I find some songs reflects my life. Have you got any songs that go down memory lane?😀

This reflects my life: the knowledge that I can't always get what I want but if I try sometime I just might find I get what I need.

eta--Mick wearing lipstick! Now that's funny!
 

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Moonbeam52 said:
Life is all about imagining the things we lost on the way😊
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For some, while i am blessed/cursed with an excellent memory i'm not much prone to 'nostalgia'...or regrets---i know that everything i've experienced in this life has led me to where and who i am now. While there are people i miss (Both parents and two of my sisters are deceased as well DH's #1 & #2, and a handful of friends from my youth that i know about--who knows how many i don't know about), i would not go back and change anything.

The only thing that gets me in a semi nostalgic mood is when a song triggers a memory (for good or ill) or online when questions like this are asked.
 
There’s a song by Kelly Clarkson called Break Away. It absolutely epitomized my life after I left my abusive ex of 30+ years. It made my heart soar then, and still does to this day!
Here is a portion of the lyrics that spoke to me on a visceral, profound level.

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Da-da-da, un, da-da
Da-da-da, un, da-da
Da-da-da, un, da-da-da-da

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
 
feywon said:
For some, while i am blessed/cursed with an excellent memory i'm not much prone to 'nostalgia'...or regrets---i know that everything i've experienced in this life has led me to where and who i am now. While there are people i miss (Both parents and two of my sisters are deceased as well DH's #1 & #2, and a handful of friends from my youth that i know about--who knows how many i don't know about), i would not go back and change anything.

The only thing that gets me in a semi nostalgic mood is when a song triggers a memory (for good or ill) or online when questions like this are asked.
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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Buddha
 
Ronni said:
There’s a song by Kelly Clarkson called Break Away. It absolutely epitomized my life after I left my abusive ex of 30+ years. It made my heart soar then, and still does to this day!
Here is a portion of the lyrics that spoke to me on a visceral, profound level.

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Da-da-da, un, da-da
Da-da-da, un, da-da
Da-da-da, un, da-da-da-da

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
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I am sorry to hear what happened in the past. But now I am happy to hear you moved on. Past is for us to learn lessons.

It is a great song.

 
Moonbeam52 said:
That is what makes the life exciting, because if you can get everything what you want then life is not exciting.😊
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Pepper said:
I could've done without the 'excitement'; I created enough on my own!
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Am moved to mention, as someone who has had a very full, exciting and interesting life, that i often think 'excitement' is overrated. But i'm someone who is rarely bored--generally only in unproductive staff meetings before i retired. i don't need 'excitement' to feel alive (some need it to feel anything). But to each their own.

i'm always open to the joys of awe and wonder, usually inspired by nature. i suppose some may see that as 'excitement' but i don't because physiologically as well as psychologically it 'feels' different than the excitement of 'new love', getting needed employment, receiving awards etc.
 
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Since you're asking (you may have ignited a one night nostalgia binge--my last one about 6 yrs ago), @hollydolly there have been many over the years. Generally due to lyrics, tho some i loved because they were so easy/fun to dance to (Most any Sly and the Family Stone usual had meaningful lyrics and were danceable).
Buffy St. Marie's 'Love Lifts Us Up' and Dolly Parton singing 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart' have always spoke of my attempts to honor the love in my life and give as much of it as i could. There is more to it than just romance--platonic, familial, romantic and agape are all forms of love.

Recently Kelly Clarkson covered and the ABBA song 'Dancing Queen' in very different tempo and the weird thing was even when i danced to the original back in the day, for me it always kind had the melancholy feel of this version.

 
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