I have 2,000 songs in my Itunes.
That probably seems low compared to most people, but I'm the kind of girl who wants her music organized, and doesn't have a lot of time to organize it. Adding more music would be neglecting the music I already have, and I've always been taught to make the best of what you have rather than wanting more of what you don't.
I'm also the kind of girl who is incredibly nostalgic about life. I idealize my past and would do anything to travel back and experience most of it again.
Which is why today was a great excuse for me to make a playlist called, "I'll Be Your Memory," named after that lovely Sugarcult classic--a playlist of songs that remind me of my past.
The playlist is forty songs of memories. Here's a sample of my past:
1.) "Everything is Alright" - Motion City Soundtrack
*Riding around in Laura Stomber's SUV all around Wingate until we got so lost we had to use a GPS to find our way back to campus--belting out this song at the top of our lungs.
2.) "Since You've Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
3.) "The Potion" - Ludacris
*Singing this with my best friend in the whole world.
4.) "No Leaf Clover" - Metallica
5.) "All for You" - Janet Jackson
6.) "Telephone" - Lady Gaga
*Zack dancing to this song at my Christmas party.
7.) "Blue & Yellow" - The Used
8.) "Boogie Shoes" - KC & the Sunshine Band
*Every Chi Omega formal, semi-formal, or parking lot dance party.
9.) "American Baby" - Dave Matthews Band
10.) "Angel" - Shaggy
*My first boyfriend I met at church camp sent me these lyrics in the mail. "Peeps" was very romantic language.
11.) "Apologize" - Timbaland/OneRepublic
12.) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" - Jet
*The prettiest-looking boy I ever met sang this to me in Myrtle Beach. He was a waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe, and I'm also fairly certain he is a fairy.
13.) "Back Here" - BB Mak
14.) "Bass Down Low" - Dev & the Cataracts
15.) "Beat It" - Fall Out Boy [cover]
*Every summer with Bobby, Michael, Zach, Troy, in Bobby's hot-tub, Bobby's tree-house, or Bobby's "property."
16.) "Big Casino" Jimmy Eat World
17.) "Breakdown" - Forever the Sickest Kids
*Having a dream come true, and covering Warped Tour as a published writer.
18.) "Build Me Up Buttercup" - The Foundations
*An 11 day trip to Tunisia, North Africa with classmates I will never forget.
19.) "Cell Block Tango" - Chicago Soundtrack
20.) "Change Your Mind" - Sister Hazel
*Crowd surfing. Being dropped on my head. Experiencing one of the best weekends I've ever had at Wingate, two weeks before I graduated.
21.) "Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol
*Getting wasted in the ocean in the Bahamas because of the coconut man.
22.) "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
23.) "Chewing Gum" - Annie
24.) "Chillin'" - Wale
25.) "Chop Me Up" - Justin Timberlake/Three-Six Mafia
*Spring Break of sophomore year in Tampa, Florida and a spring break cruise to kill.
26.) "Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk" - Rufus Wainwright
27.) "Cry for Mercy" - Jeffrey B. Scott
*The song I heard when I was eleven years old and decided to become a Christian.
28.) "Do You Like It" - Our Lady Peace
29.) "ET" - Katy Perry
30.) "Everybody" - BSB
31.) "Everytime We Touch" - Cascada
32.) "Grace Kelly" - Mika
33.) "Headsprung" - LL Cool J
*A high school homecoming dance I planned against the wishes of the administration. It completely ousted formal, and I'm still damn proud of it.
34.) "Hey Ya" - Outkast
*The soundtrack to my junior year of high school.
35.) "I'm Feelin' This" - Blink 182
36.) "I'm Real" - The Starting Line
37.) "It's Tricky" - Run DMC
38.) "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
39.) "Paper Planes" - M.I.A.
*Dancing in the parking lot of Pizza Hut with 30 of my sisters.
40.) "That's Not My Name" - The Ting Tings
*Dancing in the kitchen with my mom and not caring who was watching.
There are so many songs that remind me of the most wonderful memories with friends and family--songs that have kept me remembering the good memories and the best of friends. I hope your playlist today reminded you of love for other people or love for yourself.
Music has a way of doing that.
This post really makes me want to create a play list of songs that really mean something to me... so I think I'm going to try and do it tomorrow (and then maybe even blog about it ;)) It's funny how songs can remind you of specific occasions. To this day EVERY SINGLE TIME I hear "Golddigger" by Kanye West I text/call/facebook/e-mail my best friend/Chi O sister from college saying "I ain't saying she's a gold digger" because some sketchy Italians sang that to us when we were spring breaking in Italy in the Spring of 2006... seriously, 5 years later and we still talk about it!
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