Music & Idyllics

Y'know how listening to certain songs that you haven't heard in a while can bring back distinct memories and vivid recollections of whatever you were doing when you last used to hear it? Like a miniature toned-down time machine that only lasts a second? How an opening snare beat can sound like the kicking down of the door of your mind? Here're some of mine:

I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
Australia, around 2 years back. The song was just released and most every place in Australia was blaring to this track. I recall a waitress singing this song while serving my family food, and again on the radio on the plane ride back.

Time of Your Life - Green Day
When I dropped Chemistry, cos somehow I remember listening to this song on the way to school on the day I told Nabilah that I was going to drop Chem. Aww emo shitz.

Welcome to My Life - Simple Plan
Lower secondary days, during the holidays when my family went down to KL by coach, and there was a bloody traffic jam, and this song came on.

My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
Another plane ride from Australia. The onboard radio had some problems and kept repeating this song, but I was too lazy to remove my headphones. The starting bit is forever ingrained in my brain.

Sugar We're Goin' Down - Fall Out Boy
2007 UK-France VJC Lit Trip! Long bus rides and passing time with the aid of Mark Leong's iPod and weird games. Backseat Boys yo.

Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
First three months in VJ, taking the bus home after SLV at Sentosa.
Also during a certain Econs period on Tues, when Mrs Chua arrived late and I stoned in the lab listening to this and discussing favourite MCR songs with Edo.

7 Years Down - Rancid
The 5 day photography job I took with Chris last December to fund my life. Seriously the money was the main motivating factor. I kept playing this song on the long bus rides (to NEWater plant and Night Safari and other amazingly dull places).

Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie
The smell of my new house mingled with Christmas-y feelings, cos I only started looping the DCFC album last December and it was still cool to hang out on the couch in the living room.

Miss Murder - AFI
Chinese lesson in sec 4, when I heard this song for the first time on MTV before school and had to ask Jontan if AFI or Miss Murder was the name of the artist.

and lastly,
Creep - Radiohead
Hanging out with the SMUN gang at CHIJMES last last week til like 4am, getting high, when the live band came up with this song and we started to sing along. HAHAHA.


I currently love studying History. Because I just have to copy the lecture notes into 2 messy pages of fullscap to constitute mugging. I hate the thought of finishing History, because that means I have to move on to maths- or worse, econs.

Oh special mention!
Take Me To Your Heart - Michael Learns To Rock
JAHAHAHAHAHAA.