Music is a wonderful thing. Scientifically its almost ugly, a series of air vibrations that vary due to rate of vibration. A collection of these highly specific vibrations form the chromatic scale that we all recognise. Romantically, however, music is beautiful. Flowing melodies, talented singing, orchestral wonders and, for those amongst you who enjoy everyday language, bitchin' guitar solos, slamming drum fills, and wicked violin runs.
Music has this ability to bring memories forth from the depths of ones mind and let them be mulled over every time one hears the piece.
The following list is a few of my favourite songs, each with its only little story. Just a little bit of an insight as to what is, perhaps, going through my head when I hear some songs.
This song was sent to me over MSN by a good friend of mine. She is pretty in touch with the kind of music that I like.
By nature I don't like being told what to listen to, so it took me a while to really listen to it. The first time that I listened to the lyrics was on a holiday down in Geelong last year. I was walking along the new boardwalk part of the foreshore walk, trying to find fish in the water below me. I really took to the song after that - and it always reminds me of the girl who sent it to me, and that Geelong holiday.
Nemo was the very first song by Nightwish that I heard. I was at Morgan's place with him, Greg, and Adam in what would become the very first LANdom. I was sitting in front of his big TV, playing Perfect Dark Zero when Adam started playing some Nightwish. Before this point in my life my musical taste consisted of teeny-bopper-pop, and only teeny-bopper-pop. When Nemo started Adam somehow managed to, over a period of a couple of months, shift my favourite artist from Hilary Duff to Nightwish, and my music taste from bubblegum-pop to symphonic metal. Fair effort.
Nemo is the most played song in my media player library. I have lots of memories attached to it - from the story detailed above, to driving to school singing it, to sitting in the Enmore theater with goosebumps as Tuomas played the first few notes...
This is a Germany song. It's the Terri and Chris song. Every memory and story attached to Accidentally in Love includes Terri in some manner. Whether it be wondering what she is up to as I blast it in the car, or "dancing" with her at her recent 18th, or remembering the fun we had in Germany, or at music camp, or when we first became friends by letting her put make-up on me during Entertainment Night rehearsal in year eight.
I also remember the time on a train in Germany when I lip synced to it using my MP3 player as a microphone. How could I not remember. There is a video of it floating around somewhere.
This one is simple. Daniel made me two CDs full of all the Hilary Duff songs her downloaded. This was the first song that I listened to on them. I was lying in bed, with my CD player on quietly next to me. Everytime I hear this song it reminds me of that moment, and Daniel.
BBB is the second song on Nightwish's new album. I didn't use to like it much - it felt a little too heavy for me. But I remember one of the many three way conversations that Adam, Morgan and I have, when Morgan informed the gathering that BBB was, in fact, awesome. So I listened again, more closely, and low and behold...
I.
Love.
This.
Song.
When I'm not being absorbed in the win that is the musical mastery of Nightwish I remember that conversation. I also vividly remember the first of February 2008 - the Nightwish concert. BBB was the opening song. You know how at a concert the music is so unimaginably loud that it consumes all of your senses? That feeling, combined with one of my favourite songs is pretty much like what I would imagine sex with Keira Knightly would be like.
Many of you may remember this from the cult internet movie a couple of years back. Numa Numa Dance was among the first cult internet clips that I saw, and helped in sparking my fascination at the world of cyberspace. It also contributed to my "random" streak in year nine. It was first shown to me by Scerba, and promptly became one of the references commonly made by the group. The song, Dragostea Din Tei, was downloaded and spread, many unable to resist the Romanian beats. Many members of the ex-group can sing, and dance to this song, despite it being in an entirely foreign language. When I hear this song, I am reminded of so many different things. Singing it at lunchtime, playing it on Daniel's phone at high school, annoying an entire German class with it at every opportunity, and studying the lyrics in a year nine English class.
Numa Numa is the song that I have probably had the most laughs over. And the song with the most memories attached to it.
So thats my top six songs with vivid memories attached to them. The titles all link to their respective YouTube videos, so if any grab you, go and check them out.
What about you guys, what song has the most memories attached to it for you? Write the song in a comment and, if you like, let me know of some of the memories. =)
Christopher.
"Trying to catch your eye - things will never look the same"
Anywhere But Here - Hilary Duff
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Requiem for a Dream ALWAYS conjures up images of Aragorn charging into several million unlucky orcs with the destructive power of a comet.
"Love Is Waiting", "Albertine" and "C.S. Lewis Song". All by Broke Fraser. Many memories of Tom and ...Tom. "Love Is Waiting" is his favourite song and no matter what, it always reminds me of him. He taught me "Albertine". And my sister. "C.S. Lewis Song"... Well, we performed it at the 2008 Cobargo Folk Festival. So, memories.
Then there's "A Great Day For Freedom" and "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd. My dad introduced me to Pink Floyd and I fell in love with the stories they told. I taught myself the introduction to "High Hopes" just by watching our Dave Gilmour DVD.
And, finally, "Circle Game" and "Blue" by Joni Mitchell. Another artist introduced to me by my dad. On my way to violin lessons in primary school, every Wednesday, we would play Joni's album "Hits" and listen to the lyrics of "Circle Game" and dad would help me to figure out the story and what they meant. So there's a lot that I have attached to that song. I found the sheet music to "Blue" free on the internet and it was correct. So I printed it and taught myself. I'm not yet up to singing it, but dad can do that, right? ...It's our song.
How's that, Chris?
xx.
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