On Music that Makes Me Think of Certain Things

I love how music takes you to people and places in your head.

I heard a song on pandora today and I was instantly transported to my workout routine in '98.

Then I thought, wouldn't correlating music with certain memories make a good blog post?

Then I thought, well it would be interesting to at least like 4 of my readers. And since I probably only have like 4 readers that would make 100%!

So if you don't find this interesting sorry, but please don't burst my bubble and tell me.

Here is just a few musical correlations I have in my head:

It's My Prerogative makes me think of rollerskating (badly) at Skateland.

Ace of Base reminds me of youth group trips to Lake Geneva.

Be My Lover and Another Night makes me think of riding around in my friend's red chevette in high school.

Any Sublime or Better then Ezra song makes me think of one of my college roommates.

Gettin' Jiggy With It make me think of another.

The entire Refreshment's album reminds me of a friend who lived across the hall from me my freshman year.

Otherside reminds me of chilling out in the social room of my dorm in England.

Rest Stop reminds me of a breakup.

Because I Got High reminds me of my first date with my husband (and no, we did not get high mom.)

Hunger Strike reminds me of my husband's love of all things Pearl Jam. It also makes me think of car rides.

The Luckiest reminds me of my wedding.

We're Going Down reminds be of driving to my never ending OB appointments while I was pregnant with my son. It was like it was on every. single. time.

Sweet Escape reminds me of my son dancing in his car seat as a toddler.

So there is few.

Do you correlate any music with me?

On Music and Getting Old

They don't make them like they used to.

Every generation says that.

And really it is true. Things change. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. But very few things are made exactly the same.

I was flipping through channels last night before bed and I stopped on VH1's repeat of Hip Hop Honors. It made me feel really old.

From about '93-'03 (so teenage years and early 20's) I liked pretty much all music, with the exception of country. Rap, R & B, alternative, rock, pop, pretty much any genre was agreeable to me as long as it was "good" music. It was like the music was geared to me. And retrospectively, from a marketing perspective, it probably was.

Around 5 years ago I started to get way more picky. I still like everything from the time period above, but new stuff that comes out I am much more selective over.

And Buddha on a Biscuit, I could not handle most of the Hip Hop honors program. I was amused but the fat guy lifting up his shirt, but not by his music. So I turned the channel to Saturday Night Live. I didn't like whoever was playing. My husband told me it was Lincoln Park. I used to not mind them in 2001 and now I can't stand to watch them do a 3 minute song. And don't get me started on all the autotune songs out there right now. Learn to sing people.

It seems I don't like any new music anymore.

So I will live in my '90's bubble and listen to my Dave Mathews, Barenaked Ladies, and Tori Amos albums.

MTV stopped caring about me about 7 years ago and now even VH1 is forsaking me.

It sucks to grow up. :P