My Music - My Life

I can't believe it's been a month since I created my last entry.

Over the last week or so i have been remembering some of the songs from my past - songs that in one way or another have a special meaning to me - have added a few of these songs to the player on this page others are not available and could not be added (or I just don't know the name of the song).

One of the many songs that I remember is from M*A*S*H - I taped the final episode of M*A*S*H last week and finally watched it. I thought when they originally aired the last episode that they played the words to the song 'Suicide is Painless' but when I watched it - they just played the song. One of these days I will have to get this on DVD to see if they actually sang the song as I remember or if they just played the music.

Another song is by Mike & the Mechanics called the 'Living Years' - this song is special to me because it reminds me of my father. There are many things I remember about him but the one thing that always sticks out in my mind was that I never really knew him. He went in the hospital in the beginning of October 1985 when I was 16 and passed away on Halloween when I was 17. He was very strict when we were growing up - we had chores to do and he always woke us up in the morning singing 'School Daisey's' in his worst singing voice. I never really got the chance to really sit with him and ask him the many questions that I have to ask him today.

He was a very loving parent but as a child I was concentrating on my school work and my many social activities. Like everyone else I knew - I figured I had many years to ask him these questions, I was wrong. I am very thankful for the things he taught me and now that I am older with children of my own I realize that he taught me more that I ever thought he did. By being strict he taught me how to take care of myself and my family. I hope to pass these on to Eoin and Liam.

One song that I do not know the name of or could not find is the title song, at least I think it's the title song, to 'The Mirror has Two Faces'. I first heard this song when Diane and I were engaged to be married. This song describes two people who just met and when I heard it with Di it seemed to describe both of us to a tee. Although we met a different way - it just described how I felt for her. Now almost 11 years later and I love her more and more each day - I do have to thanks her niece Kerry for getting her to go on a second date with me.

Other songs are from my favorite group, Alabama, that I used to love listen to when I was growing up. Until I watched 'Footloose' with Kevin Bacon I did not like anything but Country music. For some reason this movie made me realise that there was other music that I liked. Now all I listen to is talk radio but who knows that might change in the future (I doubt it but who knows).

I also like listing to 'The Statler Brothers' - this was one of my mothers favorite groups. I bought s set of CD's with their songs on them and left them with her when she moved to Florida along with my radio. I still love to listen to their songs but when I play them it reminds me of how much I miss her as well.

As my life goes on I know that there will be more songs that have a special meaning to me or someone close to me - I guess that is one way I can help mark the very special moments in my life. Right now I am sitting with my boys - they are watching cartoons and I am listing to the songs on my blog. I need to update my journal which I have also been neglecting and get a little more sleep before Church today.