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AIBU to ask if there is a song that sums up your life

138 replies

Flyingfish2019 · 27/11/2019 20:50

And which song it is?

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JObriensbollox · 29/11/2019 05:19

This one

JObriensbollox · 29/11/2019 05:23

Also this one

prawnsword · 29/11/2019 05:23

Dumb Things - Paul Kelly

Snowmonster · 29/11/2019 05:24

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

GiveHerHellFromUs · 29/11/2019 05:27

The Day I Died by Just Jack.
Sounds morbid ha! But the happiness in the simplest things really resonates

MrsMonkeyBear · 29/11/2019 05:34

10 years ago it would have been "Photosynthesis" by Frank Turner.

Now its somewhere between "Afternoons and Coffeespoons" by Crash Test Dummies, "All I gave" by World Party and "Be More Kind" by Frank Turner

Rock4please · 29/11/2019 05:46

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits - fighting what needs to be fought in camaraderie and love.

JObriensbollox · 29/11/2019 06:20

@Rock4please

I like Walk Of Life by Dire Straits - I have actually seen them years ago

happycamper11 · 29/11/2019 07:42

Ed Sheerans castle on the hill describes my rural upbringing to a tee, and the different ways we've all gone since - completed by the fact we did indeed have a castle on a hill in view from my house.

GameChange123 · 29/11/2019 07:50

MacArthur Park someone left the cake out in the rain!?
(Donna summer)

Can't go back to savoury now - John shuttleworth

permanentlyexhaustedpigeon · 29/11/2019 09:50

John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

Lilacpheonix · 29/11/2019 10:23

The Show Must Go On-Queen

Sunflowersok · 29/11/2019 10:25

Everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears

BackBoiler · 29/11/2019 10:48

@Emmyjai that whole Chase and Status album is a soundtrack to my life at the moment

Basecamp65 · 29/11/2019 11:13

A life less ordinary - levellers on a good day

Tubthumping - Chumbawamba on a bad day.

amigababy · 29/11/2019 13:59

She's a star - James

Self diagnosed ASD this song just describes masking, and how tiring it is, so well.

Ponoka7 · 29/11/2019 14:08

The power of love, Frankie goes to Hollywood.

But I like the line in The Gambler (Kenny Rodgers) 'every hands a winner and every hands a loser and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep'

Metaplasia · 29/11/2019 23:11

Just thought of another one, Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

It just takes some time,
little girl you're in the middle of the ride,
everything, everything will be just fine,
everything, everything will be alright, alright

Happyadventurer · 29/11/2019 23:29

Welcome to my Nightmare - Alice Cooper.
Just been watching a programme on Brexit. (running for cover)

1moresurvey · 30/11/2019 00:06

Diamond rings and old barstools - Tim McGraw
Ex has just died, just about sums it up!

70sWitch · 30/11/2019 00:20

I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross was no1 the day I was born. I've always felt it was apposite. Nothng has ever come easy.

70sWitch · 30/11/2019 00:22

Then again. "You Don't Own Me" sums me up nicely too. Grin. Had a few who've tried that shit.

mokapot · 30/11/2019 00:28

Incomplete by backstreet boys

Champagnetaste · 30/11/2019 00:37

Mine is oasis - don’t look back in anger. It reminds me of being a young teenager with my first love. Every time I hear it I’m transported back to that first kiss and still get butterflies

Dowser · 30/11/2019 00:38

I will survive.

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