The One with the Bulletin I Was Born to Do

What it do?

Ever since I was a little kid (I think it started when I was about eleven or twelve), I've always been a tad uberdramatic. Chalk it up to an excessive amount of time spent watching TV shows and movies, but I've always had a flair for blowing things out of proportion and making everything seem like a big deal, the way they seem during big moments in a show or movie.

The biggest thing for me's always been the soundtrack to the show/movie; I love it when certain songs not only suit the scene they're played in, but they actually also enhance the effect of whatever's happening. I've always pictured big moments in my life happening with certain songs playing in the background.

As such, I finally found the bulletin I was born to do. Here's hoping my seven or eight years of thinking about this very topic serves me well.

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Opening Credits: Zero 7 - Futures / Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold

• Both are good ways to set the early scene. They just both carry that "something big's going down" sense.

Waking Up Scene: A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?

• Nice. Chilled. A little bit lazy. The desire to spend more time relaxing. All things that remind me of getting out of bed.

Car Driving Scene: Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine

• Chose this 'cause it seems to fit my driving style like a glove: reckless as fuck. Plus, puts me in the mood to drive faster.

High School Flashback Scene: The Ataris - In This Diary

• Always reminds me of the Clean Rodriguez days, when no one gave a shit and we'd be rolling down the stairs and doing crazy random shit all afternoon long.

Nostalgic Scene: Johnny Cash - Hurt

• Perfect for a pensive mood.

Bitter, Angry Scene: Nirvana - You Know You're Right

• The sarcasm at the end of the verses works awesomely, especially since Kurt screams a long-winded "PAIN!" right afterwards.

Break-up Scene: The Used - Blue and Yellow

• Picture this: you just broke up with a girl you really love. You start to walk away, but then you start listening to "your song" on your iPod. As soon as it gets to the good part, you start running back to her, hug her from behind, and as she cries, you tell her you love her.

Regret Scene: Death Cab for Cutie - Title and Registration

• My favourite song. "There's no blame, for how our love did slowly fade. And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all. And here I rest, where disappointment and regret collide."

Nightclub/Bar Scene: Fat Joe feat. Lil' Wayne - Make it Rain / T.I. - What You Know / Jim Jones - We Fly High

• Any of these songs would be mad for a club scene. Throwing money around and making it rain in a club? Pointing to your crew and asking them what they know about that? "BALLING?" Hells yeah.

Fight/Action Scene: Eminem - 'Till I Collapse

• Gets me so AMPED! Perfect hype-up song.

Lawn Mowing Scene: Modest Mouse - The World at Large

• I pictured a lawn mowing scene as being chilled and relaxed, with nothing much happening, so I chose this song.

Sad, breakdown scene: Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

• I was about to choose something else seeing as this song was already used perfectly on The O.C., but I couldn't resist. I loved the slowdown effect. Beauty in the breakdown, ja?

Death Scene: Death Cab for Cutie - Your Bruise / Death Cab for Cutie - Bend to Squares

• I originally had Transatlanticism here, but I remembered how ethereal Something About Airplanes was, and decided to go with these two.

Funeral Scene: Staind - So Far Away

• I mean this in the least morbidly suicidal-sounding way possible, but I've always wondered about which song would be perfect for my funeral. Like, I want something that tugs right on the heart strings, but isn't too cheesy and doesn't have any bitter/spiteful undertones (wow, ironic). My choice usually changes like every month or so, but recently I've stuck with this song. It's melodic enough to get people going, and the lyrics are pretty positive-sounding as well.

Mellow/Pot-smoking Scene: Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. / A Tribe Called Quest - Vibes and Stuff / Shade Sheist - Where I Wanna Be

• Now we're talking. I would've put Mary Jane by Rick James, but Friday already used that in Smokey's weed scene. But hey, these songs capture the "chilled out, nothing doing" vibe that I'd want in my weed scene.

Dreaming About Someone Scene: Something Corporate - She Paints Me Blue

• Lyrics complement the dreaming of someone theme. COP OUT RESPONSE, WHAT UP?!

Sex Scene: A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

• I wouldn't want a sex scene to be uberdramatic, actually. So I went with something FLY.

Contemplation Scene: Jay-Z - Regrets

• A good contemplation song, I reckon. It's got the whole "yeah, you done fucked up, but you've gotta let that shit go and just move on" vibe going for it.

Chase Scene: TRUSTcompany - Downfall

• A onehundredandninetyone second dose of adrenaline.

Happy Love Scene: Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go / Bloc Party - This Modern Love / The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

• Love doesn't get much happier than with Imogen playing in the background. This Modern Love's pretty cheerful as well, so that gets a mention. Such Great Heights gets it 'cause Ben specifically described it as a fresh approach to a love song: instead of the sappy, downer stuff he'd been writing, it was rejuvenating to write a HAPPY love song for once.

Happy Friend Scene: Modest Mouse - Float On

• Float On has that "everything's gonna be alright" vibe for me, so it'd be good for a happy friend scene. We can all just chill, 'cause it always turns out alright in the end.

Closing Credits: The Beatles - Come Together

• Yup, I'm egotistical enough to ask everyone to gather round and take a moment to come together for me after it all ends.

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FUCK YO COUCH, that took longer than I expected. Anyways, over and out.

- marty..

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