My Life in a Song (or 100)

I published this note on Facebook earlier today, and since my readership here exceeds my readership there, I thought I'd share....

Though this sounds painfully like a Facebook trend, I have to credit a former roommate for the idea. He recently put together a "sountrack to his life" and challenged me to do the same. I recognize the fact that very few people will look at this if they're not tagged. Meh.

A few disclaimers:

1. The years noted are when I remember them, not necessarily when the songs were released. It's possible I remember an 80s song from before it was released; if that's the case, it's because I transcend time.

2. I've no clue how to pinpoint dates from growing up, so the first four I'm attaching to before I turned 10. Close enough for horseshoes, handgrenades, and whogivesacraps.

3. Tapioca. (Someday, someone will write a song with that as the sole lyric.)

4. Most of these relate to 20th century club, PW (E and H), EGO, SU, Temple, SCAD, ex girlfriends, current wife, Tom's Cabin, driving cross-country, or singing inside my motorcycle helmet. Each track evokes some memory. At some point, I liked all of the songs. I can no longer make that claim today.

1. Boom Boom Ain’t It Great to Be Crazy - Wee Kids - (79)
2. The Age of Aquarius - 5th Dimension - (79)
3. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg - (79)
4. 99 Miles to LA - Johnny Mathis - (79)
5. My Life - Billy Joel - (81)
6. Vienna - Billy Joel - (82)
7. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer - Beatles - (83)
8. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle - (83)
9. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band - (83)
10. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot - (84)
11. Stay the Night - Chicago - (84)
12. The Last Dance - Irene Cara - (84)
13. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - (84)
14. You’re a Friend of Mine - Jackson Browne & Clarence Clemons - (85)
15. Take On Me - a-ha - (85)
16. Standing in Your Shadow - In Pursuit - (85)
17. The Refugee - U2 - (85)
18. Let’s Go Crazy - Prince - (85)
19. Thriller - Michael Jackson - (85)
20. That’s All - Genesis - (85)
21. The Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson - (85)
22. Am I in Sync - Steve Taylor - (85)
23. Fire and Rain - James Taylor - (86)
24. You Light Up My Life - Carole King - (86)
25. Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby - (86)
26. Walking on a Thin Line - Huey Lewis and the News - (86)
27. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz - (86)
28. One More Minute - Weird Al Yankovic - (86)
29. Penny Lane - Beatles - (86)
30. Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey - (86)
31. Trains Up in the Sky - Mylon Lefevre & Broken Heart - (86)
32. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - REM - (86)
33. Just Like Heaven - The Cure - (86)
34. What I Like About You - The Romantics - (87)
35. Leave It - Yes - (87)
36. That Voice Again - Peter Gabriel - (87)
37. Mary’s Prayer - Danny Wilson - (87)
38. Ba Ba Ba Ba - The 77s - (87)
39. Roxanne - The Police - (87)
40. Living on the Bright Side - Bryan Duncan - (87)
41. I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper - (88)
42. It Takes Two - Rob Bass and EZ Rock - (88)
43. Wipeout - Beach Boys - (88)
44. Good Lovin - Bobby McFerrin - (88)
45. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - (88)
46. Rio - Duran Duran - (88)
47. Poison - Bell Biv Devoe - (88)
48. Love is Not Lost - Leslie Phillips - (88)
49. Fragile - Sting - (89)
50. Oh Yeah! - Yello - (89)
51. Boys of Summer - Don Henley - (89)
52. Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy - (89)
53. Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel - (89)
54. Just a Friend - Biz Markie - (89)
55. Hotel California - Eagles - (90)
56. I Want to Know (What You’re Feeling) - Information Society - (90)
57. Hot for Teacher - Van Halen - (90)
58. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen - (90)
59. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants - (91)
60. Violent Blue - Chagall Guevera - (91)
61. More to this Life - Steven Curtis Chapman - (92)
62. Blame it on Me - Barenaked Ladies - (92)
63. She’s a Beauty - The Tubes - (92)
64. Goodbye, Goodbye - Oingo Boingo - (93)
65. I’ll Settle for You - Roommates - (93)
66. Dim - Dada - (93)
67. He Is Not Silent - Out of the Grey - (93)
68. Remember the Rainbow - The Fishermen - (93)
69. Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes - (94)
70. Spinning Round - Pray for Rain - (94)
71. I Just Wanna Know - Steve Taylor - (95)
72. Shine - Newsboys - (95)
73. Great Big Stupid World - Randy Stonehill - (95)
74. Four Seven - Jars of Clay - (95)
75. Days Go By - Duncan Sheik - (96)
76. When I Was a Boy - Dar Williams - (96)
77. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads - (96)
78. Sarah Smile - Hall & Oates - (96)
79. A Day in the Life - Beatles - (96)
80. Justified - Black Eyed Sceva - (96)
81. The Window - Trout Fishing in America - (97)
82. Go Daddy-O - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - (97)
83. Fame - Todd Greene - (97)
84. Delivery - Roommates - (97)
85. American Girl - Tom Petty - (97)
86. Desire - U2 - (97)
87. What Wondrous Love Is This? - Randall Lancaster - (98)
88. House on Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins - (98)
89. When Doves Cry - Prince - (99)
90. Center of Attention - Guster - (00)
91. Another Horsedreamer’s Blues - Counting Crows - (00)
92. Sixteen Candles - Sponge - (00)
93. Tony - Patty Griffin - (01)
94. I Do What I Can - Sheryl Crow - (02)
95. The Finish Line - Steve Taylor - (03)
96. Everybody Loves Jill - Cowboy Mouth - (03)
97. Skin - Vigilantes of Love - (03)
98. The Luckiest - Ben Folds - (05)
99. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - (06)
100. The Blower’s Daughter - Damien Rice - (07)

If you've nothing to do and too much time, I encourage you to create your own list. I also encourage you to give me money, regardless of your circumstances.