Certain songs bring me right back to THAT moment:
….my first serious boyfriend and
our phone fight whilst Roxette’s “Listen
To Your Heart” bellowed in the background.
….my traveling (and moving) across
country with my parents as “Convoy” and C.W. McCall propelled us down the
highway.
….my first tween giggles to sexual
innuendo as Elton John belted out, “rolling like thunder, under the covers” in
his “Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” ballad.
…my many memories with my bff to
the various Grateful Dead tunes; but especially to “Alabama Getaway” as we
drove around in her Plymouth Duster.
With that, I decided to have a fun Thursday Top Ten……I am
going to open up my own personal Pandora’s box and share with you my all-time
Top Ten favorite songs (oh boy, this is going to be tough)!
10. “Annie’s Song” - John
Denver. Makes me think of my dad. It also contains all my favorite things
(ocean, forest…. You fill up my senses…..)
9. “Beautiful Day” -
U2. Seriously, every day is a beautiful
day – regardless of how “bad” it may seem; we are alive. That’s beautiful. How can you not scream along to “It’s a
beautiful day!”
8. “A New Day Has
Come” - Celine Dion – this song got me through my darkest cancer days and helped
me anticipate the New Day after with my newborn, Reece. “Let the rain come down and wash away my
tears……touched by an angel in the sky……”
7. “Sunday Morning” -
Maroon 5. Adam Levine
is singing this to me. Yes, I have a
girlie school girl crush on him. So
what? I can canoodle with him in my
dreams. (Yes, Doug approves. Or maybe that’s in my dreams, too?).
6. “In My Life” –
Beatles. This one is my grammy. It’s a long story, but when I visited her
grave in Akron, Ohio (I was not allowed at her funeral), it was a snowstorm and
I could not find her grave. Finally,
amidst a break in the storm, some rays of sunshine, I found my grammy – and said
my peace. I entered my car to leave and
this came on.
5. “One” – U2. One
love. One blood. One life.
Sisters. Brothers. ‘Nuf said.
4. “Hole-Hearted” –
Extreme. True love. What can I say? Doug used to serenade me with this song as we
were dating. How could I not melt to his
off-key, “There’s a hole in my heart that can only be filled by
youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
3. “He Lives In You” –
Lebo M (from the “Lion King”). If you
have never heard this, you really should:
http://youtu.be/FLBF4Mls36w. Again, for me, it references family members
long departed but still within my heart.
I used to dance Riley to sleep with this song as an infant. I do believe I have someone that lives within
me and someone who watches over me.
2. “Let It Be” –
Beatles. I used to just like this song a
lot. Now it’s very relevant with each
year of maturity and with each passing adventure in my life. No drama, just “Let It Be”.
1. Every terrible 80s music song that makes me want to dance…….I
could do another entire blog on these songs alone – any by Culture Club (please
don’t groan), any by Michael Jackson (has he really been gone 3 years?), any by
Rick Astley (I asked nicely – please don’t groan), Duran Duran (you know you’ve
been hungry like the wolf), any by Whitney Houston (Oh, yes, I wanna dance with
somebody)……
Music is deeply tied to our emotions, as evidenced from my
very short list above. My tastes are so
eclectic, ranging from Phantom of the Opera, to Skid Row, to Debbie Gibson
(there’s that groan again), to Bob Dylan, to Frank Sinatra, to Nirvana……and it's all very depending upon my mood. What
songs take you back? What songs bring out your emotions?
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