30 Day Song Challenge, Day 7: A song that reminds you of a certain event
“Secret Handshakes” by The Ataris reminds me of what happened after one of their concerts. My dear friend and I got invited onto the tour bus and had a long discussion with Kris Roe about music and life. He explained the story behind this song, which was based on his experience living in a Freemason community. It was an amazingly beautiful and interesting evening, one that I remember every time I hear this song in particular.
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 6: A song that reminds you of somewhere
So, this might be a kind of odd one. “Gives You Hell” by The All-American Rejects reminds me of one of the Utah-Idaho border. For a while, I was staying with some family members who lived there. I would work with my uncle some days, and so we’d have to drive between the two states to get back and forth. He listened to satellite radio (nothing was too reliable or great up there) and the same songs were always playing. For some reason, the ones I remember from those drives with him are this one and “Circus” by Britney Spears. But this one is the one that is forever linked with that border… Go figure.
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 5: A song that reminds you of someone
“Rough Landing Holly” by Yellowcard reminds me of one of my best friends from high school. In fact, Yellowcard was a huge part of the soundtrack of my high school years. This friend and I went to several of their concerts together – at least three, maybe four.
We decided to make a video for this song once. I had an electric guitar and she had an electric violin, so it seemed like it would work out. We wanted to film part of it in a mall, but were confronted by a mall cop when we were shooting on the escalators. Unfortunately, he told us to leave the premises. We never did finish the video, but it’s a good memory.
