After reading Merry’s blog I spent ages poking around in my blogger archives and dug this out from earlier in the year….ah memories!
Soundtrack to your life…
When we first got broadband I went into a frenzy of music downloading of all those forgotten fave tracks making cds out of them, and it got me to thinking about how films have soundtracks and we all have soundtracks to our lives. There are songs which can make us happy or sad just with the opening bars, songs which could have just been written about us, songs which remind us of people, places, holidays, times in our lives and so on. Some of mine are not even favourite songs – some I actually quite dislike but when I hear them on the radio I am instantly taken to a memory of mine. I did post about this on a list somewhere (have a feeling it might have been Fluff) but its quite a fun exercise – shows your age and one day I might even get around to making the cd of the tracks:
early childhood – The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More – I so clearly remember my mum singing this when I was very small at the first house I lived in (we left there when I was 3). The Beatles – Octopus’ Garden – similar sort of memory
school age – Abba – Super Trouper – I think this might have been a Christmas number one – I can clearly remember it being on TOTP and Dad (who was not given to such behaviour as a rule!) singing along and being generally silly, Bucks Fizz – Land of Make Believe – I remember the ‘cool girls’ at school doing a little dance routine to this in the playground and looking on all enviously at them for being so cool!
First Pop Idol – The one, the only Shakin Stevens and Green Door – I had this big life sized picture of Shaky on my bedroom wall and used to kiss it goodnight (by climbing up my bookcase!) every night till the big around his nose and mouth got too soggy and disintergrated!
First record I knew all the words to – There probably were others, much earlier but I distinctly recall stopping the tape to write down a line then playing it back to check, then listening to the next line and so on to Matt Bianco – I say yeh-yeh oh and BandAid too.
First record I bought – I know I had Now albums from earlier than this – I distinctly recall getting a walkman for Christmas and a Now album with Fergal Sharkey – a Good Heart on it but the first album I bought with my own money was Rick Astley – so Never Gonna Give You Up would have to be in there!
First Kiss – ah, the memories! The radio was playing in his car and he sang along to Leo Sayer – when I need love before he kissed me…
First Broken Heart – Elton John – Baby’s got blue eyes…
Going out clubbing and being a teenager – sad but true – anything by 2 Unlimited!
Studenty A levels tracks – Sit Down – James & EMF Unbelievable. Top tunes! Oh and They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in your soul and KLF Justified and Ancient remind me of that same time when I had got my first car – a bright yellow mini which I used to drive with the stereo up full blast listening to these tracks.
Our song! Ady and I got together around the time Gabrielle – Dreams was in the charts and the words sounded appropriate and its a nice tune too!
Wedding song – There was much debate about what to have as our ‘first dance’ song at our wedding. In the end we chose Harry Connick Jnr – It had to be you which I love and sing to the children still now. My one regret is that one the actual night of our wedding we went to a very posh restaurant in Vegas with a pianist playing and singing – we so should have requested he play this for us, but didn’t.
Song for Monster – I sing Every Time we say goodbye to him which is guaranteed to get him to sleep, but his own favourite songs also remind me of him. He has loads, but a selection are: Monster Mash – Boris and someone or other , Ramalamadingdong – Darts , Rock DJ – Robbie Williams , Move Your Feet – Junior Senior, Mack the Knife, Lady is a tramp. Dido’s thankyou – is another one which reminds me of being pregnant and having a small baby.
Songs for Teeny – we went to see Will Young (yes, I know!) in concert when I was quite heavily pregnant with Teeny so that is sort of her womb music! Her getting to sleep song is Que Sera Sera and she also likes swing music like face the music and dance.
Sad songs – one’s which just always create a tear – Queen – who wants to live forever, Sugababes New Year – both played at two very sad funerals I’ve been to where the people had died far far too young.
Probably my favourite songs – if forced to choose my top five I guess these would be contenders:
Rod Stewart – I don’t want to talk about it
Mr Big – Be with you
Meredith Brookes – Bitch
Elton John – Your Song
Oh that Queen song brings tears to my eyes too. More so now though because James has said that his mum had that at her funeral (I think) and also I want to break free. I bet I’ve got those wrong!! Must be a popular one for funerals, but oh so sad 🙁
Comment by Kirsty — 01 December 2004 @ 5:44 pm
Oh don’t… the Stand By me was played at my friends Sally’s 21st birthday bash – i watched her dance with her bf to it. 3 weeks later they had a car accident and she was dead. Horrible.
Most of tyhe Dido album is Amelie really – how old is Monster? I must have got it very late i expect! And either She’s the One or Angels is also maddy – can never remember which! lol!
Comment by Merry — 01 December 2004 @ 10:04 pm
Forgot to change the Monster and Teeny to Davies and Scarlett lol!
Davies is 4 – just, although I think the Thankyou bit was probably more from the sample used on Eminen’s Stan before I actually got the No Angel album! What a lovely image to carry when singing sweetly to your baby eh?!
Comment by Nic — 02 December 2004 @ 9:53 am
Yeah I think I remember that one with Marcus who is just a wee bit older than Davies. I can’t remember if he was born already or if I was pregnant though. Useless thing that I am!!
Comment by Kirsty — 02 December 2004 @ 5:22 pm