What's Your Theme Song?

[JimmyJazz]

Mine is "Lost in the Supermarket"

P.S. While naming "Too Drunk to F***" by the Dead Kennedys would be amusing, it would not be highly complementary to yourself.

[TlalocW]

1. I often find myself whistling

The theme to Indiana Jones.

TlalocW

[pagerbear]

2. They're writing songs of love

...but not for me


<pagersniff>

[KeepItReal]

3. "I Can't Make You Love Me" - Various Artists...

Will Downing, George Michael and Prince's versions I like.

Of course when I'm feeling good...

"Homey Don't Play That" - Geto Boys!!!!!

[eyesroll]

4. This is the theme to eyesroll's show, the opening theme to

eyesroll's show...eyesroll called me up and asked if I could write her theme song...

[Bunny]

9. I'm almost halfway finished, how do you like it so far?

How do you like the theme to eyesroll's show?

[terrya]

5. Right NOW, dammit, it's the theme from "Goldfinger"

Out, NOW!!

:-)

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. "Ode to a Black Man" by Phil Lynott.

It would work much better if not for my pasty cracker ass.

[GiovanniC]

7. "Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old"

[tuvor]

51. Just wait it out.

You'll feel old enough :)

Sorry, about to turn 40, wondering how the hell it all went by so fast.

Don't get me wrong! I'd rather turn 40 than NOT turn 40.

[skypilot]

8. "Grazin' in the Grass"--Hugh Masekela

*

[bo44]

87. nice choice skypilot

I love that song. Never tire of hearing it.

[redqueen]

10. Looking for Someone - Genesis

[XNASA]

11. "Mayor of Simpleton"

[VelmaD]

12. "Not A Virgin" by Poe

:evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

13. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - the Kinks

[JimmyJazz]

14. ooooh - that's mine, too.

just kidding :7

[Wat_Tyler]

15. Today it's between 'Pearls' or 'Imperial' by Solar Radio.

[Beware the Beast Man]

16. "Heartbreak and Piss" by Nick Wilson

Beautiful and tragic, just like me...

[JimmyJazz]

17. and do you have the lyrics? n/t

[Wat_Tyler]

18. Heartbreak and Piss.

Heartbreak and piss
Never beem kissed
sixteen bottles and the devil's work
Catholic school,
two fisted cool
never get to heaven with a stolen heart. (uh-huh)

The table's laid
decisions made
city sky terminal, a hole in the wrist
mysterious girl
at the heart of the world
beauty isn't nothing it's a way of life (uh-huh-huh)

Heartbreak, always heartbreak
tearing me to bits
Heartbreak, only hearbreak
saves this world of piss.

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. Don't forget the bridge-

Purge myself of all my lovers,
Purge myself under the covers.

One of the dumbest lyrics ever, but effective.

[Wat_Tyler]

20. Yeah, but that's the backing vocals.

He's just sort of moaning by that point, isn't he.
Cool moaning, mind.

[sasquatch]

21. "Steal your Face" by Motorhead

:headbang:

[KamaAina]

22. Bush*'s is "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam

:evilgrin:

[JimmyJazz]

23. mmmm - nice idea for a new thread

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson

[skygazer]

25. "Comfortably Numb"

The song that let me know I was not alone in the world.

"When I was a child, I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comforably numb..."

Or perhaps "Brain Damage"

"You raise the blade
You make the change
You rearrange me till I'm sane
You lock the door
Throw away the key
There's someone in my head and it's not me.."

Man, I love Floyd....

[HEyHEY]

26. "Cross the tracks" Maceo and the Macs

Hey why not?

[blindpig]

27. Somber Reptiles, Eno n/t

[sendero]

32. Or...

.... as it is spelled on the record "Sombre Reptiles".

:)

[blindpig]

80. silly me

that's how I was going to spell it in the first place. Never second guess....

[necso]

28. It changes over time.

But I would have to say Green Day's "Basket Case" for now.

Honorable mentions go to:
Enya: "Now We are Free".
Garbage: "Special".
Garth Brooks: "Much too Young to Feel this Damn Old".
Grateful Dead: "Standing on the Moon".

[JimmyJazz]

29. Let me guess - you're still undecided!

:7

[necso]

74. Well as long as we are talking about Green Day,

This verse is simply brilliant:

I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex, sex
that's bringing me down
I went to a whore
She said my life's a bore
So quit my whining cause
it's bringing her down
...

So he thinks he's going nuts (from the chorus immediately preceding this). Now, of course, in our society you go to a shrink. And the shrink tells him that sex is his problem (ah, Freud, perhaps). -- So he goes straight to a whore.

This is great. A literal (more or less) interpretation of the shrink's fuzzy (who knows what) interpretation of some nonsense. -- The juxtaposition of whore and shrink (thereby making them equivalent) is strictly style points. That the whore gives him the only sound advice that he is getting, well, that is simply piling it on. ("Whine", BTW, ends up in the first verse.)

Biting social commentary, a study in alienation, a little play of someone getting caught up in one of the currents in our society and coming out at the bottom -- and finding that the bottom makes a lot more sense... After all you carry your unhappiness and boredom around with you like a cloud -- which is what the whore is telling him.

But there are little touches too. "I went to a" repeated both for "whore" and "shrink" is sweet. Repeating "sex" twice adds an element of obsession with sex (by the shrink -- or ?) that entire sentences normally would not do justice to. The phrase "analyze my dreams" adds an element of anticipating something akin to reading tea leaves. "that's bringing me down" are certainly not his shrink's words -- but his "take" on it. Thirty minutes (or an hour) of "Chinese Opera" and he "gets" that sex is the issue. Beautiful, just beautiful.

And then there is the whore who simply wants to get business over and done with (on some level you have to respect this) -- and who is pissed off that he is "bringing her down (repetitions begin and end each set of four lines). So she says a few unkind and true words -- and he seems to pick up the message -- which is the one thing that he hasn't paid for.

And there is more, much more. But there is no sense in becoming obsessed.

In any event, I am sticking with "Basket Case". So, no, I am not undecided -- open minded -- but not undecided.

[TroubleMan]

30. "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye

Of course.

[Zomby Woof]

31. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes

FZ, of course.

[sendero]

33. Eggs on Plate - Iggy Pop

The best song about not selling out ever written :)

[JimmyJazz]

35. I see your Iggy Pop and I raise you one Death or Glory:

Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the
world
And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl
Love 'n' hate tattooed across the knuckles of his hands
hands that slap his kids around 'cause they don't understand how

death or glory becomes just another story
death or glory becomes just another story

'N' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll
Grabs the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold
But i believe in this-and it's been tested by research
he who fucks nuns will later join the church

:7

[sendero]

38. Not bad...

... but you have to admit, Iggy never really sold out - and by now it is too late :)

[JimmyJazz]

39. what are you trying to say?

:7

Oh and by the way, the whole self mutalation thing was just a little wierd. 'tay?

[sendero]

40. Nothing...

... just that Iggy walked the talk. And yeah - that stuff was weird. But what most people dont understand is:

1) He did that stuff only a brief period of time in the early 70s when he was on the verge of a (probably drug abuse induced) mental breakdown

2) He wrote some incredible songs in the late 70's that nobody ever heard because he wasn't rolling around in broken glass any more

:)

[JimmyJazz]

42. I was never a big Iggy fan, but I do understand he had a die

hard following.

[sendero]

45. Well the critics...

... and lots of other folks focus on the early stuff like Raw Power.

It's OK, but the really good stuff came much later. Iggy is an incredible songwriter, not a "punk".

If you've never heard "Eggs on Plate", "Five Foot One", "Curiousity", "Don't Look Down", "The Villager", "Tell me a Story"... well, I just appreciate a well-crafted song with an opinion or insight I agree with. :)

[JimmyJazz]

50. Here's a shout out from Joe to Iggy:

World service bulletin from the nightshift D.J.
To all wavebands on earth
Reconnoitre on the killahertz

This tune is going out to Marconi
To all corners of the globe
There ain't no hut in the Serengeti
Where my wavelengths do not probe
If a rocket went to Saturn
We sure hope a D.J. is on board
For some anti-gravity mixing
With two dub plates of U-Roy

Throwdown Stray Cat strut in Bulawayo - hey, Bulawayo
Buddy Rich in Burundi
Quadrophenia in Armenia
Armenia City In The Sky
Big Youth booming in Djkarta
Nina Simone over Sierra Leone
Wild sound of Joujouka in Nevada - hey, Joujouka
Everywhere, everywhere Bob's bringing it all back home

Yeah, I let the boogie-woogie rumble
In the back of Bangalore
I get complaints from Bondi Beach
What, no longboard surf hardcore
Oh, send the rock steady out to Freddy
Who juggles plates in Tsing Tao City

Cos tonight Bo Diddley's in Finland Station - hey, Bo Diddley
Sun Ra's in Omaha
The Skatalites in New York City - hey, Skatalites
The Stooges rule over Habana
The Bhundu Boys rock Acapulco - hey, hey Bhundu Boys
Good hip hop in Islamabad
Ali Farke Toure's in Oaxaca - hey, Farke Toure
And Baaba Maal's all over Stalingrad

Yeah, while some are waking, some are sleeping
From Kamchatka to the Gabon
Above the tradewind, wingtips beating
We calling out for Ronnie and da-do Ron, Ron, Ron

We call the Cumbria to tumble
From the peak of the Himalayas
We send the funk into the jungle
To the last outpost of the bass player

[JimmyJazz]

52. i will pull Iggy up on my jukebox and take a second listen to his

music. I always respect someone who has a passion for an artist and will listen with an open mind! Besides, the Clash were written off for being "punks" as well and, together, Mick and Joe wrote music that speaks to people even today.

[Amaya]

34. End Of The Day

nt

[no name no slogan]

36. "T.V. Eye" by the Stooges

cuz I'm a paranoid freak

[no name no slogan]

47. or "Public Image" by PiL

tough call. damn.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

37. Dr. Jimmy (Quadraphenia)

Laugh and say I'm green
I've seen things you've never seen!
Talk behind my back
but I'm off the beaten track!

[JimmyJazz]

44. great pick! n/t

[AlFrankenFan]

41. About Her by Malcom McLaren (from the Kill Bill Vol. 2 soundtrack)

and the lyrics...

Well no one told me about her
The way she lies
Well no one told me about her
How many people cried

Well no one told me about her
The way she lies
Well no one told me about her
How many people cried

But it’s too late to say you’re sorry
How would I know?
Why should I care?
Please don’t bother to find her
She’s not there

Well no one told me about her
Well no one told me about her
How many people cried

But it’s too late to say you’re sorry
How would I know?
Why should I care?
Please don’t bother trying to find her
She’s not there
She’s not there…

There's also a backing vocal part I couldn't find the lyrics for.

[Mara Steele]

43. Right now, "Sascha", by Jolie Holland

[St. Jarvitude]

46. Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann

Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann
Und mir steckst auch im Blut,
D´rum wand´r ich froh so lang ich kann
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

Valleri, vallera, valleri, vallera
Ha ha ha ha ha -
Valleri, vallera,
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

Das Wander schafft stets frische Lust,
Erhält das Herz gesund,
Frei atmet draußen meine Brust,
Froh singet stets mein Mund.

Valleri, vallera, valleri, vallera
Ha ha ha ha ha -
Valleri, vallera,
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

Drum trag ich meinen Wandersack
Weit in die Welt hinein,
Und werde bis ans kühle Grab
Ein froher Wandrer sein.

Valleri, vallera, valleri, vallera
Ha ha ha ha ha -
Valleri, vallera,
Und schwenke meinen Hut.

(You may know this song as its English translation, "The Merry Wanderer")

[tuvor]

48. Jonathan Richman: I'm Just Beginning to Live

But that was the last time I gave it any thought about 20 years ago.

Ra-doo-dat-doo-dat-n-dad-ohhhhhh!

[bobthedrummer]

49. You name it, I'll play it.

Right about now it's "King Bee" by Slim Harpo.
:smoke:

[Kenneth ken]

53. Going Underground - The Jam

Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I'm quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I'm so happy I can't see the point.

Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy's brigade and,
I'm so happy and you're so kind
You want more money - of course I don't mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes

And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society's got -
I'm going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow

Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
Me, I've enough already on my plate
People might need some tension to relax
I'm too busy dodging between the flak
What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns

And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants
I'm going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow

We talk and talk until my head explodes
I turn on the news and my body froze
The braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream!
Going underground, I'm going underground!

[JimmyJazz]

54. Do you think The Jam were one of the most underrated bands to

come out of the "punk" genre? Yes, I know they were ska, but at the time, there was not a differentiation.

[Kenneth ken]

57. I will cautiously say yes

most people I knew back then hadn't heard of them till they listened to something I had.

Cautiously because I didn't really know much about them till about the time they broke up, and wasn't really a huge fan. So, in my not-all-that-knowledable-voice I will say, I don't realy know that they were ska. Not in the sense of The Specials, or The Selector or bands like that.

But, still, yes; they don't seem to have as much of a carry-over beyond their time, as say The Clash or Black Flag or other punk bands do, so I'd say underrated.

[JimmyJazz]

59. I just pulled them up on the jukebox - dude, they defined ska!!!

I'm listening to a "Town Called Malice" They came of age at the same time as the Clash, the Pistols, Suicide, the Damned and toured with these groups, but I think they distiguished themselves with their sound.

[sundog]

55. Heart of Gold - Neil

[SW FL Dem]

56. I will Survive - Gloria Gaynor n/t

[Dark]

58. can't remeber what's it called,

it's number 7 opn Linkin park
's new album. It's p[reetty good.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

60. Warren Zevon - "Sentimental Hygiene"

Along with most of the rest of the whole album. It is a perfect album. No. Flaws. Anywhere.

[JimmyJazz]

62. but does it define you:? no flaws? I want the one song that

defines who you are.

[Huckebein the Raven]

61. I have several favorites:

"Battle without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei

"The Lonely Shepherd"

-from Kill Bill Vol 1.

"The Real Folks Blues" - the Cowboy Beebop End Song

"Soft and Clean " (?) I thinks it's from the commercial for Kingdom Hearts game

Also, from Final Fantasy X-2: 1000 words

[JimmyJazz]

63. see above -what song can you play for someone to say:

"this defines (not completes) me." BTW, I lied - the song that defines me is "Complete Control." It's about not letting others define who you are. It's a song that says, "I know I messed up by going with the establishment, I shouldn't have done that and I won't let it happen again."

[Huckebein the Raven]

69. hmmmmm. For the current stage in my life I would

go with Portishead's "Wandering Star" which would symbolize figuring out what I want to do for a living and life and relationships in general.

To keep from getting discouraged, I like Lauren Hill's "Everything is Everything (i believe that's the title)" from the Miseducation of Lauren Hill CD:

Everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually

I wrote these words for everyone
Who struggles in their youth
Who won’t accept deception
Instead of what is truth
It seems we lose the game
Before we even start to play
Who made these rules?
We’re so confused
Easily led astray
Let me tell ya that
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
After winter, must come spring
Everything is everything

I philosophy
Possibly speak tongues
Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist
Rap this in fine linen
From the beginning
My practice extending across the atlas
I begat this
Flippin’ in the ghetto
On a dirty mattress
You can’t match this rapper/actress
More powerful than two Cleopatras
Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti
Mcs ain’t ready
To take it to the Serengeti
My rhymes is heavy like the mind of
Sister Betty
L. Boogie spars with stars
And constellations
Then came down
For a little conversation
Adjacent to the king,
Fear no human being
Roll with cherubins
To Nassau Coliseum
Now hear this mixture
Where hip hop meets scripture
Develop a negative
Into a positive picture

Sometimes it seems
We’ll touch that dream
But things come slow or no at all
And the ones on top,
Won’t make it stop
So convinced that they might fall
Let’s love ourselves then we can’t fail
To make a better situation
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow
All we need is dedication


I don't really know a song about a extremely introverted person.

[RollergirlVT]

64. True Concrete Blonde

[CO Liberal]

65. My Wife Says Mine Should Be "The Windmills Of My Mind"

Round like a circle in a spiral,
Like a wheel within a Wheel,
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel,

Like a snow ball down a mountain,
Or a carnival balloon,
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the Moon.

Like a clock whose hands
Are sweeping past the minutes of its face,
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space.

Like the circle that you find
In the windmill of My Mind.

Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own,
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone.

Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half forgetten dream,
Or the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a Stream !

Like a circle in a spiral,
Like a wheel within a wheel,
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel,

As the images unwind,
In The WINDMILLS of MY MIND !

[DianeG5385]

66. Gilligan's Isle

theme song. It makes my toes tingle.

[JimmyJazz]

67. but does it define you? Are you Gilligan, Ginger, the Professor???

[MisterP]

68. "And I raa-aaan, I ran so far awaaa-aa-ay!"

just kidding! (?)

[evilqueen]

70. Stuck in the Middle With You

by Stealers Wheel (Gerry Rafferty)

But another is: Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

[AngryLizard]

71. "Now we're getting somewhere" - Crowded House

"We can choose/What we choose/To Believe"

Seriously. Crowded House rules.

[underpants]

72. White Tornado-REM

This overrides "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth

[WindRavenX]

73. "Happiness Is The Smell of Sin" by Takahashi Youko

What is the dream? We have the dream now

What is the dream? We make the dream come true


When I was young, I simply believed

that if I waited, my dream would come true.

Making a wish to the light flowing from the sky,

I smiled while weaving the present.



Then I came to realize,

that even if I wait, my dream will not come true.

Kind people are burdened with nothing but sadness,

being buried in the darkness called memories.




The overflowing smell of sin

Why can't I protect love

without hurting anyone's feelings?

Shards of overflowing lies

Someone's tears are seeping into

the happiness I held in my hands.




Although I descended to this world

with nothing but my heart, which is without amusement

from the moment I held it, I'm afraid of losing it.

Even tranquility some day turns to the enemy




The smell of sin that oozed out

Why can't I live my life

without coveting anyone?

Shards of warped lies

While dreaming of a brilliant tomorrow,

I count the sleepless nights.




The overflowing smell of sin

Why can't I protect love

without hurting anyone's feelings?

Shards of overflowing lies

Someone's tears are seeping into

the happiness I held in my hands.




What is the dream? We have the dream now

What is the dream? We make the dream...

What is the dream? We have the dream now

What is the dream? We make the dream come true

[dpt223]

75. too drunk too fuckk

nt

[JimmyJazz]

82. did you not read my initial post?

while clever, not complementary

[Robeson]

76. Lifes a Long Song

by Jethro Tull

[LDS Jock]

77. MTM theme song.. "You're Gonna Make It After All"

:throws hat in the air:

[Swamp Rat]

78. Walkin' to New Orleans

Fats Domino

This time I'm walking to New Orleans
I'm walking to New Orleans
I'm gonna need two pair of shoes
When I get through walking the blues
When I get back to New Orleans
I've got my suitcase in my hand
Now ain't that a shame
I'm leaving here today
Yes, I'm going back home to stay
Yes, I'm walking to New Orleans
You used to be my honey
Till you spent all my money
No use for you to cry
I see you bye and bye
Cause I'm walking to New Orleans
I've got no time for talking
I've got to keep on walking
New Orleans is my home
That's the reason why I'm goin'
Yes, I'm walking to New Orleans
I'm walking to New Orleans
I'm walking to New Orleans
I'm walking to New Orleans

[NamVetsWeeLass]

79. Oh man, there are several.....

Let's see, First we have "Little Fighter" by White Lion... then we swing to the redneck/hiphop world of Kid Rock and Kick out "American Badass" then we go to the Industrial world and have "Head Like A Hole" by NIN... Then we go to my Favorite White Welsh Witch etal and have "Landslide" By Fleetwood Mac... then we have "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones... Then we have....Oh too many to list.(How's that for a first post?)

[mdmc]

81. Michael row the boat a shore.

California, Uber Alles

[JimmyJazz]

83. That's terrific!

:hi: welcome to DU.

[getoffmytrain]

84. "One in a Million" G 'N' R.

[jus_the_facts]

85. Amber ~ 311

....'cos Amber is m'name...ask me again I'll tell ya the same! :hi:


Brainstorm
take me away from the norm
I got to tell you something
this phenomenon
I had to put it in a song
and it goes like

Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
you ought to know what brings me here
you glide through my head blind to fear
and I know why
whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally

Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally

You live too far away
your voice rings like a bell anyway
don't give up your independence
unless it feels so right
nothing good comes easily
sometimes you gotta fight

Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy
still it's fine from afar, and you know that
whoa, brainstorm take me away from the norm
whoa, I got to tell you something

[tjdee]

86. That song from Kill Bill...or, the Jaguar commercials...

A fly instrumental for sure.

I think.

[bo44]

88. Whippin' Post by the Allman Brothers

Slipping into Darkness by War

So What by Miles Davis

What is Hip by Tower of Power

Soul with a Capital S by Tower of Power

Compared to What by Eddie Harris and Les McCann

[gpandas]

89. don't even have a theme,

so no song

[mitchum]

90. "My Favorite Things" with new lyrics...

hot girl-on-girl scenes
and a big shot of morphine
freshly rippped fishnets
and that wake-up cigarette
these are a few of my favorite things...

[UrbScotty]

91. "Come Sail Away" by STYX

A Gathering of Angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me

[samplegirl]

92. Romantics

your whispering in my ear tell me all the things that i wanna hear
cause thats true....thats what i like about you.