I know that you'll be back boy, when your days and your nights get a little bit colder.

[enamoured]

Because I A.) am a follower sometimes and B.) don't post as much as I liked to, I am going to do that 30 Day Meme.

1. Day 1 - Your favorite song
2. Day 2 - Your favorite movie
3. Day 3- Your favorite TV show
4. Day 4 - Your favorite book
5. Day 5 - Your favorite quote
6. Day 6 - Whatever tickles your fancy
7. Day 7 - A photo that makes you happy
8. Day 8 - A photo that makes you angry/sad
9. Day 9 - A photo you took
10. Day 10 - A photo of you taken over 10 year ago
11. Day 11 - A photo of you taken recently
12. Day 12 - Whatever tickles your fancy
13. Day 13 - A fictional book
14. Day 14 - A non-fiction book
15. Day 15 - A song that makes you (nearly) cry
16. Day 16 - An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
17. Day 17 - Whatever tickles your fancy
18. Day 18 - A talent of yours
19. Day 19 - A hobby of yours
20. Day 20 - A recipe
21. Day 21 - A website
22. Day 22 - A YouTube video
23. Day 23 - Whatever tickles your fancy
24. Day 24 - Your day, in great detail
25. Day 25 - Your week, in great detail
26. Day 26 - This month, in great detail
27. Day 27 - This year, in great tail
28. Day 28 - Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
29. Day 29 - Something you’ve accomplished/want to accomplish
30. Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy

Day One: Favorite Song
Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey

I like to believe that everyone who loves music can remember that one singer or that one band that was like their gateway drug to music, the one that made your perspective on it shift from "oh, okay, this is music and that is a song" to "wow, I like listening to music and songs." For me, that singer is Mariah Carey. I was ten years old when this song was released as a single, and during the summer of 1996 it was everywhere. That summer, incidentally, was the first time that I was becoming more aware of the music that wasn't what my parents listened to in the car, the R&B and soul from the '60s and '70s; or the music that my older cousins adored, which was usually early '90s R&B and rap. I don't remember when I heard "Always Be My Baby" for the first time, but what I do remember was associating it with this boy I had a crush on at the time. My mom dubbed a copy of Daydream on a blank cassette for me and I remember barely listening to any of the other songs on it (save for the other singles: "Fantasy", "One Sweet Day", and "Forever"--which was a single, just not one of the #1s from that album) and fast-forwarding to get to that one song.

Fifteen years after, I still feel good whenever I hear the opening bars. I have other favorite songs, but this is the one that always makes me smile; the one that reminds me of just when I started to love music and that sometimes, it's not always a "serious" artist who can get you to that point. My musical tastes have changed and Mariah isn't my #1 favorite singer ~OF ALL TIME~ any more, but I will never not be fond of her music in one way or another.

Comments

[la-petite-singe.livejournal.com]

Right on! I love that song, and I LOVE her (older) stuff. (Not sure about her newer stuff. I believe I sold "Charmbracelet" at our yard sale. >____>) Have you heard David Cook's cover? I am NOT an AI fan, but somehow I love it.

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

I've heard it! I remember I was really apprehensive when I heard about that theme week and that he'd picked that song, but then I heard it and was seriously impressed.

[drapette.livejournal.com]

I love that song!

[cottleston-pie.livejournal.com]

A 30 DAY Meme?! What has the internet come to?

... I'm probably gonna do it, though.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

That song will always be my baby. Or at least always be awesome.

[lostrenegade.livejournal.com]

Mariah Carey was also my gateway drug, lol.