deleteuser_184321 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 This thread is heavily inspired by a thread from last application season, but I thought I'd give re-birth to the idea of using music to obsess about cope with the waiting period. I'll start with a combination of songs from last application season and a few of my personal additions: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson This is The Day - The The Are We the Waiting - Green Day Survivor - Destiny's Child Stronger - Kelly Clarkson Under Pressure - Queen Don't Stop Believin' - Journey Be OK - Ingrid Michaelson Everything's Alright - Jesus Christ Superstar There is Life Outside Your Apartment - Avenue Q The Musical I'm Calm - Jack Gilford Take a Chance on Me - Abba Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day Maneater - Daryl Hall I'm a Believer - The Monkees This is Your Life - Dropkick Murphys Don't Stop Me Now - Queen You Make My Dreams - Daryl Hall gellert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellefast Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Ah, good choices. I have been stuck on Mary Jane-Rick James for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litjust Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Oh, the waiting! My playlist is a montage of metaphors in three parts: 1) The first tracks are "acceptance wishes" I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles River of Life/The Yes Song - Mia Doi Todd Come Together - The Beatles Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest Waiting for You - Ben Harper Possibly Maybe - Bjork Dreamland - Bob Marley and The Wailers She Talks to Angels - The Black Crows 2) The next tracks are the "letdown blues" Alone - Ben Harper Brain Stew - Green Day Worthy - Ani DiFranco Creep - Radiohead Sailing to Nowhere - Broken Bells Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be) - Sly & The Family Stone Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Union Forever - The White Stripes 3) The last tracks are my confidence boosters Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) - Maxwell You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne Carnival - Natalie Merchant Black Velveteen - Lenny Kravitz 32 Flavors - Ani DiFranco Definition - Blackstar You Got Me - The Roots So Fresh, So Clean - Outkast We're Going to Be Friends - The White Stripes Safferz, LaBrunaFurba, BreathingSister and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lslavic12 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Love this topic! Good way to kill time, get new tunes, and dwell in a bit of self-pity! In no particular fashion… so basically totally random… scattered like my brain right now in this period of agonizing WAIT Waiting Around to Die- The Lemonheads The Right Profile- The Clash Waiting- Little Red Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time- Fanfarlo Little More Time- Zox Time On Your Side- Emily Jane White Like the Wheel- The Tallest Man on Earth Wait- The Beatles Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)- Foster the People You Lost My Mind- Sam Phillips Nowhere Fast- The Smiths Waiting For My Chance to Come- Noah and the Whale To Rise Above- Gogol Bordello I Say A Little Prayer- Dionne Warwick Take Me Somewhere- Cape Dory L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.- Noah and the Whale Sounds Like Hallelujah- The Head and the Heart I Want You- Bob Dylan Countdown- Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAndFutureGrad Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hello from the metal and punk side! Here are my songs of joy: Ensiferum - Victory Song Flogging Molly - Back of a Broken Dream Korpiklaani - Journeyman ("Narrow road behind me/I never look back") And of despair: Tiger Army - Under Saturn's Shadow Turisas - The Bosphorus Freezes Over ("I felt betrayed and disappointed/Was that really it?") Solefald - Crater of the Valkyries ("Here I lie/like a dead man...Here I am as nobody") Einherjer - Ironbound ("The torture never stops!") The Sword - Winter's Wolves Tyr - Sand in the Wind ("Like grains of sand in the winter wind/So is all existence") And to get me excited about grad school things: Bad Religion - You've Got a Chance Authority Zero - Find Your Way Turisas - The Great Escape ("Tilt the galley over/For no emperor nor chain will stand in my way!") As you can see I'm better at consoling myself than celebrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logik36 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I've only recently gotten into dubstep, so trying to pass the time with a crash course in the genre. Tonne of late nights finishing up my last undergrad term, and well, stressing out about my graduate school applications, so 'Niraya - Symphony of the Night' has been playing a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicana Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 My favorite song has been Shakira's Waka Waka (This Time for Africa). I listen to it when I work out and always feel super inspired by the words. I found it very inspiring last year (when I was waitlisted at 3 of the 4 places, never making it off the waitlist) and have found it even more inspiring round two. As I work out I listen to the words and think about how great it will feel when I finally get accepted. I have to warn you though that I listen to the Spanish version and find that it is much better than the English version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrescribedBurn Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Last year when my sister was applying, I made her a CD after she got in that was supposed to represent the grad school process. Some of them were specific to her research interests and location, but here's a selection: I Wish I Could Go Back to College (from Avenue Q) It'll All Work Out- Tom Petty Woo Hoo-The 5.6.7.8.s Dancing in the Street-Martha and the Vandellas Be True to Your School-Beach Boys Science is Real- They Might Be Giants Put it to the Test- They Might Be Giants and then there were just a bunch of songs about California, because that's where her school is. Sorry, not a lot of waiting songs, I know. But the Tom Petty one is a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gellert Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 accepted playlist: Defying Gravity - Wicked OST Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine Weightless - All Time Low rejected playlist: Perfect - Glee Cast Version Someone Like You - Adele Loser Like Me - Glee Cast Version The Show Must Go On - Queen It Doesn't Hurt - Katie Thompson waiting playlist: Misery - Glee Cast Version SuperBass - Nicki Minaj Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine Sleep the Clock Around - Belle and Sebastian The Edge of Glory - Lady GaGa Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths The Dark of the Matinee - Franz Ferdinand ...You can tell what I'm most concerned with at the moment (and which playlists I've barely bothered to create because I think I'll never have the need to listen to them). litjust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinguisticMystic Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I'm a bit obsessed with Porcupine Tree, so here is my all-Porcupine Tree playlist: What Happens Now? The Sleep of No Dreaming A Smart Kid Waiting (Phases 1 & 2) The Start of Something Beautiful Arriving Somewhere but Not Here This Long Silence Cure for Optimism Access Denied Idiot Prayer Stupid Dream Great Expectations Pitangus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonskee Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 YES to The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want. Haven't really bothered creating a playlist - the only things I've been listening to recently are podcasts on the areas of biology in which I'm interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLajax Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hall and Oates- You Make My Dreams ("what I got, you want, it might be hard to handle") That's also my major pump up song (walking to exams snapping my fingers like I'm a member of the Sharks/Jets on my way to a dance fight). I second Abba- Take A Chance on Me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLajax Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 These are all great suggestions! I've combined most of the songs so far and made a playlist on sharemyplaylists.com that can be opened on spotify (a free and legal music software program). Unfortunately, because of licensing, all of the Beatles tracks and some of the White Stripes and Adele tracks are not available. Here's the link: http://bit.ly/zteBMP Genius! Mad props to Allport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litjust Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 These are all great suggestions! I've combined most of the songs so far and made a playlist on sharemyplaylists.com that can be opened on spotify (a free and legal music software program). Unfortunately, because of licensing, all of the Beatles tracks and some of the White Stripes and Adele tracks are not available. Here's the link: http://bit.ly/zteBMP AWESOME!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
che psyra psyra Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 "Big Sur" by Mason Jennings has been pretty much been on repeat. That guy just chills me out, and I dig on the line "future is as future does". Okay, Mason, I'll dial back the crazy for a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdon19 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 So some of these are really only tangentially related to waiting... "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" -- Camera Obscura (just insert any school name for Lloyd) "Cheer Up You Miserable Fuck" -- David Ford "Saturn's Light" -- Deb Talan (songs about looking for love seem to be particularly appropriate...) "Helplessness Blues" -- Fleet Foxes "When Your Mind's Made Up" -- Once OST (if they reject me, well, there's nothing I can do!) "Lost in My Mind" -- The Head and the Heart "I Want to Belong to You" -- Katie Herzig (sense a trend here?) "Racing Like a Pro" -- The National "Slow Descent into Alcoholism" -- The New Pornographers (so true, so true) "Pictures of Success" -- Rilo Kiley "I Don't Wanna Wait" -- Rosi Golan "Call Me Back" -- The Strokes "Hope Tomorrow" -- The Weepies "Lighting Candles" -- The Weepies ("Trying not to hope too hard for what I want / Trying not to go too far with all the dreaming." Enough said.) And there's one song I've refused to play until I've gotten at least one acceptance (or rejections from every school): "Not Your Year" by the Weepies. It's too foreboding right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socihealth Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Accepted: Its raining men - The Weather Girls Top of the world - The Carpenters Waiting: Super Bass - Nicki Minaj Rejected: Bruises - Chairlift Hallelujah - Jeff Buckely Version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athenrein Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm a bit obsessed with Porcupine Tree, so here is my all-Porcupine Tree playlist: Heh, I've got an all-Porcupine Tree playlist too. Must be a linguistics thing. Other current favorites: Spock's Beard (Skeletons at the Feast), Herbie Hancock (the Future 2 Future album), Janelle Monae (Cold War & Many Moons), and Amanda Palmer (Leeds United). Also, the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog soundtrack. Pitangus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlkwih2 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 While refreshing my inbox: Simon & Garfunkel - Why Don't You Write Me litjust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameonna Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) My interview prep playlist (to keep my confidence up): Muse - Knights of Cydonia Miss Kittin - Kittin is High Queen - We Will Rock You DJ Tiesto - Walking on Clouds Kerli - Walking on Air Dan Bern - Tiger Woods La Roux - Bulletproof La Roux - In for the Kill (Let's Get Ravey Remix) Origa - Rise Then, if I end up actually doing well, it's gonna be Queen - We Are the Champions. Edited January 19, 2012 by Ameonna deleteuser_184321 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane_Eyre Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I definitely need to start listening to some of the above-listed songs, but for the sake of comedic relief I would like to add a little gem my aunt sent me last night. Guess she knew I needed a good laugh. http://pbskids.org/rogers/songLyricsLetsThinkOfSomethingToDo.html Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallorn Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Sorry to bump this but I can't believe no one has mentioned The Final Countdown by Europe. The perfect waiting song, surely! Others: The Beatles- You Never Give Me Your Money Queen and Davie Bowie- Under Pressure Audioslave- Like a Stone Abba- Take a Chance on Me Florence + the Machine- Shake it Out Overall general positive song: Queen- Don't Stop Me Now wlkwih2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunninlynguist Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I'll only use tracks released within the last year or so to retain some connection to the application process. Accepted: Victory Laps - MF DOOM & Ghostface Killah Eyes in the Sky - Immortal Technique Who Da Neighbors - Juicy J Victorious People - Zion I & The Grouch Waiting: 4Eva and a Day - Big K.R.I.T. The Grand Illusion - Pharoahe Monch Check to Check - Apathy The Only One - Blu & Exile Rejected: So Cold - Future Get Ignorant - Cunninlynguists What The Hell - Gucci Mane Check My Resume - 2 Chainz aaliyah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlkwih2 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Sorry to bump this but I can't believe no one has mentioned The Final Countdown by Europe. The perfect waiting song, surely! Totally! Just posted that one on FB. It's just a matter of days, and it's killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenePony Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) I definitely need to start listening to some of the above-listed songs, but for the sake of comedic relief I would like to add a little gem my aunt sent me last night. Guess she knew I needed a good laugh. http://pbskids.org/r...ethingToDo.html Enjoy! I sent this to my friend who is also waiting. It's perfect! For those in the manic/neurotic phase of waiting, I would recommend some Django Rheinhart. If I can't sit still, I might as well as listen to music that really won't let me (Devil in the Deep Blue Sea, Django's Tiger, and Minor Swing especially) Edited January 27, 2012 by GreenePony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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