Day 29 May Blog Challenge-5 Decades

Today’s May Blog Challenge is:

Day 29, Wednesday: Five songs or pieces of music that speak to you or bring back memories. Use Grooveshark or YouTube to include them in the post 

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There are so many songs that have delighted, comforted and encouraged my life but I thought it would be fun to take a song from each of the decades I have fully lived through.  So here is a walk down memory lane…

The 60’s – On Broadway  (The Drifters) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJFYpVlIyqo – Memory:  About 10 years old, warm summer evening, it’s dark and I think we may have gone out for pizza at a new place in downtown San Jose  (not a normal occurrence for my family of 6), window is down in back seat, the air that is cooling down breathes itself on me like a bunch of little kisses, the store lights are sparkling as people move this way and that and  and this song is playing on the station wagon radio – magical.  My life is full of possibilities…

The 70’s  – Fire and Rain (James Taylor) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwugjyeSKx4 – Memory:  I was in junior high and learning how to play the guitar.  I would carry my guitar in its case close to 3/4 of a mile to and from school every M – W – F and this was one of the songs I learned.  It was a grown up song with a sweet simplicity in the melody and words but not easy to play which is so reflective of life at times.

The 80’s – We Built This City (Jefferson Starship) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1b8AhIsSYQ – Memory:  The 80’s were about being in the early years of marriage, going to Hawaii and having babies.  I remember being in our family room and my young children loved to dance to this song.  They danced with abandon and joy.

The 90’s – Baby Baby (Amy Grant) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXuuYnoRdI – Memory:  God has used Amy Grant’s music to speak to my heart in good and bad times but this was definitely a good time.  My 3-year-old nephew was visiting us from Oregon.  Because we were in AZ it made visits far and few between but I can remember singing this song to him as Amy sang in the background and for that trip it became our song.  One of my greatest joys is being aunt to 8 amazing individuals and I have memories of each I carry with me – but this was a Chad and Aunt Debbie moment.

The 2000’s – Corner of the Sky (William Katt) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Pt1DHFuaQ – Memory:  A shake up of husband’s job found me leaving a job at a elementary school that I loved to spread my wings and take a job at the local university.  I listened to this song while processing the sadness of leaving with the hope for the future.  It was so appropriate the school I was leaving was Horizon Charter School and they were the Eagles.  

 

 

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  1. I saw James Taylor in concert once, he’s one of my all-time favorites, and the song you mentioned is a real good one! I’m your latest e-mail subscriber, visiting today from Thursday’s Favorite Things.

    • Hi Rosey,
      Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Thanks for subscribing. I visited your blog and like your prayer tab and congrats on being a first time grandma. My grandson will celebrate his first birthday in the next week or so and it is crazy fun.
      Debbie