tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405802768427718711.post4831725804210854685..comments2011-07-18T13:00:48.172-04:00Comments on Evan's Mum: The Power of MusicKarma Bryan-Inglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800554167301240449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405802768427718711.post-45200469890792079432010-10-05T12:18:54.475-04:002010-10-05T12:18:54.475-04:00Oh Michou... thanks for your comments. Brought bac...Oh Michou... thanks for your comments. Brought back some good memories for me as well.Karma Bryan-Inglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800554167301240449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405802768427718711.post-79828076129650541322010-10-05T12:09:47.252-04:002010-10-05T12:09:47.252-04:00OMG Karma, Psychedelic Furs brings back so many Gr...OMG Karma, Psychedelic Furs brings back so many Grade 9 memories for me too! Different ones of course: like the Breakfast Club and wearing braces, and my friend Robin. I think my entire high school existence can be summed-up by Depeche Mode, The Cure, Alphaville, OMD...and I had a bad 80's haircut to prove it! Whenever I hear these songs I am a teenager again. <br /><br />When I lived in England it was Everything But the Girl and Talk Talk: when I hear those now I feel nostalgic but happy those times are behind me.<br /><br />In College and University it was The Pixies and Nirvana. As soon as I hear those I am immediately back with my group of friends in my journalism class....amazing how powerfully music makes us associate our past with our present. It's part of what makes us identify with important parts of our lives.<br /><br />When Gabriella was born, Norah Jones was playing on our CD player in the hospital, and I ALWAYS think of her as a baby in my arms when I hear Norah.<br /><br />When Roan was a baby I listened to a lot of Enya to soothe him, and now of course that's his "baby music" in my mind. I have already put it in his baby book. <br /><br />You are so right about what music does to us: it associates emotions with actions because it makes us feel happy or sad, serious or contemplative, or like dancing and being crazy! The most important thing it does for me is that it adds a layer of meaning to the things we do. Imagine a dinner party with no music, or a backyard BBQ without it. It's just not the same. I always think that listening to music is like reading a book - without actually reading a book. It does the same: it takes me to places in my imagination I wouldn't go without its third dimension. <br /><br />At Christmas, when I sit at our piano and take out my favourite carols, all the holidays before are relived in my mind... and I feel like I've turned into my mom! How many Christamases did she sit there playing every song for us, and we'd yell out our request list "...play Winter Wonderland!"<br /><br />Imagine a 7 hour drive without music... That would be downright awful. In fact, I'd cancel my trip.<br /><br />Loving your blog,<br />-Michou<br />xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405802768427718711.post-57133255572030470432010-10-04T22:47:08.573-04:002010-10-04T22:47:08.573-04:00Okay Karmeee, you asked for it. This one will rem...Okay Karmeee, you asked for it. This one will remind you of every high school dance you ever went to.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TrqvWbmE0s&feature=fvst<br /><br />Or this one for all those Wellanders out there, anyone up for a night at the "Rose Villa"??<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtqIlvg3wswAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com