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Music tends to remind me of people. I think everyone as a "special song" that they share with SOs, but I tend to have far more extensive musical associations than that. It's almost that in order to make up for my poor event memory, my brain makes musical associations to help me remember. It's nothing more than a fleeting thought, but it's there. Family, friends, people on my friends' list I haven't even met.... It's almost random -- I have songs that remind me of people I only know online, and there are people who are very important to me who are not associated with any songs.
I got to thinking about this because "Shall We Dance?" came up on my iTunes, and it reminded me of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
curiousangel, because he had once been part of a music exchange I was in, and had identified this song as one which always made him smile. (I also think of him when my son plays "Comfortably Numb" by Luther Wright and the Wrongs, but far less charitably : ) )
brian1789 is the "1812 Overture" (so much so that he occupies that ring tone on my cell phone) and "Stars and Stripes Forever". "Man of La Mancha" is K; "Lullaby of Broadway" is D. There are a lot of songs for J, but the most recent is "You Got to Fight (for Your Right to Party)" by the Beastie Boys. My dad is "They Call the Wind Maria" and "The Sound of Music." geekchick is "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her" (and lately, "Number 6 Driver" by Eddie of Ohio.))
sarahh is "The Rainbow Connection." rivka is "Travelin' Man" by Johnny Cash, and the Great Big Sea version of "It's the End of the World (and I Feel Fine)". elissaann is "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," the song she taught me to sing. wcg is "Recruiting Sergeant" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy." I have no idea why, but "Wilkommen" from Cabaret reminds me of rmjwell; Punky's Dilemma makes me think of phinnia. "Who Are You" (aka, the theme from CSI) reminds me of sisterfish125. And then there's kightp, who I now think of every time I hear Captain Tractor's "Last Saskatchewan Pirate, " for what should be obvious reasons. : )
And so on.... there are a lot more -- some of which won't come to mind until I hear the songs.
I don't know why I make some of the associations I do. It could be something as simple as someone commenting that they liked a particular song. I know, for example, that I think ofwcg when I hear "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" because he explained part of the lyrics to me.
So my question is -- what song would you like to be remembered by? And is there any song which reminds me of you?
I got to thinking about this because "Shall We Dance?" came up on my iTunes, and it reminded me of
curiousangel, because he had once been part of a music exchange I was in, and had identified this song as one which always made him smile. (I also think of him when my son plays "Comfortably Numb" by Luther Wright and the Wrongs, but far less charitably : ) )brian1789 is the "1812 Overture" (so much so that he occupies that ring tone on my cell phone) and "Stars and Stripes Forever". "Man of La Mancha" is K; "Lullaby of Broadway" is D. There are a lot of songs for J, but the most recent is "You Got to Fight (for Your Right to Party)" by the Beastie Boys. My dad is "They Call the Wind Maria" and "The Sound of Music." geekchick is "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her" (and lately, "Number 6 Driver" by Eddie of Ohio.)) sarahh is "The Rainbow Connection." rivka is "Travelin' Man" by Johnny Cash, and the Great Big Sea version of "It's the End of the World (and I Feel Fine)". elissaann is "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," the song she taught me to sing. wcg is "Recruiting Sergeant" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy." I have no idea why, but "Wilkommen" from Cabaret reminds me of rmjwell; Punky's Dilemma makes me think of phinnia. "Who Are You" (aka, the theme from CSI) reminds me of sisterfish125. And then there's kightp, who I now think of every time I hear Captain Tractor's "Last Saskatchewan Pirate, " for what should be obvious reasons. : ) And so on.... there are a lot more -- some of which won't come to mind until I hear the songs.
I don't know why I make some of the associations I do. It could be something as simple as someone commenting that they liked a particular song. I know, for example, that I think of
wcg when I hear "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" because he explained part of the lyrics to me.So my question is -- what song would you like to be remembered by? And is there any song which reminds me of you?
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In general though, I think I'd plump for "I'm not supposed to care" or, if I could try to be broader in scope, the album it came from (Cold on the Shoulder), or perhaps Summertime Dream.
TK