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Greensburg, PA Anorexia
Oddly enough 2003 was the first time I heard Radiohead. To my credit I was 14 and brought up in a very rural area, but still I would consider it a late...
Read Memory London Born with the gift of a golden...
Ah. Glastonbury. Mud, tents and latrines. Oh and more mud. That's what most people think of when the UK's biggest music and cultural festival is mentioned....
Read Memory CA The Lyrics Heard Round the World...
"Well now, we call this the act of mating"These are the first lyrics to the song "The Bad Touch." I was at my friend Hannah's batmitzfa...
Read Memory Wollongong (for now, Calif later) Song writing
Song writing is something that has been in my life for decades. When I was just eight or nine, I used to sing made up tunes out of the open bus window whilst...
Read Memory Saratoga Springs, NY Obsession
That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane, Lenny Bruce is not afraid...For two weeks in the summer of 1996, I became...
Read Memory Redford, MI Unique song!
I remember radio channel surfing on my car radio one afternoon. I wanted to find some new and exciting music or anything different...
Read Memory Rockwall, TX If there's a problem, yo, I'll...
Ah, Vanilla Ice. Few "artists" (and I use the term loosely) generate such amusement and head shaking today. The guy was a one-hit wonder, and a...
Read Memory London Poppadum peach
When my nephew was about 6, he used to sing along to this song whenever I played it, but would always deliver the chorus as, "Poppadum peach, I been...
Read Memory Old Forge, PA Musical Astrology (3/24/71)
OK, music fans, you know the drill. I shall divine your entire personality simply by gazing into the lyrics of the song that was number one on the charts on...
Read Memory Riverview, FL A New Voice In Country Music
I’m sure the first time I heard this song I was running errands and singing along with the radio—it’s what I do when I’m alone in the car. The first...
Read Memory Livermore, CA Red What?
My BFF and I had an ongoing debate in regards to this tragic ballad of a cheating lover. We would analyze this over and over. I feel pretty confident what...
Read Memory Bay City, MI London Memories
The summer I spent in London studying abroad in 2000 had profound implications on my life. It was that program that introduced me to study abroad (I would...
Read Memory Harare Singing With A Difference
I am sure we have all made fools of ourselves at some point. What probably differs however, is the circumstances under which the incidences took place. I...
Read Memory Harare I Wanna Be A Rock Star!
Looking back, I find it almost impossible to believe some of my career goals. When I was about seven years old I wanted to be an air hostess. After being in...
Read Memory Michigan Not enough time
In the Fall of 1992 I transferred from my community college in my hometown to Central Michigan University. It was a rough time for me. I was...
Read Memory Wollongong (for now, Calif later) 3 out of 3 is better
I have some bad memories involving music, but not very many. Most of my miserable memories stem from a former relationship that turned sour. When it began, I...
Read Memory Old Forge, PA "Hear my words that I might...
The notion that rock lyrics could be considered poetry seemed absurd to me at age 15. Considering that the music of that era was driven more by how the song...
Read Memory Wollongong (for now, Calif later) I just cannot singalong
I had only heard one song by the band Astral, when I made arrangements to purchase their album online. I had checked out some photographs and already...
Read Memory Port Angeles, WA He had me at "hey now"
I met the love of my life when I was 13 years old. His name is Neil Finn, and he is the genius behind Crowded House, and Split Enz, and even now, I still...
Read Memory Port Angeles, WA Gross Misinterpret ation
I had this huge crush on the lead singer for Third Eye Blind in the early months of 1999. Whenever one of their videos came on TV, I would stop whatever I...
Read Memory Citrus Heights, CA Learning about relationship s...
When I was young I learned to enjoy going to bed on time. I simply placed a radio under my pillow and would fall asleep listening to the soft sounds of...
Read Memory San Diego, CA ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DON'T...
"Four Strong Winds" by Neil Young has been one of my favorites--ever since I heard it as a young teenager on the easy listening radio station that...
Read Memory Jerseyville, IL I Don't Know the Secret Code
I’ve misheard song lyrics a lot in my day, but two specific instances stick out in my mind. One involved Stevie Nick’s “If Anyone...
Read Memory Jerseyville, IL Jellohead
We’ve all misheard lyrics, it happens to the best of the us. I seem to do it more often than some, though. At least it always gave the people around...
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