My life has a soundtrack. Although I have nearly zero musical ability, I am an avid music listener and concert goer. In my head, many of my happiest memories in life are attached to the songs that were playing when the memory occurred. It’s never been a conscious effort on my part to pair memories with music, it just happens. It’s a wonderful time machine. I hear a song on the radio and suddenly my imagination takes me somewhere years ago with my friends. On my own, I’m all about modern alternative rock, but when I’m with The Golden Boys we hop in the Way Back Machine and fire up the songs from our youth. My life-long friends and I are together this weekend and when we’re together music is always on in the background. Here is The Golden Boys playlist:
Crazy Train: Ozzy Osbourne
Back in Black: AC/DC
Fantasy: Aldo Nova
Your Love: The Outfield
Just Between You and Me: April Wine
Fight For Your Right To Party: The Beastie Boys
The Safety Dance: Men Without Hats
Don’t Fear The Reaper: Blue Oyster Cult
The Stroke: Billy Squier
Sunglasses At Night: Corey Hart
One Thing Leads To Another: The Fixx
I Want You To Want Me: Cheap Trick
Come On Eileen: Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Jukebox Hero: Foreigner
Simple Man: Lynyrd Skynrd
If you have a cell phone and go out to bars occasionally you should get the TouchTunes app. For a very small fee the app lets you choose the music for the jukebox in whatever bar that has it. Whenever The Golden Boys go out, we are happy to pay to have our music played all night long. If you enjoyed this post, you might also enjoy my novel White Picket Prisons, available on Amazon in paperback or e-book. So what songs are on the playlist of your life?
Have a great Sunday! ~Phil
Have fun with your friends, Phil. If I had the app, I’d tune into a little Three Dog Night, Jackson Brown, and Credence Clearwater Revival. And I’d top it off with The Doors and some Aerosmith. #SundayBlogShare
I like the idea of life having a soundtrack. Very fun. And The Golden Boys is a fine name.
All Aboard!
Your Love by the Outfield is one of my favorite songs. Jukebox Hero is a great rocker. I really liked your list.
Thank you Pam!
For some of these I’d more than settle
Cause I’m all about the metal
I approve of at least 87% of this list, I think. I’m not really good at math.
What don’t you agree with?
I just can’t do AC/DC and I hadn’t ever heard of one of them, but I’ll let your bad choices slide since you put The Fixx on there.
You are too awesome! I actually got to work stage crew for The Fixx when they came to my college. I got to stand just offstage to watch them