{"id":4068,"date":"2014-02-17T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2014-02-16T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T05:15:28","slug":"what-song-reminds-you-the-most-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=4068","title":{"rendered":"Hey baby, what’s your song?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nBut I’m a creep
\nI’m a weirdo
\nWhat the hell am I doing here?
\nI don’t belong here
\n–Radiohead\/Creep<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Music is evocative. Like Proust’s madeleine, a few notes of a song take you back in time and space. Anyone who has read the blog more than a few times can’t help but see by the copious use of song lyric quotes in my posts that music and lyrics are important to me. That’s only reinforced by how much of my life has always been spent singing.<\/p>\n

Rod Stewart reminds me of my Ma.
\nREO Speedwagon? Neighbor Bryan..
\nBob Marley, or at least “No Woman No Cry” belongs to a sweet little guy named Maher.
\nMarc Bolan and Elton? Brenda
\nSiouxie and the Banshees and X? Bill H.
\nAnything by the Bay City Rollers, Billy Squier or the Knack? Sharon.
\nMichael Jackson? Shawqi, Adel, Raoof, Ali, and Waheeb. And a host of Mohammeds and Abdullahs. (Note that Host of Mohammeds would be a great band name)
\nSteely Dan? Mark
\nElvis Costello, James Taylor, much of the Beatles catalogue? Right. Reminders. All of them. They might as well be marked up with a Sharpie.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it great that we don’t have to give away the songs when we stop seeing the people they belong to? It’s bad enough when a song gets so firmly tied to a person that it’s painful to hear it (I’m looking at you, “You’ve Got A Friend”) it would really suck if you physically lost custody of the song too.<\/p>\n

Anyone who’s at all musically oriented probably has the same issue. How many songs or artists could I do this with before you were all asleep? One..two…three..four…Four. The answer is four. I have exceeded that, so please wake up now.<\/p>\n

Today while I was washing the dishes, listening to Elvis Crespo (who doesn’t remind me of anyone in particular, except…oh…wait…he does kind of remind me of a Turkish guy I met at this Venezuelan dance party in Boston) and noticing what each song reminded me of. Then I found myself wondering what songs remind other people of me. Then I wondered which songs remind me of myself. <\/p>\n

Silly, yes? Well, it’s Sunday. I’ve been watching “Pride and Prejudice” and scribbling all day. There may have been some mental atrophy.<\/p>\n

There are a few songs that I get tagged with by default–after all, I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, have brown eyes and my name is Michelle.
\nI’m going to have “Michelle” and “Brown Eyed Girl” thrown at me with some frequency. It can’t be helped.<\/p>\n

There are worse songs to have associated with me, I suppose.<\/p>\n

Coming up with songs that I identify with, or that remind me of myself was a little harder.<\/p>\n

One of those is “Morning Song” by the Lumineers. You could probably insert any Lumineers song here. I’m pretty sure they go through my diary and steal my thoughts and write songs about them. Bastards. I don’t get any of the royalties, either. <\/p>\n

“I Think It’s Going To Rain Today”–Randy Newman. Always a sucker for a sad lyric. I had trouble with people in the 90’s. Yes, I still do, but it isn’t quite as bad. <\/p>\n

Lonely, lonely
\nTin can at my feet
\nThink I’ll kick it down the street
\nThat’s the way to treat a friend<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“And She Was”–Talking Heads Because…because…I’m always floating away, or trying to.<\/p>\n

She was glad about it… no doubt about it
\nShe isn’t sure where she’s gone
\nNo time to think about what to tell them
\nNo time to think about what she’s done
\nAnd she was <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Comfortably Numb”–Pink Floyd
\nTotally me at a certain time in my life. A very long time of my life. There might not been much me there for a few decades. A common problem, I understand.<\/p>\n

“Creep”–Radiohead. OK. This is probably my song. If I was a 90’s kid, instead of a 70’s kid, I’d have worn out several copies of it. I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo? Right. Me. Me and every other angst-ridden teenager ever. Except that I was an adult when it came out. Adults can be angst-ridden teenagers too, you know.<\/p>\n

“We Walk The Same Line”–Everything But The Girl. Mid 90’s me.<\/p>\n

And that big old moon
\nLights every corner of the room
\nYour back aches from lying
\nAnd your head aches from crying<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brief pause to jump around while “Been Caught Stealing” played.
\nBrief pause to listen to X.
\nBrief pause to sing along to some Bette Midler songs.
\nBrief pause to wonder if we should tell people our songs when we’re introduced like we used to do with our astrological signs. <\/p>\n

Hi, my name is Michelle. I’m a Scorpio, and Creep.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should just listen and sing and not analyze so much.
\nDone.<\/p>\n

Well, at least until I get in my car for the ride to work. My morning Mis-guided Meditation will be set to music as always.<\/p>\n

Start singing, everyone.
\nYou pick the song!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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