Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Music and Memories

Do you ever hear a song and memories come flooding back?  "Cups" by Anna Kendrick came on while I was listening to my music and memories of a former student ran through my head. It also made me think of other songs that bring back "the good old days".

"We Built This City" by Starship
This song  broke me away from my parents music. It was the first song that I loved, not because my parents did but because I loved it. Gone were the days of listen to their country music now that I had found Top 40s. 

"Cover Girl" by New Kids on the Block
Oh the day dreams of Donnie Wahlberg looking longingly into my eyes while singing that I was his Cover Girl, they were many! Still love me some Donnie!

"From This Moment" by Shania Twain
Jay and I walked back down the aisle as husband and wife at our wedding to this song. From that moment our lives changed for the better. Every time I hear it I think our young love growing overtime  to the love that we have today.

"Drops Of Jupiter" by Train 
Days before Reagan was born I was in the car with my friend (he was going to be my substitute teacher) driving him to the Educational Support Complex to fill out paperwork. I remember this song coming over the radio. It reminds me of the days before she was born. It's also a song that Jay cannot stand mostly because I played it over and over and over. 

"American Boy" by Estelle
My three best girlfriends and I were at a New Kids on the Block concert. Yes, as adults. Jay and I were still living in Houston but knew were moving. I did not want to move... not even a little bit. I was not happy about it to say the least. This song came on while we were waiting for the concert to begin, part of the lyrics are "take me to New York, I'd loved to see LA" and I said something along the lines of "I want to go to New York or LA not freaking Nacogdoches." My very wise friend reminded me "Not tonight your not." That kept me from wallowing in self pity and enjoying the concert.  Those four simple words reminded me to live in the moment. I will always remember that and apply it to other parts of my life. 

"Cheerleader" by Felix Jaehn Everytime
When I hear this song I remember a fun girls weekend in Houston with the above mentioned best girlfriends.  Our weekend came to an end far more quickly than any of us were ready for it too. Reagan and I were driving, Amy, back to the airport.  This song came on.  Amy told us that she like the message of this song.  It was the first time I really listened to the words (I'm so bad about not really listening to the words).  I also remember all three of us crying as Amy got out of the truck at the airport.  I thought it was sweet that even Reagan teared up.

"On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
I'm not a country music kind of girl.  I can appreciate some of the old stuff but this new stuff... blah. Anyway, my papa used to called my granny, my mom and me road lizards because we never sat still. We were always on the road going somewhere.  It didn't really matter where as long as we were going.  It also reminds me of the days before "We Built This City" when I used to listen to country music with my parents.  "On the Road Again" is my ringtone for my parents and granny.

I'll end with the song I started with.

"Cups" by Anna Kendrick
When I taught Deaf Ed self-contained middle school I had a student who life just wasn't fair too.  Not fair at all.  We had a rocky relationship.  She was very embarrassed about coming to my classroom but when life got really unfair I was the first person she asked for.  Her 8th grade year "Cups" was a popular song.  It became our theme song.  I'd sing it to her or play it off my school iPod to remind her how much she was going to miss me when she went to high school the next year.  When I'd see her coming down the hall to my classroom I'd start singing "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone..." Sometimes we'd be working along and she'd say "Sing our song Mrs. Taylor."  or other times "Turn our song on." And I'd happily ablige. I do not miss the ups and downs of her life but I do miss her and worry about how life is treating her now that I'm gone.

Do you have a song that brings back memories?

2 comments:

  1. What a great post. I love the way your share the memories brought on by songs. For me, almost any song by ABBA brings back memories. I had an 8 track player in my car and always had one of their tapes playing when Kathy and I were dating.

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  2. What a great post. I love the way your share the memories brought on by songs. For me, almost any song by ABBA brings back memories. I had an 8 track player in my car and always had one of their tapes playing when Kathy and I were dating.

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