If your life was a movie what songs would be on the soundtrack?

2015-03-10T10:04:00-04:00

Music enhances life and tells others a lot about you. If you had your own personal soundtrack that followed you what songs would be on it. Lets all get to know each other a little better and list the song titles; lyrics or links to listen to your songs.
Here is one of the many that would be on my personal soundtrack (more will follow). Charlie Daniels - A Few More Rednecks

**edited to clarify that multiple songs would be better to tell your life story**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF1GiZCcL1o

A Few More Rednecks - The Charlie Daniels Band (2010 Version)

No Copyright infringement intended. Song belongs to The Charlie Daniels Band

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2015 10:07 AM

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I have tons of songs that would be on mine.

Roy Orbison's "I Drove All Night" and Louis Armstrong's "We Have All the Time in The World" would be two of the top ones.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2015 10:09 AM

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Good question. I'll have to chew on that one a bit and check in later.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2015 12:46 PM

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I would have to have a little bit of Merle Haggard, maybe...

Fightin Side of Me.

I hear people talkin' bad
About the way we have to live here in this country
Harpin' on the wars we fight
An' gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be

An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides
An' standin' up for things they believe in
When you're runnin' down my country, man
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me
Runnin' down the way of life
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep

If you don't love it, leave it
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'
You're runnin' down my country, man
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

I read about some squirrelly guy
Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'
An' I wonder just how long
The rest of us can count on bein' free

They
love our milk an' honey
But they preach about some other way of livin'
When you're runnin' down my country, hoss
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me
Runnin' down the way of life
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep

If you don't love it, leave it
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'
But you're runnin' down my country, man
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me
Runnin' down the way of life
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep

Yeah if you don't love it, leave it
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'
And you're runnin' down my country, man
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2015 6:15 PM

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My wife teases that this song was written for me so Don Mclean's Everybody Loves Me Baby would have to make the soundtrack...

(Spoken) One, two, three, four

Fortune has me well in hand
Armies wait at my command
My gold lies in a foreign land
Buried deep beneath the sand

The angels guide my every tread
My enemies are sick or dead
But all the victories I've led
Haven't brought you to my bed

You see, everybody loves me, baby
What's the matter with you?
Won'tcha tell me what did I do
To offend you?

Now the purest race I've bred for thee
To live in my democracy
And the highest human pedigree
Awaits the first born boy baby

And my face on every coin engraved
The anarchists are all enslaved
My own flag is forever waved
By the grateful people I have saved

You see, everybody loves me, baby
What's the matter with you?
Won'tcha tell me what did I do
To offend you?

Now, no land is beyond my claim
When land is seized in the people's name
By evil men who rob and maim
If war is hell, I'm not to blame

Why, you can't blame me I'm heaven's child
I'm the second son of Mary mild
And I'm twice removed from Oscar Wilde
But he didn't mind, why, he just smiled

Yes, and the ocean parts when I walk through
And the clouds dissolve and the sky turns blue
I'm held in very great value
By everyone I meet but you

'Cause I've used my talents as I could
I've done some bad, I've done some good
I did a whole lot better than they thought I would so
C'mon and treat me like you should

Because everybody loves me, baby
What's the matter with you?
Tell me what did I do
To offend you?

Everybody loves me, baby
What's the matter with you?
Tell me what did I do
To offend you?

Yeah, everybody loves me, baby
What's the matter with you?
Tell me what did I do
To offend you?

Response by SGT Jim Z. made Mar 10 at 2015 6:35 PM

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Very good question because I do not think one song is even going to cut it. I mean a movie is more than a few minutes long.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2015 6:41 PM

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Chuck Berry "My Ding-a-Ling"

Response by PO2 Pualani Ralph made Mar 10 at 2015 9:08 PM

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I loved her first- Heartland
What hurts the most -Rascal Flatts
Bless the U.S.A - Lee Greenwood
Banks of the Ohio - Bill Monroe & Doc Watson
American Soldier - Toby Keith
I keep on loving you- Reba
21 Guns - Green Day
Wake me up when September Ends - Green Day.

I am sure there are more...but for starters I am sure these would be on them. Though with my life I think I could make at least 3 movies.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 9:44 AM

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without a doubt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs

Denis Leary - Asshole (Uncensored Version)

Response by CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter made Mar 11 at 2015 10:07 AM

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When I die let me go to Texas

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 10:47 AM

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One of my favorite songs here. But as most pointed out 1 song could not cover it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QQC-C3sCwQ
I also like 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton ,Find Out Who Your Friends Are-Tracy Lawrence , & Lonestar - I'm Already There (Message From Home)

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 10:48 AM

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There are many and some may be a little telling but here's the short list:

Oh Mother - Christina Aguilera
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Boondocks - Little Big Town
Wildflower - The JaneDear Girls
My Best Friend - Tim McGraw

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 10:51 AM

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What if Stacy’s Mom was in fact Jessie’s Girl, her number was 867-5309 and she had a Cruel Summer during the Summer of 69 while Staying Alive as a Dancing Queen?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 10:59 AM

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Here is a song that would absolutley make the list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers in 1971, playing "Ain't No Sunshine"

Response by SPC Elizabeth Jones made Mar 11 at 2015 12:11 PM

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She's Got her own

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 3:59 PM

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Wild Thing The Troggs
Show a little kindness Glen Campbell
Beast of burden Rolling Stones

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 12 at 2015 3:21 AM

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Believe by Cher

I love that song because my dad told me when he was in Bosnia in 99 he'd always be on the stair stepper blasting out to it (just picture an apache pilot with big headphones on getting into his work out singing his heart out on a stair stepper)

Response by PV2 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 12 at 2015 8:47 AM

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Ok, mine is quite eclectic, but reflects different parts of my life up to now:

The Drifters - I Count the Tears
Allison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray
Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Big Country - In A Big Country
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
Culture Club - Time Clock of the Heart
BB King - Every Day I Have the Blues
Nickelback - Savin Me
Seether - Broken
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life Without You
John Mayer - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
Madonna - Power of Goodbye
Cassadee Pope - Wasting All These Tears
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Chris Young - Lonely Eyes
Rick Springfield - Affair of the Heart
Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow
Luke Bryan - Drunk on You
Pitbull - Time of Our Lives
London Grammar - Strong
Etta James - At Last and Sunday Kind of Love
Sam Smith - Lay Me Down

Response by SFC Collin McMillion made Mar 12 at 2015 9:20 AM

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I think I would just toss in the whole soundtrack from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", and call it quits.

Response by LTJG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 12 at 2015 9:28 AM

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Whiskey Crime.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQCDn4zUOfE

Whiskey Crime - Offical Lyric Video

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Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 12 at 2015 10:09 AM

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The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Pogues - Dirt Old Town
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

After that ends it would be an endless repeat of "What's New Pussycat" by Tom Jones baby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw

No seriously, just kidding. It would be the self titled 3rd album by Social Distortion. On an endless loop.

Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat

A great song, as always, from Tom Jones.

Response by SGM Ron Crump made Mar 12 at 2015 12:03 PM

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"Against the Wind" or "Like a Rock" by Bob Seger or "Running on Empty" by Jackson Brown

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Apr 16 at 2015 3:34 AM

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There would me lots of Frank Sinatra that's for sure.

Response by SFC Stephen King made Apr 16 at 2015 5:57 AM

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https://youtu.be/8hBaOlNVl9o

Joy and Pain

Response by SFC Stephen King made Apr 16 at 2015 4:18 PM

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Frank Sinatra - That's Life

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king / I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing / Each time I find myself flat on my face / I pick myself up and get back in the race.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 19 at 2015 3:29 PM

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In addition to Sinatra's "That's Life",
"Georgia on my Mind" - Ray Charles
"Honey Bee" Blake Shelton

"Firework" by Katy Perry helped me finish my first marathon.

One of my officemates laughs at my oldies station on Pandora.

Response by SGT Dana Williams made Nov 19 at 2015 4:00 PM

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I don't think a song has been written that would even come close.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 16 at 2015 1:27 PM

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SFC Private RallyPoint Member I would love to post at least one but, no body would understand the lyrics or could hold themselves from dancing in their chairs, hehehe.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Jul 15 at 2019 2:01 PM

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SFC Private RallyPoint Member Fortunate Son-CCR Leaving on a jet plane--John Denver
Yesterday--Beatles Country Boy's can survive--Hank Williams,Jr.
Take me home,country roads--John Denver Blue Eyes crying in the Rain--Willie Nelson
Would take more songs to tell mine or anyone else's life story i suspect,but this is a portion at least.
Thank you for causing me to reflect on it!!

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jul 15 at 2019 2:26 PM

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The Funeral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFWFhTFohk

Band of Horses - The Funeral [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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Response by MSG Stan Hutchison made Jul 15 at 2019 2:53 PM

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So many to chose from. Some mentioned here by others;
Running against the Wind
Fortunate Son

Add:

Hard Working Man by Brooks & Dunn
and
The Highwayman.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 15 at 2019 3:02 PM

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Rage Against the Machine, for sure.
Deployments were made for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8de2W3rtZsA

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name - 1993

Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine live at PinkPop 1993 - by RATM

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 15 at 2019 3:40 PM

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Silvia's Mother!!! SFC Private RallyPoint Member LTC Stephen F.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 15 at 2019 5:17 PM

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Come Back - Pearl Jam
Rage Against the Machine -Know your Enemy
Demons - Imagine Dragons
DMX - Bring your whole Crew

Response by LCDR Joshua Gillespie made Jul 16 at 2019 6:53 AM

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"The Ivory Tower"- Limahl
"(The Goonies'r) Good Enough"- Cyndi Lauper
The Magnum P.I. theme (or the theme from MacGuyver...hard to tell)
Dvorak-Symphony No. 9
Anything from Seger
Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars-Bon Jovi
Travelin' Band-CCR
Killing and Old Friend (from Highlander-Endgame)
Their Ain't no Grave-Johnny Cash

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Jul 21 at 2019 7:25 PM

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Thank you SFC Private RallyPoint Member for posting an intriguing question.
Thank you, my friend SSgt Private RallyPoint Member for mentioning me.
1. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
2. Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
3. Mama tried - Merle Haggard
4. Up on the roof - The Drifters
5. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
6. Dear Mr Fantasy - Traffic
7. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
8. Truckin - Grateful Dead
9. Thunderstruck - AC/DC
10. The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
11. Sunday Night - Savoy Brown
12. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
13. Shadows - REZ Band
14. They Will Know We Are Christians by our Love
15. Ii'll Fly Away - Jars of Clay

Savoy Brown - Sunday Night (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxNCOdndhgo

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Savoy Brown - Sunday Night (1970)

Album: Looking In Artist: Savoy Brown That's a really interesting piece of good, old music. Smoothly played on guitar by Kim Simmonds. Enjoy!

Response by LTC David Brown made Jul 21 at 2019 7:49 PM

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Amazing Grace

Response by Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen made Jul 21 at 2019 7:52 PM

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Only one, Otis Redding Sitting On The Dock of the Bay.

Response by PVT Mark Zehner made Jul 21 at 2019 8:11 PM

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Nice!

Response by LTC Wayne Brandon made Jul 21 at 2019 8:21 PM

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From the top ~

The Ballad of Thunder Road - Jack Marshall
At The Drive In - Beach Boys
The Green Beret - Barry Sadler
The Infantry Song - 18th Airborne Corps Choir
Lay Me Down - Original Scottish Version
Victory - 2 Steps From Hell
Amazing Grace - John Newton

Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Jul 22 at 2019 1:41 AM

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Who do you love by George Thorogood.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 22 at 2019 10:46 AM

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I'm alright, don't worry about me.....
From Caddy Shack

Response by Sgt Deborah Cornatzer made Jul 26 at 2019 8:29 AM

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10,000 Maniacs, "These are Days"

Response by Maj Kim Patterson made Aug 14 at 2019 12:23 AM

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Amarillo by Morning. Silver Wings. blue eyes crying in the rain, blue ain't your color. The Tennessee Waltz Roll out the Barrel. Amazing Grace. Tears in Heaven, oh Beautiful, my girl. There is no dark side of the moon. You'll never walk alone.

Response by SFC Mark Klaers made Aug 15 at 2019 2:31 PM

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"Satisfaction"

Response by SFC Mark Klaers made Aug 15 at 2019 2:31 PM

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"Satisfaction"

Response by SPC Nancy Greene made Aug 15 at 2019 2:48 PM

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Great choice of songs and I remember the Charlie Daniels band! I’m going to really think about a songs would be in a video of my life. I’ll have to get back to you on this one!