Music Meme, Day 20
Apparently I forgot to do yesterday's meme, I blame Games Evening. The prompt is "a song that has many different meanings for you". This is quite difficult for me, that's not particularly how I usually think about songs. Ones I remember tend to have one strong association rather than several. After a bit of thought (and getting partway through a post using Bellowhead's version of Roll Alabama) I ended up here:
There's a lot of different associations and memories jammed into this pretty short song. Some of them just twig off one or two lines - I can, for example, still remember the phone number that
atreic had when she lived with her parents in North Notts, and that and a couple of other lines reminds me of the time in our lives when life was nice and simple; "We won't all be here this time next year, so while you can take a picture of us" made it the theme song for my last few weeks at Zeiss when I knew that R&D was being severely shrunk in size. Then there's the section about the loss of the London Astoria to build Crossrail, which always makes me contemplative and thoughtful about the relative value of art and music, and occasionally wonder how sad I would feel if we lost the Junction (very). Finally there's the chorus and the overall theme of the music, which is both hopeful and sad, a message to cherish your memories but not to get stuck in them, and also a reminder that I'm not great at mementos (I don't, for example, have a photograph of K - she didn't like them, and I kind of felt like we'd probably have forever so there wasn't a rush).
1.A song you like with a colour in the title - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (performed by Tori Amos) 2.A song you like with a number in the title - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps 3.A song that reminds you of summer - Gentlemen and Players - The Duckworth Lewis Method 4.A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget about - King of the World - First Aid Kit 5.A song that needs to be played LOUD - Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr 6.A song that makes you want to dance - Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge 7.A song to drive to - Waterfall - The Stone Roses 8.A song about drugs or alcohol - Champagne Supernova - Oasis 9.A song that makes you happy - Rock, Paper, Scissors - Katzenjammer 10.A song that makes you sad - The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John (performed by The Dubliners) 11.A song that you never get tired of - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin 12.A song from your pre-teen years - Sit Down - James 13.One of your favourite 70's songs - The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 14.A song that you would love played at your wedding - Never Mind the Whys and Wherefores - HMS Pinafore 15.A song that is a cover by another artist - The Only Way Is Up - Yazz and the Plastic Population (performed by Stornoway) 16.One of your favourite classical songs - Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal March) from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi 17.A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke - The Keys of Canterbury - Show of Hands 18.A song from the year you were born - Together in Electric Dreams - Oakley/Moroder 19.A song that makes you think about life - Another Man's Cause - The Levellers 20.A song that has many meanings for you - Polaroid Picture - Frank Turner 21.A favourite song with a person's name in the title 22.A song that moves you forward 23.A song you think everybody should listen to 24.A song by a band you wish were still together 25.A song by an artist no longer living 26.A song that makes you want to fall in love 27.A song that breaks your heart 28.A song by an artist with a voice you love 29.A song you remember from your childhood 30.A song that reminds you of yourself This entry was originally posted at http://ilanin.dreamwidth.org/5541.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
Click to viewThere's a lot of different associations and memories jammed into this pretty short song. Some of them just twig off one or two lines - I can, for example, still remember the phone number that
atreic had when she lived with her parents in North Notts, and that and a couple of other lines reminds me of the time in our lives when life was nice and simple; "We won't all be here this time next year, so while you can take a picture of us" made it the theme song for my last few weeks at Zeiss when I knew that R&D was being severely shrunk in size. Then there's the section about the loss of the London Astoria to build Crossrail, which always makes me contemplative and thoughtful about the relative value of art and music, and occasionally wonder how sad I would feel if we lost the Junction (very). Finally there's the chorus and the overall theme of the music, which is both hopeful and sad, a message to cherish your memories but not to get stuck in them, and also a reminder that I'm not great at mementos (I don't, for example, have a photograph of K - she didn't like them, and I kind of felt like we'd probably have forever so there wasn't a rush).
1.A song you like with a colour in the title - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (performed by Tori Amos) 2.A song you like with a number in the title - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps 3.A song that reminds you of summer - Gentlemen and Players - The Duckworth Lewis Method 4.A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget about - King of the World - First Aid Kit 5.A song that needs to be played LOUD - Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr 6.A song that makes you want to dance - Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge 7.A song to drive to - Waterfall - The Stone Roses 8.A song about drugs or alcohol - Champagne Supernova - Oasis 9.A song that makes you happy - Rock, Paper, Scissors - Katzenjammer 10.A song that makes you sad - The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John (performed by The Dubliners) 11.A song that you never get tired of - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin 12.A song from your pre-teen years - Sit Down - James 13.One of your favourite 70's songs - The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 14.A song that you would love played at your wedding - Never Mind the Whys and Wherefores - HMS Pinafore 15.A song that is a cover by another artist - The Only Way Is Up - Yazz and the Plastic Population (performed by Stornoway) 16.One of your favourite classical songs - Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal March) from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi 17.A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke - The Keys of Canterbury - Show of Hands 18.A song from the year you were born - Together in Electric Dreams - Oakley/Moroder 19.A song that makes you think about life - Another Man's Cause - The Levellers 20.A song that has many meanings for you - Polaroid Picture - Frank Turner 21.A favourite song with a person's name in the title 22.A song that moves you forward 23.A song you think everybody should listen to 24.A song by a band you wish were still together 25.A song by an artist no longer living 26.A song that makes you want to fall in love 27.A song that breaks your heart 28.A song by an artist with a voice you love 29.A song you remember from your childhood 30.A song that reminds you of yourself This entry was originally posted at http://ilanin.dreamwidth.org/5541.html. Please comment there using OpenID.