Most Significant Song Number 10
I have a dear friend who has the most amazing ear for music, she can name, artist and title of practically any song recording in the last 30 years after just hearing the first few seconds - she’s scary accurate. She knows a LOT about music, who was in what band, who wrote what etc.. You can lose hours on the topic with her, and I often do.
For a non-musician I spend a lot of time talking and thinking about music. Yesterday I went to a few meetings and I still had my ipod clipped to my shirt, and inevitably I was asked me what kind of music I liked, what I was listening too, both very typical questions (since wearing an ipod in public is ‘code’ for ‘walk right up to me and ask me about the kind music I listen too’)
Although I don’t really have a favorite song - I do have a few songs that remind me of significant milestones in my life, some good, some bad.
POINT IN TIME #10
Number Ten: This particular track is a cover, although you may not have know that Bruce Springsteen wrote the original - I was 12 years old, I remember this song playing the day I signed myself out of middle school (I was moving) and they handed me my transcripts/records to take to my new school- as I walked out of the school, I remember an amazing feeling of freedom, if only for a day, this song always makes me happy, regardless of my mood.
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