I was at work today, and whilst at work I am frequently thinking to myself about things. One of these things was where my mum has hidden my meerkat. But the second happened when I overheard on the radio, 'When September Ends' by Greenday. At the time of release, it was pretty popular - I liked it...until that fateful week.
WORK EXPERIENCE...
...at a local kennels. They too had a radio system around the whole place. So, as I was painstakingly cleaning poo out of kennels, avoiding being bitten by big dogs, and cleaning out the drains...all I remember coming out of those loudspeakers was that song. Every day. Came on about 4 times a day. Now, every time I hear it, my mind is cast back to that week...it's completely ruined the song for me...I can't listen to it without thinking of the suffocating smell of urine and dog faeces. Shame.
On the other hand....
I went to Romania this year...and the two songs that shaped the trip were...
'Eenie Meenie" by Justin Bieber ft Sean Kingston
'Rudeboy' by Rihanna
When I first heard these songs...I wasn't a fan. They're lyrically, musically and morally not great (the latter for the..... latter?). Then I went to Romania...
One of my friends brought a laptop to camp with all her songs on it...there were also speakers available. And the song that was played most? J-Biebz. Now, I like Justin...I do. But I wasn't a huge fan of this particular song. However, I heard it so many times in Romania...and the camp was so much fun...that now the song triggers a happy memory...so I listen to the song more because I like that memory.
Secondly, 'Rudeboy' by Rihanna. A strange choice, you might say? It wasn't played in camp, with children present. It was on a compilation CD from our minibus driver who couldn't understand English. He had some *interesting* song choices on there, filled with expletives, and sexual promiscuities. 'Rudeboy' came on, and the boys found it particularly funny so asked the driver (via our Romanian friend) to repeat it...again and again. After a while, everyone was loving the 6 hour minibus journey to Budapest, and dancing to the song. I love the song right now, because of the memory it triggers.
Do you have any songs that immediately trigger a memory? I'm gonna go and play my iTunes...Rihanna....where are you?
