What’s Your Theme Song?

My Kid told me yesterday that she has been given a rather cool classroom assignment: she has to pick a “theme song” that fits her life.

Right now, she likes Flyleaf, so she is leaning towards one of their songs for her theme. I encouraged her to dig deeper and consider other songs that she’s liked over the past 15 years. I said, “Remember when you liked Evanescence? And Avril? And Hanson? And Barney?” After frogging me, she said that she STILL liked Evanescence, thank you very much.

As the staunchest American Idol fan in the known universe, I could not help but wonder how they would handle a “your life’s theme song” topic for the contestants. Of course, they would have to choose from their very limited catalog but even so… that might be a fun theme for TPTB to use this year. Not that they listen to ol’ Aunt Pearl, sigh.

My Kid asked Her Dad and I what our theme songs would be. I had to think about it for awhile. He mentioned “Shine” by Collective Soul. Or maybe something by Pearl Jam. I had a more difficult time deciding, as I have a tendency to overthink things.

So… in the spirit of list-making… man, I love me a good list any day of the week…

My Life Theme Songs

70s

“Heart Like a Wheel” by Linda Ronstadt
“Love Me Like Music (and I'll Be Your Song)” by Heart
“Victim of Love” by The Eagles
“Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac
“Heartbreaker” by Pat Benatar

80s

“Rapture” by Blondie
“If I Needed You” by Emmylou Harris & Don Williams
“Somebody’s Knocking” by Terri Gibbs
“Seven Year Ache” by Roseanne Cash
“I Would Die 4 U” by Prince & the Revolution
“You Can Take the Wings Off Me” by Reba McEntire
“Morning Like This” by Sandi Patty
“Telling Me Lies” by Trio (Linda, Emmylou, Dolly)
“Awesome God” by Rich Mullins
“I Will Not be Denied” by Bonnie Raitt

90s

“Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak
“Tell Me I Was Dreaming” by Travis Tritt
“I’ll Stand By You” by The Pretenders
“Ice Cream” by Sarah McLachlan
“Foolish Games” by Jewel
“Where the River Flows” by Collective Soul
“In the Light” by dc Talk
“My Favorite Mistake” by Sheryl Crow
“Wide Eyed” by Nichole Nordeman
“God of Wonders” by City on a Hill (Mac Powell, etc.)

2000s

“Lay It Down” by Jennifer Knapp
“Salt and Light” by Jami Smith
“Grace Like Rain” by Todd Agnew
“Who Am I” by Point of Grace
“I Need You to Love Me” by BarlowGirl
“A Better Way” by downhere
“Anywhere with Jesus” by Amy Grant
“Weight of the World” by Evanescence

Long list, yeah, but it covers my formative years. I love making lists of non-value-added things that mean nada to no one but moi. Oh well, today is my birthday so, Happy B-day to me (-: