the soundtrack of your life

Hang on in there - Johnny Bristol...the first record I realised was about sex!

That's entertainment - The Jam...the first record I bought for the social commentary

How can you mend a broken heart? - Bee Gees...from when my heart was truly broken

boxcar willie sings the blues

Do Re Mi by Woodie Guthrie
a song about Okies flooding California with emmigrants (You're number 14,000 for the day . . . If you ain't got the Do Ray Mi, folks, better go back to beautiful Texas ...) MY Mom's family was refused entry for lack of cash.

Cotton Fields
I was born in a tent in the middle of a cotton patch.

Oh Suzannah
Finally got into California when I turned three.

Sleepin at the Foot of the Bed
(They say some folks don't know what it is
Havin' comp'ny all over the place
To wrap up a cover on a winter night
With a big foot settin' in your face
Or cold toenails a-scratchin' your back
And the foot-board scrubbin' your head
I'll tell the world you ain't lost a thing
Never sleepin' at the foot of the bed.

I've done it over and over again
In this land of the brave and the free
And in this "all fired" battle of life
It's left its' mark on me
For I'm always a-strugglin' at the foot
Instead of forgin' ahead
And I don't think it's caused by a doggone thing
But sleepin' at the foot of the bed.)
Being a large family in a series of cramped living quarters, the song illustrates a way of life, not an occasional holiday or weekend.

If I Were a Carpenter
Tried working with my grandfather in the building trade. We were mutually unhappy with one another.

Blue Navy Blue and Television
(My son decide to go to sea
He try to join US Navy
They give him the test and here's the rub
They find him suited for watching Mickey Mouse Club)
(My steady boy said ship ahoy
And joined the Nay yay vee)

Blowin in the Wind

Abraham Martin and John

Masters of War

Alice's Restaurant Massacree

All My Trials

Walkin on the Green Grass

My Boy (from Carousel)

The Second Time Around

Masters of War, Universal Soldier, Don't Let Go

Great idea for a thread!!

I guess it just depends on who gets to play my role in the movie hahaha

Lets see, a younger Clint Eastwood or Robert Duvall perhaps lol

ok, lets give this a try......the soundtrack for today will be country.....I'll look into a rock soundtrack another time.

1. A Cowboy Is Born With A Broken Heart - Boy Howdy
(seems to be my legacy)
2. My Hero's Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
(born and raised in a rodeo family, how could I be any different?)
3. I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - Barbara Mandrell
(how very appropriate)
4. Thank God For Kids - The Oakridge Boys
(a dedication to the two I love most, my daughters)
5. I Ain't Ever Satisfied - Steve Earle
(first marriage down in flames)
6. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Toby Keith & Sting
(oh, the joys of divorce!)
7. I'm No Stranger To The Rain - Keith Whitley
(a time of self pity)
8. Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks
(my weakness for buckle bunnies lol)
9. Unbroken - Tim McGraw
(finding who I thought was the one)
10. Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
(fighting her demons)
11. Dreadful Selfish Crime - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
(a song about wasting time and my life)
12. 'Til I Am Myself Again - Blue Rodeo
(a period of discovery and self evaluations, brings us up to the present)

Ok, that was fun.....time to go burn this CD!

Put every Beatles record onto the spindle of your autochanger. That's the soundtrack to my life.