Playlist Representing Me

by Elena Munk

  1. Night in White Satin- Moody Blues

Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac

American Pie- Don Mclean

Summer of 69- Bryan Adams

  1. Bailando (feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona)- Enrique Iglesias

Hotel California (Spanish Remix)- Gipsy Kings

No Vivere- Gipsy Kings

  1. Doubt, Message Man, Stressed Out- Twenty One Pilots

Below my Feet, Ghosts That We Knew, Babel -Mumford and Sons

  1. Burning in My Soul (feat. Brett Younker)- Passion

Mighty to Save- Hillsong

From the Inside Out- Hillsong

  1. Wonderwall- Oasis

I Want it That Way- Backstreet boys

I Believe I Can Fly- R. Kelly

  1. Numb, Bleed it out, The Catalyst, Waiting for the End, In the End- LINKIN PARK

 

I chose to make a music playlist to represent myself, the songs are a shortened list of songs (and artists) that I associate myself with. When I was making my playlist (which is based off of music that I have on my phone and therefore listen to predominantly) I separated them into groups and each section has its own reason for being grouped together. The whole experience was fun, but a little difficult because there are so many songs to choose from. As well, trying to establish a difference between songs I like and ones that represent me in a way (even though I like them too). The first group of songs are based in nostalgia; in that they were ones my parents (mainly my dad) played when I was kid. Within that group as well, some songs were only listened to on the weekend and others were for the car or road trips. The second group to me, is a representation of my heritage because my mom is from Spain. So there is some more recent Spanish music that I like to listen to and some more ‘typical’ Spanish songs. The third group is music that I like to listen to while studying or doing other homework depending on what mood I’m in- if I want louder music I’ll listen to Twenty One Pilots and similar music, but if I need only a quiet background sound I’ll pick Mumford and Sons. The fourth group is made up of Praise and Worship songs or what I suppose one could call ‘contemporary church music’. I’m a youth leader at my Church and fairly religious, so I included some of my favourite songs that we sing or I just like to listen to. The fifth group are songs that I equate with friends or particular events with friends. The sixth group and last grouping is the music I used to listen to when I am upset, frustrated, etc., I find the loud music to be a good outlet. Many of these songs do not exactly line up with an aspect of myself, but I find that they nonetheless represent me through my childhood, my family background, the time I spend doing schoolwork, my religion, my friends, and coping with difficulties.