Soundtrack of my life.
Music is my happy place. It has been a constant throughout my life; expressing my feelings and emotions and bringing back memories of times past, all without me having to utter a single word.
Putting together my playlist for my fiftieth birthday I have spent many hours reminiscing as I put events and people together. I can name a song from just about every event in my life; the soundtrack of my life as I like to call it. In this time I have progressed from cassettes and vinyl lps to CDs, and from the Walkman to the iPod. My go tos now are Spotify and the good old iPhone; literally providing my choice of music at any time and place.
Who can forget the good old mixed tape? Sitting next to the radio/tape recorder with your finger held above the record and play buttons. You had to get the timing just right, otherwise you’d miss the start of the song or you’d have too much dead air between songs. God forbid if you had to sit there and wait for the song to come on again because you stuffed it up the first time. We have come a long way since then. Thanks goodness-there is nothing worse than spending all that time making the perfect playlist and your car stereo chews the tape up in less than 5 seconds!
I just love love love music and have been to many concerts and live shows over the years. Some stand out more than others.
- Wham, my first ever concert.
- I took my, in utero, first born to AC/DC. I spent half (okay maybe just a quarter) of the time worried that the music was too loud for my unborn baby.
- And then there was the time my friend and I went to see Bon Jovi and we were convinced that the man himself could see us from way up on stage. We waited until the spotlight came back to us, stood on our chairs and flashed the puppies. Didn’t really think it through beforehand, otherwise we wouldn’t have worn our shitty bras lol. Not a moment I should be proud of but sadly I am.
- One of my all time highlights was Guns n Roses at Calder Park in 1993. It was like 40 degrees, waiting for hours to get into the venue, charging $5 for a bottle of water while you wait and then couldn’t take in. The toilet and food queues inside were just as long…..And then the skies opened up. It went from 40 degrees to 20 in a matter of minutes. By the time Guns n Roses came on stage-late as usual, we were soaked to the bone and also muddy. None of that mattered though because the Gunnas were awesome; it all made for an unforgettable show, as did the long walk to Diggers Rest before we scored a ride home.
I could write an entire book on my thoughts and memories around music, and I’ve only shared a small portion here, but but I think I’ve said enough for now. Because I really need to get back to culling my 50th playlist-which currently stands at over 6 hours-perhaps because I keep adding ‘just one more’.
I’ll leave you all with one of my favourite tunes of all. Hopefully I get to hear it a whole lot more this year. Da da da da dah, we are the navy blues!
Suzi xx
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