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Even though I had been listening to a lot of music before we became friends, a lot of my early memories that I cherish that involve music were because of Annie. I loved listening to her sing for no reason. I used to have a recording on my phone of her singing Time of Your Life while her sister played the guitar. She also introduced me to all the Les Mis songs, and I remember her singing Eponine's part from A Little Fall of Rain. Our whole relationship is littered with songs that remind me of it. How much she loved For the Longest Time. How when she knew I was sad, she made me a cd with the song Can I Walk With You on it. Just hearing the opening notes of that song makes me think about how much she cared, and it makes me happy every time. Also on that cd was Sympathy by the Goo Goo Dolls but that song makes me more sad than anything else. I think she was the first person who pointed out that I was Richard Gere singing Razzle Dazzle, which is still my lawyerly anthem. But my favorite musical memory with Annie is when once in Milledgeville, we sang Picture together. Makes me wish I could actually sing.
Other connections that have to do with Milledgeville. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, which is the number one song that makes me happy, always reminds me of the time that Amy came to Athens and we all ate at The Grill. And I will never forget the entire Live at the Wetlands album, but especially Tears of Joy. Every single drive from Milledgeville to Athens involved Tyler playing that album, me falling asleep during that song, and him being pissed that I would.
The next group of songs all have to do with Anna. And they are all sad, because that's all that I remember of that. The saddest of all is How Do I Live. I'm not sure when or how I started associating that song with her. I think it was just that I listened to that song a lot during that emo time of my life, but now it's a pretty indelible connection. There was also a time before the emo period that I was talking to her at 6am while she was overseas. I think I said the song that reminded me of her was You and I Both. And then she mentioned The First Cut is the Deepest. Which works I guess. The last one is Save Tonight. Reminds me of graduation, when she cried because she thought I would be leaving her. How ironic that turned out to be.
Katie didn't introduce me to as much music, but she loved jlc and especially By the Way they Dance. I think of her every time I hear that. When she directed Steel Magnolias she had a cd of all the songs used during the play. The only one of those I really listened to was Dancing in the Dark, but it always reminds me of those days.
Say My Name always reminds me of those Mock Trial afterparties, where people were half partying and half nervous as hell before the results. Of holding hands with the rest of the team and how spontaneously exuberant everyone was when we heard our names each year. And also the Electric Slide reminds me of seeing Julia Ferguson dancing during one of those.
Darkest Love makes me think of Jill, for obvious reasons. Also I always listen to the live version so I imagine that she was in the crowd.
A Heart Full of Love always makes me think of Sara Britt, the only person I know who loved Les Mis as much as Annie. And since Annie was already my Eponine, Sara became my Cosette.
Change the World makes me think about Sarah Puryear. And I wish I had all my old chat logs so I knew why.
There are quite a few songs that make me think about Eve, because it's something I don't need an impetus of song to think about frequently. The first is Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn. Yeah I did, and still do, hold her up on a pedestal, but for really good reason, which is what the song is about. And one of her favorite songs, Meditation de Thais, is just so peaceful and calming. I was crying when it was played at her funeral.
This was a new york song but I don't associate it with that as much. Obstacle 1 just makes me think about Amy. I don't know why. I don't know what the song is even about. But mentally those two things are equivalent.
I used to love to open my door and just listen to Jenny when she was singing, especially when she was singing Heartless. But my favorite musical memory of her was singing A Whole New World with her in my car, while Amy laughed at us from the backseat.
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