Tuesday, April 20, 2010

What's Your Soundtrack?

Here, soundtrack, soundtrack, soundtrack... where are you?

So, at some point yesterday I saw a little blip about the Eclipse Soundtrack release date, and then I immediately forgot about it (this is not unusual, sadly). Despite being a blogger, I am apparently an epic fucking fail when it comes to tracking down information I think I've seen before.

Which is why I want to send out a great big thank you to everyone who answered my panicked Twitter call this afternoon. I'm utterly, completely clueless--you are not.

Quick, Snarkier Than You! To the Twitter-phone!!

I've been thinking lately about the upcoming illusive Eclipse Soundtrack, which has yet to be released and could possibly be great or make my eardrums bleed. Thankfully, we only have to wait until June 8, 2010 to find out.

That Editors song on the New Moon soundtrack was so bad I threw up in my mouth a little...

Naturally, the actual tracks of the soundtrack are all hush-hush, with the exception of Muse. Um, duh, Summit. Muse is going to be on the Eclipse soundtrack after all? Really? Why, how shocking! You don't have to be Alice to guess that one...

Anyhoo, once I heard this news, my natural thought process is to reflect upon both the New Moon Soundtrack and the Twilight Soundtrack. Like the movies, I have a love/hate relationship with the soundtracks.

For example, I absolutely loathed the Anya Marina song on New Moon but fell head over mushy-girly-ness heels with the Lykke Li song. I really didn't expect that.



Soundtracks are pretty important in cinema, more so than most people think. I remember watching Cast Away and noticing right away there was no music. It was haunting.

I don't know about you but I tend to wander around with my own personal soundtrack in my head. Maybe I'm a ridiculously vain, self-centered asshole or maybe music really does rule my life, but the other day I was walking up from the subway into Union Square when my iPod switched tracks and holy-fucking-shit the song was perfect for that moment.

One minute I'm listening to Townes Van Zandt, barely auditory over the rumble and grumble of the Q train. Then, as I ascend the dirty, tiled old steps into Union Square, a wind starts a-blowin' and I'm suddenly thrust into the mayhem and bustle of a crowded square in New York City. And at that precise moment the music changes.

It's New Noise by Refused. There's a sort of crescendo as I walk up the steps and then...

The sound explodes.



And it's absolutely fucking spot on. For one brief moment I don't feel like I'm trudging to just another day at work in my mundane life. And it feels pretty damn nice.

Which makes me wonder.

What's your soundtrack?

Do you think about this or am I really just batshit crazy?

Have you ever heard a song and felt it defined you? Ever been in the midst of a situation and suddenly realized that there was a tune that fit that moment perfectly and supremely? Is there a band you simply can't get enough of (Man Man, I'm looking at you)? Do you ever find yourself in situations where you're suddenly thinking, "huh, Rehab would be a perfect song for this moment."

Do you have a soundtrack to your life?

93 comments:

  1. I'm gonna have to think on this one. I'm not even in the Eclipse mindset yet (I know....wtf....right?) Anyway, I HATED the NM soundtrack and made my own. I take this topic very seriously! I'll let ya know when I figure it out.

    BTW. If Adam Lambert is on the Eclipse soundtrack I will literally vomit.

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  2. Yes u prob are batshit crazy , but we LOVE u anyway!!!!!!! i dont know that i have a soundtrack, but i do have two theme songs, one is "Crazy bitch",by buckcherry and the other is "welcome to my life" by simple plan, those pretty much sum up my epic fucked up life at the moment!!!!!! and of course any 80's hair band song takes me back in time, when life was all about what i was going to wear to school the next day, and seeing my BF, i think music defines peoples lives in a lot of ways, i fing great comfort in my music, it is my escape!!! LOVE U HOORS!!!!!!!

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  3. Oh my gosh I am such a music nut, I can't even pick songs for my life soundtrack because they change so much. Music affects me very emotionally...I have been known to start crying in the car if I'm in a certain mood and a certain song comes on and the lyrics suddenly hit my mood. I listen to sad songs when I'm sad, happy songs when I'm happy.

    Possibility -- oh that song KILLS me, I could listen to it over and over and over (and have). When it really clicked for me was during the movie. The spot/scenes they used with it were a perfect fit.

    I have no idea for Eclipse songs yet, frankly I need to reread it and refresh my memory.

    I really really liked the New Moon soundtrack (except for the Killers song).

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  4. I consider my self a bit of a music connoisseur, so i take music pretty seriously. I thought the Twilight soundtrack was nothing remarkable, but i actually liked the New Moon Soundtrack, as i got to know a few artists i had never heard of, and i love discovering new music, which is why i like when JJ does a music related post, because a lot of the artists you post about i never would have heard of!

    I LOVE when a song fits the moment you are in! some songs its the lyrics that fit, or sometimes the lyrics dont even relate, but its the music that fits!

    Which brings me to 2 songs that are fitting in with me today, both by local Australian bands. Ask me tomorrow and there'll be totally different songs!

    "Naming The Elephant" by Cog
    If you're having one of those days at work where everything feels mundane and routine this is perfect

    "Shutterspeed" by Karnivool
    On the other end of the scale, i am also a little excited for the weekend seeing as it is my 20th birthday, and this song never fails to amp me up, though the lyrics dont have much to do with it.

    Looking forward to listening to everyone else's soundtracks!

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  5. I agree, soundtrack makes the movie. What would Jaws be like without 'dum dum dum..'?
    I really liked the Twilight soundtrack but I heard the soundtrack and read the books before I saw the movie. The NM soundtrack disturbed me at first. Then I saw the movie and it seemed to 'fit'. It was dark and kinda depressing but then so was the book.
    I haven't thought enough about specific songs/groups for Eclipse. Eclipse is my favorite book so I am soo looking forward to everything Eclipse. I would think (hope) the music is more upbeat than NM since the storyline is less dark.
    btw - Adam Lambert - no comment. I must suffer with Beiber with my dd so I cannot endure more with Lambert thoughts intruding into my Twilight world.

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  6. I've become one of those people that constantly carry around their iPod. It's so fucking useful to drown out the noise of my co-workers I blast it and get more work done. Also very handy with all the driving I do.

    I tend to go through phases of listening to everything by one artist incessantly before moving on to the next. Currently BRMC is on heavy rotation since I saw them last week, but it's drifting towards Metric and Broken Bells. I can put the same song on repeat for, er, well, quite awhile. Drives Mr CC, um, nuts.

    I don't know that there's so much a song that defines me. There are songs that completely define a point in my life. Like, they'll bring back the most vivid memories. Even if they're total shite songs, and even if the memories aren't the greatest, I still love them.

    And yes, Rehab's popped into my head a few times. :P

    @mmMoxie - it'll be a puke-fest here too.

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  7. Hmmm...I don't have a soundtrack really, but my life is one big musical. I'm a walking, talking, breathing Glee episode. It's not surprising to anyone who knows me to be having a conversation and then I just burst into song. Or my favorite is when I can answer questions w/ songs...Or when someone says something and it just reminds me of a song that goes a little something like this...And God-Reading this I realize how annoying I must be! No wonder my husband and 3 YEAR OLD daughter constantly beg me to stop singing!

    I promise I'm not THAT obnoxious...I think.

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  8. Ok, so now that I'm really thinking about this, I think that 'Mouthwash' by Kate Nash is something I really relate to. If I were going to pick my "theme" song, I think that would be it. Maybe.

    And I have songs for Robert-I guess they make up my Robert soundtrack...Anyone else do this? Here are a couple songs I sing to The Precious...

    My Head-Jason Derulo (This is only recently and I had to Google who sang the song-Oh well!)
    We Get On-Kate Nash

    I have some more-But my mind is going blank.

    Great post! I LUFF music!

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  9. @MK - This is what i was hoping for - just been having a quick listen to Kate Nash who id never heard of, and i like her sound! haha thanks

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  10. Oh G F'in damn...I'm gonna hafta grab my iPod and stare through my playlists. Because I know I've had songs in my head whilst reading Eclipse.



    This might take a moment. I'll be back in an hour or so...

    vw: peephs

    You know y'all are my peephs fo' real, fo' real.

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  11. @Raptor-Glad you like her :) I can't wait to get some music recommendations myself!

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  12. I'm not that sophisticated. And just to prove it, my last download was Miley Cyrus, When I Look at You.

    I've never tried to think up a soundtrack to match a situation, but songs trigger the sensation of different times in my life - like most people, I imagine. So that is in essense "my" soundtrack. I think you're just weird. :>p

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  13. Possibility was absolutely the perfect choice for that scene in the movie. I'm not sure they could have found a more fitting song.

    I'm like the soundtrack of my life because I like to narrate what I'm doing through song. Luckily the fiance thinks it's cute.

    I love and hate when certain music will always remind you of certain things. I can not listen to "Money,Cash, Hos" by jay-z without remembering summer nights cruising in my parents buick (lol) with one of my high school besties.

    on the other hand, i can't listen to the cure at all because it was my "make-out" music with my ex and i'm pretty sure i lost the ol' V card to a cure tune. hahaha.

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  14. @rob's bitch

    i'm with ya there. hahaha. i so not music savvy. my favourite band of all time is hanson and i'm proud of it damnit (i like to think it's cool to like hanson since they are all indie and stuff...that makes it cool right?)

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  15. ten years gone - led zeppelin. thats all i need. I really hope the eclipse soundtrack isn't craptastic. you guys should have a contest for who creates the best eclipse soundtrack for twitarded :)

    when it comes to personal soundtracks, i might be even more batshit crazy - i lead snorkel tours and i have playlists in my head depending on what animals are around... there's a big difference between the shark playlist and the lobster playlist!


    ps - everyone needs to start thinking of a soundtrack for foooooooorrrrkkkssss

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  16. I love the Twilight soundtrack. It's still in heavy rotation on the ipod. NM, not so much. I liked it better once I saw the movie, but still, it just didn't do it for me.

    As for my soundtracks...

    All American Rejects "Move Along" is my personal anthem at the moment.

    And I swear, and I might be dating myself here, that the Indigo Girls write songs just for me! I never get sick of them. Emily Saliers writes the most beautiful ballads.

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  17. Oh, God, I totally do that. You are not alone, and it does bring an odd light to the day when it happens.

    As far as soundtrack to my life, it would be hard to say because it changes so much depending on situations and everything. Plus, I'm making playlist for smartEpantz right now, so I'm totally musically focused on that at the moment.

    I hope they don't fuck up the Eclipse soundtrack.

    I love music, and I love this blog. ;)

    w/v: cureho. 'Nuff said.

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  18. Must say "Satellite Heart" was one of the first songs to grab me on the New Moon soundtrack, along with "Possibility." To each her own.

    My fave that speaks to me the most is probably "The Violet Hour."

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  19. Ok, for a rare moment of seriousness - it is so, so, bizarre that you posted this tonight, because I was in the midst of thinking something ridiculously similar, and I've had something of a rough night, and I came to Twitarded for comfort, and this popped up.

    I have totally had that moment. It's totally unrelated to Twilight, but bear with me for a sec. The first time I heard Where I Stood by Missy Higgins, it popped up on Pandora while I was sitting at my desk at work. By the end of the first chorus, I was gasping for breath and my eyes were filling with tears, because I AM that song. I had to excuse myself to the bathroom like a crazy person to pull myself together. That song utterly defines how I felt at a moment of my life, in a way I had always struggled to articulate but never could.

    For your listening pleasure, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADV4Orr9r-o

    Okay, I apologize for an uber serious post tonight - it's just not my night :) Back to Twilight goodness and vagina-euphemism insult slinging in the morning, but I needed to get this off my chest and I'm so, so glad you posted this, JJ! Love you, you gangrenous vagina ;)

    WV: prites. I'll be back, my prites! And your little dog too :-P

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  20. I am so spastic with music. I love it, but I can never remember the names of songs, much less the artists. I like everything except country & polka. *shudders* I listen to anything from metal & hip hop to broadway & Scottish folk songs. There is no way I could pick just a few songs to define me. Not to mention, I'm such a control freak I've never set my iPod to shuffle. No way that electronic bastard is gonna be in charge of my music selections.

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  21. @Amanda - i have a bit of a love hate relationship with Missy Higgins. not really my style of music, and she annoys me for some unknown reason haha, but i must admit, that song is very moving, and Ive always liked it!

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  22. @jj. *bliss. utter. fucking. bliss of a post.*

    i am CONSTANTLY getting bitched at because i have my ipod attached to my ears. even my 10 year old gives me no peace! it's like a fucking amex card - i never leave home w/o it (however, in the interest of full disclosure, it should be noted that my one and only cc is the SWA card - haven't paid for a flight in 5 years. shameless plug & snaps to THE best fucking airline in the contiguous US. BAGS FLY FUCKING FREE *shouty caps*) but i digress...

    like my robdiction, i have NO shame regarding my wanton disrespect for mankind milling around me in general when i am in public w/my pod. one might consider the fact that my 15 year old niece and i - sneaking off at family functions to go troll the wal-mart aisles in search of new moon valentine candy & the latest copy of tigerbeat w/rob and tay-tay on it (she's team jake, poor kid)- is completely fucking inappropriate for a 47 year old woman such as myself. but hey, i'm down w the kids, and frankly auntie neverthink is da fucking bomb w da nieces & nephews. shit, just the other day i introduced her to bowie's rebel rebel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4SLXaF-lIc , the smith's how soon is now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo , and nwa straight outta compton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzaCSrKS-R8 (ok - that was my bad but wtf somebody's got to do it, non?)

    i LOVE LOVE LOVE my ipod. it's like living in a fucking cinematic movie and joe Q public are stars AND all the extras.

    and the answer is YES - i have those buds firmly planted in my brain when i roll into bed after hours of fanfic. and who is crooning in my ear as i lick my husband's jaw stubble and he cups my breast, his hot desire obvious as he straddles my thighs? why, none other than mr. robert ima-gonna-sing-to-you-and-fuck-you-in-the-dark pattinson.

    and the song? aw 'cmon. you should fucking know THAT by now. ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R89K1zydhPI

    my playlist changes nightly, and is usually influenced by an experience or emotion (like when i want to fucking KILL my boss pennywise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxsZ-CAmASU or fuck my twi-wife thru my laptop & over the internet *mwah* the xx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJeOxQuPiwg )

    but tonight? what's playing in my head? i'm missing my brother, and for any of those of you who are missing someone too, take a listen. fucking vintage robin trower.

    hippievag, this one's for you baby.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GakwHPXUOz0

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  23. OK- this has NOTHING to do with soundtracks (but I love anything by the Kings of Leon at the moment), but I have to fangirl squeel to someone (that's you!) who will appreciate this - me - anonymous me - got a REPLY from Icy - the incredibly awesome author of MOTU on Twilighted and FF. Reading porn has long been my solo obsession, I share not at all with my RL companions. Thank God I can share this with the Twit community.
    Sorry for the interruption, um, back to whatever JJ and SNY and LW want to flap about...

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  24. Ok, so I have nothing for Eclipse sndtrkness, but I know that my life revolves around tunes. If my iPod isn't hooked up to me or my JeepJeep, I'm listening on my 'puter or to Pandora (which is the revolutionary shit, G bless 'em).
    Mommypants had me listening to badass music from early on, so I am always looking for good shit that needs to be heard. Right now, I am pimping the shit out of Carbon Leaf, The Alternate Routes, Status Green, and The Gabe Dixon Band. Among others. So yeah...

    The soundtrack to my life is a revolving door. And I am in desperate love w my fellow Twihards because dammit, there is some EPIC music out there that I never would have known about otherwise.

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  25. Best tracks of New Moon in my humble opinion: "The Violet Hour"-Sea Wolf (noted above- what a wickedly naughty song) and the duet between Ed Droste (of Grizzly Bear) & Victoria Lagrand (of Beach House)...Twilight: the Mutemath tune (I know! Suck it) & "Full Moon"-Black Ghosts, which also happens to be the only tune by them that doesn't make me want to gouge my eyeballs out with scissors.

    STY/JJ- I know you two like to hate on Muse but I think they are amazing TRULY and hopeful that they will actually pick a rockin' song for Eclipse instead of these sissy love songs. Matthew Bellamy is like my own personal brand of heroine. Really. Few bands cross classical and heavy guitar rock together...unless you count Apocolytica but that's Metallica on cello.

    I definitely have a current soundtrack: MGMT-Congratulations; Deer Hunter-Nothing Ever Happened; Beach House- Norway; Kate Nash-Foundations (*I LURV this song; it makes me feel feisty).

    I'm not a music head because in all honesty my dirty secret that annihilates all cred is my mild obsession with Celine Dion which few know about. She's French like me!

    *Twitardia needs a New Music corner too since you gals are so in the know.

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  26. Music is HUGE in my life! I have many different moods, and depending on what I’m doing, the music reflects it.

    For some reason I’ve had a few songs that I’ve been obsessed with, Evanescence-My Immortal and don’t laugh... on the other end of the spectrum, I fucking adore Adam Lambert’s What Do You Want From Me. It’s actually my ring tone and when I hear it, I get happy. In one second. Just like that.

    So I agree, music is huge in a movie.

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  27. @Amanda -- I haven't had an experience like what Missy Higgins sings about in that song, but THAT is one of the songs that will bring tears almost anytime I listen to it. I don't know what it is...just something about the words and the emotion of the song.

    The iPod was seriously one of the best musical inventions ever. Like I said previously I'm a mood/music kind of gal and the ability to have any song in my collection at my fingertips at any moment no matter where I am? Heaven... LOL :) Mine is so old and if it died tomorrow (and it almost did a month ago, yikes!) even though I am poor right now I would HAVE to go out and buy a new one immediately. It is that important to me.

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  28. I love rock. Could not live without it.

    This was a timely topic as I was working on chapter corrections tonight and tossed on one of my goth compilation CDs which I got to go with te odd story I am writing... which in turn lead to thinking about the song list for this project (which has been dragging on for 6 years) and how it could be summed up with "what I missed during the 80's". So I am firmly in this post-punk phase and discovering awesome groups who mostly do not exist anymore. :(

    I am an unrepentant rocker who loves it loud and hard. Thanks JJ for the intro to Refused! Go BRMC!

    There is a great line in a John Sandford book where a character compares listening to great rock as akin to having great sex. So true. And since I have none of the latter I'm hitting the music real hard!

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  29. Oooh crazy you posted about this! I took my dear ol dad to see "The Runaways" tonight. Which got us talking about the music of his youth/life. (He had a major crush on Suzie Quatro, learn something new everyday!)

    Have you seen this book JJ?
    "Music Listography Journal: Your Life in (Play)lists" You make (play)list according to things/your life. ie. List the Top 20 albums You'd Take If You Were Leaving Earth * List The First Albums You Ever Own *List Advice That You Follow From Lyrics * List Songs You'd Strip To * .... and many many more.
    It's very "High Fidelity"

    I make playlist for everything. (I have one called Songs for a rhubarb pie - it's my cooking playlist)
    But on the soundtrack to my life..... oohh such a hard question. This past winter "Breathe Me" by Sia and "Fourteen Times" by Marcus Foster were on every playlist I made.
    I do have a lot of songs that with in the first few notes take me right back in time to a moment in time and I take a trip down memory lane.

    Fingers crossed for the Eclipse soundtrack.

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  30. I don't have a soundtrack, but I do have triggers. If I happen to think about it being a Tuesday, then it's the "sun comes up it's Tuesday morning" Cowboy Junkies song. Which then may get wedged in the head until it's long since been Tuesday.

    I just re-remembered in the last few months how music is the cheap, easy, legal, and potent drug. And it spares my liver. Eardrums can suffer, but life is about trade offs afterall.

    So I've been hitting it pretty hard lately. My time tested go tos:

    Violent Femmes
    Tom Waits
    The Gourds
    Vampire Weekend
    Freakwater
    Cash for Junkers
    Tom Catmull and the clerics(the last two are Montana favorites)
    Gillian Welch
    Asylum Street Spankers
    Bad Livers
    Red Meat
    Townes Van Zandt
    Red Clay Ramblers

    Always looking for new ones. But, I'm a bit of an album fetishist. I can't just like a single song, I need to be in for a whole album.

    Twi-related, I'm more of a NM soundtrack lover than a Twilight lover. But judging by my MySpace sampling, seems like many of the songs I like on NM are the only songs by that artist that appeal to me. Maybe context has something to do with it?

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  31. Hubby has Citizen Cope on repeat. Thats what goes on around these parts.

    I usually end up bopping around to the earth died screaming by Mr. Waits

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  32. Is there something wrong with me? -Bella

    JK...Seriously, I love music. I'm not the type of person that has an IPOD stuck in my ear unless I"m at the gym. Sure I listen to music in the car and love live music...but I don't listen to it all the time. In fact, I really enjoy just hearing the sounds of nature..err...cars honking..jk. But truly I'm afraid I wont hear someone come up behind me or whatever....

    For me it's backwards. I'll hear a song and it will remind me of a specific time in my life. It's not normally the other way around. Very sporatically I'll hear a new song and it will remind me of my life...but it's rare.

    For example: I fell in love with "Sex on Fire" because of hearing it when it was on a youtube vid featuring a tribute to THE PRECIOUS...Or hearing "Santana" always reminds me of my childhood, my parents love him. Hearing Van Morrison reminds me of when my s/o and I first started dating. He played it one night while cooking me dinner and it became our fave.

    Make sense?

    xoxo J

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  33. PS That Lykke Li song gets me every damn time I hear it. I cried like a baby during that part in New Moon...and it reminds me of Bella's anquish...ugh...it kills me. But I love it.

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  34. @twiredjen. lurves lykke li, and long before the nm trac. this is the one that reduces me to tears every time "tonight" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdZLiORITBg

    @italhurts. i'm so youtubin' your list there sistah. ah, triggers. like this fabulous little ditty that reminds me of my hubs. mmm yeah, make it fucking snow... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7SMEfyAWfo

    @jj. so one that kinda sums me up? sometimes it might just be this one... "the fear" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c

    and then there's this perfection, that i totes had on loop for both ch 18 and 19 of hide & drink. i cried like a little girl. blah. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YXVMCHG-Nk&playnext_from=TL&videos=6g39MYyDP9Y

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  35. @neverthink wow i really like that Damien Rice song, Ive never heard of him!

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  36. ps a song that KILLS me and was appropriate for a stage of my life a while ago is this beauty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4oOzoUJMrY

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  37. Oh there is almost always music running through my head!!!!!! Music is a universal language I can't go through a day without listening to something. I am absolutely hooked on Glee so I listen to a lot of that. I also like The Dresden Dolls, Tegan and Sara, Paramore, Manchestor Orchestra...oh the list would go on and on. I actually liked both the Twilight and New Moon soundtrack so I am really looking forward to Eclipse and I am VERY happy that MUSE is going to be on the soundtrack afterall. I just saw them in concert and they were A-MAZING!!!!!!!

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  38. @Melissa have seen muse in concert 3 times now and agree, they're amazing, put on a great show!

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  39. The Silversun Pickups-The Royal We.
    This song reminds me of the Cullens and/or The Volturi, depending on my mood.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvCiyGz4mO8

    Silversun Pickups-Catch and Release.
    This song is awesome. The strings send chills.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j08iHBqiavU

    And now I have to go to work. BAH!

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  40. Paramore, absolutely and Fall Out Boy have to be my fav´s at the mo... from the past Led Zep and Faith No More. I have put the two twilight albums together on my Ipod into ´crazy fk mode´ all the up beat tracks and ´who gives a sht´ lay back, give me the wine mode......not that I am doing much laid on my back recently thanks to the Volcanic ash cloud that has stopped my ´sex god´ from attending to my nook and cranny!
    keep on keeping it up......

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  41. @raptor - luvs birds of tokyo - thanks for the intro! ima check all the songs out...

    vw: beant.

    i beant up all night listening to the the muzic of twitardia. jj - you're brilliant!

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  43. @ neverthink - you sound like the best fucking Auntie EVER! :-D

    @ CherBella - I know, right?? I actually CAN'T put this on my ipod because suddenly sobbing in public is just not a thing that sane people do.

    @Raptor - I actually don't know much else about her music, eek! But man, that song just gets me every time - it was like someone else had been inside my head during that time in my life, taking copious notes, and then went out and wrote a song about it. GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!

    :-P I am a big sucker for Never Think and Flightless Bird, American Mouth on the Twilight soundtrack. Iron & Wine can always relax me as I think about twirling around with Robward.

    And back to my cheery self - these days, all I have to do is turn on anything by Mika, anything at all, and one quick private dance party later, and I'm in the best mood ever! Also, how dirty is that lovely manho? Suckin too hard on your lollipop? Rawrrrrrr.

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  44. @amanda. you had me at "I am a big sucker for Never Think". *sigh. can you believe THAT song cums outta The Pretty boi's mouth...ummm*

    thanks for the intro to mika the manh00r. "private dance party" huh? is that what the kids are calling it these days? *smirk. opens file cabinet - filing away under...S, for saucy*

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  45. I'm such a music-tard it isn't even funny. I used to rely on my brother for new music nuggets but even he hasn't been delivering anything interesting lately. I guess I'm more mainstreamy. And I get on different kicks where all I do is listen to one or two bands all the time. Right now, I'm between bands! LOL! Thank god for the iPod because I fucking hate listening to the radio.

    @TexasKatherine - I'm with you... too much of a control freak to set the Pod on shuffle!

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  46. @neverthink - muahahahahahha :-D yes, private dance party. As in, "Rob and I had a private dance party last night and now my bed is broken and I can't walk."

    And that song just kills me every time (your namesake) - I have this desperate desire to learn to play guitar solely so I can play it myself!

    Seriously though, Mika = awesome. Instead of running, I work out by jumping around my room like an idiot to "Big Girl." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSK91mUNLU WOO HOOOOOOOOO

    Okay, now I'm late for work, mwas!

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  47. Today's soundtrack: Just breath by Pearl Jam. The poignancy has only hit me after the fact. First, when I had to walk back to the post office to retrieve the dry cleaning I left hanging under the counter. And now, at 11pm while I'm charging my ipod & hunting down chargers before I leave at for a flight at 5am. Trying to breath...

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  48. Oh now if we're talking Rob songs... both of the songs were amazing on the Twilight soundtrack, but Let Me Sign, in the movie, for me was like the Possibility moment in NM -- that whole scene of dreamy imagery set to that song was just beautiful and perfect. And to think that a song, featured so prominently in the movie--was ROB! Even better. :)

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  49. I want "Shake Yo Tail Feather" to play whenever I walk into a room.

    Ba ba ba ba...ba ba baaaa

    I'm gangsta like that.

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  50. This post has been the most fun. You chicks listen to some kick ass music!!

    Sick Puppies: "All The Same" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okjxe8VWQPo

    My Chemical Romance: "I'm Not Ok"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOnI5GGpXck


    Thumbs up JJ!!

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  51. I love the song New Noise.. and now I think I love you more JJ for having that on your ipod as well. Refused is the shit. lovelovelove.
    debby

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  52. @MK- likewise. i am the girl that knows all the lyrics to every song. wish i could put this talent to use in some way.

    @whomever said they downloaded Miley Cyrus... i appreciate your honesty. and anyone who says they haven't bobbed their head to Party In the USA is a damn liar. I loved the duet she and Taylor Swift did at the VMAs a couple years back, Fifteen.

    JJ you rock, and you know that.

    I hate writing down my songs of the moment because in two weeks I'll have a whole new playlist that I'm equally as passionate about. But carpe diem.
    I'm all over the place when it comes to music. Very eclectic taste. My likes change over the years, depending on my mood, the season, or what events are happening around me. For instance on one of the first sunny days here in MI this spring you would have found me blaring "cruel summer" by bananarama in my car.

    When I'm running (and i can't run without my music), right now some songs on my "i just felt like runnin" playlist are:

    A-Punk by Vampire Weekend
    Billy Jean by MJ (duh)
    Close to Me by The Cure
    Nookie by Limp Bizkit
    4 Minutes by Madonna and JT

    When I'm in the car ALONE and not being subjected to The Wiggles or the Cars Soundtrack-ugh, I'm listening to some Twi/Radiohead related songs:

    Breathe Me by Sia
    Lucky by Radiohead
    Anything by Nick Drake

    Twilight faves:
    Full Moon by The Black Ghosts
    15 Step (duh) even though it's not on the soundtrack
    Clare de Lune
    Flightless Bird

    New Moon faves:
    Rosyln
    Possibility-thanks for the sweet video!
    Hearing Damage

    Movie soundtracks I can remember digging off the top of my head:
    Trainspotting
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    Reality Bites

    Great post as always JJ and I hope to find some new music from all this!

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  53. oh i forgot to mention that my theme song for frosh year at college would have been "killing in the name of" by rage against the machine. my roomie and i would read three chapters of our texts then blare this song and rock out for a little study break.
    good times.

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  54. Gah! I wish I wasn't at work so I could check out all these tunes I have not heard of.

    And thank you everyone for all the video links -- I know what I plan on doing tonight, lol.

    @ScarletCharlotte - It's not that I hate Muse, exactly. They're just one of those bands where I hear a song, think it's catchy, then go check out the album and... meh. The Cold War Kids fall in this category. I LOVE one or two of their songs but absolutely hate everything else.

    I'm also in agreement with you on Black Ghosts. I love Full Moon and think everything else they've done is total shit.

    @RobzSinger - Killing in the Name of was the shizzle when it came out. I still think that first album was great, even if they went downhill after that.

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  55. JJ I am of the same feeling about Muse. they are one of those bands where I tend to either really like some of their stuff and then other songs, I'm like...meh, not so much. Two friends wanted me to go see their concert earlier this year but I just couldn't see shelling out that kind of money for a band I'm just sort of 'meh" about. (And Muse lovers, yes I've heard they awesome live)

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  56. My musical tastes change from day to day, depending on my mood. When I'm working on a quilt (my profession), I log my hours, and also what music I'm listening to while I'm working on it. It's interesting to go back and see how the final result is tied in with my soundtrack for that project. I also can go back and notice WTF! I've been listening to that for a whole year??!!

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  57. I am very into soundtracks and am just as likely to be listening to an instrumental score as one with a mix of artists (I can sing the entire score to the Last of the Mohicans, among others, yes I am weird). I have been pretty happy witht the Twilight soundtracks (discovered Blue Foundation- love love love!!) so far but really hope that Summit can learn from the huge flops (Editors, horror!!!).
    My family has a theory (might be stolen) about what we call "spinal fluid songs.". Stay with me here. The idea is that, on a very basic level, your body has a unique internal rhythm and that certain songs align with that rhythm. It can be different at different times but some songs just clck with you on a very primal level. Many David Byrne/Talking Heads songs are like that for me. I am not New Age-y, I don't have a collection of healing crystals or anything but I do think this is a valid theory.
    If Adam Lambert is on the soundtrack, I may have to hike my fat ass to Summit HQ and protest. Or sue them, since it is sure to cause irreparable emotional and psychological damage.
    We should put together a Twitarded-approved soundtrack list!!!
    I will admit to being a little nervous about how Eclipse seems to be going. The soundtrack seems a little late, no additional trailers or stills, the reshoots, etc. I expectations of Eclipse are dropping by the second (if the leg hitch isn't there, Summit will be dead to me).

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  58. just had a moment like that. on my way to work to have some office high jinx with mrs. p. as i start my van, Tool's "The Pot" comes blaring out of my speakers and just crystalized the moment of racing to work to get this photo shoot done in the 20 minutes before the owner shows up...

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  59. Aaaaaaaannnnnddd... Yes, I've also had those moments when the PERFECT song comes on at the EXACT right time. I have a shitload of music on my iPod but the other morning, it was on shuffle and Brand New Day from the soundtrack to Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog came on. It was so right in that moment. I won't bore you with the details of why but it perfectly fit my "fuck the world" attitude I was feeling, in a goofy way at least.

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  60. I'm also one of those annoying people who will sing a song triggered by a statement. Thankfully we are small segment of the population.

    I also love Missy Higgins, although she has some really pronouced breathing patterns, like David Archuleta. Yes, I just referenced an American Idol contestant...

    I never know names of bands, titles of songs and any lyrics. Clueless...

    I love the Twilight soundtrack - all of it - but especially Rob. New Moon is growing on me.

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  61. @Delicateflowah ~ SHUUTT UUPP!!! I furking lurve Silversun Pickups and have seriously pimped "The Royal We" as the song that reminds me of Breaking Dawn!!! I shit you negative. I'm getting a creepy feeling...
    A few nights ago I emailed Robmusement with a link to "Catch and Release" because it always reminds me of Rob. ~le sigh~

    I always have music in my head...it just varies from day to day depending on my mood.

    I don't know why I seem to be in the minority on this one, but "Roslyn" was my favorite song on the NM soundtrack. I fell in love with it.

    I'm bursting with fruit flavor to see what the fuck is on the Eclipse sndtrk.

    xoxo
    E

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  62. @Kate Nash fans, download this: Lily Allen-Smile

    @Silversun Pickups fans, download some Smashing Pumpkins. And I heart Lazy Eye, that's a keeper on my i nano.

    @Caitlin-first, i want your job. second, i really need to hear what's on the lobster playlist:)

    @mmMoxie-is there a rumor that Adam Lambert will be on the soundtrack or something? BOO! Cue hurling.

    @toefunny-i've been known to sing Land of Canaan at the top of my lungs and on repeat many a time.

    @Kings of Leon fans-okay, def showing my age here...but does the lead singer's voice remind anyone else of Eddie Money? no?

    @italhurts-can i get a what what for cowboy junkies!

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  63. new noise is one of the best videos ever.

    i have no specific wants for the eclipse soundtrack except that i would like it to be darker. more moody and, uh, expansive? yeah, expansive.

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  64. Also a music freak and love Dayna Kurtz especially her song "Love Gets in the Way."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gId8f8A0Nw

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  65. @JJ: gawd that editors song was awful- such a joke.

    personal sound track.. don't laugh
    theme song to the original shaft movie by isaac hayes.. the music is so 70s funky and peppy - i can't stay mad

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  66. This is my first time commenting here! Yeah! I need a song for this moment...hmmm 'like a virgin'? could be good.
    Love you both JJ & STY!

    Soundtracks are extremely important to a movie and I have to say that I've had a wish for my life to be more like a musical or at least have someone always around me that can play my song of choice outloud.

    And I was such a nerd that before the New Moon Soundtrack came out I was already picking songs out for it.

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  67. I feel like most of my life can fit into one of the many Tori Amos songs at diff. times.

    -Poisonperidot

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  68. I loved the Twilight soundtrack. Didn't care for the New Moon, with the stand out exception of 'hearing damage' but I think that was due to it being my favourite scene in the whole thing.

    Soundtrack to my life:
    Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy. Reminds me of being young, carefree. Not because I listened to it during those days but because the sting in the tail "she is dancing away from you now" reminds me that I'm not that person anymore, she's gone. Bittersweet.

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  69. yeah, hate to say it, but the Showbiz album by Muse is my soundtrack. oh so dramatic, but I'm stickin ' to it! And I really can't wait til October because I finally get to see them <3

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  70. P.S. Showbiz isn't even my fav. Muse album. I just relate too well to it.

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  71. @ mmMoxie: Yeah really hoping AdamL is not on the soundtrack. I read somewhere that he said the song he wants to contribute to the Eclipse soundtrack wasn't right for his album... it was too "campy." Really, he needs to just keep his "campy" sloppy seconds to himself.

    JJ, You may be batshit crazy.. I dunno..but not for having a soundtrack to your life ;)
    My favorites on New Moon were definitely Lykke Li and Thom Yorke (big radiohead fan).

    As far as a soundtrack to my life goes.. well it differs all the time. I go through episodes where I discover an artist or band and get really obsessive and listen to 'em nonstop. Like when a friend introduced me to Ryan Adams [his music] lol. That's all I listened to for a while.
    The Kills rock my socks... and I think I may have a girl crush on Alison Mosshart. She's so kick ass.. now she's collaborating with Jack White (The Dead Weather).
    Anyway those are my obsessions right now... oh along with The XX...Here's their song 'Crystalize' ft his holy hawtness --thee precious and the deets photo shoot (compliments of the talented petitbiel) I don't even notice the nekkid ladies anymore -honest.

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  72. @luxie. LUVS LUVS LUVS The XX. and biel does such fantabulous work w/their tunes. and we all know THIS work of art with The XX's "Intro"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tClFqwJoy1M&playnext_from=TL&videos=237i0ETet5c

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  73. @neverthink: Ah yes.. I've seen that viddie before... but love watching it again. Is that not the best intro song ever?! After watching that again, I'm gonna have to side with biel and say my heart (and lady bits) belong to Twilight Edward..pea coat, perfectly coiffed bouffant..all that goodness...Mmm

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  74. True story: Not a fucking clue who Adam Lambert is. I'm going to go find out... right now.

    I'll be back, lol.

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  75. *Running in slow motion*
    Jenny Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Don't look up Adam Lambert! Please! Step away from the guyliner! SLOWLY!!

    Your badass music chops don't need that kind of assault!!

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  76. So speaking of Eclipse music, I know two bands I'd love to hear on the soundtrack: Metric and Franz Ferdinand.

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  77. @JJ I didn't know who he was either, turns out he's not that popular in Australia haha luckyyyy.

    I can't wait to get some free time to research all these artists you guys are listening too!

    I have two more recommendation. The first for anyone into the rockier stuff - them crooked vultures. Dave grohl (my one true love from foo fighters) John Paul jones (led Zeppelin) and Josh homme (queens of the stone age). So you know it HAS to be good if those guys are in it! I suggust checking out "mind eraser, no chaser" and go from there!

    @neverthink so glad you liked the birds of Tokyo song! Had you heard of them before? They're pretty unheard of but have actually just been signed to a big label, so maybe more people will start hearing about them. Though being signed to a label could be the kiss of death!

    Something more mellow is a local Aussie guy who goes by the name bob Evans, used to be in a band called jebediah. Listen to "someone so much" SIGH, what a beautiful nostalgic song it is!

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  78. @JJ- Thanks for the back up on the Muse front...and I wish I had known better before I downloaded an entire album/cd of Black Ghosts. I can't even let them infect my iPod (those tracks go unchecked).

    IN my previous post I was expereincing the mother of all brain farts probably overlooking New Moon's greatest friggin asset: Thom Yorke. That was also the best scene. Cannot believe I forgot that one.

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  79. JJ, listen to Lindsay Rae turn back now!... just step away from the google. lol
    He's an American Idol contestant... no American Idols on the soundtrack please!

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  80. JJ, how did I just notice what you are drinking in your profile pic?? hilarious. Cheers sista friend!

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  81. JJ, you're going to totally ruin your street cred! Leave Adam Lambert alone!!!!

    @neverthink, thanks for that lovely LOVELY video. I'm feeling all warm and gooey now.

    wv: reari....where I'd let the precious have me!

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  82. @JJ - Even I know who Adam Lambert is... he was on American Idol and he's a freak. If he's on the Eclipse soundtrack, I'm not sure if I'll be able to buy it.... I don't. like. him.

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  83. I am overwhelmed by this topic. I am not much a maker of playlists but I am a lover of music and I love having playlists (referred to as a 'mixed tape' back in the day for us older folk) made for me...hint, hint, nudge, nudge. I am so impressed by JJ's and other Twitard's knowledge of music and the eclectic range here. My brother is a professional musician so you would think I would be more hip and up on the times...I am trying to get back into it since coming out of the haze of having raising babes.

    JJ please oh pretty please make us a playlist for Eclipse and for FFFOOORRRRKKKSSSS!!!! Pretty please with RPattz on top and Daddy C on the bottom. ;-) XO

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  84. Am I the only one who liked the editors song on the nm soundtrack? That was my favourite haha obviously i'm weird

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  85. As far as ´OTHER´ soundtracks go, Iron Man 2 looks like it is going to be Hot n Heavy! I will watch the film just cos of the music and memories of mis-spent youth!

    I WOULD like to see ´´Florence and the Machine´´ on the new Eclipse album - date is getting closer now, can´t wait to see .....

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  86. As far as ´OTHER´ soundtracks go, Iron Man 2 looks like it is going to be Hot n Heavy! I will watch the film just cos of the music and memories of mis-spent youth!

    I WOULD like to see ´´Florence and the Machine´´ on the new Eclipse album - date is getting closer now, can´t wait to see .....

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  87. JJ, you're going to totally ruin your street cred! Leave Adam Lambert alone!!!!

    @neverthink, thanks for that lovely LOVELY video. I'm feeling all warm and gooey now.

    wv: reari....where I'd let the precious have me!

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  88. This is my first time commenting here! Yeah! I need a song for this moment...hmmm 'like a virgin'? could be good.
    Love you both JJ & STY!

    Soundtracks are extremely important to a movie and I have to say that I've had a wish for my life to be more like a musical or at least have someone always around me that can play my song of choice outloud.

    And I was such a nerd that before the New Moon Soundtrack came out I was already picking songs out for it.

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  89. Also a music freak and love Dayna Kurtz especially her song "Love Gets in the Way."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gId8f8A0Nw

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  90. My musical tastes change from day to day, depending on my mood. When I'm working on a quilt (my profession), I log my hours, and also what music I'm listening to while I'm working on it. It's interesting to go back and see how the final result is tied in with my soundtrack for that project. I also can go back and notice WTF! I've been listening to that for a whole year??!!

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  91. I am very into soundtracks and am just as likely to be listening to an instrumental score as one with a mix of artists (I can sing the entire score to the Last of the Mohicans, among others, yes I am weird). I have been pretty happy witht the Twilight soundtracks (discovered Blue Foundation- love love love!!) so far but really hope that Summit can learn from the huge flops (Editors, horror!!!).
    My family has a theory (might be stolen) about what we call "spinal fluid songs.". Stay with me here. The idea is that, on a very basic level, your body has a unique internal rhythm and that certain songs align with that rhythm. It can be different at different times but some songs just clck with you on a very primal level. Many David Byrne/Talking Heads songs are like that for me. I am not New Age-y, I don't have a collection of healing crystals or anything but I do think this is a valid theory.
    If Adam Lambert is on the soundtrack, I may have to hike my fat ass to Summit HQ and protest. Or sue them, since it is sure to cause irreparable emotional and psychological damage.
    We should put together a Twitarded-approved soundtrack list!!!
    I will admit to being a little nervous about how Eclipse seems to be going. The soundtrack seems a little late, no additional trailers or stills, the reshoots, etc. I expectations of Eclipse are dropping by the second (if the leg hitch isn't there, Summit will be dead to me).

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  92. @rob's bitch

    i'm with ya there. hahaha. i so not music savvy. my favourite band of all time is hanson and i'm proud of it damnit (i like to think it's cool to like hanson since they are all indie and stuff...that makes it cool right?)

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