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I constantly have music playing somewhere and over the years I come to realise how much it ties me to certain aspects of my life.

We all have that song that we link to a relationship or an event that brings added meaning.

Iris by the Goo goo dolls reminds me of my relationship with my wife in a moment when things were less complex. This song has lived rent free in my head since 1998. It also in more recent years become a song about how I feel about myself And I don't want the world to see me / 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand / When everything's made to be broken / I just want you to know who I am

Creep by radiohead or Growing sideways by Noah Kahn also fit that bill.

American pie (Don Mclean and I don't want to miss a thing (Areosmith) we songs I used to sing to the kids when they were tiny.

There are songs that just creep up on my and I end up in tears, they might not have any great meaning, they just invoke a wave of emotions. Some are pretty obvious, something like Fight song by Rachel Platten which is so positive but has undertones of loss.

The other day I was listening to a random playlist and Lose yourself by Eminem came on and it just triggered something, it was the same where a video cropped up on Facebook, it was a Ministry of sound concert at the royal Albert hall, they played Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (Bach) that merge in Insomnia (Faithless), it just gave me goosebumps and then I just became overwhelmed.

I'd love to know that you all have the same relationship with music and would be willing to share your experiences.

Or am I just weird?

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  • I was always fascinated by the music from the era I was born; Late 70's/Early 80's. It began with The Police, and pre-Fame U2. Now, it emerged into the Garage-Post-Punk scene. After I graduated, in 2001, I bought a CD copy of Still - Joy Division - at a Music Shop in Coleraine. I was, suddenly, transported into a New World.

    A, newly-created at the time, Amazon account helped. Then, I discovered Magazine and Teardrop Explodes. Now, in the era of Spotify, I learned about The Fall, Swell Maps, Gang of Four and Wire. Plus, SpizzEnergi; the Number One in the first ever Indie Chart in 1979 with 'Where's Captain Kirk?'

    The irony was, however, that those bands were more influential in the US Scene than the UK Scene.

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  • I was always fascinated by the music from the era I was born; Late 70's/Early 80's. It began with The Police, and pre-Fame U2. Now, it emerged into the Garage-Post-Punk scene. After I graduated, in 2001, I bought a CD copy of Still - Joy Division - at a Music Shop in Coleraine. I was, suddenly, transported into a New World.

    A, newly-created at the time, Amazon account helped. Then, I discovered Magazine and Teardrop Explodes. Now, in the era of Spotify, I learned about The Fall, Swell Maps, Gang of Four and Wire. Plus, SpizzEnergi; the Number One in the first ever Indie Chart in 1979 with 'Where's Captain Kirk?'

    The irony was, however, that those bands were more influential in the US Scene than the UK Scene.

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