Soundtrack To My Life

January 06, 2014

Soundtrack To My Life - Glenn

Soundtrack To My Life makes a welcome return in 2014 and open with choices from Glenn. I'm rather excited about this one too because it's the first time that I've been able to feature a guest author's own band (see song choice number five). As well as having his own band, Glenn is a feature writer (alongside myself) over at The High Tea Cast. The usual links are at the end of the post.

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Smashing Pumpkins - Stand Inside Your Love

I fell asleep once on a plane home from Los Angeles when I was about 15 with this song playing on my iPod. During that sleep, my head conjured up a dream which fit hand in hand with the song in terms of atmosphere and lyrical content. Basically it was set in a very old looking stone building where I think schools were visiting this place, and I was there wondering about on my own. Then, a girl with beeaauuttiiffuull purple coloured eyes walked by me, and instantly fell head over heels! I spent the rest of the dream trying to find her again, but no such luck. Since then, I now think purple coloured irises should exist.

AFI - Summer Shudder

AFI's Decemberunderground album was brought out during the outbreak of emo rock bands around 2006, and my word did it stick out amazingly. I still listen to this album and it takes me back to when I thought summers never ended and the large circle of friends I associated myself with would always hang out. Nowadays, summers seem unbelievably shorter and, out of the enormous circle of friends, I stay in constant contact with about two. This song is one of my favourites from the album, I weirdly prefer listening to it when I'm driving home at night. The simplistic vocal melody in the chorus still gives me goosebumps. I love it!
Ironically though, the song itself is about dealing with suicide.

Not to worry, I never related myself with the lyrics!

The Cure - Close To Me

Never have I walked around the gloomy abyss of Gravesend streets with a song feeding my ears through my headphones, changing the atmosphere of my surroundings quite as well as this song has. I'm quite thankful The Cure exist, to be honest. I turn to these guys when I'm down, with this song especially. The silly trumpets fit so relentlessly well, they make me smile every time. The point is that I work in Gravesend, and these guys make my commute so much more enjoyable.

Massive Attack - Teardrop

I wont go in to detail as to what happened, but I spent the lowest two weeks of my life constantly listening to this song. It's neither that happy, nor particularly sad. It's a feel good song in a way, but I found it as a pallet cleanser for my mind. And that's all you need to know.

Go-Zilla - Throwdown

So, admittedly, this is my own band, but the release of the album a couple of years back and the music video to go with it has been a truly memorable part of my life. It's built my confidence and skill as a writer, a performer, a musician and at just having some balls to try and contribute to the already thriving underground music scene. This song has been with me from 18 - 20.