F/OST: Dreaming Bigger
"Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing."
- Eve Ensler
The prompt was: theme of empowerment through not needing love/finding things worth more than romantic love
01 No Man’s Woman // Sinéad O'Connor
The quintessential ‘I don’t need love’ song.
02 Mr. Grieves // TV on the Radio (cover of the The Pixies)
You can cry, you can mope
but can you swing from a good, good rope?
03 I Know Very Well How I Got My Name // Colin Meloy (cover of Morrissey)
You think you were my first love, but you're wrong
you were the only one, who's come and gone.
04 My Lovin’ // En Vogue
I'm dating myself with this and 15.
05 Gotta Knock A Little Harder // SEAT BELTS
I faced the door and all my shame
Tearin' off each piece of chain
Until they all were broken
06 Air War // Crystal Castles
07 Feelin’ Kind of Strange // Drumattic Twins
Lately I’ve been feeling kind of strange,
My senses are on fire.
08 Feeling Good // Nina Simone
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me
09 Help I’m Alive // Metric
If my life is mine, what shouldn't I do?
I get wherever I'm going, I get whatever I need
10 Rhythm and Blues Alibi // Gomez
You can write your tunes with rhythm and blues as your alibi
You can sell your soul and lay the blame all on the passers-by
11 Galvanize // Chemical Brothers ft. Q-tip
Cause you woke up in the mornin, with initiative to move, so why make it harder (Don't hold back)
If you think about it, so many people do, be cool man, look smarter (Don't hold back)
And you shouldn’t even care, bout those losers in the air, and their crooked stares (Don't hold back)
Cause there's a party over here, so you might as well be here, where the people care (Don’t hold back)
12 Filthy and Gorgeous // Scissor Sisters
You gotta keep your shit together with your feet on the ground
There ain't no one gonna listen if you haven't made a sound
13 Mutha Fukka On A Motorcycle // Machine Gun Fellatio
I'm a hard hallucinator with an axe to grind
Shootin' from the hip like a porcupine
I'm a mutha fukka on a motorcycle
(She's a mutha fukka on a motorcycle)
14 Just Don’t Care // Dunproofin’ (remix of Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On)
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
15 Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves // Eurythmics
We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too.
Everybody - take a look around.
Can you see - can you see - can you see
There's a woman right next to you.
16 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots p.1 // The Flaming Lips
Her name is Yoshimi
she's a black belt in karate
working for the city
she has to discipline her body
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