remy Zero - Save Me
Perfect for a flashback, especially seeing as it's the Smallville theme, and the series was shot in my town... would be good anyways as a song to look back on my past experiences.

Optimistic moments of university: Great Big Sea - Ordinary Day
Pretty self-explanatory, if you know the song.

Saturday nights in res: Hockey Night In Canada theme
Describes my leisure time!

Finishing an exam: Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

Home for Christmas: Iron Maiden - Back In The Village
Sort of encapsulates the feeling.

My philosophy: Monty Python - The Australian Beer Drinking (Philosopher's) Song

Surviving first year: Tom Cochrane - Victory Day

Deciding what to do for the summer: Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds

Travelling: Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

Countless hours spent in Toronto Airport: Rush - YYZ
(it's the airport's designation)

Various trips: Mudmen - Home For A Rest
Best vacation song ever!

Another break-up: Chilliwack - My Girl

Getting back together: They Might Be Giants - Sleeping In The Flowers
Works well here: describes a successful relationship.

Wedding: Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Good romantic song: always one of my favorites.

Birth of Child: Van Halen - Where Eagles Fly
Think that would be a pretty elevating experience: this song's rather poetic, and describes what I think would probably going through my head at that time.

Final Battle: AC/DC - TNT
One of the ultimate pump-up/battle songs

Death Scene: Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Great death song.

Funeral Song: Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Originally written as a ode to Syd Barrett, I think it fits nicely here too.

End Credits: Twisted Sister - We're Not Going To Take It
A pretty good summary of my outlook on life.

Movie Soundtrack of My Life!

(Stole this simultaneously from Ricardo and Erik: if you take it from two sources, it's now research instead of plagiarism!)

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (I proudly use Winamp instead of any Apple-branded crap:P!)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie

After I do this, I'm going to try doing one where I actually pick a song for each, rather than delegating to my random function (it currently has 2343 songs to pick from, so it will likely produce some rather nonsensical results!

Opening Credits: Five Iron Frenzy - Pre-Ex Girlfriend
Yup, story of my life right there.

Waking up: Richard Wagner - Gotterdamerung: Trauermarch
Now I know why I feel like going to war with the world early in the morning.

First Day at High school: Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Excellent: plenty of similarities between Rush's view of kings and my view of high school elites. This could work well.

Falling in Love: They Might Be Giants - D Is For Drums
Well, I guess I did sort of fall in love with my first drumset...

Fight Song: ApologetiX: Learn Some Deuteronomy
Classic: forgot I even had that song. Nothing like some old-school smiting music!

Breaking Up: Twisted Sister - The Beast
Yep, I could see that... breakup seen from my point of view.

Prom: Deep Purple - Fireball
Yeah, could work: it is about a relationship, and actually sort of reminds me of my prom night.

Life: American Made - Days Left Behind.
Yeah, pretty nice random pick: would have been better as a high school song though.

Mental Breakdown: Seattle Symphony - Beethoven's Ninth intro
Well, Beethoven's a good choice for a breakdown, but I would have picked the Fifth.


Driving: AC/DC - Girl's Got Rhythm
Terrific driving band, but not one of their best driving songs: I would have gone with Highway to Hell or You Shook Me All Night Long.

Flashback: Scottish National Anthem
Now that's just corny: I'm not even all that Scottish, so this doesn't make a lot of sense (unless it's a flashback to watching Braveheart for the first time!)

Getting Back Together: Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles
Spot on: not sure if I can top that in my own list.

Wedding: AC/DC - Whole Lot Of Rosie
Wow, that made me laugh way too much...

Birth of Child: Jesus Christ Superstar - Judas' Death
Okay, that's out of left field... would have been a better mental breakdown song (however, having kids might give me a breakdown!)

Final Battle: Five Iron Frenzy - 3rd World Think Tank
At least it has Tank in the name: bass lick is pretty good for a battle song.

Death Scene: Boston - Rock and Roll Band
That's a big miss: not a death song at all.

Funeral Song: Kiros - Let Go
That one works pretty nicely, actually... pretty perfect for my funeral/eulogy.

End Credits: Superchick - Princes and Frogs
Haha, hilarious... forgot I even had that on my computer. Could possibly work, from a certain point of view... but then, Vader killed Luke's father.