It made me think of a song that made a huge difference in my life. It was “Almost Goodbye” by Alan Chesnutt. Now, I’m not a country fan, but my hubby is. When we were dating, I heard a lot of the stuff. This song kept me from walking out on him many times before we worked our relationship out. The line “to walk away from love that way was more than we could stand…” was what did it for me.
Anybody else have a song with that kind of impact on them?
California Dreamin’, The Boxer (most anything by S&G), and “Good Riddance”.
For all those who hate the Celine Dion song fron Titanic, it helped keep me alive junior year, so I’m somewhat fond of it (bad and good memories) . . .
I think I’ve posted this before, but this song was the direct trigger for a series of events that completely changed my life when I was 30. I got divorced, re-united with a old friend who was the love of my life, and then lost her again, this time permanently. All this in the space of about 5 months.
It’s been 14 years, and I still can’t think of that song without thinking of the changes it made, and of the times, oppotunities, and people who are sometimes lost to us forever.
Summer 97. I was at my mental bottom, but still hanging in…barely. This sugary sweet pop ditty with very bittersweet lyrics kept playing on the radio. Abra Moore’s “Four Leaf Clover.” I never changed the radio when it was on.
I bought the album. I highly recommemd it. About 2/3rd’s folk pop (mostly good) and 1/3rd this eerie, sultry, bluesy stuff that’s totally awesome.
Chris and I were just starting to date when that came out. I have always been a car singer, and chris is not. But whnever that song came on, we would belt out the lyrics together.
Tie me to the bed pooooooooost!!!
It released a bit of a glimmer of that kinky side of him, that he shyly hides. heehee
Like “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls…it made me realize what I truly wanted and needed, for people to know who I am.
Another was Better Than Ezra’s song “At the Stars”. I had just ended a very intense long-distance relationship and I was trying to release all the pain left and when I heard that song, it did it for me.
The last song that made a different in my life was “Piano Man” by Billy Joel, probably because it was the basis of me becoming good friends with someone who is now one of my best.
Well its kind of cliched but American Pie does it for me. Not only is the song it self an emotional history of rock’n’roll, the song has a lot of person memories for me.
Geez, Kat, thanks for the correction. Told you I don’t listen to that stuff. I hate country. He only had two CD’s at the time I could tolerate was ALAN Jackson and MARK Chesnutt. So sorry…
Several years ago, I was devastated by the loss of a girlfriend…I didn’t think I could handle the pain and I entertained thoughts of suicide. One evening, while driving around in a deep funk, I threw on a cassette, the Go-Go’s “Beauty and the Beat.” I began to remember some fun times I had had with an earlier girlfriend, as well as other friends I had when this album came out and concerts we had gone to and I realized: I had been happy prior to even knowing Melody (before losing her) and I knew that, somehow, some way, I was going to be happy again. I pulled my car over and cried as I realized that things would be okay.
That was the first step in a long recovery. People can tell me that the Go-Go’s cranked out some pretty shallow music and I can’t honestly disagree. But I never mistook their charming enthusiasm for genius, nor their bouncy tunes for masterpieces. But I’m grateful that their music happened to be at the right place at the right time to lift my spirits and re-energize my soul.