Musical Memories

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera: Right after I moved out from living with my ex-husband I started partying more. I used to hang out with this dude and one night we went to Chaos. Chaos at that time was a really mixed crown and "we" hadn't really shown up yet. I had had just a drink or two, but I was somewhat of a "newbie" all over again so I was felling quite good. This song came on when I was on the floor kinda just chillin, cause I wasn't used to partying with "them'. Suddenly, I no long had control over my body. I was dancing so hard, I think midway through the song, I surprised myself. But I must've surprised my boy and his friends too. They'd kinda wandered off and came back to find me just letting loose. I remember the looks on their faces, and being amused that they were intrigued watching me. That was when I recognized that my dancing causes some heads to turn. Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder: When I lived back home I never thought I'd get home since when I went away for college. I couldn't wait to get away. But once I got there, I was immediately home sick. I realized how far away I was and everyone else was so close they went home often. My birthday was maybe 5 or 6 weeks after I left for Baton Rouge, and Mama called me to wish me Happy Birthday. I answered my phone in my dorm to hear her singing "Happy birthday to ya, Happy birthday to ya, Happy Birrttthhhdayyyy" and I couldn’t help but cry. I was so silly, and so sweet at the same time. I really missed home. It got better not to long after, but I did leave after the first year anyway. Anytime - BrianMcKnight: Speaking of college, I learned love at first sight 3 days before I left Baton Rouge. O, maybe not first sight but by the end of the first night, we both admit to this day we knew there was something very special there. It was so hard that we met three days before I left, but that fate. At the last minute, I decide to try to go back to school there for another semester and went back down to Baton Rouge. I stayed with him the week I was there. Unfortunately, it was too late to get my financial aid package straightened out and I went back up to home. We knew long distance was not an option and although we loved each other for many many years our romantic love developed into a friendship love and we’ve been best friends for over 8 years now. HotMusic - Soho: I've been earning the name HotPants for many many years now. When I was a junior, I took a Pre-Calculus at the college I am not finishing my degree at(so glad to have had that extra credit too...lol). Because I had to go on campus to attend I had to get an ID, which means I now had a college ID. Putting it to good use, my best friend, E, and I who also took the course, would frequent the college parties. It was there that I cultivated my love for dancing and got my first taste of house music. I wasn’t' crazy about all of it, but this one song HotMusic, used to make me crazy. I would watch everyone get to clapping and moving and I fell in love. That song still gets me today and if I hear it in the car, I am likely to damn near cause an accident because I simply must clap to the beat no matter what. Killing Me Softly - Fugees: And speaking of E, I will forever hear Killing Me Softly in a tone that one else would want too. Lawd, BabyGirl I love you, but you are tone deaf! She used to love this song and would belt it out at the top of her lungs every time it came on. And all I could do was cringe and laugh cause she knew she couldn’t sing and could care less. I could learn a thing out two from her...lol Ribbon In the Sky - Intro: At 18, I left college after one year (that’s a story for another day) and decided to move to VA to live with my boyfriend and attend Hampton. I spent a week there securing an apartment and getting to know the area when we got in to a huge, huge fight. The distance between us was really startign to get to us. One the dive back to NY from VA, we had a long long talk about our relationship, and where we were treeing to go. It was at this time we seriously considered getting married. I remember Ribbon in the Sky playing and out of nowhere we both just started singing it. It was a very sappy, sweet moment, but one I'll never forget. Breathe Again - Toni Braxton: This is probably where my complex about singing out load comes from. When this song came out I was sooo in love with it. Every morning I would sing it in the bathroom while getting ready for school I was always the only one that was up so I would just sing my little heart out. One day my mom came in out of nowhere and started imitating me and told me she'd been listing to me snag it for months. And every time after that, whenever the song came on she'd start imitating me. Thanks for the complex Mama...lol Show Me - Jill Scott: My first date with a guy last summer went off the original path he'd planned it to. As we drove around readjusting our plans, Show Me came on and for a moment I became lost in the music. It was at that point we discovered how deep our love for music ran and how much we had that in common. That song became a staple for my feelings about our relationship hence forth. In Da Club - 50Cent: Go Shawty! It's ya birthday! This song was big right before my 24th birthday. I had just moved back to VA after running away from Atl. My best friend, Tan , and I came down here for All Star Weekend and to celebrate my birthday. All weekend we PARTIED!!! I won't talk about us dancing on the bars for shots, or in cages or any of that wild stuff, but every time In Da Club came on, we made sure everyone around us knew it was my birfday...lol Closer - Goapele: I had already fallen in love with this song long ago. Goapele is a very slept on artist and it's rare to hear her music on the radio or in a club. Out with the crew a few months ago, I heard it in the club and I rushed to get up and dance. it was the end of the night, I was feeling quite good I must say, and i remember my feet were hurting. but I had to dance to this song. As a rarity, Twilight was out with us and we ended up dancing together. it somehow became a very intimate moment between us, given our history. Anytime I hear that song, I'm instantly taken back to that night, that dance, that moment...very sweet. Everything I Do - Brian McKnight: Ok I don't have a memory for this song yet, but the words are so very moving to me that I hope that one day someone will love me enough to feel this way about me.