This is going to be a music-centered post :D
I've always had this certain tendency to automatically associate specific songs with memories. To break it down, they're basically the designated background soundtracks I would have liked to have at that given moment. This was on my a few hours ago and..I needed something to blog about. Win-win! So...here are [Insert number] events in my life and the songs that immediately comes to my mind when I reminisce.
The night before I moved to Penang.
The Beatles - Nowhere Man [Paul Westerberg cover]
This is just all sorts of depressing to hear before leaving to college. The acoustics, the hopelessness and uncertainty in his voice, it's like a plea for help. This was exactly how I felt that night. Unsure of what lay ahead of that year and hopeless because any attempt of turning around and splitting was futile.
The song I actually listened to endlessly that night was Tonite Only - We Run The Night. EDM mmhmm
The night before I left Penang.
Billy Crystal & John Goodman - If I Didn't Have You
I spent that night with Cherry and Amzar. The fact that we mostly played Monopoly and watched Video Game High School may have seemed boring to an outsider but in all honesty, I had a good time. I felt loved because hey, at least I got to spend that time hanging out with them instead of staying cooped up in the room letting dangerous thoughts invade. I didn't mind being reminded that it's those type of nights that compel me to consider going back to Penang, sometimes.
THE DAY I FREAKING LEFT PENANG
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind? [Sunday Girl cover]
As you may have noticed, I seem to have this natural affinity towards covers. I love the original song [Fight Club ftw!] but there was something very melodically haunting about this. It was just /the/ song when I locked the apartment door for the last time.
PikNik for the first time with Cherrrryy.
Phoenix - Second To None
It was..1am when we decided to walk to what was soon to be my favourite hipster-y cafe. It was just an hour and a half of Jenga, reading wiseass quotes from That Book I've Forgotten. Most of the songs I like by Phoenix are fast-paced and catchy like this one. Eg : Rally, Lisztomania
The day my brother passed away.
The day my brother passed away.
Amos Lee - Colors,
Ben Harper - Waiting on an Angel
Ben Harper - Waiting on an Angel
To be honest, I really don't mind talking about this. Some people might dismiss me for being too crude but imo, the fact that I'm comfortably talking about the death of a loved one is just a good testament of how far I've come, how I've begin to accept that death isn't the end of life; it's merely a point on it. So as long as memories are kept alive, I don't see why anyone would let death get the best of them.I will wait.
Walking out of the exam hall, period.
John Williams - The Imperial March [Darth Vader's Theme]
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat. Epic, okay. It just is.
Friday nights spent in Penang, alone.
Michael Buble - Home
Gorgeous man with a gorgeous voice. I just wanted to go home. I wouldn't have to be alone somewhere else, I would've been alone at home. It was better than any other loneliness.
Visiting beach(es) at 4am.
Phoenix - Rally
Because this songs reminds me of running around like wild kids..which is what we did. Lol.
Eating dinner alone. Grocery-shopping.
I actually had a motherfricking playlist i my phone for this, I swear to God. Not even gonna bother naming the songs. They're all so beautifully poignant ;)
Friday nights spent at home. Reading on the porch
To be honest, this isn't a good background song as much as it's just a song that played in my head a lot. There's something oddly comforting about spending nights reading on the table outside. Jack, Roofie (DON'T INSULT MY DOG-NAMING SKILLS) and Tamara accompanying me.
Of course, there's more to it than these but I've been procrastinating too much on this blog post. Also, I had a mini-trip to Penang a few days ago and my sister's baby shower. I reckon that's a better thing to blog about than my sad life, my sad music, and my sadness in Penang ._.
Eating dinner alone. Grocery-shopping.
I actually had a motherfricking playlist i my phone for this, I swear to God. Not even gonna bother naming the songs. They're all so beautifully poignant ;)
Friday nights spent at home. Reading on the porch
Feist - Now At Last
Of course, there's more to it than these but I've been procrastinating too much on this blog post. Also, I had a mini-trip to Penang a few days ago and my sister's baby shower. I reckon that's a better thing to blog about than my sad life, my sad music, and my sadness in Penang ._.
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