'Shirtless and Unshowered' - The Motion Picture Soundtrack

I can only hope my future documentary on PBS (or Lifetime. I’m not picky) has a musical score as wonderful as the collection of songs that got stuck in my head this week. Not so much because they’re good - In fact, some of them are terrible - but because it would be so damn confusing it just might be deemed artistic. Trust me, When these songs transition to and from each other, you’re on a roller coaster of emotion. And not the bad ass, ‘Son of Beast’ at sunset kind, either. But the, ‘here, get on this giant vibrator of a cart and let us whip you around for a few minutes’, ‘Iron Wolf’ kind.

1. Portugal. The Man - Created

No complaints.

open up your arms and hold on too.
every thing you own that owns you too.
and just let it all go.
cause we do as we please.
and that’s all we can do.

Backstreet Boys - Drowning

This would play during the ‘lock eyes momentarily with the pretty girl across the room, get scared, trip over my own foot, awkwardly jog it out’ scene of the movie.

Fat Joe/Ashanti/Ja Rule - What’s Love

You can’t prepare yourself for the horror of Ja Rule spontaneously appearing in your head as you innocently exit the library. I didn’t deserve that.

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again On My Own

Break the imaginary girl’s heart. Walk away as she falls apart in miserable sadness. In slow motion. With wind in your hair.

The Beatles - Hey Jude (Specifically, the Across the Universe cover)

It’s been in there all week, and it’s still there. No problem with that. I’d just like for somebody in one of my classes to finally notice my finger drumming of “naaaa naa na, na na na naaaa….naa na na naaa, Heeeey Juuuude”

I had a good week.