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The Soundtrack of Your Life...

mistriTsquirrel — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:11:25 GMT

I associate certain songs with certain periods of time in my life, feelings I have, and things that have occurred.

After my father was diagnosed, I spent a lot of time crying to "Sweater Weather" by The Neighbourhood...not because most of its subject matter was exactly relevant, but because of the words "it's too cold for you here...and now...so let me hold both your hands in the holes of my sweater." I think I will forever connect those words with an image of my dad--wrapped up in layers of clothing and under a heating blanket--after chemo. His last cycle of chemo left him particularly cold-sensitive for at least five days after the completion of each treatment (he would be on a pump for two days and then have to return it). I sometimes try to hold my dad when he is cold, but he seems uncomfortable with being held, so I give him his space.

I also listened to "Leaving Hope" by NIN for quite some time, once I knew he was stage IV.

But when I watch how my family members are crumbling under the weight of the grief they are feeling, I think of the song "Atlas" by Covenant. (It is both a sad song, and one of strength.)

In the midst of it, I cried listening to "Say Something" by A Great Big World...and I realized that there is one loss I should stop grieving.

Now, I feel like my whole day can be changed whenever I hear "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.

For years, I was somewhat numb...and I have begun feeling again.

Music has always been special to me...and I wish I could tell each of these artists/bands that they have helped me along in ways that I could never adequately thank them for.

Do you "feel" music in such a way that it makes an indelible mark on your heart? If so, which songs, at which times in your life, have been branded into your consciousness, and hold a special place in your heart...and why?

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Azcowgirl — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:32:20 GMT

The heart goes on...Celine. Up to where you are .....Josh Groban I could cry to both of those till I had no more tears left, when I lost Mom and then my Dear Daddy.

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qualitygal — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:40:35 GMT

Bette Midler's ""My Hero"" song. For those I loved in the family who have gone on.

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ive been framed — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:40:00 GMT

Hi mistri! This will sound nuts, but the theme song to the Bob Newhart show makes me happy and calms me for some reason! I'll play it in my head when I'm stressed out!

When my DH and I was on our way to the hospital to have our first baby, he played REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It". I sang along with it between contractions and laughing! I never heard that song in the same way after that.

Hope you are doing well and hanging in there, Hon.

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biancardi — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:53:05 GMT

When I left CA to start a new beginning, there was a song that I played over and over again...and I am not a fan of country music, but I loved these lyrics

Windfall by Sun Volt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoidn4QRMI

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151949 — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:01:59 GMT

There certainly some songs that tug at my heart. My first husband loved the song Cherish by the Asociation and it was "our song" . Joy to the World (the song not the hymn) by Three Dog Night was the song we danced to at our wedding. garth Brooks The Dance makes me think of my wonderful parents and grandparents - "I could have missed the pain but then I would have had to miss the dance". I know I was blessed to be raised by a wonderful family and even though missing them hurts every day - no one has ever had better parents, so the pain is bittersweet. I also think the Garth Brooks song friends in low places grounds us every time we hear it - makes us come out of the clouds and remember who we really are and where we really came from - a good thing for us all.

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LilacTree — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:56:26 GMT

Yes, very much. I play music every single day (TV on, but muted, it's the music that fills my space). All genres of music, and so many mirror my long life that it would take a book to go through them all.

All I can say is that it would be a hard pick for me if I had to choose between deaf or blind.

Excellent post Mistri, I may contribute again as it expands.

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qualitygal — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:01:32 GMT

On 3/5/2014 happy housewife said: There certainly some songs that tug at my heart. My first husband loved the song Cherish by the Asociation and it was ""our song"" .

That's my husband and my song!

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Chloe Piper — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:02:24 GMT

Definitely for me -Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce, You Can't Always Get What You Want and Wild Horses by the Stones.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:02:43 GMT

""You and Me Against the World"" by Helen Reddy.

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just bee — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:03:25 GMT

On 3/5/2014 Ford1224 said:
Yes, very much. I play music every single day (TV on, but muted, it's the music that fills my space). All genres of music, and so many mirror my long life that it would take a book to go through them all.

All I can say is that it would be a hard pick for me if I had to choose between deaf or blind.

Excellent post Mistri, I may contribute again as it expands.

Yeah... what she said.

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halfpint1 — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:09:11 GMT

You are My Special Angel--When I needed someone badly.

Also way back--Du Pinto de Blu --I played that all the time--Don't remember if spelling is correct.

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just bee — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:09:16 GMT

It changes. And, for me, when I feel the need to listen to a particular piece of music or a song, I have to listen to it repeatedly. I'm talkin' over and over again. I don't take any medications, so I figure music takes the place of pills. I guess that means I self-medicate with music.

May I share a video? I often watch this and I feel better after I do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnB4spzCVEc

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qualitygal — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:22:37 GMT

Squirrel! I think this thread is a great idea!

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kittymomNC — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:42:58 GMT

Sorry to add a sad note, but in the car driving my Mom to the last of her radiation treatments for a brain tumor, the country song "Diamond in the Dust" by Mark Gray. It was actually a romantic song, but the lyrics "She was a diamond in the dust, shine beneath the rust, someone that I could trust....." made me think what a diamond she was in spite of the drastic changes in her due to her illness. I lost her a couple of months later, but recorded that song and cannot hear it now without tears - she was a real "diamond"......This is on my mind now because her birthday would be March 7.

On a happier note, the songs on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of H-ll album - I was a single mom and took my son to the beach when he was about 13-14 and we sang at the top of our lungs all the way there and back in a Camaro with the T-tops off! What wonderful memories!

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azterry! — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:43:59 GMT

Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird. Two tried and true rock anthems that still make me sit up and listen. They brings back good memories and just plain old make me feel good.

The Beatles' In My Life has been ""my song"" for as long as I can remember.

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LyndaGee — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:36:03 GMT

"Together Again" by Janet Jackson, when a loved one has died.

"Miracles" by the Jefferson Starship, makes me feel good and hopeful

"Itchycoo Park" reminds me of when good things happen: "It's all too beautiful"!!!

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:47:09 GMT

On 3/5/2014 azterry! said:
Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird. Two tried and true rock anthems that still make me sit up and listen. They brings back good memories and just plain old make me feel good.

The Beatles' In My Life has been "my song" for as long as I can remember.

On a lustier note (pun intended), "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin is perfect background music for doing the 'mattress mambo' ;-)

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jubilant — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:47:21 GMT

Songs that my husband and I listened to when we were dating:

I Love How You Love Me

There I've Said It Again both by Bobby Vinton

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azterry! — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:44:55 GMT

On 3/5/2014 deepwaterdotter said:
On 3/5/2014 azterry! said:
Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird. Two tried and true rock anthems that still make me sit up and listen. They brings back good memories and just plain old make me feel good.

The Beatles' In My Life has been "my song" for as long as I can remember.

On a lustier note (pun intended), "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin is perfect background music for doing the 'mattress mambo' ;-)

oh yeah!