Music Memories

I was thinking about music this morning and i saw this quote,

"It's funny how a melody sounds like a memory"

So what are some memories that I have that are tied to music?

The End-Linkin Park. My sister and I are 10 years apart, but she passed on her music taste of Linkin Park. I still remember rolling down the windows in our Ford Ranger and blasting Hybrid Theory. This was our favourite song and i knew all the words.

Speed up to Summer 2011 and suddenly i'm in a huge crowd of people and the only light is coming from the stage. I'm with my cousins friend Jeff trying to find our group and we are racing between people to see who can get the closest to the stage. That night was perfection, and it was a fantastic concert, it makes me think of San Francisco. 

One Winter day i was walking home and making a kind of important decision, and i remember being afraid of what would happen. Then this song came on my ipod, i was right by the Riviera and a smile just broke out of my face. I knew it was going to be ok, and this song gave me a lot of confidence.

Then i'm in SLC with Kevin and Alissa, relaxing, and eating a fantastic vegetarian sandwich. Suddenly it's night time, the smell of weed wafting through the air haha and we are all standing singing with Justin Vernon. I looked around and the light of the stage lit up everyone's faces as we whispered the words and eventually were shouting them.

The memory attached to this song is this-  I have a bad breakup on my hands, and i can't sleep because my mind won't shut up. It was late late late at night and i was exhausted and still couldn't manage to fall asleep. I stuck in my headphones and put them to full blast- Kid Cudi playlist. My mind couldn't think and finally i fell asleep.

I'm laughing so hard just thinking about this song. Rachel. I would listen to this song before hanging out with a guy that i liked to calm me down and Rach and i would blast it and dance. Not to mention random dance parties in the car ahaha pair this with Safety Dance and it's perfection. I love this song so much.

When this comes on Charls and I blast it. Why? Because it's a fun, upbeat song!

I'm standing on a stage at our Ward Campfire thing and there is some random guy standing next to me that i've never met holding a guitar. I was paying attention to a lot of other people until he started playing A-Punk. "Wait...was that A-Punk by Vampire Weekend?!?!?"

I seriously can't listen to this song anymore at all. Why? Because i bust up laughing as soon as he opens with 'Boom'. Yeah, there is a memory attached, but no, you don't get to know ahaha.

Whenever i hear this song a bunch of memories from Summer 2010 run through my mind. Me stirring Spaghetti and my friend is dancing to it while making faces at me from the couch. Then him juggling to it and dancing at the Ward Talent Show. Then suddenly i remember the fact that we had two Justin Bieber posters on our window that year.

These are just a couple that i can remember right now, but all in all, music is a big deal in my life. I've grown up with it all around me...and it's made a difference in my life. I write it, i sing it, and i experience it.