Everytime I Hear that Song, I Go Back
Thursday, October 06, 2005
After more than a year of copying other people's blog-memes, I've decided to create my own. It centers on musical memory, i.e. the songs that one associates with certain, significant times in their life, and serve as audio cues to memories of those particular occasions. This list is really going to date me, but oh well.

Jamie's Musical Memory List

Family road trips as a child:
Mountain Music by Alabama
Close to You by The Carpenters

The apartment we lived in during the summer of 1986:
All at Once by Whitney Houston
Wake me Up Before you Go-Go by Wham

My grandmother playing piano:
Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington

My favorite dance recital routine EVER:
Heart of Rock-n-Roll by Huey Lewis & The News

Elementary School:
Cover Girl by New Kids On The Block

Junior High:
Galileo by Indigo Girls
It's A Sin by The Pet Shop Boys
Walking in My Shoes by Depeche Mode
Too Legit to Quit by MC Hammer

Trip to Europe w/aunt, sister, and cousin in '93:
One Love by Bob Marley
Fields of Gold by Sting

The girl with the locker next to mine who sprayed Drakkar Noir constantly:
Crush on You by The Jets

High School:
Jurassic Park Score/Theme [composed] by John Williams
Friends are Friend Forever by Michael W. Smith
Sabotage by Beastie Boys
Good by Better Than Ezra
anything off of Queen's Greatest Hits albums (still an all-time favorite)

Driving away from my high school graduation ceremony:
Chain Gang by the Pretenders

My Youth Fellowship friends from my childhood:
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Simple Things - a Quaker hymn

Time spent living as an exchange student in Germany:
Dr. Dick (don't ask- it was an odd translation)
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond (I can't emphasize how much I hate this song)

Breaking Up with my high-school boyfriend:
Come Talk to Me by Peter Gabriel

College:
Oskee Wow Wow by the Marching Illini (I was in the band, cut me a break)
Throwing Stones by Paula Cole
It's Your Life by Lenny Kravitz

My bout in '97 with mono:
Let Me Clear my Throat by DJ Kool (oh, the irony)

Getting pulled over for speeding for the very first time:
Sweet Surrender by Sarah McLachlan

Breaking Up with my college boyfriend:
Gold to Me by Ben Harper

Driving In/Out of Nashville:
Lie to Me by Jonny Lang

My first job out of college:
Can't Get you Out of My Head by Kylie Minogue
Dance For Me by Mary J. Blige