I had a silly idea in the car the other day whilst shuffling through my ipod which is full of really random stuff... It ranges from stuff I go running with, to things I use when I'm lecturing on music, to my son's sleep music and stories, to country, to jazz, to rock, to pop and then back again. It's a very mixed bag, but most of the music on there has some sort of story behind why I love it.
So for example, Elton John's "Rocketman" came on the radio whilst I was driving along the Pacific Coast Highway having spent the last 6 months traveling around the world having quit my job with the Evil Corporation. I was burned out, frazzled, sick of everything and capable of doing precisely nothing. I had been bumming around staying with family members and doing a bit of babysitting occasionally to pay my way round the world. Never once in those 6 months had I felt any kind of pull to go home, or even to speak to anyone - it was a beautiful day, the song came on and the words "I miss the earth so much, I miss my life" just hit me and I found there were tears streaming down my face and I pulled over, called my mum from the nearest phone box - I booked my ticket home that afternoon.
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>So there's my story behind coming home... But there are a million stories triggered by music. The idea behind this prosebook is to give a title or an idea and to get everyone to share their chosen piece of music. e.g. it might be "song that reminds you of travel" or "Song that reminds you of your dad"...
Please feel free to share your fave songs that remind you of travel below...
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