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It’s funny how you turn on the radio sometimes and hear a song that will bring you back to a particular moment in time. It can remind you of the defining moments in your life like your first love, your first heartbreak, or even something as seemingly trivial as trying to dig up earthworms on a hot summer day (the year was 1990, I was a horribly inquisitive 7-year-old, and MC Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This was on frequent airplay).

Music evokes places, people and events that have long been forgotten, and emotions that have long been buried. It’s strange how they’re stored in the recesses of memory, only to be lured out again by the strains of a melody.

And then there are those songs you identify with because they just strike a chord of resonance. They speak of the heights of your joy or the depths of your despair in ways you know not how to articulate.

Nick Hornby wrote about the 31 Songs that he considered the soundtrack to his life. And here is mine. (And what do you know, ol’ Nick and I have one song in common…)

1. 32 Flavors, Alana Davis

Squint your eyes and look closer / I’m not between you and your ambition / I am a poster girl with no poster / I am 32 flavors and then some

2. Fade Into You, Mazzy Star

I want to hold the hand inside you / I want to take a breath that’s true /
I look to you and I see nothing / I look to you to see the truth

3. Beautiful Day, U2

It’s a beautiful day / Sky falls, you feel like / It’s a beautiful day / Don’t let it get away

4. Fix You, Coldplay

When you try your best but you don’t succeed / When you get what you want but not what you need / When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep

5. I’m Like A Bird, Nelly Furtado

I’m like a bird / I’ll only fly away / I don’t know where my soul is / I don’t know where my home is

6. I’ll Remember, Madonna

And I’ll remember the strength that you gave me / Now that I’m standing on my own / I’ll remember the way that you saved me / I’ll remember

7. When I Grow Up, Garbage
When I grow up / I’ll be stable / When I grow up / I’ll turn the tables

8. Walking on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves

I’m walking on sunshine / And don’t it feel good!!

9. Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve

‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, this life / Trying to make ends meet / You’re a slave to money, then you die

10. Across the Universe, The Beatles

Words are flying out like / Endless rain into a paper cup / They slither while they pass / They slip away across the universe

11. We Are Young, Supergrass

We wake up, we go out, smoke a fag / Put it out, see our friends / See the sights, feel alright

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