The Story Behind The Music...

So I have this new playlist and I know I said I would tell the story behind why I chose these particular songs. (Some of them are on there just because I like them.) I am a very musically oriented person. In saying that, I mean, I use music to help me through things and I am very interested in different types of music- I have always held music really close to my heart. It has been a big part of my life. So, I tend to associate things in my life with certain songs. Okay- here are a few explanations for some of the songs.... Joy To The World and Lay Down Sally were my absolute favorite songs when I was little.,. I can remember being very little and being in the bathtub in our single-wide trailor and singing both of these songs. I named everything Sally after that song. (My dolls and even our male cat.) I wanted my baby sister's name to be Sally, but my parents didn't go for it. I didn't listen to kids music growing up. My parents were children of the late 60's/ early 70's and they were a bit hippie'ish. My lullaby was Stairway to Heaven. (No kidding.) The songs Fighter and Survivor just describe a big part of my personality. I was a bit of a thug when I was a teenager and to this day I am very stubborn and hot-headed and I am not one to give up- sometimes that is good and sometimes it is bad. The songs I'm Not Who I Was and Legacy are ones that I would like to say would describe my life, now. (Most of the time, anyway....) Then there's Praise You In This Storm, He Reigns and Voice Of Truth. Those 3 helped get me through a very difficult time with my last church. They are very healing and inspirational songs for me. Heartache Tonight was the song my college roomate and I would play when we were getting ready to go out on the week-ends. We would play it while we were putting on our make-up and fixing our hair. (I know, a bit of an arrogant song, but it was fun.) The other girls on our dorm hall would hear it and come running to our room wanting to know where we were going that night. The songs Clocks and Home I just love because the music and the words are filled with emotion and I can just feel what the artist is trying to convey with those particular songs. She's Got A Way- well Billy Joel is one of my all-time favs, and I just think that is one of the most romantic songs ever written for a woman. I am not a soft, romantic type, but I would have never left Billy if he wrote that song for me.... In My Daughters Eyes and Set Adrift On Memory Bliss- well, those are kind of self-explanatory. Tiger Rag- duh. I am a Clemson fanatic. I am not ashamed of it. I think that covers it for the ones that have particular special meaning for me. If I tried to put all the songs I have ever attached myself to on here, there would not be enough room for them. I know for people who don't associate with music like I do, this may seem strange. But for those who do, they understand. So, there you go, the story behind the music. I guess it also says a lot about who I am. Maybe one day I could write some songs about something. Nah.....