What's Your Theme Song?

[cliffdweller]

Okay, so we have "what's the soundtrack of your biography", and "who would play you in a movie and on t.v." so I got this idea:

At the risk of being too "Ally McBealy" :laugh: , what song would you pick as your theme song? It can be any song from anywhere (t.v., film, popular music, classical, etc...) and can encompass who you are, how you feel, or what picks you up when you're down.

I'd pick "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, no matter what that song always picks me up.

What's Yours?

:wavey:

[DeeGeMe]

I Won't Back Down--Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers!

[DownOnRodeo]

<-- Take a guess at mine. :P

[Pisces Queen]

Don't Blame is on me ~ blame it on my "WILDHEART" :angel:

[wondergirl9847]

I'm So Afraid.

[cliffdweller]

I'm So Afraid.


It took 6 hours for that? I'm surprised!! Although I worry about your fear of fearing :laugh: .

[jadegypsy]

Sweet Girl "come down here for a minute", is my choice, my Dad claims my theme song is Silver Girl though. I can kinda agree with him as I "would've been happier in the last generation," in other words the 60s.

[estranged4life]

the epic song "Estranged" by Guns'N Roses (Though it is nearly impossible to say "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" by Dream Theater currently fits me at this point in my life.)

[The Tower]

I have a couple....

"For The Roses" by Joni Mitchell

"Just the Wine" by Heart

"Revenge" by Patti Smith

There are so many that would qualify for this kinda thing now that I think about it.

[Ali]

"Misunderstood" by Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane

"No Such Thing" by John Mayer

[Sugar]

These days it's "Twist of Fate' by LB ;)

[DrummerDeanna]

Fixin' a Hole - The Beatles!

[Hawkeye]

"The Me I want To Be" by Gobo Fraggle from the show Fraggle Rock. If ANYONE knows what song I'm talking about raise your hand.

[Villavic]

Silver Springs, no doubt.

Ok, sometimes I think also in I'm so Afraid, and Sweet Girl (no because of the "girl", but for the "many are the cities" and the "across the world", however the difference with Stevie is that I did see all the cities... I'm a voyager spirit.

So it's Silver Springs, no doubt. Those lyrics describe my life. :cool:

[Sorcerer386]

My theme song is "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty. It's scary, I think he stalked me in order to write that song.

All day, staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall (okay, maybe not THESE lines)
(But definitely these)
All night, hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something
Hold on, headed for a breakdown
And I don't know why
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell...
Talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
And I know they've all been talking about me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong with me...

[cliffdweller]

I have a couple....

"For The Roses" by Joni Mitchell

"Just the Wine" by Heart

"Revenge" by Patti Smith

There are so many that would qualify for this kinda thing now that I think about it.

Nice Heart reference. If I were to pick a Heart song as my theme song, I would HAVE to pick Sister Wild Rose, it hits home.

[darklinensuit]

Nightbird or Wild Heart.
Honorable mention to Joplin's Half Moon and Zevon's Mr. Bad Example.

- Jake

[macmar71]

Wishing That~Jann Arden
Think About Me~Fleetwood Mac

[cliffdweller]

Nightbird or Wild Heart.
Honorable mention to Joplin's Half Moon and Zevon's Mr. Bad Example.

- Jake

No Garbo for ya?

:wavey:

[cliffdweller]

Think About Me~Fleetwood Mac

:nod: Nice choice. I love that song too.

[madformac]

Get Over It - The Eagles

High Hopes - Pink Floyd

:wavey:

[darklinensuit]

No Garbo for ya?

:wavey:

I love it - one of my top 5 favorites - but not as a theme song for a guy. I'm not sitting here in a silvery dress, you know.
And you in the GardenStateCheetahThong, don't even think about commenting. :rolleyes:
(BTW, The Highwayman is up there, too - but I'm not really about the love songs.)

- Jake

[The Tower]

Nightbird.

- Jake

I love it - one of my top 5 favorites - but not as a theme song for a guy. I'm not sitting here in a silvery dress, you know.

- Jake

You don't wear a silvery dress, but you DO wear boots all Summer long, with dark, careless, eye makeup?? :eek:

:blob2: :blob2:

[The Tower]

Nice Heart reference. If I were to pick a Heart song as my theme song, I would HAVE to pick Sister Wild Rose, it hits home.

When CD's first came out in the early/mid 80's, the very first CD I ever purchased was "Magazine" by Heart. Of course, I had the album since it was released, but that album always sticks in my mind.

"Just the Wine" is so, so, sooooooo 1976/77!!! Very evocative and true to the time. The feeling from that song is the way my "head is set"- weird term, but that's how I feel.

:thumbsup:

[GardenStateGirlie]

I love it - one of my top 5 favorites - but not as a theme song for a guy. I'm not sitting here in a silvery dress, you know.
And you in the GardenStateCheetahThong, don't even think about commenting. :rolleyes:
(BTW, The Highwayman is up there, too - but I'm not really about the love songs.)

- Jake

Really? Because I could have SWORN you owned one :nod:

Awww Jake...Venus doesn't glitter when she stands next to you ;)

Like the lyrics...hate the song...Silver Girl.

[DeadliestPoison]

For me, it's probably DTBIC.

Or I Can't Wait. King, etc. ;)

[sara1998]

My Immortal by Evanescence

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along



It really strikes a chord with my feelings about my husbands death. Kinda depressing, but, right now, it holds true. :distress:

Maria

[diamondsnake]

Sometimes it's a Bitch, Running Through The Garden, Destiny Rules, Doing the Best that I Can, and Everybody Finds Out (and no I am not having an affair, I have a different interp.)

[GardenStateGirlie]

You don't wear a silvery dress, but you DO wear boots all Summer long, with dark, careless, eye makeup?? :eek:

:blob2: :blob2:

He's very into the Tusk-era-Lindsey-experimental-makeup look :nod: ;)

[xdreamsunwindx]

Probably "Bad" by U2, or "11:59" by Blondie. Two completely different songs, but they seem to fit me pretty well :).

[darklinensuit]

You don't wear a silvery dress, but you DO wear boots all Summer long, with dark, careless, eye makeup?? :eek:

:blob2: :blob2:

This is Texas, so I wear my figurative ass-kicking boots all year, and as for the eye makeup, I don't wear it, but it's careless in that I can't care less about it. :cool:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

He's very into the Tusk-era-Lindsey-experimental-makeup look :nod: ;)

That does it, I'm telling Dissention to yank the Make-Me-Pretty-Marissa-Doll from the market.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

[B]

It really strikes a chord with my feelings about my husbands death. Kinda depressing, but, right now, it holds true. :distress:

Maria

I wish there was something comforting we could post to lift you today. You know we all care.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Really? Because I could have SWORN you owned one :nod:

Awww Jake...Venus doesn't glitter when she stands next to you ;).

No, but I have a restraining order to keep her from getting that close anyway.

- Jake

[sara1998]

I wish there was something comforting we could post to lift you today. You know we all care.

- Jake

Awwww, honey.... Thank you. But all the words in the world couldn't completely comfort me. But you know what? I'm moving forward in life, it's almost been a year (May 29th) and I'm doing OK! I miss him terribly, but I know that life does go on, and I'm healing well... Faith hasen't left me.... :)

Maria

[GardenStateGirlie]

That does it, I'm telling Dissention to yank the Make-Me-Pretty-Marissa-Doll from the market.

- Jake

I was going to have my own doll??? ;)

[GardenStateGirlie]

No, but I have a restraining order to keep her from getting that close anyway.

- Jake

Ah, that's right...she just couldn't stop harassing you :nod:

[Merf]

Right now, my theme song is "Going Under" by Evanescence.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Right now I would say "Unloved" might be a good choice.

[golddustwoman77]

My theme song would have to be "Sometimes It's A Bitch" by Stevie Nicks. That perfectly sums up my life. :nod:

[diamondsnake]

Right now I would say "Unloved" might be a good choice.

But all us Ledgies love you! :woohoo:

[littlelies7]

For a long time, this song really matched me.

I dunno, it just does.

[WelshWitchPMD]

But all us Ledgies love you! :woohoo:

Why, thank you Christopher! :D

[princessblair]

Stand Back gets me going, no matter what mood I'm in. I always picture Stevie singing it on Saturday Night live in 1983 and how much she rocked on that performance (LOL, it also rocks when the male dancer from the video comes out on stage for a rather weird tango with Stevie). The song has such a strong beat and Stevie's voice is powerful and it reminds me of why she is so cool.

Barracuda by Heart is my favorite non-Fleetwood Mac song. It has coolest guitar riff ever, and all the instruments on this song absolutely rock! Not to mention Ann and Nancy! This is the song I crank to the max when it comes on the radio in my car.

So why are they my theme songs? Barracuda, to me, is about getting on with life when something bad/annoying happens and how you're not going to let it overcome you. Stand Back is about finding something that makes you happy, even when things might not go your way. I take life one day at a time, and sometimes you just need to stand back...:)

[cliffdweller]

This is Texas, so I wear my figurative ass-kicking boots all year, and as for the eye makeup, I don't wear it, but it's careless in that I can't care less about it. :cool:

- Jake

Nice save. ;)

[cliffdweller]

[B] Barracuda by Heart is my favorite non-Fleetwood Mac song. It has coolest guitar riff ever, and all the instruments on this song absolutely rock! Not to mention Ann and Nancy! This is the song I crank to the max when it comes on the radio in my car.

I've always wondered about the porpoise references though. What do you suppose that means?

[Emerald]

my theme song would have to be Heart of Glass by Blondie

[darklinensuit]

my theme song would have to be Heart of Glass by Blondie

I like this song but one of these days I need to look up the lyrics. Half the time I can't understand her.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Nice save. ;)

Thanks.
You have my blessing to remain in my state now. :cool:

- Jake

[princessblair]

I've always wondered about the porpoise references though. What do you suppose that means?

I remember reading somewhere that the song was written as a response to music critics. After Dreamboat Annie came out, critics were not giving Ann and Nancy Wilson their credit due for being musicians/songwriters, rather writing them off. The barracuda (a cold-blooded killer) in the song probably represents the music critics and I'm guessing the porpoise is supposed to represent Ann and Nancy somehow (or Heart). I thought that barracudas might eat porpoises, but I couldn't find anything on that...although I did see one page stating that porpoises might eat barracudas. Go figure! Anyway, porpoises can adapt pretty well, so that might be the reference (Ann and Nancy moving on from the critics). Perhaps they thought they should include another deep-sea animal in the song to even it out :)


Barracuda Lyrics

So this ain't the end - I saw you again today
I Had to turn my heart away
You smile like the Sun - Kisses for everyone
And tales - it never fails!

You lying so low in the weeds
I Bet you gonna ambush me
You'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees
Wouldn't you, Barracuda? Ohhh

Back over Time we were all Trying for free
You met the porpoise and me, uh huh
No right no wrong….selling a Song-
A name whisper game.

And if the real thing don't do the trick
You better make up something quick
You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn into the wick
Ooh, Barracuda? Ohhhh…yeah

"Sell me sell you" the porpoise said
Dive down deep down save my head
You...I think that you got the blues too.

All that night and all the next, swam without looking back
Made out for western pools - silly fools!

Tthe real thing don't do the trick, no
You better make up something quick
You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn into the wick
Ohhh, Barra…barracuda! Yeah

[cliffdweller]

I remember reading somewhere that the song was written as a response to music critics. After Dreamboat Annie came out, critics were not giving Ann and Nancy Wilson their credit due for being musicians/songwriters, rather writing them off. The barracuda (a cold-blooded killer) in the song probably represents the music critics and I'm guessing the porpoise is supposed to represent Ann and Nancy somehow (or Heart). I thought that barracudas might eat porpoises, but I couldn't find anything on that...although I did see one page stating that porpoises might eat barracudas. Go figure! Anyway, porpoises can adapt pretty well, so that might be the reference (Ann and Nancy moving on from the critics). Perhaps they thought they should include another deep-sea animal in the song to even it out :)


Barracuda Lyrics

So this ain't the end - I saw you again today
I Had to turn my heart away
You smile like the Sun - Kisses for everyone
And tales - it never fails!

You lying so low in the weeds
I Bet you gonna ambush me
You'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees
Wouldn't you, Barracuda? Ohhh

Back over Time we were all Trying for free
You met the porpoise and me, uh huh
No right no wrong….selling a Song-
A name whisper game.

And if the real thing don't do the trick
You better make up something quick
You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn into the wick
Ooh, Barracuda? Ohhhh…yeah

"Sell me sell you" the porpoise said
Dive down deep down save my head
You...I think that you got the blues too.

All that night and all the next, swam without looking back
Made out for western pools - silly fools!

Tthe real thing don't do the trick, no
You better make up something quick
You’re gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn into the wick
Ohhh, Barra…barracuda! Yeah

Ah! That makes sense doesn't it? I know the story about the critics and so forth tearing them to shreds and that they represent the barracuda, but the porpoise was a mystery to me because of the vague way it was just kind of thrown into the song. It all makes perfect sense now. Thanks!!

[cliffdweller]

Thanks.
You have my blessing to remain in my state now. :cool:

- Jake

okay thanks Mr. careless eyeliner. Don't forget to wrap a cape around you tight I hear there's a cold front coming through this week. :lol:

[darklinensuit]

okay thanks Mr. careless eyeliner. Don't forget to wrap a cape around you tight I hear there's a cold front coming through this week. :lol:

A cold front, eh? Yeah, I suppose that description does fit you. (Any other clever comments?):xoxo: :D

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

A cold front, eh? Yeah, I suppose that description does fit you.

:eek:

Well I never... (throws cape over shoulder in irritated disgust and storms out) :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

BLONDIE - Heart Of Glass Lyrics
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

In between
What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

Lost inside
Adorable illusion and I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruising, yeah

Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
Seemed like the real thing only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

[darklinensuit]

BLONDIE - Heart Of Glass Lyrics
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

In between
What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

Lost inside
Adorable illusion and I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruising, yeah

Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
Seemed like the real thing only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind?
Mystery solved. :wavey:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

:eek:

Well I never... (throws cape over shoulder in irritated disgust and storms out) :laugh:

Aha! So THAT'S your theme song: I'd put on my cape for you, I'd storm out the door for you, anything you want me to do...

-Jake

[cliffdweller]

Aha! So THAT'S your theme song: I'd put on my cape for you, I'd storm out the door for you, anything you want me to do...

-Jake

:laugh:

Yeah, but I also wear boots all summer long so go figure...

[darklinensuit]

:laugh:

Yeah, but I also wear boots all summer long so go figure...

You're in the right city. :)

- Jake

[Vianna]

Storms by Stevie

"But never have I been a blue calm sea, I've always been a storm"

Also for those of you who know it,

"Everybody's Talking" by Nillson-from Midnight Cowboy I think

"Everybody's talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying, only the echoes of my mind.."

and

"The 59th Street Bridge Song" by Simon and Garfunckel

"Just kicking down the cobblestones,
Looking for fun and feeling groovy..."

[darklinensuit]

"The 59th Street Bridge Song" by Simon and Garfunckel

"Just kicking down the cobblestones,
Looking for fun and feeling groovy..."

Cool song.

- Jake