Nostalgia

I was going through my music last night when I remembered something that I have thought about for a long time. You know how people remember where they were when significant things happened in their life? Such examples include the assassination of JFK and 9/11. Well, I have somewhat of the same concept here, except it is through music. There are some songs and artists that remind me of my past experiences and I think back to them and remember them quite vividly. That is to say, as soon as the song comes on and I recognize it, I immediately think about the moment which I associate with them. This usually takes only a matter of seconds before the hardcore nostalgia kicks in. So, as I was going through my music last night, I decided to make a list of individual songs, albums, and artists that remind me of different people, places, and experiences. This is by no means an exhaustive list, rather merely representative of this phenomenon I am talking about:


Entire Sci-Fi Crimes CD by Chevelle -- University of Minnesota, fall of my senior year of high school, studying/reading my history textbook outside on the West Bank


Fall Out Boy -- bus rides in middle school, especially with Haily Hansen


Girl Talk -- Erik and Greg from Drake University


Jonas Brothers -- Duluth trip when the band was popular with Marissa Olsen


"Closer to Habit" by Allele -- driving to the University of Minnesota in the spring of my senior year


"Luna" by Juanes -- for some reason, cleaning at DQ with Tho


Led Zeppelin -- the movie "School of Rock" starring Jack Black


Linkin Park -- walking to the bus stop and waiting for it to arrive in my old neighborhood with Ryan Garves


"Union" by The Black Eyed Peas -- 8th grade Honors English class (we used it in a video concerning the war in Iraq I believe)


Panic! At The Disco (especially the first CD) -- Haily Hansen's house during the summers during my middle school years


Good Charlotte -- my karaoke incident in the car on a road trip to Indiana I believe


Mayday Parade -- January 2010 when I was in Florida


"Mockingbird" by Eminem -- one of Amanda's soccer practices when she was younger


"Crazy Bitch" by Buckcherry -- Gina at DQ. Now as ironic as that sounds, I was thinking about her dancing to the song. However, after that memory popped into my head, I found it quite ironic that the title of the song fit her person so well.


Dave Matthews Band -- Cheryl Gustafson at Lighthouse


Bullet For My Valentine -- driving to Katrina's house, blasting their music.


"Umbrella" by Rihanna -- CJ Sulzle and my first year/(first week?) at Lighthouse


Shinedown -- Ryan Garves and even more specifically, the time I went to his cabin and we listened to their stuff. This was a long time ago, like middle school days.


Red Jumpsuit Apparatus -- Fire Emblem. I used to listen to them and play Fire Emblem (which is an awesome game, by the way) on my DS a lot when I was younger.




I thought that I would post something since I have not done so in a while, even though this post is probably not as insightful as my others. However, I will be posting again in a few weeks for sure, after school is over, to evaluate my year, so look forward to that. Only one full week of school left, then finals week, then home and enslavement at DQ for the summer. Huzzah!


¡Hasta la próxima vez!