today i was listening to this band chamberlain and it got me thinking.
i was into chamberlain from the moment i first heard them. they started out as this post-hardcore band that was really good. they put out a few records and then somewhere along the way, they just decided to change their sound to alt-country / rock'n'roll. i think this appealed to me because i've always been in rock bands and always wanted to be in alt-country / folky bands. anyway, chamberlain is awesome. they kinda have a bit of a bruce springsteen kinda vibe that i'm into.
anyway, i was listening to this one song "racing cincinnati" which is their quintessential epic slow jam.
in fact, you can listen to the song right here.
so i was talking to my friend peter about this song and why we both love it.
we agreed that this was the song that plays at the end of your movie, as you ride off into the sunset in your beat-up cadillac, gut shot and slowly bleeding to death, after just saving someone's life which is inconsistent with your character. cue the credits.
ridiculous, right? i think about shit like this all the time.
the whole thing got me thinking of how i daydream and make up elaborate cinematic scenarios A LOT when it comes to music. is this normal? i think one of the main reasons i love music so much is that i see it as the soundtrack to the running 27-year-long movie that is my life, but i also find myself imagining this random type stuff too. i dunno. it's not like this with every song, but i'm often thinking about how a song would be perfect for different "scenes".
which is why i maintain that the perfect dream job would be the guy who picks out soundtrack songs for movies and television.
i have a feeling that job is kinda hard to come by.
how do you listen to music? do you ever think of this shit or am i just batshit crazy?
8 months ago
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...YES.
and yes.
when i was dating my first boyfriend, songs would come on the radio and i thought someone was secretly filming me (think: the truman show) and played songs just for me and that moment.
i never realized how self-involved i was until this very moment.
I have a song attached to so many specific moments, even if the song wasn't playing during it, it somehow automatically got attached with it when I think back to the moments. And every friend has a song, even if it was never a song that we shared a moment to. This is making me think of a new little project to at the very least list some friends and some stories and the songs linked to 'em. Even you have a song! You'll just have to wait for it.
FATE'S GOT A MOTHERFUCKING DRIVER!
damn phil you're bringing it back and i fucking love it. dark streets, carry me home now. i've stayed too long.
ps. muppets meet death metal
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