I know this must be a common thing to happen to people, but when a song comes up on the playlist or radio or whatever, and it triggers instant memories of something.. I know that this happens to me more often than not. I was going through my iTunes list and trying to classify some of my library and it started to happening, and the more I thought about it and scrolled through, the more memories I had. Here’s some of them:

Man On The Moon – R.E.M.
Sitting up till the wee hours of the morning in my girlfriend’s dorm room, talking about anything and nothing (We were only 18 after all).

American Pie – Don McLean
Elizabeth Bay, Manatoulin Island, Ontario (Pine Haven Cottages) – A yearly family trip that had everything we could have wanted – sun, sand, fishing, waterskiing, all our cousins – some of my best memories of childhood.

Wave Of Mutilation – The Pixies
There is a scene in the movie Pump Up The Volume where Christian Slater is walking to school and this song is playing over the top, and everything is very bright, almost a little bit too harsh in the lighting, for some reason it always seemed to me that he was in a mellow, melancholy mood, walking through a world that was a little too edgy and nerve-jangling.

Don’t Talk, Just Kiss – Right Said Fred
My Aunt sent me a cassette sometime when I was younger, and one side had Right Said Fred, and the other had Angel Food For Thought by Meryn Cadell and I’ve never forgotten it, And whenever I hear a Right Said Fred song I think of her. I love the words from DTJK a ton though. “Don’t talk just kiss, let your tongue fool around.” and from Deeply Dippy: “Deeply Dippy about the way you walk, a contact sport, let the neighbours talk”

Angel Eyes – Jeff Healy
This always makes me think of my honey :) Because she has the greatest eyes ever, and even before I met her I always thought this was one of the most touching love songs I’d ever heard.

Amazing Grace – Unknown Piper
This song is so poignant and dignified, I get shivers whenever I listen to it. I envision a group of bagpipers playing at my burial ceremony. My friends and family standing around a small memorial to me (no grave – I’m gonna be creamated) and crying.

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