A Hundred Songs That ______ My Life

Aye, OJ, I'm making me list because I can't just shrug off your challenge. . Lol! J/K. Making this list was really difficult, not hard since I don't get uhm..hard, because there are a lot of songs that had a great impact (impakto in Jap, LOL!) in my life and I can only choose 100.

On Baddie's (OJ's friend where he got the "meme") entry, he got the idea from Peyton Sawyer of One Tree Hill.

"Music always helps, no matter what you’re going through. So, if you flunk a big test, or you had a really bad breakup, or you just miss someone so bad, it hurts, then listen to my playlist. A hundred songs to save your life. And it should help."

I have no plans of getting married nor having children in the future, but since not everything goes according to my plan, I guess I'll make my own time capsule and include this 100 songs. (Addendum: “Sometimes, no matter how carefully you plan your playlist, there is no right track for what awaits you.” - Definitely Maybe) This selection somehow reflects my "girlie" side and "denied-romanticism", list includes OPM, J-pop, British invasion, and what-nots. Quoting Liyam, "I chew on them judges," so don't be one, if you don't wanna be chewed on that is.



>>>>> rough-draft of a letter/note to my would-be offspring <<<<<


Dear kid(s),


As you're reading this, I may or may not be around to share your life's journey with you. A wise man once told me that "death is certain; life is not," and I had music to accompany me through my emotional roller coaster ride in this uncertainty. If I could, I would have compiled these random songs in order just so it would appear as if it's somewhat biographical, a story of my life before your conception, but since I'm or was a kind of person who takes great interest into something one moment then lose it the next, this list won't come into fruition by doing so. And now, my dear child(ren), without further ado, and a wish that you'd know me better than I could have ever shown you, here it is, Mumsie's melodies of life..


1. At The Beginning by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis
2. Lose Yourself by Eminem
3. Tainted Love by Soft Cell
4. If You’re Gone by Matchbox 20
5. Somewhere Out There by Our Lady of Peace
6. Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla
7. The Freshman by The Verve Pipe
8. Deep by Binocular
9. Mad World by Tears For Fears
10. Melt With You by Modern English
11. How Do You Talk To An Angel by The Heights
12. Plush by Stone Temple Pilots
13. Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
14. Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
15. Breakfast At Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something
16. Long December by Counting Crows
17. I Don’t Want To Wait by Paula Cole
18. Be Like That by 3 Doors Down
19. Two Princes by Spin Doctors
20. I Would Do Everything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) by Meatloaf
21. Creep by Radiohead
22. Fixing A Broken Heart by Indecent Obsession
23. Two Steps Behind by Def Leppard
24. To Be With You by Mr. Big
25. Baby I’m A-Want You by Bread
26. How Can I Fall by Breathe
27. Starlight by Muse
28. Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon
29. Daughter by Pearl Jam
30. Someone's Waiting For You – The Rescuers OST
31. Eyes On Me by Faye Wong
32. Waiting In Vain by Bob Marley and the Waileys
33. I Don’t Know Why by Norah Jones
34. Naaalala Ka by Rey Valera
35. You’re All I Need by White Lion
36. Something To Say by Harem Scarem
37. Name by Goo Goo Dolls
38. Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
39. Better Man by Robbie Williams
40. Simple and Clean by Utada Hikaru
41. Can’t Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley
42. Just The Way You Look Tonight by Tony Bennett
43. Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
44. Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra
45. Runaway by The Corrs
46. Come What May by Ewan McGregor
47. Your Love by Alamid
48. Ako’y Iyo At Ika’y Akin Lamang by I-Axe
49. 214 by Rivermaya
50. Drops of Jupiter by Train
51. Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
52. Somebody by Depeche Mode
53. Fallin’ by Keahiwai
54. Out Of Reach by Gabrielle
55. No Such Thing by John Mayer
56. Cool by Gwen Stephanie
57. Take A Bow by Madonna
58. How Soon Is Now by t.A.T.u
59. Stigmatized by The Calling
60. Glycerine by Bush
61. Hemorrhage by Fuel
62. Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers
63. Shine by Collective Soul
64. Cryin’ by Aerosmit
65. You Don’t Love Me Anymore by Weird Al Yankovic
66. Sunday Morning by Maroon 5
67. Super Proxy by Eraserheads
68. Sa’n Na Nga Ba’ng Barkada by APO Hiking Society
69. Inuman Na by Parokya Ni Edgar
70. Kaleidoscope World by Francis M
71. Time Stands Still by The All-American Rejects
72. More Than Words by Extreme
73. Drive by Incubus
74. Points of Authority by Linkin Park
75. Family Portrait by Pink
76. When It’s Over by Sugar Ray
77. Wasted My Time by Default
78. Eleanor by Jet
79. Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations
80. Stitches and Burns by Fra Lippo Lippi
81. Four Seasons Of Loneliness by Boyz II Men
82. All I Have To Give by Backstreet Boys
83. Here In My Heart by Plus One
84. Strong Enough by Stacie Orrico
85. Sugar, Sugar by The Archies
86. Like A Stone by Audioslave
87. Passenger Seat by Stephen Speaks
88. I Call You Love by Meister
89. Tired Of Waiting by The Kinks
90. You by The Carpenters
91. Only Wanna Be With You by Hootie & The Blowfish
92. Baba O’Reiley by The Who
93. Nandito Lang Ako by Michael V.
94. State of the Nation by Industry
95. Linger by The Cranberries
96. Sa’yong Mundo by Yman
97. Kanlungan by Noel Cabangun
98. Bizarre Love Triangel by New Order
99. Long Road To Ruin by Foo Fighters
100. Melodies of Life by Emiko Shiratori