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Do you dedicate songs?

May 28, 2012 5:57 PM

Something I started years ago, which eventually turned into a hobby/project: I have specific songs that I permanently dedicate to family, friends, or events in my life (an audiobiography?). Now with so many songs on YouTube, etc., with the lyrics, the songs go to a folder on my computer.

Examples: Butterfly Kisses, Bob Carlisle (my daughter's song)
Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin (for my son)
How Sweet it is to be Loved by You, James Taylor (for my wife)
Teach Your Children Well, CSNY (for Mom and Dad)
etc.
Working at the Car Wash, Rose Royce (for when I owned one)
Back in the USSR, Beatles (for my last deployment at the end of Army time)
etc.

The folder is up to 31 songs now; some people get more than one song :)

So, if you were dedicating a song or a few, which songs, to whom?

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I don't think of it as dedicating songs but yeah I do link songs to people mostly the opposite sex and mostly past girlfriends etc.

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I don't "dedicate" songs, per se. I have a tendency to "binge" on particular songs, artists, albums, or playlists, listening repetitively over a relatively short amount of time, and I find that I later strongly associate music with the people/place/situation/emotions that I was experiencing when I was listening to the song/artist/playlist obsessively. It's too bad, in a way, because I find myself unable to listen to certain albums I love because they're too strongly associated with an emotional time that I would prefer not to revisit. At the same time, I find it helpful when I'm working through stuff, which is important!

So I don't "dedicate" songs, but I find that I associate them with certain people/places/ situations, especially if I experienced strong emotions (positive or negative) while walking around, thinking and thinking, listening to particular music.

I like the term "audiobiography"! Great way to describe it; it would be an interesting frame for a written autobiography.

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