Music That Reflects Your Persona Or Journey In Life

[Red Belt]

[Dom]

[Dancefortwo]

Well, my mother loved the music to the old 1944 movie, Laura and named she me after the theme song to that movie.  My father played it at my wedding.  If my husband and I go out to a fancy restaurant somehwere and there happens to be a decent pianist he asks him or her to play the song.  It's a rather romantic song but it seems to have followed me around throughout my life

[GirlyMan]

[brewerb]

I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

[GirlyMan]

Time does not matter.  

[c172]

I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

I've been evolving musically, and personally, my whole 43 year life. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing. Just that I've felt the need to reinvent myself a lot to be a more evolved person. 

I grew up with very few friends, due in part to my disability, and in part to moving around a lot in high school. As a result, in elementary and middle school, I took no interest in what my peers were listening to. I hung out with the teachers, parent volunteers, and other social outliers like myself. So, therefore, I started listening to what the adults (besides my "cool mom") were listening to. One of the popular stations across all demographics was smooth jazz/new age, so that's what I liked. Stuff like this:







https://davidvantieghem.bandcamp.com/tra...ing-hearts

To Be Cont'd...

[c172]

I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

I've been evolving musically, and personally, my whole 43 year life. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing. Just that I've felt the need to reinvent myself a lot to be a more evolved person. 

I grew up with very few friends, due in part to my disability, and in part to moving around a lot in high school. As a result, in elementary and middle school, I took no interest in what my peers were listening to. I hung out with the teachers, parent volunteers, and other social outliers like myself. So, therefore, I started listening to what the adults (besides my "cool mom") were listening to. One of the popular stations across all demographics was smooth jazz/new age, so that's what I liked. 
To Be Cont'd...

I had to continue in a reply because I think there's a link limit per post. Anyhow, I did slowly evolve, and start loving freeform radio stations (some college, some not). Stations like KEXP (Seattle), KUOI (Moscow, ID), KDHX (St. Louis), etc. 4Stations that might consider following a block of punk with a block of klezmer. 

fast forwarding to nowadays, I am still a musical eccentric, but don't much listen to the stuff of my childhood. I listen to 80's/early 90's pop, indie, drone, ambient techno, old jazz and others. The aforementioned 80's/90's pop/rock is likely what I would have liked if I had socially evolved more typically. 

So, as it is now, here is some stuff I currently like:







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[Dom]

I stopped musically evolving in the 1990's. I guess it would mostly be late 60's, 70's and 80's rock with new wave and punk thrown in on the side.

I've been evolving musically, and personally, my whole 43 year life. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing. Just that I've felt the need to reinvent myself a lot to be a more evolved person. 

I grew up with very few friends, due in part to my disability, and in part to moving around a lot in high school. As a result, in elementary and middle school, I took no interest in what my peers were listening to. I hung out with the teachers, parent volunteers, and other social outliers like myself. So, therefore, I started listening to what the adults (besides my "cool mom") were listening to. One of the popular stations across all demographics was smooth jazz/new age, so that's what I liked. 
To Be Cont'd...

I had to continue in a reply because I think there's a link limit per post. Anyhow, I did slowly evolve, and start loving freeform radio stations (some college, some not). Stations like KEXP (Seattle), KUOI (Moscow, ID), KDHX (St. Louis), etc. 4Stations that might consider following a block of punk with a block of klezmer. 

fast forwarding to nowadays, I am still a musical eccentric, but don't much listen to the stuff of my childhood. I listen to 80's/early 90's pop, indie, drone, ambient techno, old jazz and others. The aforementioned 80's/90's pop/rock is likely what I would have liked if I had socially evolved more typically. 



ETA: Help. No clue how to condense what I replied to. Hide tags seem not to work.

I just removed the links in the quoted content...

[Alan V]

[no one]

If my life had a soundtrack, it would be Nine Inch Nails.

[Ima Believer]

Bonus Tracks

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My Workout Song

[Minimalist]

[Thumpalumpacus]

Being a guitarist, I've got two sets of songs that changed my life. The first, musical, would probably not say much. I liked the guitar sound or harmony or whatever on this or that song. But that's one aspect of me, the musician aspect, and not the whole me.

On a personal level, what I'm gettin' from the OP, these songs were pretty big for me. Corny as hell, but whatever.







And then there's the one that sums it up for me.

[Fireball]

"Fearless" by Pink Floyd, as an approximation for where I started and struggled to a better place. Not claiming I never had fears, just that I climbed that hill...in my own way.



"Time" by Pink Floyd is a good one for maybe motivating some people.



Get up and go before your whole life passes you by! I did hang on in (maybe not so) quiet desperation for many years.

[Jenny]

Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone   Can someone post it for me as I’m on my phone and don’t know how   

[Dānu]

[Dānu]

Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone   Can someone post it for me as I’m on my phone and don’t know how   

[Jenny]

I’m

Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone   Can someone post it for me as I’m on my phone and don’t know how   

Thank you

[Thumpalumpacus]

[Ima Believer]

The music that reflects my journey right here and right now would be

[Thumpalumpacus]

Every time I listen to this, I think of you. RiP, Bob. You meant more to me than you could ever know.



This song stirs poetic imagination to me:



And I'm not sure why this one tweaks me so, but there's a spirituality to it that resonates to me:

[brunumb]

[Cheerful Charlie]

[mordant]

Well, my mother loved the music to the old 1944 movie, Laura and named she me after the theme song to that movie.  My father played it at my wedding.  If my husband and I go out to a fancy restaurant somehwere and there happens to be a decent pianist he asks him or her to play the song.  It's a rather romantic song but it seems to have followed me around throughout my life

You could have been dogged by far worse songs. It's always been a favorite of mine. When I used to tickle the ivories it was part of my repertoire, such as it was.