Soundtrack Prompt

Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
A Kiss To Build a Dream On – Louis Armstrong
With A Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
Piano Man – Billy Joel
Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Old Time Rock & Roll – Bob Seger
I’m No Superman – Lazlo Bane
Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Forever Young – Rod Stewart

• Why are these songs important to you? How or where did you first encounter them? (Through a friend? The radio, television, the Internet, or magazine?)

Most of these songs are songs that are important to me because I remember them from my childhood. Many are songs that my parents listened to often. A few of these songs are just songs that I like and have a good meaning and relate to me.

• What does your mix say about who you are? How much do your musical choices reflect your sense of self and the subcultures you belong to?

My mix says that I am a person who likes older music. I am somewhat nostalgic, especially when away from home. I once searched for “As Time Goes By” sung by Jimmy Durante, simply because my parents listen to it very often.

• What would people learn about you by listening to your mix? What wouldn’t they be able to learn about you?

They would probably learn very little about me specifically. They would probably be able to see that I was not very much of a partier and that friends were very important to me.

• What does your mix indicate about your connection to something larger? How is it a reflection of the larger culture?

My mix doesn’t really connect me to anything larger. I suppose “I’m No Superman” connects me to fans of the TV show Scrubs which could be considered a group. I would interpret my mix and think that I am not really part of any one group. I have ties to many different cultures or groups.

• How well did you do making inferences based on your classmate’s list of songs? What did you get right? Wrong? Explain.

I am not sure how well I did making inferences because we did not reveal who we were. I do not know whose mix I had read. I think that I got most of it right though.