My Musical Moods

I love music.  Almost all kinds of music.  Music is always bonded with memories in my head. Certain music makes me think of people, places and moments. I get depressed that there's not constant theme music playing during moments in my life.  Maybe I watch too many movies to want this to happen but still!  Just so you can understand what it is I'm trying to explain, here a basic list of what certain songs mean to me -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaKnRUfh_5I

Yes you got your spell on me baby
Turning my heart into stone.
I need you so much magic woman
I can't leave you alone.

"Black Magic Woman" by Santana is a cold beer on a hot summer day with the breeze of the ocean blowing through your hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNM7j_ppHI


There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're sayin'.

"The Wall" by Pink Floyd is siting in a darkened dorm room watching the multi-colored music notes rise from the flame of a burning candle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvF9PAxe5Ng

Turn on...I see red
Adrenaline crash & crash my head
Nitro Junkie, Paint me dead
And I see red

"Fuel" by Metallica is fist flying in the air from pented up rage in a sweaty mosh pit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuoFiIFkdAA

I'm the one without a soul
I'm the one with this big fucking hole
No new tale to tell
Twenty-six years on my way to hell

"Wish" by Nine Inch Nails is pure hatred bought to life by lyrics only to be released in blood, sweat and tears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzMuDi7PcU

go on, take everything take everything i want you to
go on, take everything take everything i dare you to

"Violet" by Hole is the fury of a heartbroken woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcNvj12W5Gw

"Out of Body Experience" by Rabbit in the Moon is ecstatic and fluid movements out on a dance floor while the world moves with love around you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXi3mCfv15k

Feel The Funk You'll
Let Me Feel The Load
Get Down With The Boogie
I'm Gonna Knock With The Jungle Boogie
Get Down
Get Down With The Boogie Say

The majority of the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack is a coke and alcohol fueled car ride to the next party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69laCvKxEw

Times is rough and tough like leather
Figured out I went the wrong route
So I got with a sick tight clique and went all out
Catchin keys from across seas
Rollin in MPV's, every week we made forty G's
Yo brothas respect mine, or anger the tech nine
Ch-POW! Move from the gate now
 

"C.R.E.A.M." by Wu Tang Clan is a subway ride into the city with my kicks, baggy jeans and a high ponytail while checking out the cute ghetto boys across the aisle from me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnm4aJe-j4
(okay, not the actual song I'm talking about but still a kick ass Deee Lite song and this samples and remix cd reminds me of my trip to Hungary when I was 21.  See?  Still relevant for the topic!)

DJ On-E's remix of "We Are Family" is a night of kaleidoscope colored people moving to the beat of this drummer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mjd7rZZLHY

I sit by and watch the river flow.
I sit by and watch the traffic go.
Imagine something of your very own

"Dreaming" by Blondie is a walk down Saint Mark's Place in the Village before getting to Washington Square Park in the springtime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDIaDS9HhMw

Don't you know,
Honey, nobody ever gonna love you
The way I try to do.
Who'll be willing to take your pain
And all your heartache, too ?

"Cry Baby" by Janis Joplin is a tall, cold glass of Black Label and lemonade,  pack of Newports while hiding in the humid shade of a tree on a blanket on the grass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarQCyPQTLo

I still remember the first time you said that you love me
You held me in your arms
And said you'd never ever leave me

"Dream Boy Dream Girl" by Cynthia and Johnny O is teeny bopper crushes, late night phone calls and group dates to the movies before you were officially "allowed" to go on dates.


It's not hard for me to come up with the perfect song for the perfect moment in my head.