I was watching a TV show
this evening about a hospital (New Amsterdam on Amazon Prime) – great show,
moving, funny, dramatic and I was enjoying getting into it as you do with a new
show.
Then, over a fairly tense
scene the music started (a cover of Fix You by Coldplay – and I am desperate to
find the Artiste) and suddenly the scene became – to my now tear stained eyes –
so much more tense, so much more dramatic and so much more moving
And it made me think about
how deeply tied to our emotions music is, how one song or a snatch of a song
can trigger that emotion, or a memory, or a feeling
It doesn’t have to be a slow
song, it doesn’t have to be a sad memory, music can trigger happy memories or
even euphoric feelings. Think about “that”
song that always makes you want to dance, or sing, or scream out loud, to call
your friend, to share the emotion, share the memory, share the moment…share the
song, the feeling, the euphoria
We all have one. Or two. Or three
Maybe you have one that is
sad, one that is happy, one that is bitter sweet.
A lost love, a found love, a
never love
A time, a moment, a summer,
a party
A person, a friend, a relative,
a lover
A love.
A loss.
You’re singing it right now,
or you are calling it up on iTunes, on Spotify…and you are also calling up that
moment, that person, that love…or that loss
I am privileged that I have
the greatest job – I get to play music to people. I am there for some special
times, special memories and I can provide the soundtrack to them
If you were able to stand
where I stand and watch a newly married couple dancing their first dance to a
song that has so much meaning for them, you’d really see what music means. When a Father proudly takes his newly married
daughter onto the dance floor for the Father/daughter dance, usually a song
that has poignant lyrics. When a married
couple get to dance to the song that was their first dance. So much emotion and so much love – all framed
by a song
Music is the soundtrack to
our everyday lives, the highs and the lows.
Tell me your story. Tell me
your memory
Tell me your song
Oh, and that version of the
Coldplay song? I found it. It is by Canyon
City. I’ve got it on repeat now. Maybe it hit me that bit more because it was played
at a dear friend’s funeral.
A time.
A moment
A memory
A friend
A loss
