As I was writing the post I put up Monday, I found myself having a bit of a soundtrack going through my head. Most prominent was “Over and Under,” by Joydrop. “Down Under,” by Men at Work came to mind. And at one point “Overpowered by Funk,” actually came up on the playlist I had playing. (Theo likes The Clash, so I will play it for him when he’s fussy. It’s good bouncing music.)
It may not shock you that I have, in the past, enjoyed putting together playlists by theme. (One of these days I will show you my question and answer playlist.)
So as I wrote my…um…poem…I found myself also jotting down song titles. And then I took it another step, and put together a playlist. Which made a sort of poem or story itself.
-
Over + Under (Joydrop)
Overachievers (Crash Test Dummies)
Overkill (Men at Work)
Blue Overall (XTC)
Overpowered by Funk (The Clash)
Under Control (The Strokes)
Under Pressure (Queen and David Bowie)
Overcome (Tricky)
Pushover (The Long Winters)
Under my Thumb (Social Distortion)
Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
Under the Milky Way (The Church)
Over the Rainbow (Innocence Mission)
Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears)
Overhead (Furslide)
Undertow (REM)
Under Water (Mary’s Danish)
Underground (Ben Folds Five)
The Ugly Underneath (XTC)
Underwear (The Magnetic Fields)
Underneath it All (Nine Inch Nails)
Down Under (Men at Work)
Underwear (Pulp)
From Under the Covers (The Beautiful South)
All Over the World (Pixies)
Over There (The Housemartins)
Over and Over (Camper van Beethoven)
Over and Over (Morcheeba)
It’s Over (Tom Waits)
Over (Portishead)
It’s Over (Filter)
I know it’s Over (The Smiths)
Over Now (Alice in Chains)
All Over Now (Aimee Man)
It’s All Over But the Crying (Garbage)
Now the Day is Over (Innocence Mission)
Over and Done With (The Proclaimers)
I Am Over It (The Dandy Warhols)
I am a highly trained stunt procrastinator. Don’t try this at home.
Well, actually, do try it. It’s fun. Just go to your iTunes library, or whatever source of songage you choose, and pick out song titles that write a story or a poem. (This is not unlike Magpie’s book stacking task, which I keep meaning to try. You should try that, too, while your at it. Because you need more distractions.)