I hesitate to write about this entry for fear it will show
you all just how much of a nerd I am when it comes to music . . . but I am kind
of excited about it so, whatever.
Yesterday Sarah McLachlan’s Fumbling Toward Ecstasy became
only the third album that I have listened to more than 200 times. That is right; I keep track of how many times
I have listened to an album . . . well
at least since February of 2003. All of
the albums I had before 2003 received an educated guess about how many times I
have listened to it prior to keeping track.
I feel pretty good about that estimate though and do not believe that
any number is overestimated.
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If anything, they are underestimated. I mean, if I have
listened to Jack’s Mannequin’s Everything in Transit 106 times since December
of 2005 (which I have), then surely it is safe to say I have listened to
Fumbling Toward Ecstasy 200 times since the fall of 1997. That is when I first stumbled (or should I
say fumbled – I know it’s bad but I couldn’t resist) upon Sarah McLachlan’s
third studio album. It came out in 1993,
so I am a little embarrassed that it took me four years to buy it, but I was a
little obsessed with another album that I have listened to over 200 times so, I
don’t feel too bad about it.
But I got that album at the beginning of my first year of
college and it spoke to that young man searching desperately to find his own
voice and figure out the person he was going to be; not the person that
everyone expected him to be. This young
man that craved independence all his life, finally had it and he had to figure
out what he was going to do with it.
I listen to that album now and it is drenched with memories
of my first years of college and that young person just starting out in life. What
a wonderful gift music is?!
It is one of the few albums I can listen to all the way
through and every song is awesome! The first single is such a powerful
song. I’ve given some thought to doing a
top ‘songs mistaken for love songs’ edition and it would be near the top of the
list. But it was another song that spoke to the young man searching. It was the
main reason this album played on repeat that year; working its way toward 200
as of yesterday. “I believe this is heaven to no one else but me . . .“ And
clearly it has made an impact on my life. I have a line from the title track on
my quotes on my facebook page and that line is definitely the approach I try to
take in my life.
So this post goes out to all of the people starting out on
life’s journey, searching for the person they are destined to become. I envy the possibilities that you still
have. I hope that you find that person,
but most importantly, I hope you find the music that inspires you to become
that person.
Until next we meet.
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