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Living a Vinyl Soundtrack in a Digital age.

Music.

I listen to music all the time.

This should have been easy breezy.

Yet I struggled a bit —

but for this moment in time here is the Soundtrack for My Life. (Clue small shower from sparkler and smattering of applause.)

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Linking in with Stasha @Northwestmommy’s Monday Listicles, our assignment suggested by Bruna @beeswithhoney was…

If they were to make a movie of your life what would the soundtrack be like? Share 10 songs that best tell the story of your life. 

So here it goes…

I am so trapped in vinyl.

1. Daydream Believer by the Monkees.

As a little girl, I lived in a dreamworld with tons of imaginary friends who I tried in vain to convince my mother committed all the mischief she pinned on me. The Homecoming Queen part never come true (though surely I must have dreamed that it did).

 

2.  Daughters by John Mayer.

It was Mom, Dad, my sister and I. Dad was the dominant figure in our world. Maybe it was easy to live in daydreams when dad took care of everything. Yes, an estrogen-filled house run by dad. (Who was very dear.)

3.  Breakaway by Kelly Clarkston.

What does a dreamer with a dominant dad do when she starts to wonder “What about My Dreams?”  She head to Texas to school, decides to go by a different name and has the time of her life (until that point) at college.

4.  Oh Atlanta by Alison Krauss.

After four years in college, I headed deeper into the Southland and spent the next few years of my life miserable at Emory Law School. Got my Juris Doctorate and boo-co loan payments. (Which my dear parents did pay most.)  The absolutely best part of law school was the friendships I made. Love those folks. Especially one in particular.

5.  Lawyers in Love by Jackson Browne.

One night at a law school party, innocently talking to Artie Handleman, we were rudely interrupted by a fellow who asked, “When are we getting married?”

The joke was sooo on him. Two and a half years later, we did.

 

6.  Small Town by John Mellencamp.

After over a decade in Atlanta, we moved out to small town Georgia over a decade ago.  You can breathe in a small town and people care in a small town. I could never go back to big city life again. (At least without a lot of kicking and screaming.)

 

7.  Learning to Fly by Tom Petty.

Hit mid-life and looked around. Started to spread my wings. Or what non-daydreamers might call having a few mid-life crisis moments. Luckily, I flew more then I crashed. (Or maybe I just dreamed it that way?)

 

8. With a Little Help From My Friends by the Beatles.

Couldn’t have gotten through life without my friends. The number one being my husband.

 

9. Mr. Blue Sky by ELO.

Another mid-life revelation.  If I am a dreamer — why not dream positive?

I committed to going through the second part of life half-full.

10.  Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon.

No one captures the human condition as a song writer like Paul Simon. But what do I know?

 

Finally, the best moment of cinema and song — and I guess if truthful, this kind of sums me up.

What about you? What is some of the soundtrack to your life?


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.   Lawyers in Love by Jackson Brown. After for years in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

           

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