Running with music is magical.
For me, I get so tired that shutting my brain off to the sweat, people around me, the clock, breathing, and my feet IS a must.
This is why music makes running addicting. For me. I need a good drift.
You know when a certain song has a place and an emotion behind it.
Old 97's come on. I immediately go back to my semester at Utah state when I was MADly in love with Dave Carter. We knew that we were going to get married. He was in Ogden. I was in Logan and I missed his little face every day. I would listen to this little song and get giddy about the day he would ask me the "question." I remember the "cheesy" cute conversations we would have about the day when we wouldn't have to say good bye at the end of the night. ... OR
The Get Up Kids and Dashboard Confessional days...When I was totally single and so spontaneous with my adventures. I remember singing these songs full blast in the bathroom while getting ready. My roommates where so much fun. We went to both of these guys concerts and sang our little brains out. I would go camping, snowboarding or just anywhere with friends and we would leave the music playing from the car while we were just hanging out.
SO many songs and whole albums will remind me of Dave and the fun times that we had while living in Oregon. We listened to a lot of Pedro the Lion, Elliot Smith, and Tom Waits. Dave introduced me to all of these bands and they have since become some of my favorites. I would laugh SO hard when Dave would sing EVERY word to Tom Waits with the Voices and everything. I thought both of them where crazy.
One of my favorite songs that pops up on the IPod mid run is a Wilco song called Jesus Etc. I listened to this SO many times while dancing in the ocean surf on my days off. Just grooving while picking up agates and shells.....Oh the days.
Music is a little time machine and I love it.
4 comments:
Thanks for leaving that comment on my blog, that was very good info! The never stirring...that's all we did was stir! I checked out your pictures and maybe someday i'll be able to do that:) I would love your recipe...my sister and I immediately chucked the one we were using! Cute Family Breona! Good to check in with you!
yo sis.. thats so funny you worte that about the music stuff because i was just thinkin that 2 days ago? while listening to third eye blind and the goo goo dolls, and i was running haha! i love listenin to all different songs and bands thant make the memorise feel so real and you can actually feel how you felt when you were in that very moment! if that makes any sence haha! love ya and miss ya much!
-shelly
I remember those days!! Wish I could still hang out with you in UTAHHHHHHHHHH! I miss it a lot. I'm really starting to warm up to Florida though. Not too shabby! The high today was about 62 degrees and I was like, 'brrrrrrrr, it's cold!' Pathetic, I know.
Music is a wonderful thing!!!!!
It can spur that most amazing memories , even smells!!
Toni
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