The Sounds of My Life
I decided that my life has a soundtrack. It’s sorta like a movie, I guess. The best of movies always seem to have the greatest of songs playing softly in the background. These songs tend to lend to the emotion of the situation and contribute to the emphasis of the next big moment. As far back as I can remember, I’ve have always had one song or another stuck in my head and running through my brain. Is that normal? With every BIG moment in my life, there was a song. And it seems that whenever I come across this song unexpectedly, it resurrects the memory of that BIG moment. All of my little “moments” have songs too. I remember things by the songs that I’ve associated with them. The first time I performed on a stage, the first time I put lipstick on, and the first time I remember staring back at myself in a mirror. All of these moments have songs.
While I question how normal this is to have a soundtrack to my life, I can’t even begin to imagine what my life would be without music. Music has always been important to me. Music can make or break my mood, and even be used to change my mood when necessary. I’ve used music to party with friends, enjoy a warm bubble bath and cope with unsettling situations. But what I didn’t realize is that I was using music as a way to help my memory. Every single occurrence in my life that has some sort of importance is associated with a song, and as I play that song through my brain the memories of it all come back to me. Again I ask, is that normal?
So what is your soundtrack? What song comes to mind when you think of your first boyfriend/girlfriend? The first time you drove? When you lost your virginity? Here is a few of mine…..
Freeway of Love, Arethra Franklin – My first stage performance
Yellow Submarine, The Beatles – Having a drink with friends on the balcony of my first apartment
Mentirosa, Mellow Man Ace – An old friend that I constantly wonder the fate of
Always, Pebbles – An Old Neighbor who gave me confidence in myself
Red, Red, Wine, UB40 – An old babysitter who made me laugh
I love Onions, Susan Christie – Riding on the center console of my dad’s camaro
Grandpa, The Judds – Waving at the cars behind us on the freeway from the back window of my Aunt’s wagon
Baby Got Back, Sir Mixalot – The summer I cut all my hair off and instantly regretted it
Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues – Discovering Myself
Hold On, Wilson Phillips – My mom
Stand By Your Man, Tammy Wynette – My grandmother’s funeral
Light My Fire, The Doors – Losing My Virginity
It’s funny that you wrote this today, my husband does a radio show and on his last radio show (Tuesday) he did an entire show about songs of his life. Starting from the earliest songs he remembered up to current day songs that had meaning to him, or he associated with certain things. You two must be on the same wavelength this week!
Yes Beatles, Sgt Pepper, Yellow Sub, Magical Mystery Tour and White albums. Doors and Led Zep too.
You lost your virginity to Light My Fire? Wow! That’s so cool!
Love this post – we’ve prob all got a soundtrack. I’d have to sit and think of mine – it’d make a much better post than my medical whiney ones, that’s for sure!
I can relate to the idea of having background music in all important fases of you life, because I have them too. Thank you so much for sharing this, as music tell’s us a lot about you. Loved reading this.
Yeah, I have a couple. that one song that you hear all of a sudden transforms you back to that moment when you first heard it and it had an impression.
I would be so lost without my music.
This was excellent Thy. I feel the same as you about music. Music is whats between the lines in my world. This made me wanna do a post like this. Great idea.
I heart music d >.< b
Absolutely fantastic. I love when a song comes on and it immediately takes you back to a great place. Some trigger memories that I have forgotten about and it brings a big smile to my face. That right there is awesome. I’ve always said music is your life in songs..pick your songs wisely.
Great post! The song titles definitely offer a glimpse into you as a person. Maybe I’ll have to think of my own soundtrack and post it one of these days!