It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. At least a month. Yikes!
While I was catching up on all the posts everyone wrote while I was in Paris and exploring new blogs from recent new visitors, I ran across a post that Kristine over at Living Luxuriously With Less wrote where she talked about a Natalie Merchant song that reminds her of finding serenity and peace in simple things. Her post reminded me how much I love Natalie Merchant and how infrequently I hear her songs.
Tigerlily is my favorite “album” (do we say album anymore?) of hers. And I played that CD practically to it’s death. One song in particular, Seven Years
I had never had a break-up song before and in fact, I never have since then. But this one break-up, I think my first “adult” break-up, was a doozy. I had been with my college boyfriend for (you guessed it) seven years, he was seven years older than me (we started dating when I was 18 and he was 25) and we went through a lot. In the end I gave him an ultimatum to get married or I was going to break up with him. He said no (I am thankful now!) and I kept my word and moved out and moved on.
When the song came out it was like closure for me, and I thank Natalie Merchant for the therapy. I was lucky enough to see her in concert in Berkeley (how would I know that was going to be my future home?) when she toured for Tigerlily and to this day, I have a deep appreciation for that album.
How about you? Do you have a song or songs that helped you get through a break-up?
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Andi, thanks for the mention! Natalie is coming out with a new album (do they call them that anymore?) due out Mar 2010. I don’t have any healing breakup songs. But so many songs trigger memories of specific events, some good, some painful. I have no hesitation switching the radio channel if pain evoking song comes on.
Anything by Fiona Apple was instrumental in helping me survive breakups, adolescence, university, and life in general!
I have songs that remind me of particular boyfriends, but not necessarily of the breakups themselves. This post reminded me of a concert when Natalie Merchant stopped singing–in the middle of a song–because the security guards were clubbing the hell out of a rowdy fan. She told them to stop and be more gentle. It left one of those lasting impressions on me. She’s a really admirable person.