Songs in the key of life
Pamalicious on Aug 14th 2007 07:08 am
I was riding to work this morning and heard this song on the radio. I started to have an emotional reaction to the song. It made me think about how powerful music is to our lives and it gave me a good topic for todays Tuesday Five. I wanted to highlight Five Songs that has powerful association and meaning to me in my life, and the surrounding circumstances. Feel free to comment and add one or two of your songs.
- Love Machine by The Miracles - This is the song I heard this morning on the way to work. It made me emotional because it reminds me of my brother. What used to be my favorite brother. When he was little - he heard this song and freaked out. He would sing it everytime it came on the radio and crack us up. He’s five years younger than me chronologically and about 15-20 years emotionally. He’s living in a place of stagnation and immaturity. I used to have so many high hopes for him - he’s handsome, funny, smart as a whip and the closest to that which is my father - but he turned out to be nobody and nothing. He is so filled with rage about something to this date nobody knows what, that it has hindered his whole life. He’s decided that his dick is his God and so he follows that whereever it leads him. My heart broke and breaks everytime I think about this.
- Destiny by The Jacksons - If there was ever a teenage angst song, this was it. I want Destinyy Destiny…it’s the place for me, yea yea yea, give me the simple life, I’m getting away from here - let me be me, come on let me feel free, let me be me, I wanna get far away - should I up and fly away so fancy free, nobody can change my mind - the world of Destiny is calling meee bout time…TITO PLAY THAT GUITAR, lol This song got me through many an issue, at minimum it took me to a place of peace.
- Half Crazy by Musiq Soulchild - This was a very dark period in my life. I had been struck with bleeding from the uretha. I had been bleeding for well over two weeks and they couldn’t figure out why. I was in the worse pain in my entire freaking life. I had these slivers of ’something’ that would appear when I urinated and if you know anything about the anatomy a grain of salt feels like a boulder coming out of there. I ended up having to have my mom fly down - I was incapacited. I also was suppose to be ‘dating’ mobetta and he just disappeared. Wouldn’t answer the phone, wouldn’t answer email nothing. Folks looking at me like “what in the world?” I was soo embarassed and mad at myself. I bled for about a month - they never did really figure out what the problem was and I lost 25 pounds in the process (ok - I might wanna go through that again). In the dark of the night I would listen to this song (like a fool in hindsight) and just cry and cry from pain and what not and..want my friend back. Damn I was so fucked up!
- Feels Good by Toni Tone Tony - Ok this is weird. I remember this basement party my brother had for some reason this was the best damn house party. I can’t even remember what the hell we did, lol but I know that we danced for like two hours straight to this one song. Doing dances from years ago, to making up stuff. I guess maybe it would turn out to be one of the last times me and my older siblings really got together and had a good time. When I hear this song today, it just makes me smile and fuzzy memories of that house party enter my mind.
- Spend My Life by Eric Benet and Tamia - This was my wedding song, though I walked to “Someday in Your Life” by Mike, this was the official song. Love is such an encompassing feeling, it can literally leave you breathless. I had liked this song when it first came out, but it held no ‘meaning’ to me, listening to it on my wedding day - sent chills up and down my spine. It brings forth so much emotion on my part. If I can see you every morning when I open my eyes…..DAMN! Let me go call Caun, lol
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**Reporting from the Cotton Fields**
1) Reasons by Earth, Wind, and Fire - I don’t care where I am, but when that song comes on the radio, I have to turn it up and sing. I can’t reach all those high notes Philip Bailey reaches, but I try. That’s when music was music when I was a little girl.
2) A House Is Not A Home by Luther Vandross - He was master of music. I was about 12 or so when that song came out. At that age, I imagined what a breakup would feel like. What did I know? *frown* Anyhoo, not many artists can match his vocal ability and never will.
3) Benny and the Jets by Elton John - I don’t know what this song is about or anything. I just like the piano playing.
4) Make It Last Forever by Keith Sweat - I love this man’s style of singing and begging. They go hand in hand. Back then I was in college when love was nice and sweet and pure. Love these days is like dirty snow after cars have made it all gross. *lol*
5) It Never Rains In Southern California by Tony, Toni, Tone - I was a fan of them. That song came out during my senior year of college. That song represented a lot of new beginnings for me. I was doing a bit of traveling, preparing to graduate, and basically getting ready to leave home and be grown. Somebody should have slid me a note and told me that all this grownup stuff was about working and paying bills. *shrug*
i might have to steal this idea and use it ova in the gates. And ironically I just posted about “half crazy” last night. I listen to it ALL THE TIME but its good memories for me. When I first started working for THIS slave master, I met bossman. I use to plot how to get wit him (my thinking was SOOOO different back then) on my drive to work. One day, while this song was blasting in the car, I flew past him on the highway and the song stuck. Even now, on that same highway, that songs brings him to mind.
However, last night I envisioned the suga monster singing it. Just the chorus applied. Funny as hell.
The song “spend my life” wow, little miss daddy liked it, but it made me cry cause i knew that he was temporary, i was pregnant, and now where near spending my life with someone.
WOW, let me get to postin