It's amazing the power that a song can have. It can trigger memories or create new ones. It can bring a room full of people together. If you're like me, you have a song for everything. Certain songs trigger things. Like, when I hear the Boondock Saints Theme, I think of Scranton St. Paddy's Day Parade. I don't know why exactly, because they don't play that, but I do. When I hear Radio by Beyonce, I think of warming up in jazz class and I automatically feel like I should be stretching or something. I went to Obama's Inauguration a few years ago, and we hit some major traffic from Annapolis to DC, but on the radio in the car was a Kenny Chesney song, "Beer in Mexico." Whenever I hear that, I think of my Inauguration experience. I can keep going on and on and on, but I'll stop. The world is ending today, we don't have much time, and you don't want to waste your time reading all of my song memories.
People also designate songs for certain occasions. Like, wedding songs for example. My Mom and Dad's was the theme from Ice Castles. When I hear that song, I also think of an Everybody Loves Raymond episode entitled "Alone Time." Watch it, it's one of my favorites. I have certain songs for doing things. Like, Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied" is a great song for the elliptical. When I hear that song elsewhere, I feel out of place and look around for an elliptical machine. I also think of this ridiculous time I was watching Kathie Lee and Hoda on the 4th hour of the Today Show (yes, I watch them and I'm not afraid to admit it) and they were dancing to it with some male backup dancers. I'm sure there is a video of it on youtube. I'll post the link. I never laughed so hard at morning television in my life. I was just unloading the dishwasher, and I even have a dishwasher unloading song. "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips. Why? I have no idea. But, I don't event think about what I'm doing because I get so into the song and then, before you know, the dishwasher is unloaded and ready for another round.
Today is supposed to be the end of the world according to Harold Camping. I went to see Matt Nathanson recently and he was talking about Camping's prediction of the end of the world in May and he wrote a song in which he would like to be the theme of the rapture. And since today is the rescheduled rapture, I've been listening to that song all day. "Room at the End of the World." It's the rapture theme....listen to it. And have a fabulous last day on Earth. Maybe I'll catch ya'll upstairs.
Kathie Lee and Hoda dancing to Beyonce : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvR9qSTxD78
End of Everybody Loves Raymond episode, "Alone Time" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-exkwsGjNc
