Have you ever listened to a cd or a radio station where a song comes on and your met with an onslaught of emotions and memories? Well, with me it does, and i'm pretty sure it does with you as well. It doesn't even have to be a certain song, but an album or a genre. With me, to give you one example, I can listen to Hung Up by Madonna and remember back to the first club I went to, Stonewall in Allentown PA, and remember the first guy I kissed there while this song was playing. Another random example from my life is the fact that I can hear anything by the Killers and remember, both the good memories and the bad, of my stay at my old university.

It's an amazing thing if you think about it, because it shows how much music can play a part in our lives, and we don't even realize it. When you hear a song when your first dating someone and share a kiss, most of the time that becomes your theme song at a wedding (if it turns out to be the right guy/girl what ever your taste ) or a song that is popular on the radio of your last years in college or in high school turns out to have instilled some good/bad memories of your time there.

If you're reading this, then I challenge you to think back to some of your favorite songs and ask what they mean to you. Why do they mean that particular memory for you? I bet you find this as interesting as I did when I thought about it.

As Always,

Eric