if tomorrow never comes---garth brooks. it pretty much sums up my life in a nutshell, how bout you guys, which song most closely relates to your life?

Helter Skelter-The Beatles

Helter Skelter-The Beatles


:o
Do you know a guy named Charlie?

THE SMITHS: You Just Haven't Earned it Yet, Baby

Well, that's the first one that came to mind!
::)

:o
Do you know a guy named Charlie?



Yeah, but the one I know is still riding on the MTA

"The World At Large" by Modest Mouse.

Yeah, but the one I know is still riding on the MTA

Haw haw haw!
I know the Kingston Trio, can't slip that one by me!  We're probably the only two on this board who get the reference.
;)

At one time, "November Spawned A Monster" by Morrissey pretty much summed up everything (although my birthday is in December), but then I found love and got married. :) It still is one of my favourite songs, and it still does say a lot about my life. At the present time, the first song that comes to mind that would compare to my life is "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" by The Smiths because of its happy ending ("I've seen this happen in other people's lives, and now it's happening in mine"). I could probably name several songs that could compare to my life, though, and most of them would most likely be by The Smiths! :)

Absolutely Vile

Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life...

Sometimes I feel like It should be "I'm A Loser by The Beatles-1965 :-\\

I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

Take It To The Top-Kool And The Gang


Howard

Sometimes I feel like It should be "I'm A Loser by The Beatles-1965 :-\\



Don't say that about yourself,man.You'll feel miserable. :(



Howard

Sometimes I feel like It should be "I'm A Loser by The Beatles-1965 :-\\


Yea, sometimes I feel like "The Fool On The Hill"  :D  no wait, I don't live on a hill  ;)  Anyway RNR, I'm sure you're not a loser, but there are days when life just gets ya down, believe me, I know, but tomorrow is another day!! Hey, is that a song?

It's the hardest think I can do now (1999) by 98 Degrees.  Love that song! :)

At one time, "November Spawned A Monster" by Morrissey pretty much summed up everything (although my birthday is in December), but then I found love and got married. :) It still is one of my favourite songs, and it still does say a lot about my life. At the present time, the first song that comes to mind that would compare to my life is "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" by The Smiths because of its happy ending ("I've seen this happen in other people's lives, and now it's happening in mine"). I could probably name several songs that could compare to my life, though, and most of them would most likely be by The Smiths! :)

Absolutely Vile

Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life...

I was going to ask you what you thought of November Spawned a Monster.  It's one of Morrissey's best, both lyrically and musically.
There are sooo many Smiths song that ring true for me.  The gay thing never applied to me, although most of the issues Morrissey expresses secondary to the gay thing did!
There are fewer Morrissey solo songs that do or did apply as dearly, but some of them are:
Break Up the Family
I Don't Mind if You Forget Me
The Ordinary Boys
Dial-a-Cliche
Late Night Maudlin Street (somewhat, not entirely)
King Leer
I'm the End of the Family Line
Interesting Drug
Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Disappointed
Michael's Bones
Glamorous Glue
You're Going to Need Someone on Your Side
We'll Let You Know
Seasick, Yet Still Docked
I'd Love To
America is Not the World
I Have Forgiven Jesus
How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel

Hmmm...rather a lot, really.

I've also lived through every Joy Division song, at least twice!  Not so much any more, fortunately!

Yea, sometimes I feel like "The Fool On The Hill"  :D  no wait, I don't live on a hill  ;)  Anyway RNR, I'm sure you're not a loser, but there are days when life just gets ya down, believe me, I know, but tomorrow is another day!! Hey, is that a song?


The group Madness sung ' Tomorrow's just another day' - good song too.  :)

Don't say that about yourself,man.You'll feel miserable. :(



Howard
Thanks Howard, your words are appreciated ;)

Yea, sometimes I feel like "The Fool On The Hill"  :D  no wait, I don't live on a hill  ;)  Anyway RNR, I'm sure you're not a loser, but there are days when life just gets ya down, believe me, I know, but tomorrow is another day!! Hey, is that a song?
It IS...a song by The Monkees! Anyway, I have also shared "The Fool On The Hill" feeling.....but life goes on....BTW I don't live on a hill either, gemini61 ;)

You'll be alright, RockandRollFan.  :)

I edited this post because I made a mess of the quote - Oh dear. I'm the loser.  ;)

You'll be alright, RockandRollFan.  :)

I edited this post because I made a mess of the quote - Oh dear. I'm the loser.  ;)
Hey, I do that ALL the time, Bobby!

Hey, I do that ALL the time, Bobby!


;D

I'm a man - Bo Didley & George Thoroughgood - I'm a hoochi coochi man 8)

off the top of my head i would say "Dancing Queen" but that's a bit too obvious..

Dizzy by Tommy Roe :D

In my younger days In Qunitessense by Squeeze described my life in 3 minutes.

Some of the lyrics may go over some people's heads but...

I will survive - Gloria Gaynor


This is Me! Also, Across the Universe by the Beatles can apply to me as well.

Tanya

"I Don't Mind If You Forget Me"  Morrissey
"Ouija, Ouija"  Morrissey
"Policy of Truth"  Depeche Mode
"Lie To Me"  Depeche Mode
"Ship of Fools"  Erasure

"I Don't Mind If You Forget Me"   Morrissey
"Ouija, Ouija"   Morrissey
"Policy of Truth"   Depeche Mode
"Lie To Me"   Depeche Mode
"Ship of Fools"   Erasure

Hey, these are good ones!  "Lie To Me," say, what kind of relationship you got going anyway? 
;)
The Morrissey song I was just thinking of is "Sing Your Life."

Hey, these are good ones!  "Lie To Me," say, what kind of relationship you got going anyway? 
;)
The Morrissey song I was just thinking of is "Sing Your Life."



Hee hee MaxwellSmart... "Lie To Me" pretty much describes past relationships I had.  They were disasterous.  LOL :D

There are two songs that describe my past relationships, both Depeche Mode songs too! "A Question Of Lust" and "World Full Of Nothing."

Absolutely Vile

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Do you know a guy named Charlie?




I do.  ;)



For me the song HAS to be "I'm OK" by Styx




Cat

Daydream Believer-original version by John Stewart.

I've also lived through every Joy Division song, at least twice!  Not so much any more, fortunately!

I've been there too, Maxwell. The lyrics that would most represent my current life are the opening lines of the "Friends" TV show theme tune...no-one told me life was going to be this way, for sure! ???

Earth Wind And Fire- Singasong cause I enjoy singing to myself a lot. ;D




Howard

A lot of them are from the Bare Naked Ladies including- Too little too late, Pinch Me, Maybe Katie, Unfinished, and a couple others.

I knew the bride- dave edmunds
she cant dance- marshall crenshaw
pretty in pink- psychedelic furs


all are accurate for my life!

Lots of 'em...

The Last Time I Saw Richard-Joni Mitchell
All I Want-Joni Mitchell
Woman of Heart and Mind-Joni Mitchell
Banquet-Joni Mitchell
Pretty Good Year-Tori Amos
Cloud on My Tongue-Tori Amos
Mother-Tori Amos
That Song About the Midway-Joni Mitchell/Bonnie Raitt
People's Parties-Joni Mitchell
The Same Situation-Joni Mitchell
Cornflake Girl-Tori Amos

Not sure exactly, but around junior year of high school I adopted "Struggling Man" by Jimmy Cliff as my anthem for those many nights I'm up late doing homework

Struggling man has got to move
Struggling man no time to lose
I'm a struggling man
And I've got to move on

At about the same time and for the same situation, I took "Who Needs Sleep" by Barenaked Ladies

Who needs sleep
Well you're never gonna get it
Who needs sleep
Tell me what's that for

And my usual attempted outlook on life can be described by the Kate Bush sampling "Something Good" by Utah Saints... "I just know that something good is gonna happen"

Everything you never wanted to know about me :)

Ummm ... a short song?  ;D

Just about any song by the Goo Goo Dolls. I really identify with their stuff. Any one of either "Naked", "Broadway" or "Slide" could be about me.

Also, with all the guilt and shame I feel about my life, I kind of think that "It's a Sin" by the Pet Shop Boys is about me whenever I hear it.

I was actually going to mention that Kate Bush song..."Cloudbusting", "Running Up That Hill", and "Hounds of Love" apply to my life alot. Of Velvet Underground/Lou Reed songs, "Candy Says", "Walk on the Wild Side", and "New Age" apply to me alot.

"Cloudbusting"

I still dream of Orgonon.
I wake up crying.
You're making rain,
And you're just in reach,
When you and sleep escape me.

You're like my yo-yo
That glowed in the dark.
What made it special
Made it dangerous,
So I bury it
And forget.

But every time it rains,
You're here in my head,
Like the sun coming out--
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen.
And I don't know when,
But just saying it could even make it happen.

On top of the world,
Looking over the edge,
You could see them coming.
You looked too small
In their big, black car,
To be a threat to the men in power.

I hid my yo-yo
In the garden.
I can't hide you
From the government.
Oh, God, Daddy--
I won't forget,

'Cause every time it rains,
You're here in my head,
Like the sun coming out--
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen.
And I don't know when,
But just saying it could even make it happen.

The sun's coming out.
Your son's coming out.

could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."

It doesn't hurt me.
Do you want to feel how it feels?
Do you want to know that it doesn't hurt me?
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making?
You, it's you and me.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could, oh...

You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder.
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.

Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, it's you and me.
It's you and me won't be unhappy.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
Say, if I only could, oh...

"Running Up That Hill"

You,
It's you and me,
It's you and me won't be unhappy.

"C'mon, baby, c'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh..."

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

If I only could
Be running up that hill
With no problems...

"If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."

"Hounds of Love"

"It's in the trees!
It's coming!"

When I was a child:
Running in the night,
Afraid of what might be

Hiding in the dark,
Hiding in the street,
And of what was following me...

Now hounds of love are hunting.
I've always been a coward,
And I don't know what's good for me.

Here I go!
It's coming for me through the trees.
Help me, someone!
Help me, please!

Take my shoes off,
And throw them in the lake,
And I'll be
Two steps on the water.

I found a fox
Caught by dogs.
He let me take him in my hands.

His little heart,
It beats so fast,
And I'm ashamed of running away

From nothing real--
I just can't deal with this,
But I'm still afraid to be there,

Among your hounds of love,
And feel your arms surround me.
I've always been a coward,
And never know what's good for me.

Oh, here I go!
Don't let me go!
Hold me down!
It's coming for me through the trees.
Help me, darling,
Help me, please!

Take my shoes off
And throw them in the lake,
And I'll be
Two steps on the water.

I don't know what's good for me.
I don't know what's good for me.
I need your love love love love love, yeah!
Your love!

Take your shoes off
And throw them in the lake!

Do you know what I really need?
Do you know what I really need?
I need love love love love love, yeah!

"Pena" by Captain Beefheart.. fast and bulbous!  ;D

I'm just kidding.. I'd say maybe "Common People" by Pulp, "I'll See You In Hell" by Voltaire, or.. crap, I forget my last one. And it was good, too.

At times it would be Green Day's "Basket Case" but most of the time I'd have to say No Doubt's "Just a Girl"...

Back when I was just 17
I thought that I knew everything
I could make it in this scene
To be a rising star that only gleamed
When all the answers disagreed
With the questions held for me

I was legal now at 21
I knew the way the world should run
My God, just look what I had done
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends but I found none
All alone at 21

The fire burns on
and all that drives me on
till all is gone except
the simple plans of mice and men

At 25 I was suprised
That I was even half alive
somehow I managed to survive
I found my bodys' doing time
In my back a hundred knives
All from my friends at 25

And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life if you would sell
and you would too if less compelled
So live your life and live it well
Theres not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell

The fire burns on
and all that drives me on
till all is gone except
the simple plans of mice and men

Probably The Beatles 'Fool on the Hill'

Probably The Beatles 'Fool on the Hill'


Because you live on a hill and everyone is mystified as to you...hmm. And I'm sure you also eat babies in shepherd's pies, you do, for farthings and sweets.

Probably The Beatles 'Fool on the Hill'


I'm sure everyone can sort of imagine what sort of person I am. Kind of lonely, always an outsider, some people think I'm a bit mad. I guess I also try and play the brooding, complicated, anti-hero, outsider...

I guess maybe "Nowhere Man" by the Beatles.

I guess maybe "Nowhere Man" by the Beatles.


Can't we all relate to that song? Life can feel meaningless and pointless to the best of us...

Can't we all relate to that song? Life can feel meaningless and pointless to the best of us...


That's a horrible thing to say! Even when you're down, there's always something meaningful in your life! If your work is causing you grief, look to your friends. If your friends are causing you grief, look to your family. If your family is causing you grief, look to yourself. There's always something there... always

That's a horrible thing to say! Even when you're down, there's always something meaningful in your life! If your work is causing you grief, look to your friends. If your friends are causing you grief, look to your family. If your family is causing you grief, look to yourself. There's always something there... always


Life IS meaningless though.

Any meaning to it is in the human psyche..

Life IS meaningless though.

Any meaning to it is in the human psyche..


Well aren't you a cheerful little git with a positive attitude? If you are correct, then I will choose to live happily self-deceived and let all who see the truth have part of my share of the unhappiness, deep thinking, and unpleasantry while I live my little lie. :)

Life IS meaningless though.

Any meaning to it is in the human psyche..


I don't think we can know what or if there is a meaning to life.

Life IS meaningless though.

Any meaning to it is in the human psyche..


Have you seen MONTY PYTHON'S Life Of Brian?

That's a horrible thing to say! Even when you're down, there's always something meaningful in your life! If your work is causing you grief, look to your friends. If your friends are causing you grief, look to your family. If your family is causing you grief, look to yourself. There's always something there... always


What if you're causing your self grief (like I often do)?

..anyway as I was saying...  'Lifes a piece of **** when you think of it!!!' 

but that's not my personal philosophy you understand  ;D

What if you're causing your self grief (like I often do)?


Be proactive. Seek help where appropriate. Make a change. Can't give you anything more concrete unless you've got a specific problem.

What if you're causing your self grief (like I often do)?

What happens tho' when you're causing us grief with the multiple threads    ;D ;D

Life IS meaningless though.

Any meaning to it is in the human psyche..



Wow...sounds just like me when I was....uh...16?

Soon you'll be so busy and time will go by so quickly that you wont even have time to think these things.
And these thoughts are NOT unusual.

ONe more thing...as soon as I saw what this thread was about, I KNEW it would take this direction...

WhenI was in my teens, this was all I thought about.  Every song was written for me and it was all so personal.  It's ok..it's supposed to happen I think.

I think there are several threads we are using to express angst...threads that did not start that way.

Obviously nobody read this..

I was legal now at 21
I knew the way the world should run
My God, just look what I had done
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends but I found none
All alone at 21

At 25 I was suprised
That I was even half alive
somehow I managed to survive
I found my bodys' doing time
In my back a hundred knives
All from my friends at 25

And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life if you would sell
and you would too if less compelled
So live your life and live it well
Theres not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell



Dave touches on numerous points here.
First of all, the excesses of his youth led him to alienate himself from his friends. It isn't hard to do this. We have all, at some point, gone overboard and alienated ourselves. I know there are people who were once very dear to me that I no longer have any sort of relationship with. Now, wether this alienation is though alcohol like Dave, or through other things is of no consequence. Yes it will happen, but this is no reason to be negative 100% of the time, things improve.
He goes on to say "live your life and live it well". Yes of course things will go wrong, there is nothing anybody can do about that, but at the same time, we only have a limited amount of time to do what we want to do.
I'm a very negative person a lot of the time, it's a great fault in me, however..


Life IS meaningless though.

Any meaning to it is in the human psyche..


.. just won't cut it. If you are willing to accept defeat that easily then I feel I should give you a stern talking to.
Of course it has meaning, don't be so blind.
When your Uncle injured his back, you were around to help out, thus, to him you are useful, therefor you have a meaning.
Likewise, I on many ocassions have thought of myself as useless, however, in others time's of need I have been there, thus, my life has a meaning.
Stop looking for the big answer and focus on the small answer's that make sense.