Earlier in the week, my dad gave me an interesting idea- so this will be my follow-up for it. His idea was as follows- reflect on your life and on the music that has influenced it. What songs play in the back of your life? And since I've really nothing better to talk about and 3 posts to write today- here is my attempt at designing my life's soundtrack. I doubt it'll be much, since I listen to music daily and have only been alive for 14 years... but I'll try my best.
The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin This is the first song in my soundtrack of life. Sounds weird, right? Well, allow me to give you a little backstory. Ever since I was born, I've been raised on rock n' roll music. One of my dad's favorite bands is Led Zeppelin, and thus it often played. I loved the opening of the Immigrant Song, and so my dad would often put it on at night on the big stereo in our living room and he and I would dance to it. The memories of this are among some of my earliest and my happiest. Reflection - Mulan Not ALL songs that played were rock, however. I recall having an album of songs from Disney movies when I was little, and I remember playing 'Reflection' from Mulan incessantly because I loved the lyrics and knew them all by heart. Who am I kidding- I knew all the lyrics from that CD by heart. That song just happened to be my favorite. Drift Away - Dobie Gray In all honesty, I'm not sure if the version of this song that I recall was by Dobie or not. It may have been a cover, but oh well. The original is certainly the best. This song seems to be always in the background- it's not always on the radio, but I never forget it and on the rare occurrence that I do hear it on the radio, I love it. In particular, I remember hearing it on a long car trip to NJ from NH twice in one day and really being happy about it. There Was A Little Mouse Honestly, I don't know whether to count this as a nursery rhyme or a song. The only reason this song is appearing in the middle of my soundtrack is because it holds more meaning to me now that my sister exists. My dad always used to sing it to me when I was small, and when my sister was born, the song (and tradition of singing it in the car) was reborn. It holds good memories for me, both in my own childhood and my sister's. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack This song holds a special meaning to me, because it's a song I strongly remember my mom enjoying (and relating to me). I don't know how exactly I know this, but I do. She mentioned it a lot and I remember her playing it a lot for me. Embarrassingly enough, it's one of the only songs I will cry to to this day. Wow, this list is harder than I thought it would be. Who knew it was so hard to remember songs that have played in your life? The Trooper - Iron Maiden Hoedown - Emerson, Lake and Palmer Both songs mentioned above played a significant part in my life for a bit, as they were competition songs. The Trooper was my go-to song for nunchucks for a long time, and Hoedown was the song my dad and I once did synchronized weapons to. You don't often find people who can synchronize nunchucks and make it look good, so I cherish that memory. As for now? I think that's where my soundtrack has left off. As I've gotten older, my soundtrack has blurred out into my music preferences, and I no longer truly hold songs close to me. I relate too much to lyrics to the point that honestly, my soundtrack would become long and the meaning the songs have to me would fade. So for now, this is my life's soundtrack... and this is how it will remain until I find a song with meaning, true meaning, to me once again. - Maddie
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Michelle Armistead
8/19/2016 12:05:54 pm
Hi Maddie,
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