Bill’s Pizza
My brother, DJ, called me yesterday afternoon and said something about the power of songs to bring you back to a time or place. Not in those exact words, but then he challenged me with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” I think I began answering before he even finished the question….”Bill’s Pizza!”
It is funny how music can sometimes take you, in an instant, to a place in your past. Young children, a local pizzeria, a well loved jukebox and the coins, given by mom or dad, to choose songs which invariably always included “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” each and every visit. The smells, the grease, the family time. It is funny that this song carries the same memories for both of us.
As songs hit the radio, or my iPod, I am often confronted with memories. My high school, this party or that, spending time in my room, driving in my car, or later on, memories of past loves, then playing with Starr as a youngster. I love those connections and memories. More recently, music often takes me to Starr and Sunny together…my memories combined with their high school acivities. Our memories together. It’s both a blessing and a curse, I don’t ever want to forget the times we had together, but it is also so very painful to remember them. Life is never simple is it? At Bill’s Pizza it was simple, it was fun. I often wish for a day with that innocence and that simplicity again.
Are there songs that bring you back to a certain place or time? What are they? And where do they take you?
Most songs from the 80′s put me right back into High School. And of course, my wedding song shoots me right back to that awesome moment.
Oh and CJ adored MC HAMMER when he was 2 so CANT TOUCH THIS reminds me of his crazy toddler dancing!
Hallie
It’s funny, Starr always associates grunge/alternative with her youth. She laughs and says “how depressing, Mom!”
the 80′s are the big thing… sooo much fun to relive what was going on! hearing the last song of my wedding always stops me in my tracks… (been divorced almost 4 years) pretty sure grunge/alternative was in my era…
btw… whats the pic i can’t see it…
DJ, what was the last song of your wedding??
And it’s a video. I am not sure why you can’t see it. I still do.
told this story last night, next thing i know i am at a greasy pizza place, with the “lions sleep tonight” playing loud over a confused bachelorette party. we did a request battle, but they were winning so we left…