Summer Playlist 2008

These are the songs that, whenever I hear them, I will forever be reminded of summer 2008. As you can see, most of them are from the 80's, because I discovered what real music is.


- "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! While other songs are usually mere infatuations, this one is a soul mate. Even if I'm in the direst of moods, hearing George Michael's merry wishes to "hit that high" will cheer me right the fuck up. On Myspace, it is my profile song. It's melody is a perfect reflection of my personality. My favorite thing about this song is when it comes on the radio, catching me by surprise.

-"Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes. Because my mind works in very strange ways, this song reminds me of a particular intersection near my house...it's on Bandera and that one street you'd take a left on if you want to go to Burger King or Sonic. That's because this song was on one time when I was at that intersection (while my mom was driving, not I). It also reminds me of those old JCPenney's commercials because they had a remake for it that went "always something there to excite me". Haha. "Excite." (Pardon my immaturity.)

-"Eye In The Sky" by Alan Parsons Project. I don't know quite why, but when I hear this song, I want to watch that Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, "The Chipmunk Adventure." In it, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes race around the world for diamond-filled dolls that are replicas of themselves. I don't know quite why this song reminds me of that movie but it does.

-"Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2. Reminds me of driving down USAA Boulevarde after work.

-"Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon. I like singing this song for some reason. And I love it. Not anywhere near as much as "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" or "Always Something There to Remind Me", but it's just...a great song.

-"Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King. My favorite Disney song of all time. During my Michigan vacation, I became obsessed with it, and it reminds me of crossing Lake Whatever from Mackinaw to Mackinac Island on a cloudy and drizzly day. The best part of the songs that makes me very happy is the part when Simba, Timon, and Pumba are crossing that log as Simba matures. It's awesome music. That whole SOUNDTRACK is awesome, but this is the best. Most reflective of my personality.

-"More Than That" by Backstreet Boys. My cousin Erin and I were sitting in the backseat of our rented SUV listening and singing aloud to 90's songs on her iPod, and this one came on. I got excited because the Backstreet Boys are awesome, and she enthusiastically agreed, "I know!" I was also paying attention to the scenery, and Michigan is so beautiful. I have decided to live there when I can buy my own house.

-"Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye. This song will remind me of this summer in the future, but whenever I heard it while the summer was still in progress, it reminded me of sitting in the shaded parking lot of my therapist thing in 8th grade, waiting for my scheduled appointment during which I'd BS all this stuff about how great I'm doing so I wouldn't have to go anymore. It was in a little business center for social workers and lawyers, and songs like this remind me of business centers for some reason. Also, the word "healing" seems to match with my emotional healing. Not sexual, but whatever. Actually...a lot of my reasons for being at that counselor were sex-based. To heal me of "bad experiences", even though they didn't really have anything to do with my depression.

-"Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry. Heh, this song is weird. But it's funny. And it reminds me of...just sitting on my ass at the computer.

-"Invisible Touch" by Genesis. Another sitting on my ass song. But it also reminds me of Tarzan because Phil Collins is singing it.

-"How To Save A Life" by The Fray. I don't like this song that much...well, it's okay. But almost every single time I drove to work, this song would come on Magic 105.3, so it reminds me of, well, going to work (actually, this is another intersection one...it reminds of the intersection at Huebner and Babcock). I don't like the beginning because his voice is annoyingly whiny, and I don't like the drum piece at the end. But besides that, the song is okay.

-"Hey There, Delilah" by The White Stripes. (Reminds me of driving down the hill on Eckert). Although I don't much like his voice because it's kinda scratchy and whiny, I love the lyrics. If someone wrote a song like that for me, I would probably fall over and die because I wouldn't know what to do with all that happiness.

That's all. There are other songs that remind me of this summer, but those are the most important ones.