a chronic venture

These five songs trigger such strong memories. These are by no means my favorite songs or songs that really “speak to me.” They have personal meaning to me, and such super specific memories attached to them. Enjoy!

Viva La Vida: Coldplay

This song, and really this whole album, reminds me of my time studying abroad in London during college. Every time I hear certain songs, especially Viva La Vida and Strawberry Swing, I am instantly taken back to walking the streets of London, climbing to the top of the cliffs of Dover, a bus ride in the rain to Bath. I miss London so much.

Fa Fa: Guster

Oh, Canada. Hannah first really introduced me to Guster my senior year of high school (sorry I was late on the uptake), but I fell in love. I also went on the famed Canada ski trip my senior year and remember just dying on what turned out to be a 24 hour bus ride to Quebec. We were the fortunate bus that got held at the border: our driver was rude to the border agents so they just kept us there. It was the worst. But once we got there, it was the best. This song always reminds me of that trip to Canada.

She’s My Kind of Rain: Tim McGraw

Okay, so this is probably one of my favorite songs. It’s just so beautiful. Driving on from Vienna to Oakton on Vale Road between various friends houses during high school. The windows rolled down in the summer.

Rough Gem: Islands

I have NO IDEA how I came across Islands. I have a few of their songs in my iTunes library, but I love them. I think it must have been some random free iTunes playlist I downloaded when they used to offer those every now and then. So this song, as well as Creeper, remind me of driving to downtown Blacksburg in college. Lindsay would many times offer to drive us from the Village and Collegiate Suites and leave her car downtown. I remember a specific night when I brought a CD burned with just these 2 songs and just loving life listening to them on the way to Sharkey’s or Hokie House no doubt. From what I remember everyone else hated them, but I was having the best time. Boo do do do do do dee do. do-do. do do do do.

Candy: Mandy Moore

Besides being 13 years old and listening to Mandy Moore, I have the best memory of sharing headphones while this sing came on my iPod on the metro. Hannah and I were listening to it while dancing up the stairs of the metro to go somewhere in Courthouse at some point during senior year of college. Pure fun and just being ridiculous.

After selecting all of these, I realized they all connect me to very specific places in my life, where I was physically, but also emotionally. I’m sure there’s some psych study out there about music.

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