A few years ago, I was driving to work and Whitney Houston’s “I’m Your Baby Tonight” came on the radio. It was the first time I’d heard it in years and suddenly I was transported back to a time I was in the car with my good friend Michelle and were singing all the words, even the bridge where Whitney kinda’ goes off – “you got the magic….” It was amazing that for a few seconds, I was sitting right back in that car seat, a teenager, laughing and having a great time with a friend who we’d lose in a car accident two months later. To me, she will forever be linked to that song.
Other songs evoke memories, too. Here are a few:
-Mariah Carey & Trey Lorenz “I’ll Be There” – I was working at White Water amusement park for the summer when the radio stations were wearing this out. From the opening notes, my co-workers would call for me to pay attention so I could sing along, almost totally in falsetto. Good times.
-Amy Grant “I Will Remember You” – This song came out as I was finishing my second and final year at Tomlinson College. What a fitting song as I was saying goodbye to so many friends and closing that chapter of my life.
-Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” – This was the ultimate song when I was going to skating parties. As soon as we’d get to the rink, me and my friends’ main goal to see who could request it first and when it played, it didn’t matter if you were winning at “Space Invaders” or “Pac Man” or had just ordered a pretzel with cheese, you dropped everything and got out on the rink. We were too cool for our own good.
I may think of more and add them to this but, in the meantime, what are yours? What songs make you think of specific times and people in your life?
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